2011 Aldermanic Election

I received the following email from Gene Bergmann. Seems to me that Progress for Columbia only appears every once in a while. The candidate forum in '09 was a little too short I thought to really get a feel for what people's stances were on given topics. The topics covered seemed a little too general as well. I hope for more detailed questions and more detailed answers this time around. Hopefully all of the candidates will be able to make it so they are all represented.

Mayor Hutchinson,

Progress for Columbia will again be sponsoring a Candidate Forum for the April Aldermanic election. As such,
we would ask that you notify the incumbent Aldermen running for re-election of this event so they can mark their calendars.

The forum will be held on Tuesday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbia Middle School. The format will be the same as the previous one and each candidate will receive specific guidelines prior to the event. I would ask each of the incumbents to provide me with an email address to use for sending the guidelines.

We also hope to have a representative from the Columbia Fire District to present some brief remarks regarding the upcoming referendum and be available for questions after the forum. However, the forum itself will NOT be addressing the Fire District consolidation since it is a separate election.

Thank you for your help in communicating this.

Gene Bergmann
PFC

You may recall I sent out my own questionnaire to the mayoral candidates in '09. I was going to do the same for the election in my ward but if I can gather the email addresses of the following candidates I will send it to everyone. So if you know the following candidates let them know to drop me a quick message at levi.ottwell@gmail.com

– Steven D. Reis
– TJ Mathews
– John W. Piazza
- Fred Stumpf - would prefer to have something other than his city email address