Questions Released County Mayor Primary Election Candidate Forum Thursday 6 PM at Cumberland Co. Playhouse

A list of questions for the County Mayor Candidates in the upcoming May First Republican Primary Election has been released by the Chamber of Commerce.  

Chamber of Commerce office.

The Candidate Forum will be held Thursday, March 15 in the main auditorium at the Cumberland County Playhouse starting at 6 PM.  The Forum is being provided as a public service event and anyone wishing to attend may do so. There will be no charge and seating is first come-first served.

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Each candidate will be provided time to introduce themselves and make a few opening remarks along with time at the end for closing comments. Since there are seven candidates running on the Republican ticket for the May primary, candidates' responses to questions will be required to be brief and will be timed.

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The following questions will not be asked in the order presented and have been provided to the candidates and to the media. 

1. Yes or no, if elected as our County Mayor, will you aggressively support and pursue the funding needed to place a full-time SRO in each of our County’s schools?
2. What knowledge and experience do you have of the operations and functions of County Government that you feel would qualify you to be Cumberland County’s next County Mayor?
3. What is your plan to promote economic development in our County to attract new business and industry?
4. Do you believe that cooperation between the City/County/Chamber is vital in our community and what would you do to continue that or even build upon that effort?
5. What do you feel is the greatest challenge facing Cumberland County today?
6. What do you think the County’s role should/could be in addressing the workforce issues of our community?
7. Assuming the cost of local government continues to increase, what would be a good strategy for finding new revenues?
8. How could the County help to create a capital improvements schedule in Cumberland County and what do you consider to be the top 3 capital projects that need to be addressed in the next few years? 

Chamber of Commerce to hold Pre-Primary County Mayor Candidate Forum in March

The Crossville-Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce plans to sponsor a Pre-Primary County Mayoral Candidate Forum at the Cumberland County Playhouse-Mainstage on Thursday, March 15th from 6:00- 8:00 p.m. The Forum is being provided as a public service event and anyone wishing to attend may do so. There will be no charge and seating is first come-first served.

Chamber of Commerce Office

The format for the Forum is still in the development stage; but, each candidate will be provided time at the beginning to introduce themselves and make a few opening remarks along with time at the end for closing comments. Since there are seven candidates running on the Republican ticket for the May primary, candidates' responses to questions will be required to be brief and will be timed.

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The Chamber of Commerce sent questionnaires to each city council candidate. Responses here.

The Crossville/ Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce has been involved in the Crossville city council election race.  They invited each candidate to a private briefing about the chamber with volunteers and staff, sponsored the council candidate forum held at the Playhouse (link to videos) and sent a survey to all the candidates requesting answers to a series of questions, some in reference to future chamber funding by the city council.

Chamber sponsored candidate forum at the Playhouse

The candidate questionnaires were sent to all members of the chamber and answers can be viewed at this link. 

Early voting is now underway and you can find sample ballots here.

Videos from the Crossville city council Candidate forum

The forum was held at the Cumberland County Playhouse and was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.

Candidates L-R: J.H. Graham, Dave Warner, J.J. Brownstead, Jeanette Parsons, Terri Neal-Manning, Scot Shanks and Rob Harrison.

All but one of the candidates was able to attend and each candidate was given 2 minutes for an opening statement.  A statement from Charles Cooper, Jr. who was unable to attend was read on his behalf.

Dave Warner

J. H. Graham

Jeanette Parsons

J. J. Brownstead

Rob Harrison

Scot Shanks

Terri Neal-Manning

Candidates discussed the position of city manager:

Economic Development was another topic of the candidates:

Council candidates were asked where they saw the city in 10 years:

And each candidates was allowed to make a closing statement:

Chamber of Commerce city council candidate forum Tuesday 6-8PM at Playhouse.

Chamber press release.

Seven of the eight candidates for this November's City Council election have committed to attend the Crossville-Cumberland County Chamber's Candidate Forum, Tuesday night (6:00-8:00 p.m.) at the Cumberland County Playhouse. Each candidate participating will be given a two-minute introduction and permitted a two-minute closing statement.

Eight questions (listed below) were selected by the Chamber's Public Policy Council on Friday and were immediately provided to each candidate. Chamber President, Brad Allamong explained, "We did receive a number of questions from the public, but in the time available, the questions had to be condensed down to key topics that appeared in many of the public's greatest areas of concern."

The Forum format does not lend itself to a "candidate debate"; but, more of an opportunity for the candidates to present their key thoughts on how to make our community a better place.

The Moderator for the event will be John Fionte and Timekeeper, Nicole Hackmann, both from the Playhouse. The Forum will be videotaped and available on Crossville News First.

The Forum is sponsored by the Chamber as a public event for the community and residents who will vote in the upcoming November election. There is no fee and open to anyone wishing to attend.

The 8 questions are:

1) What is your plan to promote economic development in our community…bring in new business?

2) Either as permanent or interim, Crossville has had a revolving door of folks serving as City Manager. Why do you think this has been the case?

3) What would you like to see done to address the needs of youth of our community?

4) What would you do to promote cooperation between the City/County and Chamber?

5) Crossville’s Main Street is the heart of our community. What would you like to see happen to keep our central business district growing and an attractive place to visit?

6) What do you see as the role of City government in addressing our local education/workforce needs?

7) How long should someone serve on the City Council?

8) What would Crossville look like in 10 years if you were to be elected?

City council candidate forum planed for October 4 at Playhouse

Press Release from the Crossville Cumberland Co. Chamber of Commerce. 

The Crossville-Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a City Council Candidate Forum at the Cumberland County Playhouse-Little Theatre on Tuesday, October 4^th from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The Forum is being provided as a public service event and anyone wishing to attend may do so.

This year’s Forum will ask that each candidate give a 2-minute opening statement and 2-minute summary statement. Prepared questions will be provided to the candidates in advance of the event and we will attempt to get as many questions asked as is possible. A timekeeper and moderator will be managing the Forum and the candidates will be limited to just 90 seconds to answer each posed question.

The public is encouraged to submit their questions to Nancy at the Chamber office by email: nwilson@crossville-chamber.com