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QLC Election Forum: Rent Control Ballot Question

The Hoboken Quality of Life Coalition is hosting election-year candidates’ forums, a tradition the Coalition has maintained for nearly a decade. The forums give Hoboken voters an opportunity to hear directly from the candidates running for mayor, council at large and Board of Education in the November 5, 2013, election. In addition, we will host a debate on the ballot question concerning rent control. These events are moderated by Bob Bowdon, a professional interviewer and longtime resident of Hoboken, who has  conducted QLC-sponsored forums over the last six years.

These will follow an established format: Written questions will be solicited from the audience and submitted to a three-person panel who will select the clearest and most concise questions on a wide range of topics. On most occasions, board members of the non-partisan Hoboken Quality of Life Coalition will be the selectors.  At the Board of Education event, the panel will include a representative from Our Lady of Grace Parish and the Hoboken Family Alliance. For the ballot question, advocates for each side will have an opportunity to make opening introductory and closing remarks, and a timekeeper will ensure that time limits are respected in answering questions.

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