Summer is officially over and fall local elections aren’t that far away. Three valuable Triangle resources have emerged. Two focus on key issues/questions for candidates and voters to consider, and one focuses on the candidates themselves.
John Locke Foundation local government analyst Michael Sanera has created an excellent checklist from which a citizen can determine key local government issues/questions to explore. Sanera discusses the checlist in this interview.
Locke Foundation education policy analyst Terry Stoops has created a checklist for school board voters and candidates. You’ll find lots of information about it here.
If you’re looking for information abouat the candidates themselves, the folks at the Independent Weekly have a nice online candidate guide for races in Wake, Durham, Orange, and Chatham counties. This includes links to candidate Web sites and answers to an Indy Week questionnaire.
