Wyandotte County sheriff candidates, left to right, Charles W. Bunnell, Celisha Towers, Marvin L. Main, Victor Webb and Sheriff Don Ash appeared at a candidate forum on July 11 at the First Baptist Church at 5th and Nebraska. Another candidate forum will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight at the upper Jewell building at Kansas City Kansas Community College, 7250 State Ave. The forum on July 11 was sponsored by the Historic Northeast Midtown Association, NAACP, Heartland Black Chamber and other groups. (Staff photo)
A candidate forum is planned from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight at the upper Jewell building at Kansas City Kansas Community College, 7250 State Ave.
Candidates for Unified Government mayor and Wyandotte County sheriff will appear at the forum.
The forum tonight is sponsored by Business West, the Central Avenue Betterment Association, Kansas City Kansas Community College and the Historic Northeast-Midtown Association.
Candidates for the Unified Government Commission and the Board of Public Utilities are scheduled to appear at the forum on Wednesday, July 18, at KCKCC.
The community college is expected to tape the forum to be played back on Channel 17, the school’s public access channel on the Spectrum cable system, and Channel 146 on the Google TV system.
Another candidate forum is scheduled from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, at St. Andrew Missionary Baptist Church, 2200 N. 53rd St.
The primary election is Tuesday, Aug. 1, and the general election is Tuesday, Nov. 7.