WILLIAMSBURG — Residents are invited to come out next week and meet the candidates for Williamsburg City Council.
The League of Women Voters of Williamsburg area and the York-James City-Williamsburg NAACP are sponsoring a forum from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Williamsburg Regional Library auditorium.
Three seats are up for election this year. The candidates, who run without party affiliation, include incumbents Pat Dent and Barbara Ramsey along with challengers Lindsay Barna, Fraser Hudgins and Ayanna Williams. The winners will join Mayor Doug Pons and Council member Stacy Kern-Scheerer. Caleb Rogers is not seeking reelection.
Attendees will be able to submit questions that will be asked by the moderator Michael J. Fox, who is the senior assistant to the president and secretary to the Board of Visitors at William & Mary.
“Our organizations are pleased to offer this event for voters to meet the candidates,” Denise Koch, co-chair of voter services for LWV, said in a news release. “While voters hear from candidates through various media, there is nothing like seeing candidates in person and hearing them respond to questions.”
Williamsburg area league president Susan Bivins said she hopes many voters to take the time to hear “how these potential leaders plan to lead our community.
“The expression is ‘all politics is local,’ and this is a great chance to learn about local concerns,” she said.
Kim O’Brien Root, kimberly.root@virginiamedia.com
