(PENSACOLA) --- The Primary Election is around the corner, and two incumbents here are confident enough to reject the press.
In addition to providing the Escambia County Board of Elections with in-depth interviews with Robert Bender that offered opportunities to volunteer and to inform the public about the importance of the August 18 election, this media outlet offered the city and county incumbents and the candidates vying against them for an interview.
Every candidate running against Mayor D.C. Reeves responded promptly, seeking to provide the public with as much information as possible about their platforms.
Reeves did not respond to the request at first, but followed on June 17 with this interview.
(Photo: Email to Mayor D.C. Reeves)
Though the candidates' platforms differ, each one, beginning with Ann Hill and Jasmine Brown, feels they could do a better job than Reeves. So does Alicia Trawick.
Eric Shorter and Jermaine Williams are the first to tell residents running for mayor was not on their radar, but the future of Pensacola is important enough to stand up for when many will not.
At the county level, incumbent county commissioners also felt no need to inform the public about their campaigns, beginning with Mike Kohler.
(Photo: Email to Commissioner Mike Kohler)
Commissioner Ashley Hofberger also did not respond.
Her contender, Joe Vinson, responded promptly to the request.
(Photo: Email to Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger)
Yet their challengers did, as anxiously as the city candidates, to share why they are running, as seen in the interviews with Glenn Dorsey and Mathious Robinson.
One of the greatest uses of media is to inform citizens to the best of their ability about who is running for office, which is why OpGov.News reached out to the city and county officials and their challengers.
It should be stated on the record, OpGov.News clearly bears no bias and, to the best of its ability, must inform citizens about who they are voting for. Now it’s up to the voter to decide the future of Pensacola and Escambia County, because whoever remains in office or does not is up to you, the voter.
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