Commission races focus of this year’s primary event

Polk County Commission candidates are set to answer questions about their platforms and positions on countywide issues during the Chamber of Commerce’s upcoming Candidate Forum this evening.

The event – being sponsored by AdventHealth Redmond and held in cooperation with the Polk County Republican Party – are giving candidates in District 1, 2 and 3 races in the upcoming May 24 primary the chance to talk about their position on several topics throughout the event.

Tonight’s forum kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Polk Today will be providing video coverage of the event (going to try on Facebook Live again starting around 6 p.m.-ish… and if that doesn’t work, there will be video coverage after the fact on YouTube.)

Those voters who want to join live can come by the Board of Commissioners meeting room at the Polk County Police Department at 73 Cline Ingram Jackson Drive, Cedartown. Seating will be limited.

Audience members will be given the chance to submit questions to be addressed by the panel. Those with duplicate questions will have one chosen among the duplicates to ask candidates.

Candidates invited to participate include District 1 incumbent Gary Martin and his challenger James Vines; District 2 incumbent Linda Liles and her trio of challengers in Perry Barrett, Ricky Clark and Glenn Robinson; and District 3 incumbent Hal Floyd and challenger Jeff Hawkins.

The event hosted by the Chamber during election cycles for local candidates does not feature any other races at this time.