Residents who want to personally judge candidates for the bench before casting a vote for 52-2 District Court will have the opportunity this Thursday, June 26.
The Oakland County Bar Association, in partnership with the League of Women Voters and the Detroit Free Press, will host a live and televised judicial candidate forum beginning at 7 p.m. at Clarkston Junior High, 6595 Waldon Road.
Each of the four 52-2 District Court judge candidates, Hon. Dana Fortinberry (incumbent), Joseph Fabrizio, Fred Miller, and Mark Lyon, will make opening and closing statements, as well as answer questions presented by the panel. The event is open to the public; admission is free.
District Court judges are elected to six-year terms on a non-partisan ballot.
The 52-2 District Court serves the entire Clarkston News coverage area’the City of the Village of Clarkston, Independence Township and Springfield Township’as well as the townships of Brandon, Groveland, Holly, Rose and White Lake, along with the villages of Ortonville and Holly.
According to the OCBA, the purpose of the forum is to disseminate information about judicial candidates and to assist’Oakland County citizens in becoming more knowledgeable and informed voters.?
Campaign attire and materials are not permitted inside’the candidate forum.
? Laura Colvin