District 4 Race - Candidates at CONA Aug. 13

Sarasota County Council of  Neighborhood Associations - CONA                - monthly meeting -          Monday  7 p.m.   August 13, 2018      -     candidate forum       - county commission district four race     Candidates Wesley Ann Beggs, Mike Cosentino, Al Maio, and Lourdes Ramirez have been invited to participate in the CONA forum on August 13, 2018. They are the candidates qualified to run in the district four race for the county commission in the August primary. Voters elect all county commissioners, who are supposed to represent the entire county. Candidates run in the race for the district in which they reside.         The forum is free and open to the public. Written questions may be submitted in advance or at the meeting to be included, as time allows, following the questions posed by our moderator.           Qualified candidates for any scheduled local race are welcome to attend the social before the meeting in order to make contact with voters and to distribute literature and yard signs, even if not scheduled as a member of the panel for the forum. Information about amendments and referenda appearing on the fall general election ballot also may be provided to inform voters.                   Following our traditional half-hour social beforehand, the meeting opens with brief neighborhood updates about their issues, to include Chris Bales on Arbor Lake Preserve, Ben Cannon on Bath and Racquet Club, Sura Kochman on Siesta Promenade, and Tom Matrullo on the Celery Fields.                          CONA election forums will be held each month through October.                                                           See www.conasarasota.org/meetings.html for more information.             social 6:30 p.m. -  meeting 7:00 p.m. at the Sarasota Garden Club neighbors helping neighborhoods since 1961                        save the date  -  our anniversary party  -  November 5, 2018

Candidates for county commission invited to CONA forums

All candidates who qualified to run for county commission have been invited by CONA to participate in a candidate forum scheduled for their race. The forums are free and open to the public.

• The forum for district two candidates for county commission will be held by CONA on July 9, 2018. 

• The forum for district four candidates for county commission will be held by CONA on August 13, 2018.

The location for both forums is the Sarasota Garden Club at 1131 Boulevard of the Arts in Sarasota, which is at the intersection of Tamiami Trail, south of the Municipal Auditorium. Parking and the entrance are reached from Van Wezel Way. A social at 6:30 p.m. precedes the forum that begins at 7:00 p.m. 

Our forums are open to the public and free. Details and more information are posted to the web site,www.conasarasota.org and will be distributed in regularly scheduled meeting announcements. 

Qualified candidates for any scheduled local race and those proposing ballot initiatives are welcome to attend the social before each of the forums in order to make contact with voters and to distribute literature and yard signs -- even if not scheduled as a member of the panel for that forum. 

Kafi Benz, president