Garland, Texas – Eastfield College is hosting a forum for candidates running for Garland City Council in the May 8, 2010 municipal election.  Don Baynham, Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness at Eastfield College, will moderate the forum. 
 
The forum is scheduled for Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 7 p.m. in the Council Chamber of Garland City Hall, 200 N Fifth Street.  The forum will also be broadcast live on CGTV, the City’s government access cable channel.  CGTV is available on Time Warner Cable channel 16, on Verizon FIOS TV channel 44 and is streamed live on the City’s website. 
 
Garland citizens are invited to submit questions to be used during the forum.  Questions may be submitted by April 2, 2010 online at www.garlandtx.gov, by email to scook@dcccd.edu, by fax to 972-860-8324, or by mail to: 
 
Sharon Cook
Director of College Communications & Community Relations
Eastfield College
3737 Motley
Mesquite, TX 75150
Attn: Garland City Council Forum
 
Please include “Garland City Council Forum” in the subject line of email and fax submissions. 
 Eastfield College personnel will evaluate the validity of the submitted questions and have the option of combining similar questions or eliminating questions that are inappropriate in nature (i.e., personal attacks on individuals or questions that are vulgar in nature).