Dan Bammes, KUER radio
A public radio journalist will moderate a debate this Thursday that features candidates for Tooele County Commission and Tooele County Sheriff.
Dan Bammes, reporter and host of Morning Edition for Salt Lake City-based KUER FM 90.1, will moderate the “Great Debate” that will include candidates for Tooele County Commission Seat A and B, and for the Sheriff’s Office, on Oct. 23 at Tooele Applied Technology College.
Those candidates include Wade Bitner (R), Jerry Edwards (D) and Jill Thomas (ind.) for Commission Seat A; Myron Bateman (R), Jonathan Garrard (C) and Kendall Thomas (D) for Commission Seat B; and Andy Oblad (D) and Paul Wimmer (R) for Sheriff.
The evening will start with a “Meet the Candidates” session from 6 p.m. to 6:50 p.m. in TATC’s lobby.
The debate will start at 7 p.m. with each candidate giving introductory remarks. Bammes will then direct questions on local issues to each candidate and candidates will be given designated times to respond.
Following questions from Bammes, candidates will have the opportunity to respond to previous answers from other candidates.
After the candidate questions, the evening will end with each candidate granted a closing statement.
Bammes is the energy, environment and public lands reporter for KUER. He travels frequently to connect with issues and people in Utah’s rural communities.
An award-winning radio journalist who has worked in radio news since 1974, Bammes has extensive experience as a reporter, news anchor, news director and wire service bureau chief. He is also an adjunct professor in the Communications Department at the University of Utah.
Tooele Applied Technology College is located at 88 S. Tooele Boulevard in Tooele City. The debate venue will be room 177.