It's the day before the primary election: If you're still wrestling with a decision about which candidate to vote for in the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners race, many of them have put up YouTube videos to make their pitch.
Democratic candidate (and former Xpress staffer) Cecil Bothwell touts (complete with synth intro) his role in investigating former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford, now facing federal corruption charges. Bothwell's endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign is also up.
Commissioner Carol Peterson, a Democrat running for her second term, has a series of interviews up on YouTube, recorded last March (including some defending her controversial vote on a proposed power plant in Woodfin). In this one, she talks about the challenges she's faced as a commissioner:
Here's a commercial for longtime activist Don Yelton's run in the Republican primary. He puts his anti-zoning stance front and center and says he's commited to cleaning up the contaminated CTS of Asheville site.
Republican candidate Michael Fryar put the announcement of his run up as well:
Any others we might have missed? Let us know in the comment field below.
— David Forbes, staff writer
Democratic candidate (and former Xpress staffer) Cecil Bothwell touts (complete with synth intro) his role in investigating former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford, now facing federal corruption charges. Bothwell's endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign is also up.
Commissioner Carol Peterson, a Democrat running for her second term, has a series of interviews up on YouTube, recorded last March (including some defending her controversial vote on a proposed power plant in Woodfin). In this one, she talks about the challenges she's faced as a commissioner:
Here's a commercial for longtime activist Don Yelton's run in the Republican primary. He puts his anti-zoning stance front and center and says he's commited to cleaning up the contaminated CTS of Asheville site.
Republican candidate Michael Fryar put the announcement of his run up as well:
Any others we might have missed? Let us know in the comment field below.
— David Forbes, staff writer
Read more articles in:
NewsSubscribe to XpressMail. Free Sneak Peek. Every Week.
Want to know what's coming out in Xpress this week before the paper even hits the stands?
We've got your free sneak peek, along with deals available in XpressMail, our weekly email newsletter. (It's the best we can do without time travel.)
-
Comments
-
Related Articles
-
Comments
Make a comment
I believe the Carol Peterson video was filmed and used by some local bloggers who opposed her on the Woodfin Power Plant Issue on a very short-lived blog.
http://nonewwoodfinpowerplant.blogspot.com/2007/03/carol-peterson-interviewed.html
You can see Dr. Joe Dunn:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=620D9E8043CC5CFF
Don Yelton:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4FE9CD355203464B
Mike Fryar:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=44F83A6FF975CFB6
And the whole Democratic Field at Google Video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-22017555104828506
There may be more...
By Thunder Pig
05/05/2008
Holly Jones has a great commercial up on her website:
http://hollyjones.org/
By Foto-Jennic
05/05/2008
<object width="425" height="355"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lzYJyQdl5-Q&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
Holly Jones' Commercial from YouTube
By Foto-Jennic
05/05/2008
If an admin could fix that code that'd be great... Holly looks much better than that mess of html.
By Foto-Jennic
05/05/2008
Just paste the url...the Mtn Xpress system can't display videos in the comments.
Holly Jones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzYJyQdl5-Q
By Thunder Pig
05/05/2008
Click below for two spots that I have out:
http://www.keithforbuncombe.org/press.html
By Keith Thomson
05/05/2008
I'm so glad Yelton "put zoning front and center", I'm supporting him as much as I can.
By Alan7
05/11/2008