A mayoral candidates' forum co-sponsored by the Friends of Sleepy Hollow and the League of Women Voters will be held May 22 at the Plainfield Public Library.
Incumbent Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs is running for a third term in a rematch with Third Ward Councilman Adrian Mapp, who challenged her in 2009. Both are Democrats who filed for the June 4 primary. The winner will have the Democratic line in the November 5 general election.
The forum begins at 7 p.m. and will follow LWV rules in a format that includes opening and closing statements and written questions posed to the candidates by the audience. It will be moderated by Dawn Clarke, a LWV vice-president who, in accordance with forum policy, is not a city resident.
FOSH is also printing and distributing at the forum a sheet with candidate biographies and responses to two Plainfield LWV questions, prepared by Joylette Mills-Ransome, vice-president for voter services. LWV President Rupert Crawford and Treasurer Alice Logie will be time-keepers.
LWV policy is to hold primary forums only for contested seats. Republican Sandy Spector filed to run for mayor and Democratic Councilwoman Bridget Rivers filed for re-election to the Fourth Ward City Council seat, both uncontested, so will not take part in the forum.
The forum is free and open to the public. The library is located at Park Avenue and West Eighth Street. Attendees are requested to park on the street or behind the library in the Ninth Street lot in order to keep the front lot open for patrons.
The Plainfield LWV will hold forums before the Nov. 5 general election for all municipal candidates, including the primary winner, uncontested candidates who met the April 1 filing date, independents who file for mayor or Fourth Ward on June 4; and for school board candidates, who must also file on that date.
--Bernice
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