Sonoma County residents will be able to hear this week from two of three candidates running for the county’s 4th District supervisor seat at a town hall event hosted by the Sonoma County Republican Party.
Former Santa Rosa mayor and police chief Tom Schwedhelm and Cloverdale Vice Mayor Todd Lands will participate in the ticketed event Tuesday, at the Finley Community Center in Santa Rosa.
Melanie Bagby, the former Cloverdale council member who also is running for the seat will not be participating. In a text, Bagby said she considered rearranging her schedule to attend but decided not to participate after learning the event would be ticketed.
“While I applaud efforts to foster the exchange of ideas and look forward to attending future candidate forums, I couldn’t in good conscience participate in an event with a financial barrier to participation,” Bagby said, adding that participating candidates would be “helping raise money for the party of Donald Trump.”