Candidate Forums and Other Candidate Events

Candidates for RBB School Board Answer Questions

About this event: All four candidates for Richland-Bean Blossom school board participated in a forum at Edgewood High School on October 26. Topics included the school board’s responsibilities with respect to the administration, how to include career and technical education, the new policy on student access to cell phones, the impact of the growing population of Ellettsville, and how to respond to enrollment shifts due to school choice.

Where: Edgewood High School
Speakers: Bean Blossom District candidates Christa Curtis and Jeremiah O’Neal and Richland District candidates Dennis Adams and Kelly Scholl responded to questions from the 25 people in attendance.
Moderator: LWV-BMC Spokesperson Ralf Shaw moderated.

Candidate Forum: Indiana Congressional District 9 Virtual Forum

About this event: The public is invited to pose questions to candidates for Indiana’s 9th Congressional District.

Where: Online via Zoom, pre-registration is required. Go to https://tinyurl.com/IndianaCongress9th to register and obtain your individual Zoom link. Questions about the event should be sent to voterservice@lwv-bmc.org.
Moderator: Sonia Leerkamp, Vice President, League of Women Voters of Brown County
Confirmed participants: Tonya Hudson (Libertarian), Brad Meyer (Democrat), and Floyd Taylor (Independent, write-in). Erin Houchin (Republican) did not respond to our invitation.
Hosts: LWV Bloomington-Monroe County, LWV Brown County, LWV Southern Indiana
Cosponsors: Bloomington Press Club; Hoosier Asian American Power; Indiana University Political and Civic Engagement; Kappa Tau Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; Limestone Post; NAACP of Columbus Bartholomew County; NAACP of Monroe County; South Central Indiana Citizens’ Climate Lobby; Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington; Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbus, Indiana.

Town Hall on Proposed Ellettsville-Richland Township Reorganization

About this event: The proposed merger of Richland Township with the town of Ellettsville is on the November ballot. More than 40 people attended. Their questions focused on the impact of the proposed merger on taxes and on services such as snow plowing, public transportation, law enforcement, and development/zoning.

Where: Ellettsville Branch, Monroe County Public Library 600 W. Temperence Street
Speakers: Jim Perry, Professor Emeritus from IU’s O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs; Professor Justin Ross, also from the O’Neill School; Colby Wicker, student in IU’s Mauer School of Law and Van Buren Township employee; and William Ellis, member of the Ellettsville Town Council and of the Reorganization Committee.
Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County