GAINESVILLE - Hall County Democrats will sponsor a forum Thursday for the candidates running for Gainesville City Council this year.
It will be held at the Gainesville Civic Center from 6:30-8:30.
All of the candidates have agreed to participate in the forum, according to Sheila Nicholas, Chair of the Hall County Democratic Committee, which is sponsoring the forum.
They are: Zack Thompson and Emory Turner, who are running for the Ward 2 seat being vacated by Bob Hamrick, and Lemuel “LB” Batancourt, Barbara Brooks, Andre Cheek and Montine E. Whelchel Smith, who hope to succeed Myrtle Figueras, who has decided not to run again this year. Ruth Bruner is running unopposed in Ward 5.
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