Tammany Together strongly supports citizen involvement in our government. This certainly includes making informed decisions about whom you believe is the best candidate for a position and voting on election day. We are forwarding the press release from the League of Women Voters of St. Tammany listing a series of candidate forums. We encourage you to attend and to share this information with your friends and relatives so that they to can be informed voters.

Tammany Together, Inc. is non-partisan, so we take no position on any candidate but encourage you to learn as much as you can about the candidates and vote for those you believe will best represent you.

Rick Wilke, Interim President, Tammany Together, Inc.
40 Mistletoe Dr.
Covington, LA 70433
Home 985-875-9066; Cell 985-502-2242; Fax 985-871-9906
Rick@TheWilkes.us

PRESS RELEASE
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS® OF ST. TAMMANY
Monday, September 10, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Sandra Slifer, President
985-875-9388 or 985-285-3552
Email: sandraslifer@gmail.com (NEW)

LEAGUE ANNOUNCES REVISED SCHEDULE FOR FALL CANDIDATE FORUMS

The League of Women Voters of St. Tammany, a nonpartisan political organization, has announced a revised schedule for their candidate forums this fall. “We knew we’d have to revise our previous schedule based on qualifying,” said Sandra Slifer, President of the League of Women Voters of St. Tammany. “We’ll be monitoring the Secretary of State’s web site watching for any candidate withdrawal updates, also. The League congratulates all the candidates elected or reelected without opposition.”

All candidate forums will take place at the Parish Administrative Complex in the Parish Council Chambers at 21490 Koop Drive in Mandeville. The parish government public access channel, Access St. Tammany, is taping all of the candidate forums and will be showing them numerous times between the taping and the election on October 20. There is a link on the League’s web site (www.lwvst.info) that will take you directly to the Access St. Tammany television schedule.

In addition to the forums, the candidates have received written questions and been asked to respond in writing. “We’ve put the questions on our web site and we’ll add the candidates’ responses as we receive and review them. Check out their answers and attend the forums. Louisiana citizens need to make smart and informed decisions this election cycle. We’ve got a lot of challenges facing us and we need the best people working for us,” said Slifer. The media will receive a copy of the candidates’ answers. Audience members may also submit written questions to the candidates.

SENATE CANDIDATE FORUMS: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
     Senate District 6: 3:30PM to 5PM
     Senate District 11: 5PM to 5:45PM
     Senate District 1: 6PM to 6:45PM

STATE REPRESENTATIVE CANDIDATE FORUMS: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
     State Rep. District 74: 3PM to 4PM
     State Rep. District 76: 4PM to 5PM
     State Rep. District 77: 5PM to 5:45PM

PARISH PRESIDENT, ATTORNEY GENERAL, & SLIDELL COUNCIL-AT-LARGE CANDIDATE FORUMS: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2007
     Parish President: 3PM to 3:45PM
     Attorney General: CANCELED
     Slidell at Large: 5PM to 6PM

COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULTURE, INSURANCE, & PARISH COUNCIL DISTRICT 4: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
     Agriculture: 3PM to 4PM
     Insurance: 4PM to 5PM
     Council District 4: 5PM to 5:30PM

PARISH COUNCIL DISTRICTS 14, 13, & 9: MONDAY, OCTOBER 1
     Council District 14: 5PM to 5:30PM
     Council District 13: 6PM to6:30PM
     Council District 9: 7PM to 8PM

PARISH COUNCIL DISTRICTS 10, 7, 2, & 6: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3
     Council District 10: 4PM to 4:30PM
     Council District 7: 5PM to 5:30PM
     Council District 2: CANCELED DUE TO LACK OF CANDIDATE PARTICIPATION
     Council District 6: 7PM to 7:30PM

The deadline to register to vote in this election is September 19. There is a link on the League’s web site for voter registration. For more information, please contact Sandra Slifer at (985) 875-9388 or sandraslifer@gmail.com.