Part 1 Asheville City Council Primary Candidate Forum

Moderated by Dr. Chris Cooper

The primary candidate forum, moderated by Dr. Chris Cooper, features candidates Sage Turner, Kim Roney, and Charles Domingo. The candidates discuss the voting process and their opening statements. Sage Turner emphasizes her work on affordable housing, while Kim Roney focuses on affordability, public safety, and climate. Charles Domingo highlights the need for infrastructure improvement and sustainable job opportunities.

The forum is WPVM’s public service programming to provide an opportunity for voters to understand the candidates better. Programs are freely available on demand on WPVM’s political page

A timeline to view each topic is in the Youtube video description.

Dr. Chris Cooper moderates Part 1 of the primary candidate’s forum for Asheville City Council. 2.6.2024 The candidates are Sage Turner, Kim Roney, and Charles (CJ) Domingo. Taylon Breedon and Lindia Pearson did not respond to the invitation. The forum focused on important issues and policies in Asheville, including homelessness, crime on the streets, BID (Downtown BID initiative), Reparations, and Home Rule restrictions. The forum is WPVM’s public service programming to provide an opportunity for voters to understand the candidates better. Programs are freely available on demand on WPVM’s political page.

00:41 Dr. Chris Cooper – Intro

4:42 Candidate opening statements

12:15 Homelessness and how to address that crisis in Asheville

20:00 Rebuttal on homelessness

24:00 BID – Business Improvement District – what is your take on BID’s

31:00 Homerule – How do you see the relationship between Asheville and the State government

36:00 Rebuttals on both partnering better and “short-term rentals” example of contention

39:00 Crime in Asheville

46:20 Reparations

52:00 Closing statements

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