{"id":6795,"date":"2010-04-19T23:24:22","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T03:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=6795"},"modified":"2010-04-19T23:24:22","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T03:24:22","slug":"some-thoughts-about-todays-danville-city-council-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/19\/some-thoughts-about-todays-danville-city-council-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Some thoughts about today&#8217;s Danville City Council forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The five candidates for City Council got together today at Danville&#8217;s Liberty Hill Baptist Church for a forum sponsored by the Danville Ministerial Alliance. Let&#8217;s go to some random thoughts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It takes a lot of time to run for City Council. This was the third &#8220;forum&#8221; in a seven-day period.<\/li>\n<li>This type of informal get-together seemed to bring out relaxed attitudes in the candidates.<\/li>\n<li>This debate is formatted so that the participants have no idea of the questions. To me, this keeps the debate lively.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m disappointed at the low audience turnout but since we&#8217;re recording this on Star News, this forum will get lots of viewers. The candidates know this and are taking the time to craft their answers carefully.<\/li>\n<li>Star News is here (of course), but where is the other media? There&#8217;s nobody here from the Register &amp; Bee, WBTM\/WAKG or the other TV stations. Very interesting &amp; disappointing, because this forum is much more lively than the others. Shame on the others for not covering this event.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s a lot more energy at this forum than at the Chamber&#8217;s breakfast forum, but I&#8217;m guessing that energy goes up once you get past 8 AM. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now let&#8217;s get to what went on. All of the candidates did a very good job answering the wide variety of questions. Gary Miller &amp; Adam Tomer continue to stand out as the incumbents and Alonzo Jones &amp; John Gilstrap hold steady as worthy challengers. Thomas Motley quite frankly surprised me with his demeanor and answers today, and I believe he&#8217;s now a candidate that has a chance of being elected. Some of his proposals still have a 0% chance of being enacted, however. If he dumps those ideas and continues to have positions on other issues besides Danville Utilities, the other candidates will have to work a lot harder.<\/p>\n<p>15 days to go before the May 4th election. We&#8217;ll have another City Council Race update on Tuesday night here on SouthsideCentral.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The five candidates for City Council got together today at Danville&#8217;s Liberty Hill Baptist Church for a forum sponsored by the Danville Ministerial Alliance. 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