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Profiles online
With ballots now delivered by mail to Tri-Valley voters, residents are encouraged to search PleasantonWeekly.com to review the wealth of local election coverage available there, including individual candidate profiles that were published online only.
Weekly reporters spotlighted all candidates in Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, San Ramon and Danville elections for mayor, council and school board over the course of the summer and fall. That’s in addition to the coverage of candidate forums, group articles on special district contests and a roundup of regional representatives on local ballots.
Voters can also watch candidate forum videos via PleasantonWeekly.com, including all eight forums moderated by the Weekly.
Mayoral forum
The four candidates actively campaigning for mayor of Pleasanton are scheduled to take part in an online forum from 1-2:30 p.m. this Saturday (Oct. 10) organized by the Pleasanton Action Network and Genesis of the Tri-Valley.
Dubbed “Your City, Your Vote,” the forum will feature sitting council members Karla Brown and Jerry Pentin and political newcomers Monith Ilavarasan and Tom Turpel sharing their views and policy positions on a range of topics.
The event with be moderated by Rev. Ron Culmer of the Genesis group and Aayush Singh of the action network. Registration is required, via www.tinyurl.com/pleasantonmayoralforum.
‘Election Specials’
Tri-Valley Community Television has released the broadcast schedule and video on demand information for its series of recorded “Election Specials” highlighting key local elections in the Tri-Valley.
The nine non-partisan programs were produced independently by TCTV and hosted by TV30 personality Ian Bartholomew and TV30 Foundation president Dr. Marshall Kamena.
The separate programs, which can be viewed on local access TV or online, cover the mayor, City Council and school board races in Pleasanton, Livermore and Dublin. For more information, visit tv30.org.
Climate debate
Tri-Valley Citizens’ Climate Education is hosting a candidate forum on Tuesday (Oct. 13) from 7-8:30 p.m. featuring select candidates in various local elections sharing their plans “for advancing protection of the environment and climate crisis solutions that can be implemented on the local level.”
The candidates confirmed to attend so far are Nancy Allen (Pleasanton City Council), Kashef Qaadri (Dublin City Council), Samir Qureshi (Dublin City Council), Luz Gomez (San Ramon City Council), Brittni Kiick (Livermore City Council), Mony Nop (Livermore mayor), Bob Woerner (Livermore mayor), Kandiss Hewing (Livermore school board), Kristie Wang (Livermore school board) and Stacey Swanson (Livermore park district).
To submit a question for moderator Ann Brown, email aewbrown@gmail.com. To learn more or to register to watch the Zoom-based event, visit https://trivalleycce.org.
So does this mean that the only way we can watch this is if we have cable tv? A lot of us “cut the cord” years ago. So is TV30 somehow free for political debates/specials? Please post if you know.
You can watch the TV30 Election Specials 2020 on the station’s website @tv30.org. The shows will be streaming live and also available to view any time on Video on Demand on the website.