Brentsville Candidates for Supervisor to Debate Tuesday Night

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brentsvillecandidatedebate630Candidates for the Brentsville District Board of Supervisors seat will debate the issues tomorrow night.

The debate will be held Tuesday, Dec. 9 at the Linton Hall School on Linton Hall Road in Bristow beginning at 7 p.m. Candidates will each be faced with questions on the following topics:

  • Development and housing
  • Rural Crescent
  • Schools and education
  • Bi-County Parkway / transportation
  • Business and economy
  • County resources
  • Public safety
  • Transparency in government

All three candidates seeking the seat – Republican Jeanine Lawson, Democrat Eric Young, and independent Scott Jacobs – are expected to appear at the debate. It is the only debate schedule before the Dec. 23 special election.

The special election follows the resignation for former Supervisor Wally Covington on the Prince William County Board of Supervisors. Covington was appointed a Prince William County judge and the new job precludes him from holding the Supervisor position.

The debate will be moderated by Stacy Shaw, executive editor of Bristow Beat, and Uriah Kiser, publisher of Potomac Local. The two independent news sites worked together to organize the gathering.

More than 30 individuals submitted questions for the candidates via the Potomac Local website. Those questions have been reviewed, and some added to the list of questions that will be asked directly to the candidates. Some of the reader-submitted questions were duplicates or similar to other questions asked so some were condensed into one question to be asked of the candidates.

The debate style will be similar to that of a presidential debate. Each candidate will be asked a specific question and will have three minutes to respond. The two other candidates will each have one minute a piece to rebut the candidate’s response.

The debate will be held inside Linton Hall School’s auditorium. Drivers coming to the debate will be directed to park their vehicles in the side parking lot outside the auditorium’s entrance.

Written by Uriah Kiser, Publisher/Editor and Chief of Potomac Local 

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