Know Your Local Candidates, Page County

09/08/2023

Thank you all for coming out to the forum this evening and for watching it on Facebook live. We apologize the audio quality wasn’t great.

This isn’t the end for our group though! Stay tuned for more updates!!

09/07/2023

09/07/2023

The forum begins in 15 minutes. We still have plenty of seats available if you want to head down.

09/05/2023

Good evening Page County. We are looking forward to Thursday and our first Candidate Forum! Doors will open at 615 for the candidates and 630 for you, the residents of our wonderful community. The theater seats 70 and it will be first come first serve type of seating. There will be some room for standing but not much. Reminder to submit your questions prior to the event to be considered to be asked. We will have two boxes set up at the event as well. Please also keep in mind that we are having this event for you to get your answers and also as a fundraiser for a wonderful family friendly organization. Trackside Theater will have a table set up with homemade cookies and bottled water and donations would be appreciated and will help Trackside Theater to provide more shows for you! We are looking forward to Thursday! See you there!

PS…I am trying to figure out the Facebook live and closed captioning so when it is “live” in the beginning it’ll be me still trying to figure it out! ~Lisa 😁

09/02/2023

Taylor Alger, who is running for School Board District 1 has confirmed she will be participating in our forum on Thursday!

08/31/2023

Shirron Ballard For Clerk Of Court has just confirmed she will be participating in the forum next Thursday! Thank you Shirron.

08/31/2023

Good evening Page County! We will be going LIVE soon to go over next week’s forum.

08/24/2023

Good evening Page County! I was able to walk around the fair this evening and I have placed several boxes for you to submit your questions in. I was also able to speak with some of the candidates who are participating in our forum. They are all excited to a part of this and are looking forward to answering any questions you may have. All candidates are available all week at the fair. So come out and support Page Valley Agricultural & Industrial Fair and enjoy a funnel cake! Don’t forget to thank all of the volunteers who help bring this event together every year.

08/22/2023

Good Monday evening Page County. I hope you all will have an opportunity to go to the Page Valley Agricultural & Industrial Fair this week. I am working on having some boxes set up at some booths for you all to write your questions for the candidates. As a reminder, you may also send us a message through our page. We would like to have a good amount to choose from for our upcoming forum. You may also use Trackside Theater’s mail slot located @ 32B East Main Street, Luray. Trackside Theater is behind Main St Flavors across from New Page Theater.
Just put it in an envelope with “Forum” written on it. We want to make sure your questions get answered!

08/18/2023

Good Friday morning Page County! No new news to report this week. We have a total of eight candidates who will be at the forum to answer your questions! Remember to submit your questions prior to the event!!

08/14/2023

We have another candidate who has confirmed that they will be participating. Ryan Cubbage District 3 Board of Supervisors! Thank you Ryan!

08/12/2023

As of now here is a list of candidates who are participating in our upcoming forum:
Clerk of Court: Kim Bailey
Clerk of Court: Stephanie Breeden
Commissioner of Revenue: Tom Bauserman
Sheriff: Aaron Cubbage
District 2 BOS: Allen Louderback
District 2 BOS: Paula Kibler
Commonwealth Attorney: Bryan Cave
District 3 BOS: Ryan Cubbage

Please know that we have made every attempt to contact each candidate. We have had several decline the opportunity and we have not heard from several others.

08/10/2023

I don't know about the rest of you, but I was curious what the responsibilities were for each position. So after a Google search, I found the below descriptions for each elected office:

Sheriff: The Sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer in the county and is the Constitutional authority for the Office of the Sheriff. The Sheriff may appoint deputies to act on his/her behalf and they have the same arresting powers.

Clerk of Court: The Clerk of Court is the chief administrative officer for the court and is responsible for the management and application of court resources. Position includes authority over service to the public, financial performance, staffing, budgets, and case processing systems. Clerk monitors procedures to provide high quality customer service, comply with law, and meet needs of court and criminal justice agencies.

Commissioner of Revenue: The Commissioner of Revenue is in charge of assessing property, income and license taxes. They also collect and audit tax returns, and are required to keep an accurate accounting of all delinquent tax accounts.

Treasurer: The duty of the Treasurer is to receive all local income and personal property taxes and other monies owed to the Commonwealth and no later than August 1 produce a list of all taxes and revenue that have remained uncollected. A Treasurer may only deposits public funds into a qualified public depository.

School Board: Members establish the vision and goals for the public schools in their district, and they set standards for the performance of schools and superintendents. Most school board members are elected by people in their community to represent their values, views, and desires for the public schools in their district.

Board of Supervisors: Board of Supervisors establishes county government policy, passes resolutions and ordinances (within the limits of its authority established by the Virginia General Assembly), approves the budget, sets local tax rates, approves land use plans and makes appointments to various positions.

Commonwealth Attorney: The primary duty of each commonwealth's attorney is to prosecute all felonies and misdemeanors charged under the Code of Virginia occurring in his or her locality. In other states, this position is often named "district attorney" or "state's attorney."

Soil & Water Director: Identifies soil and water issues and opportunities within the district or related to the district and establish priorities for addressing these issues

08/08/2023

A new candidate has confirmed! Paula Kibler, running for Board of Supervisors District 2!

08/08/2023

This just in: Allen Lee Louderback has confirmed that he will be participating in our forum on the 7th of September. Mr. Louderback is running for Board of Supervisors representing District 2.

08/04/2023

Don’t forget to submit your questions to us! We want you to get your answers!!

08/03/2023

Our Commonwealth Attorney will be at the event to answer any questions you have for him! Thank you Cave for Commonwealth!

08/03/2023

Just confirmed! Tom Bauserman For Commissioner of Revenue has responded and will be at the forum on September 7th! Thank you Tom!

08/02/2023

We would like to thank Aaron Cubbage For Sheriff, Stephanie Breeden for Clerk of Court and Kim Bailey for Clerk of Court for their commitment to our upcoming event. We are still waiting to get confirmation from other candidates who are running for office. We will post to this page when we receive confirmations.

08/02/2023

Don’t forget to submit your questions!! You may send a message directly to our page. Once reviewed and approved by our moderator, your questions will be asked to the appropriate candidate.

08/01/2023

Just confirmed, Kim Bailey (Candidate for Circuit Clerk) will be participating.

08/01/2023

Good morning Page County. As we receive confirmation of candidates attending our event, we will post.

Currently Aaron Cubbage (Candidate for Sheriff) and Stephanie Breeden (Candidate for Clerk of Court) have accepted our invitation.

07/28/2023

Thursday, September 7 th at 7:00pm, please join us for an open candidate forum for those seeking public office in 2023.

The forum will be available in person and on Facebook Live, with a moderator asking selected questions specifically related to the office the candidate is seeking. Each candidate
will receive equal time to answer the questions.

Citizens may submit a question for consideration in advance through Facebook Messenger. The identity of those submitting questions will remain anonymous.

Join the candidates at Trackside Theatre, 32B East Main Street, Luray, VA on September 7th and get to know your local candidates!

For more information on the event, please send a message through this event.