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Candidates mostly agree on issues
Very little divergence during forum
103012 CANDIDATES FORUM
Statesboro Herald President Joe McGlamery, far left, moderates Tuesday's forum with District 1 City Council candidates Phil Boyum, Per Holtze, Maurice Jackson, and Jonathan McCollar at the Emma Kelly Theater.
With but a week remaining until Election Day, the four candidates competing for a seat on the Statesboro City Council shared a single stage Tuesday to state their cases for election.Phil Boyum, Per Holtze, Maurice Jackson and Jonathan McCollar, who will oppose one another on ballots in a Special City Election next Tuesday, sat before a crowd assembled in the Averitt Center for the Arts to answer a series of questions from residents they plan to represent. Tuesday’s event marked the only time in a short campaign cycle in which candidates addressed voters in the same venue — contenders have had little more than one month to campaign for the District 1 office, since former Councilman Tommy Blitch announced his resignation. The forum featured a string of citizen-submitted questions, on topics that ranged from public safety to the Mainstreet Farmers’ Market, delivered by a moderator.On the issues, candidates agreed with their counterparts in almost every instance.
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