Tonight all six candidates in Sleepy Hollow come together at last for the first in this week's scheduled debates.
The residents of play host at 7:30 p.m., prompt, when they begin the proceedings with a coin flip to determine which side speaks first (alternately from then on).
A timekeeper will have a stopwatch and call out time warnings. If the candidate doesn't stop on time, the moderator bangs a gavel.
Each candidate will be given two minutes for an opening statement (on background and reasons for running). The next nine minutes per side are devoted to a prepared statement answering the questions:
- What are the most important issues in Sleepy Hollow today that you can't do anything about?
- What are the most important issues in Sleepy Hollow today that you can affect and what do you propose to do about them?
Finally, are questions from the audience (two minutes per side, one minute for rebuttal), which should be interesting considering this tends to be savvy group. Closing statements are allotted at two minutes per candidate.
Next stop, with elections only days away, the candidates come to this Thursday night at 7:30 (refreshments) for a debate that begins at 8 p.m.
Good luck to all!
