Non-partisan interviews with the candidates running for election to Ridgefield’s Board of Education can be found on Public Access Channel 23.
The two-part forum, presented and live-streamed by Comcast on the Bobby O Show, is now available online here (episodes 004 and 005).
Host Bob Opotzner, a Democrat and former member of Ridgefield’s Board of Education, and Marty Heiser, a Republican, former member of Ridgefield’s Board of Finance and past Republican candidate for Ridgefield First Selectman, interviewed Ridgefield Board of Education candidates Jon Paradiso, Wyatt Lipman and Dawn-Marie Callahan.
All Board of Education candidates whose names appear on the November 7th ballot--Republican, Democrat and Unaffiliated--were invited to be part of the forum. Only the Democrats (Lipman and Paradiso) and the Unaffiliated candidate on the ballot (Callahan) agreed to be interviewed in this non-partisan session.
Questions were posed by Marty Heiser and Bob Opotzner, covering a range of topics. Learning more about these candidates is vital to making an informed choice. The Bobby O Show interviews stand alone as the only source for non-partisan candidate interviews because the Ridgefield League of Women Voter’s non-partisan debate was cancelled.
To watch the full shows on Channel 23: https://www.communitymediastudios.com/the-bobby-o-show (episodes 004 and 005)
To watch excerpts by topic: BOE Candidates Dazzle in Non-Partisan Forum - Ridgefield Democratic Town Committee (ridgefielddems.net)
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