ROCKLAND, Maine — The public will have an opportunity to pose questions to the three candidates for two City Council seats at a candidates night at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9.
The debate will be held in the council room at City Hall on Pleasant Street in Rockland. Government access channel 22 also has agreed to broadcast the event, which is being organized by the Bangor Daily News.
The three candidates are Theodore Berry of Crescent Street, William Clayton of Acadia Drive and Valli Geiger of Broadway.
Berry works at the Lobsterman’s Restaurant in Rockland. He earned an associate degree and bachelor’s degree in justice studies from the University of Maine at Augusta.
Clayton is a former mayor of Rockland. He served one three-year term on the council and was elected mayor by councilors in November 2012. He did not seek re-election in 2013. Clayton is the executive meetings manager at the Samoset Resort in Rockport.
Geiger is chair of the city’s comprehensive planning commission. She is a nurse by profession who had been the clinical director for the Maine Primary Care Association. She works part-time at the VA Medical Center in Togus. She recently received her master’s degree in sustainable design from Boston Architectural Center.
Bangor Daily News reporter Stephen Betts will moderate. The public can send in questions on the night of the debate by emailing sbetts@bangordailynews.com.
Questions from those in attendance will be given priority.