Oct 4 at 6 pm at the Coleman-Bush Building
1104 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue
Lakeland, FL 33805
The NAACP is Sponsoring the event
List of questions the for the candidates:
1. WHO ARE YOU, AND WHY ARE YOU THE BEST PERSON FOR THE INTERIM CITY COMMISSIONER SEAT FOR NORTHWEST LAKELAND?
2. WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING NORTHWEST LAKELAND?
3. WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING THE CITY OF LAKELAND?
4. IF YOU COULD ASK COMMISSIONER WALKER ONE QUESTION ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE ON THE CITY COMMISSION, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
5. DO YOU HAVE ONE PERSON, ALIVE OR DEAD, THAT SERVES AS A PUBLIC SERVICE ROLE MODEL FOR YOU? WHO AND WHY?
6. AS A CITY COMMISSIONER YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF MANY DEDICATED CITY EMPLOYEES TO DO RESEARCH FOR YOU. HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN TO CONSTITUENTS THE POSITIVES OF A PROJECT THAT SOME CITY RESIDENTS MAY BE AGAINST? THE CITY STAFF SAYS THE PROJECT IS A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY.
7. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HANDLING THE POPULATION GROWTH OF THE CITY?
8. WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS, OF ANY OF THE BONNET SPRINGS PARK IN THE NORTHWEST DISTRICT OF LAKELAND?
9. IF YOU WERE SELECTED TO GO ON A BUSINESS RECRUITING TRIP FOR THE CITY TO CONVINCE A TECH COMPANY TO BUILD A NEW PLANT IN THE METRO LAKELAND AREA, WHAT WOULD YOUR PITCH BE?
10. WHAT’S YOUR BEST SKILL, TALENT, OR ABILITY THAT WOULD MAKE YOU A POSITIVE ADDITION TO THE CITY COMMISSION?