Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Chester Mayoral, City Council Candidates to Debate at Widener Oct. 27

(Wednesday, October 26, 2011) Chester Mayor Wendell N. Butler Jr. and City Councilman John A. Linder will have a chance to convince voters of their qualifications to lead Pennsylvania’s first city in a mayoral debate at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 in Lathem Hall at Widener University.
 
The mayoral debate will run from 7 to 8 p.m. followed by a 30-minute city council debate at 8 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public. Audience members will have the opportunity to submit questions to the candidates on index cards that will be screened by representatives from the League of Women Voters and the Inner City Alliance.

The debate will be moderated by KYW-TV (CBS 3) reporter Dray Clark, a Chester native, who will ask the questions. Each candidate will have the opportunity to make a two-minute closing statement. The city council debate will follow a similar format.

Candidates for Chester City Council include: Republican Shepard Garner, Democrat Nafis Nichols, Democrat Elizabeth Williams, and Republican Nolan O. Woodland. They are competing for two seats on City Council.

The Inner City Alliance is organizing the debate, which will be sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Delaware County, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Chester Alumnae, National Congress of Black Women Delaware County Chapter, the NAACP Chester Branch, the Widener NAACP College Chapter, College Republicans of Widener, Young Democrats of Widener, the Widener Black Student Union, and the Widener Student Government Association.

Lathem Hall is located on 13th and Potter Streets in Chester, Pa. Parking is available in the 13th Street parking lot across from Lathem Hall.

Widener University is a private, metropolitan university that connects curricula to social issues through civic engagement. Dynamic teaching, active scholarship, personal attention, and experiential learning are key components of the Widener experience. A comprehensive doctorate-granting university, Widener is comprised of eight schools and colleges that offer liberal arts and sciences, professional and pre-professional curricula leading to associate’s, baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degrees. The university’s campuses in Chester, Exton, and Harrisburg, Pa., and Wilmington, Del., serve some 6,500 students. Visit the university website, www.widener.edu.

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