Wednesday, September 9, 2009

City Council Candidates Forum SEP 9 2009

Still images from the Cambridge MA City Council candidates forum sponsored by the League of Women's Voters and the East Cambridge Planning Team held at the Marlowe Hotel on Land Boulevard in Cambridge on Wednesday September 9, 2009. Better quality video footage of the non incumbents is being posted on this blog, YouTube, Blip.tv, Vimeo and Break.com. Search by name of candidate, or Cambridge elections. [As of Tuesday September 15, 2009 at 6:00 AM ET Lawrence Adkins, Leland Cheung, Silvia Glick, Neal Leavitt, Charles Marquardt, Gregg Moree, Kathy Podgers, and Tom Stohlman are posted.] Patti Muldoon of LWV is the moderator. Mark Flanagan did not show.


Patti Muldoon, Moderator




L to R
Tom Stohlman
Larry Ward (I)
James Williamson
Sam Seidel (I) (standing)
Kathy Podgers (in straw hat)


L to R
Larry Ward (I)
James Williamson
Sam Seidel (I) (standing)
Kathy Podgers (in straw hat)


Audience


Audience


Audience


L to R
Denise Simmons (I)
Marjory Decker (I) (standing)


L to R
Silvia Glick
Tim Toomey (I)
Minka vanBeuzekom
Charles Marquardt


L to R
Silvia Glick
Tim Toomey (I)
Minka vanBeuzekom
Charles Marquardt


L to R
Kathy Podgers
Ken Reeves (I)
David Maher (I)
Edward Sullivan


L to R
Tom Stohlman
Larry Ward (I)
James Williamson
Sam Seidel (I)
Leland Cheung


L to R
Henrietta Davis (I)
Craig Kelley (I)
Gregg Moree
Neal Leavitt
Patti Muldoon (standing)


L to R
Silvia Glick
Tim Toomey (I)


L to R
Minka vanBeuzekom
Charles Marquardt


L to R
Denise Simmons (I)
Marjory Decker (I)


L to R
Gregg Moree
Neal Leavitt


L to R
Craig Kelley (I)
Larry Adkins


L to R
David Maher (I)
Edward Sullivan
Henrietta Davis (I)


L to R
James Williamson
Sam Seidel (I)
Leland Cheung


L to R
Kathy Podgers
Ken Reeves (I)


L to R
Tom Stohlman
Larry Ward (I)

1 comment:

HeatherHoffman said...

Why did the League of Women Voters (the sponsors, the East Cambridge Planning Team, left the decision up to them because they are nonpartisan and provided the moderator) cave in to Marjorie Decker? The same decision was made with respect to the first candidates forum, which was sponsored by the Ward 6 Democrats. As far as I'm concerned, only people who are actually appearing on the ballot have any right to appear at a candidates forum. Permitting her to take part was blatant favoritism. Does anyone believe that a non-incumbent would have been treated the same way?

I hope the voters factor in Councillor Decker's obvious sense of entitlement, despite her failure to follow the rules, when they decide how to vote on November 3. Not that she's alone in Cambridge city government in thinking that some people are more equal than others, but that will never change as long as there are no penalties for acting that way.