Mayoral Discussion

[ForumManager]

WOW  Thank you MAGGIE!

[Maggy Lorenzi]

To the Forum Manager:

I would be happy to enter into honest discussion with the other candidates on your board.

Sincerely,
Maggy Lorenzi

[Reggie Mclendon]

I really don't think he said nothing anybody was not thinking........This forum is not a true forum if you hear only what you want to hear......I think News and Views is good for this forum at lease he not just giving the same lip service that comes from you ........What is this a good old boy club.......I'm African American born and raised on the Northside we don't need someone in the Mayor office that have no Idea what the People of Youngstown are about,meaning all the people not just the people of the Cornerburg area.......The PEOPLE Of YOUNGSTOWN is nothing but an 100,000 Dollar PAY CHECK To Hagan..........If it was Between Jay Williams ,Pat Ungrao, Harry Meshel,I would vote for my first choice Mr Ungrao My second Mr Meshel Then Jay Williams.....Most Northsiders would vote that way because we know the kind of Men Mr Meshel and Mr Ungrao are first hand Jay is in that same mold ......Hagan is an outsider that useing FEAR to Divide The City we can not AFFORD to go BACKWARDS FROM the 2010 plan ........Everyone in The City has an STAKE in this coming to be......Hagan is a nice guy I heard but the same person told me he don't have no clue about YOUNGSTOWN

[ForumManager]

So far no responses from the candidates.
And I would imagine that your repsonse to this thread could be a deterrent.

I find your response to my announcement RACIST and I am only leaving it here so there is a reference for this message.

To be honest, I don't feel that Mr. Williams beneftis from this kind of  support.   "Hagan bashing" remarks are of no assistance to him.

I have received many remarks from our membership asking if you are an adult due to your immature behavior.

Please note...
if the candidates do respond and are willing to participate, I will be making one board just for the questions posed by our users and then making another board and  locking  it to allow only candidate reponses to those questions reposted by our moderators.  This will keep nonsenical banter from clouding the dicussion.

Our membership is asked to be civil and that their participation be in the form of LEGITIMATE questions regarding the future of Youngstown. Sophomoric behavior will not be tolerated and posts that include name calling, mud slinging etc. will be deleted without ANY NOTICE. I am against moderation of forums, but I will do so if necessary.  I believe in free speech. This is a family oriented web site. I am hopeful that this forum can be place that parents will encourage children to visit, in order to learn something about our community and even about its politics.

Sorry to be so blunt, just tired of the rhetoric.
Forum Manager

[ytowner]

You can bet I will have a ton of questions for the Hagan-Lorenzi teams....

Hagan: In case you were wondering; your opponents are all against you. NO Patton to secure the AFRICAN AMERICAN Votes.
JAY FOR MAYOR!

[ForumManager]

Candidates have been invited to participate in this dicussion forum.  

The invitation has been sent to those with email contact information.

They are Hagan, Williams and Lorenzi.

If anyone knows of email contact information for additional candidates, please contact the forum manager.

I will keep you posted as to their repsonse about participating in discussion.