The candidates for Chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors will face each other in a debate Thursday night.
Republican incumbent Corey Stewart and Democrat challenger Rick Smith are scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. at the Manassas Campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA). This is the first one-on-one meeting of the two candidates since the
two debated at an NAACP forum held at Gar-Field Senior High School earlier this month.
The debate is sponsored by the Prince William Chamber of Commerce and the Manassas Campus of NOVA.
Prince William Chamber Director of Government Relations Brendon Shaw outlined the debate topics in an email to Potomac Local:
We plan to cover:
Economic Development
–Expanding the commercial tax base
–Transportation
–Balancing the needs of the business community and residents
–Land use
–Education[NOVA] will have two students participate to ask questions. Keith Scarborough from the [Prince William County] Electoral Board will discuss changes to the county’s voting system following the debate.
The debate will begin at 7 p.m. in Howsman Hall and is open to the public.
A third a final debate between the two candidates will take place at 7 p.m. on October 7 10 at Congregation Ner Shalom across from C.D. Hylton High School.
