Candidates decline LWV forum
City Council candidate Candace Nafissi and Treasurer candidate Eugene Solomon. File photos Candidates running in Redondo Beach’s March municipal election have dropped out of a planned League of Women Voters of the Beach Cities forum owing to participation from business community organizations. A LWV-BC representative confirmed that the event, featuring candidates from the District 3 and District 5 City Council and City Treasurer, has been canceled as of Jan. 22. It was planned for Jan. 30 at the Redondo Beach Main Library, and due to be sponsored by the North Redondo Beach Business Association and the Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce. District 3 and District 5 candidates Candace Nafissi and Mel Samples first sent messages declining their participation on Jan. 9, one day after NRBBA President Don Szerlip sent an email inviting the candidates to join. Treasurer candidate Eugene Solomon also declined. “I have to respectfully decline, but am happy to participate in a forum sponsored independently by the League of Women Voters with a format that fields questions from residents/voters. I will not be participating in any special interest events at this time,” Nafissi said in an email…
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