UPDATED: Towns County Sheriff Candidates’ Forum planned for mid-March

HIAWASSEE, Ga. – A candidate forum for the contenders in the Towns County sheriff’s race will be held Saturday, March 14 at 6 p.m. at the Towns County Civic Center, adjacent to the Towns County Courthouse in Hiawassee.

UPDATE: The venue was changed to Towns County High School.

Dr. John Van Vliet, Professor of Business and Public Policy at Young Harris College, will moderate the forum.

“It’s going to be a wonderful time for us to get questions,” Towns County GOP Chairwoman Betsy Young said.  “You can write your questions. There will be no questions from the floor. We’ve also got a committee and there will be no ‘gotcha’ questions or personal questions. It’s going to be strictly on policy.”

The doors will open at 5 p.m, and written questions will be accepted for review until 5:45 p,m. Light refreshments will be served.

“We’ll draw numbers out of a box, and in that order, (the candidates) will be asked questions,” Young explained “The same question will be asked to each candidate, and Candidate 1 answers the question first. The next question will go to Candidate 2, so then it will rotate so that Candidate 1 will then get an opportunity to hear the answers to the other questions. There will be an opening of two minutes, in the beginning, then there will be a closing of three (minutes).”

At the time of publication, five candidates have announced their bids to seek Office of Sheriff on the Republican ticket: Daren “Bear” Osborn. Kenneth “Ode” Henderson, Linda J. Curtis, Jim Couch, and Lisa Joseph.

Qualification will take place during the first week of March. The primary election date is set for May 19, 2020.

 

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