All hopefuls in the District 2 race for the Statesboro City Council said they will attend a candidate forum later this month, except incumbent council member Gary Lewis.Challengers Sam Jones, Donald Logan and Lance Turner accepted invitations to the public forum set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 at the Honey Bowen Building. Lewis, however, said he would not attend.“I’m going to have to pass on this one,” Lewis said.Lewis, who has held a council seat since 1998 and is the longest-serving council member, offered no further explanation about his decision not to attend.“I’m not going to guess Mr. Lewis’ motives for not coming,” said Logan, a pastor and retired military veteran. “I look at it as an opportunity to get my message out, tell people why I’m running and meet voters.”The forum is sponsored by the Statesboro Herald and will be shown live on statesboroherald.com beginning at 7 p.m. It will be preceded by a meet-and-greet with the candidates at 6:30 p.m. in the civic room of the Honey Bowen Building.