Political Forum
The Leeds Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a city-wide Political Forum for all local candidates that are running for Mayor and City Council seats on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at Leeds First United Methodist Church Family Life Center. We will have Tiffany Bittner as our moderator for the evening, she will direct the questions to the candidates, no questions from the audience will be allowed. Questions for the candidates, they should be submitted to the chamber office by August 12th, you can send them to Sandra@LeedsAreaChamber.com or send via mail to P.O. Box 900 Leeds, AL 35094. Names will be held in confidence of those submitting questions.
Each candidate will be allowed to give a 3 minute Opening Remark Statement. Followed by questions to the 4 Mayoral candidates and the District 5 candidates. The Council Seats that are unopposed will not be asked to respond to questions.
Qualified Candidates are listed below:
Mayor
John Dawson
Devoris Roscha Ragland-Pierce
John Patterson
David Miller
District 1
Kenneth Washington – unopposed
District 2
Eric Turner – unopposed
District 3
Johnny Dutton – unopposed
District 4
Ryan Bell – unopposed
District 5
Linda Miller
Opal Ramsey
Staci Tawbush
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This message is brought to you by the Leeds Area Chamber of Commerce. For more information about Leeds, Alabama, the Leeds Area Chamber of Commerce and how the Chamber can support your business, please contact Sandra McGuire, Executive Director, at 205.699.5001 or Sandra@LeedsAreaChamber.com.