REMINDER: The Rotary Club of Burien & White Center – in partnership with The B-Town Blog – will be holding a Candidate Forum for Burien City Council candidates this THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2019 at Merrill Gardens (an Advertiser).
Six candidates are vying for three open positions in the Nov. 5 General Election.
This free, open event will run from 6:30 – 8 p.m.:
- 6:30 p.m.: Meet & Greet the candidates
- 7 p.m.: Forum begins
- 8 p.m.: Forum ends
It will be moderated by David Ruby, a Civics Teacher at Highline High School, who moderated our previous forums in 2017.
The structure of this forum will likely be:
- Opening statements (2-minutes each)
- Relevant questions asked of all six candidates by the Moderator (including questions submitted by Readers to electionquestions2019@gmail.com)
- Timed responses to questions (most likely 2/3-minutes)
- Closing statements (2-minutes each)
It is also our intention to videotape this event for future posting on The B-Town Blog.
HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CANDIDATES?
Questions from our readers will be accepted prior to the event – please email yours to electionquestions2019@gmail.com. We will review questions prior to the event, and the deadline to submit is this WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9 at 6 p.m.
Candidates invited include:
City of Burien, Council Position 2:
City of Burien, Council Position 4:
City of Burien, Council Position 6:
NOTE: The conference room at Merrill Gardens has a capacity of 138, and doors will be closed when/if it reaches capacity.
Merrill Gardens at Burien is located at 15020 5th Ave SW:
