Candidates for vacant seat on Provo City Council

George Stewart resigned from the city council on January 7th, 2009 so that he and his wife can be missionaries. The remaining six members of the city council are following the process specified by city and state law to appoint a replacement. There is 1 year remaining in his 4 year term.

They have to appoint a replacement on January 20th!

17 candidates have applied.
Below is the video of all their presentations before the city council on January 15th, 2009:

Scroll further down the page if you just want to watch individual video clip(s) of the candidate(s) you're interested in.

Each of the candidates previously gave written answers to 4 questions from the city council:

1. Describe what you can contribute to the Council.
2. What are the top three issues the Council should address?
3. How should the government balance private property rights against the public interest?
4. How can the Council best manage the City's budget?

Will you help make the city a better place to live by first researching the candidates and then emailing the city council as to who you think should be appointed?!
Email them at council1@provo.utah.gov

Alvin Lindsay Wiblin:

Charles McElwee:

Coy Dee Porter:

David Acheson:

David Cabanilla:

David Starling:

Dean Cofer:

James Anderson:

James R. Mathis:

John Beesley:

Mark Hathaway:

Melanie McCoard:

Neil Mitchell:

R. Nicolaas Leydsman:

Richard P. Valgardson:

S. Kim Hodges:

Vernon K. Van Buren:

Email the city council at council1@provo.utah.gov to let them know who your pick is! :)
Our local council members many times affect our lives much more than the President or members of Congress do -- believe it!

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