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Mayoral Race Debate Videos
NCTV Live Election Coverage
by Mary Serreze | Nov 4, 2009 1:57 am | Comments (1)
Mary Serreze and Henry White anchor the studio while David Pakman works City Hall. Election Night 2009, Northampton, Massachusetts on Vimeo. Real-time collaboration between Northampton Community Television, Northampton Media, and the syndicated radio show Midweek Politics.
Television production by NCTV; Rip, encode, and video upload by Northampton Media courtesy of NCTV. Click on the image to watch video on Vimeo.
Watch the Ward 3 upset, as upstart Angela Plassmann defeats Bob Reckman… The landslide No vote on the non-binding landfill expansion question, along with a great interview with Mimi Odgers, the organizer of that ballot initiative… the Pakman interview with Tim Carpenter, director of Progressive Democrats of America... conversations with Jesse Adams, David Narkewicz, Gene Tacy, Mayor Clare Higgins, and more.
WWLP Ch22 Lincoln-Douglas Debate
by Mary Serreze | Oct 30, 2009 3:30 pm | Comments (0)
Can you stand any more? It will be over soon. Here’s video from the 13th mayoral debate, produced in the Channel 22 News TV studio. Lincoln-Douglas style. Part 2 below the fold.
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ABC40 Mayoral Debate
by Mary Serreze | Oct 28, 2009 12:58 pm | Comments (0)
This one’s really interesting—Dave Madsen pretty much sits back, and lets these two have at each other. Video Courtesy of ABC40.
Candidates: Would You Close a School?
by Mary Serreze | Oct 27, 2009 3:51 pm | Comments (0)
Daily Hampshire Gazette staff editor Stan Moulton, at last night’s debate, pushed both mayoral candidates—incumbent Mayor Clare Higgins and City Councilor Michael Bardsley—to reveal the circumstances under which they would support a school closure. Bardsley has made a campaign pledge not to close any one of the city’s four elementary schools.
“Why do you feel comfortable making this pledge,” Moulton asked Bardsley, “without having a crystal ball to accurately predict the state of the city’s budget over the next couple of years, particularly in the face of likely increasing cuts in local aid from the the state? Under what circumstances—for example the massive layoff of teachers—would you reconsider this pledge?”
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Reporter Dan Crowley to Candidates: Landfill?
by Mary Serreze | Oct 27, 2009 10:04 am | Comments (0)
Last night’s mayoral debate, sponsored by the Daily Hampshire Gazette and moderated by Gazette Editor-in-Chief Larry Parnass, featured three panelists from the paper’s newsroom: editors Laurie Loisel and Stan Moulton and investigative reporter Dan Crowley. Crowley took the opportunity to ask candidates Michael Bardsley and Clare Higgins a three-pronged question about the city’s landfill controversy.
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GREEN Northampton Debate Video
by Mary Serreze | Oct 26, 2009 3:31 pm | Comments (0)
Watch the GREEN Northampton Mayoral Debate on Vimeo at this link. Video produced by Northampton Community Television.
Ward 3 Mayoral Debate; Two Parts
by Mary Serreze | Oct 23, 2009 11:39 am | Comments (0)
Ward 3 Mayoral Debate Part One from Northampton Media on Vimeo.
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Gazette-Chamber of Commerce Debate
by Mary Serreze | Oct 21, 2009 2:21 pm | Comments (0)
This morning’s well-attended mayoral debate on Jobs, Business, and the Economy, held at the Clarion Inn and Conference Center, was sponsored by the Northampton Area Chamber of Commerce and the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Gazette Publisher Jim Foudy served as the moderator. Chamber Executive Director Suzanne Beck offered introductory remarks and described the relationship between the C of C and city government.
Things got testy between the two candidates on the issue of the BID (“he was for it before he was against it,” quipped Higgins), on whether Economic Development Director Teri Anderson’s new department head position should be posted, and on the issue of wetlands regulations.
NCTV Mayoral Debate Capture
by Mary Serreze | Oct 17, 2009 5:18 pm | Comments (0)
Video produced and provided by Northampton Community Television. NCTV’s Vimeo page can be accessed by clicking on this link.
Mayoral Debate – Higgins v Bardsley 10/13/2009 NHS from Northampton Community Television on Vimeo.
Unitarian Social Justice Mayoral Forum
by Mary Serreze | Oct 26, 2009 4:23 pm | Comments (0)
Video by North Street Neighborhood Association
Bay State Village Mayoral Debate
by Mary Serreze | Oct 26, 2009 4:20 pm | Comments (0)
Video by North Street Neighborhood Association
Mayoral Social Justice Forum
by Mary Serreze | Oct 11, 2009 8:06 am | Comments (0)
Saturday afternoon at five, mayoral candidates Clare Higgins and Michael Bardsley kicked off the debate season with a forum on social justice at the Northampton Unitarian Society. The forum, sponsored by the church’s Social Justice Committee, was moderated by Lisa Papdemetriou, chairperson. Each candidate spoke briefly, then responded to questions that had been submitted by the audience.
Stream both recordings here. Download mp3s here.