You can listen to archived audio from the Seward County Commission candidate forum October 7.
Moderator: Dandi Amerin, board member, Liberal Chamber of Commerce.
Candidates in attendance, in their opening statements speaking order based on commission district: Kay Burtzloff; Clay Louderback; Lizzette Avalos-Morales; Jairo Vazquez; Jose Lara; Fred Bloom.
Questions are given in quotation marks exactly as asked the first candidate. Sometimes questions got repeated or rephrased by the moderator at a candidate’s request.
Question 1: “What was the driving force that made you decide to run for the Seward County Commission?” Clay Louderback; Kay Burtzloff; Jairo Vazquez; Lizzette Avalos-Morales; Fred Bloom; Jose Lara. Follow-up by Louderback; Lara.
Q2: “What do you consider to be your role as a county commissioner?” Avalos-Morales; Vazquez; Lara; Bloom; Burtzloff; Louderback. Follow-up by Vazquez; Lara.
Q3: “What suggestions do you have for maintaining good positive relationships in our community?” Bloom; Lara; Louderback; Burtzloff; Vazquez; Avalos-Morales. Follow-up by Vazquez; Avalos-Morales; Lara.
Q4: “In the wake of the recent ICE operations, what do you believe is your role in ensuring the safety for all Seward County residents?” Burtzloff; Louderback; Avalos-Morales; Vazquez; Lara; Bloom. Follow-up by Vazquez; Lara; Avalos-Morales.
Q5: “What role should a county commissioner play in economic development?” Vazquez; Avalos-Morales; Bloom; Lara; Louderback; Burtzloff. Follow-up by Lara; Vazquez; Bloom; Avalos-Morales.
Q6: “Do you support the addition of a CFO?” [Chief Financial Officer] Lara; Bloom; Burtzloff; Louderback; Avalos-Morales; Vazquez. Follow-up by Lara; Avalos-Morales.
Q7: “Without any specific projects in mind, would you support wind, solar, or datacenter development in Seward County?” Louderback; Burtzloff; Vazquez; Avalos-Morales; Bloom; Lara. Follow-up by Lara; Bloom; Vazquez.
Q8: “What steps would you promote as a commissioner to stabilize the county budget?” Avalos-Morales; Vazquez; Lara; Bloom; Burtzloff; Louderback. Follow-up by Lara; Vazquez.
Q9: “Would you support a tax cap on increases in any given year? If so, how much?” Bloom; Lara; Louderback; Burtzloff; Vazquez; Avalos-Morales. Follow-up by Lara.
Q10: “Do you support a public vote on the corporate wind farms?” Burtzloff; Louderback; Avalos-Morales; Vazquez; Lara; Bloom. Follow-up by Vazquez; Louderback; Lara.
Closing statements, in this order of speakers: Candidate Jairo Vazquez; Lizzette Avalos-Morales; Fred Bloom; Jose Lara; Clay Louderback; Kay Burtzloff.
Moderator Dandi Amerin then concluded the forum.
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