•September 26, 2018•

By Mike Brothers

Local candidates were featured at the Sullivan Chamber and Economic Development hosted forum held in the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall Sept. 20.
Amanda Standerfer of Sullivan was the forum monitor with each candidate asked previously submitted questions and given two minutes to answer.
Although the attending crowd was small, the News Progress Live FaceBook feed attracted more than thousand viewers.
Two Republican and two Democrat candidates vying for four county board four year seats attended the forum. They included incumbent Republicans Arlene Aschermann and David McCabe, incumbent Democrat Gary Smith and past Democrat county board chairman Steve Mayberry.
Neil Bryan was appointed to serve the remainder of Ron White’s county board seat and is running unopposed for a two year term.
Each county board candidate expressed a commitment to expanding tourism in an effort to grow the county economy as well as supporting development of a long range comprehensive plan for the future.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.