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Several local organizations are hosting debates and forums featuring candidates for local, state and national offices ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. Embarcadero Media file photo.

Midpeninsula voters will not only cast their ballots this fall for the country’s next leader, but also for numerous races and measures that will have a long-term impact on their communities.

Election night broadcast

• Tuesday, Nov. 4, 10 p.m. – A live, one-hour broadcast featuring updated results and analysis of selected races and measures in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, Atherton and Mountain View. Co-produced by Palo Alto Online, the Almanac and the Midpen Media Center. Program will be livestreamed on the Palo Alto Online YouTube channel, the Media Center’s website at midpenmedia.org and local cable channel 30. Learn more here.

Past events

Recordings of several forums hosted by local organizations over the past few weeks are available to view on the Midpeninsula Media Center’s website. The list includes information on local and state initiatives, plus interviews and debates with candidates.

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4 Comments

  1. Voters should know that Palo Alto city council member Alison Cormack has instigated the creation of an organization to advance her personal agenda at Cubberley. She is 1 of only 6 listed in the group, and recently met with some PAN members on the groups behalf.

    Her groups mission states in part – “We support and advocate for the redevelopment of Cubberley for the benefit of the entire Palo Alto community AND OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES.” Wow. That sends up red flags.

    Her group even has a single issue forum that says it will put the same 3 questions to city council and school board candidates alike who will be together. No doubt a purity test will be applied to the responses, otherwise it wouldn’t be so tightly controlled.

    If I were a candidate I would skip this forum. A 3-question, single issue “forum” at the behest of a council member does not qualify for serious attention.

  2. WOW – Cubberley is owned by the Palo Alto Unified School District – a percentage. So how does that work? Not sure that is a legal maneuver. She works for GOOGLE? We need to find out who the other instigators are.

  4. Note that Palo Alto Neighborhoods (PAN) is hosting a Council Candidates Forum on Thursday, October 1, from 7-9pm.
    Moderated by former City Council Member Hillary Freeman

    The virtual meeting will be broadcast on Comcast cable TV Channel 28 and streamed live at
    https://midpenmedia.org/local-tv/watch-now/ (Click on Channel 28).

    This PAN Election forum, rather than being live and in person, will be produced as a Zoom Webinar without audience participation. To access the Zoom webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83874830135?pwd=d2tmVWtoem1aaE1RemlsaWlob2gvUT09
    Passcode: 057302
    Dial in: +1 669 900 6833
    Webinar ID: 838 7483 0135
    Passcode: 057302

    The candidates have also fill out an in-depth questionnaire on the various issues, which will be available as of September 18 on PAN’s website: http://www.paneighborhoods.org.

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