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Meet The Candidates: Escambia County Commission District 5 (With Videos)
August 14, 2020
NorthEscambia.com asked the three candidates for Escambia County Commission District 5 to answer a series of questions. The questions were emailed to each candidate with a deadline to submit their answers.
The candidates were required to answer one question in a video up to three minutes in length, and they were told the video was their “pitch time” to share their message. The video response question was “What’s your background, why are you seeking office, and what’s your plan?”
The remainder of the questions had written responses, which we did not edit. Many of the questions were submitted by NorthEscambia.com readers; the top three most submitted reader questions dealt with broadband internet, trains in Cantonment, and roads and bridges. And so you could learn more about the person, we asked a few light hearted questions about their favorite bingeable shows, music playlists, food and even a question about a secret at the very end.
In alphabetical order, here are candidates with a link to their video and written answers.
John Reading (did not respond)
Early voting continues through Saturday, and the polls will be open Tuesday, August 18 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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8 Responses to “Meet The Candidates: Escambia County Commission District 5 (With Videos)”
@aaron
when did he reach out, what did he do or what is he doing about it? did he simply respond or is he actively working on it? i recall reading quite a few posts when he won the primary 8 YRS AGO and this was a question posed by a constituent. we still have poor internet capabilities in the north end. that should have been a top priority then. i’m just curious as to what he has accomplished on this issue. if my vote came down to this issue, he wouldn’t get my vote and quite possibly several hundred other citizens votes.
Thank you Commissioner Barry for all that you do for District 5! It does not go unnoticed!
I have to give Mr. Barry his props. I am not a political person, but I did send his office an email addressing the Broadband problems in his district and his office did reach out to me.
Too late John,might as well withdraw.
You are of course right. I have not viewed other responses. I just wanted to be sure nobody thought I had been left out of the survey by Northescambia, and I did not want people to think I had intentionally ignored Northescambia.
Overlooked the email? Responding after the others have respondes? Not a good look John.
I overlooked the email from NorthEscambia. Found it only today. Answers will be made available later today. Many apologies.
This is first class reporting and very useful to voters. This is infinitely better than listening to a couple of seconds of media sound bytes. Thank you, well done.