Sheriff Candidates Must Debate

 Jackson County candidates for sheriff must debate in front of their fellow citizens. To respond to a reporter's questions in a newspaper article is less than a bare minimum for voters to consider. Both of the candidates must stand side-by-side before we the people and answer live questions so that we may avoid hearing scripted responses which say so little.

Curtis Lambert

 We want to hear how our candidates for sheriff will respond to important issues of the day when under pressure.

Chip Hall

This is important because citizens of Jackson County want to stand behind our elected sheriff in community matters. To allow the new sheriff, whoever it might be, to escape being honest, open and accountable to the citizens of Jackson County before they are elected and sworn in is to effectively make a decision based upon partisan party politics. This is unacceptable. Partisan party politics should be far down on the list of electable characteristics for a fit sheriff candidate who is arguably the most powerful elected official in each county in North Carolina.

 The citizens of Jackson County expect and deserve no less.