Anthony Napolitano
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Upcoming State Rep Debate - Details - 2008/10/08 08:14
Simsbury Citizens First (SCF) will host a debate for the four candidates for the 16th District, State House of Representatives on Thursday, October 16th at 7:30 pm at the Simsbury Public Library. The debate is open to the public and will be filmed by SCTV to be aired during the weeks leading up to the election on November 4th.
The four candidates, Robert Heagney (Republican), Robert Kalechman (Petitioning Independent), Deborah Noble (Working Families Party) and Linda Schofield (Democrat) have all committed to participate in the debate.
The moderator for the October 16th debate will be Susan Raff, WFSB Eyewitness News Reporter.
Emmy-nominated Susan Raff is no stranger to the news industry -- her father was with CBS News in New York for more than 50 years. Before Susan joined the Eyewitness News team in 1995, she was an investigative reporter at a television station in Hartford and a business reporter at WTEN-TV in Albany, N.Y. Susan brought Connecticut closer to one of the biggest corruption scandals in state history: the investigation into former Gov. John Rowland. She reported live during the impeachment hearings and at the governor's mansion when Rowland announced his resignation. Then, Susan reported from Pennsylvania where Rowland began his prison sentence.
Susan is active in the community, in which she currently serves as the honorary chairwoman for Mothers Against Drunk Driving. For five years, Susan served as honorary chair of the Connecticut Children's Medical Center for Breast-Feeding Awareness Month. She is also a fundraiser for the American Diabetes Association and the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Susan holds a master's degree in communications from Emerson College in Boston.
The format for both debates will allow for opening and closing remarks by each candidate and questions provided to the candidates prior to the debate as well as additional unanticipated questions posed to them that evening
The second set of unanticipated questions will come from the residents. Voters are encouraged to go to our website www.SimsburyCitizensFirst.com to submit a question they would like us to ask the candidates and we will choose two to be included as unanticipated questions for the candidates.
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