Time to meet the candidates

Anaheim Bulletin Community organizations have scheduled candidate forums so Anaheim residents can get to know the people seeking their votes for the mayor and council seats. The Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee held a Meet the Candidates Night at Tinsletown Studios. Filmed in August by Century Communications, the event began airing on the public access channel, Channel 3, this week. Loara High School, in concert with Century Communications, will hold a candidate forum Oct. 9 run primarily by the students. Three student moderators will ask questions, some of which will be suggested by students in the audience. i Teacher Tom Dorosky said that while the audience will consist mainly of high school juniors and seniors, some limited seating is available for the public. In addition to giving candidates a chance to reach out to the city s youngest voters, the forum gives students an opportunity to learn about the political process. (The forum serves) to get ucs for the future, said student body president Jackie Leeman. Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Santa Ana, gave a speech at the school a few weeks ago which Leeman said also helped to get students interested in politics and give W (The forum serves) to get us motivated about politics for the future. J J JACKIE LEEMAN student body president them a different perspective on elections. The Loara event will be taped by Century Communications and will air later in the month. The Concerned Citizens of the Canyon and the League of Women Voters will hold a questionand-answer session at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Nohl Ranch Inn, 380 S. Anaheim Hills Road. According to Debbie O Neill, a member of Concerned Citizens, all of the City Council candidates, two of the mayoral candidates and both of the Fourth District Orange County supervisor candidates have said they will attend. The group has endorsed Councilman Lou Lopez in his race for supervisor against Cynthia Coad, a North Orange County Community College district group also has held a fund-raiser for Lopez. Each candidate will speak for five minutes and then take questions from the audience. Five candidates are running for three seats on the school board. The three incumbents Ben by Hernandez, Todd Kaudy and Betty Patterson chose not to seek re-election. Hernandez is running for the Anaheim Union High School District board and Kaudy is running for City Council. The five candidates are: Sandy Blumberg, Jaz, Cisneros, Thomas Holguin, Jerry Silverman and Brad Wilkinson. Candidate nights will feature two-minute opening and closing statements. Questions from the audience will be taken for an hour. Candidate nights already have been held on Sept. 21 and 23. All forums will begin at 7 p.m. and its support for an airport at El Toro. The Chamber PAC will not contribute any money to the campaigns of the candidates it endorses. We just don t have the money right now. (The PAC) was dormant for a long time. We are just starting it up again,t chairman. Membership to the Chamber PAC costs $10 per person. Chamber-member businesses are not required to limit the number o