In about an hour, in spite of the rain, what the small, uninformative banner at top of the front page of the Pamlico News describes as "Old Fashioned Meet and Greet Scheduled for Saturday, October 10th, 1-3 pm at the Oriental Marina" will begin. There will be no candidate forum as in the past, where candidates for elective office have answered detailed, sometimes challenging questions from attendees. Voters usually learned a lot about candidates at these forums.
When I was a candidate, the forum was organized by Pamlico News Editor Tony Tharp, assisted by Town Dock. It was a good experience.
Today's "Meet and Greet" appears to be sponsored by Pamlico News, though this has not been spelled out. There has been little or no advertising. Pamlico News did not even inform all of the candidates of the event, pleading inability to find the candidate's phone number, which is on public record at the County Board of Elections.
A newspaper can't find a publicly available phone number?
The newspaper is, of course, owned by one of the incumbents, though that surely has no bearing on the matter.
I miss Tony Tharp and wish him and his family the best.
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