Upset
with the recent decisions of elected officials, a political action
committee aims to upset the status quo in Portsmouth politics.
They
have an ambitious goal: to elect officials in the 2016 campaign cycle
more to their liking.
People
for Portsmouth PAC held its first official meeting June 11 to
announce the following board members and officers.
Pam
Kloeppel , President
Barbara
Early , Vice President
Connie
Hartung, Secretary
Fred
Schoendfeld, Treasurer
Lee
Cherry, Community Outreach
Joe
Wright, Civic League Coordinator with Irv Lindley
William
Hargrove, Business Community Coordinator
Dori
Jones, PAC Advisor & Phone Bank Advisor
Maurice
Slaughter, Owner, Bayside Harley Portsmouth, Outer Banks Harley, Nags
Head Harley
John
Wright, Waverton Associates
Horace
Savage, Former 1st Citizen of Portsmouth
Bob
Arnette, Coastal Virginia Development
Ross
Cherry , Cherry Carpets
In the photo, left
to right back row: Lee Cherry, Voter Outreach; Bill Hargrove,
Community Outreach; Barbara Early, Vice President, Communications
Chair; Fred Schoenfeld, Treasurer and
Facebook administrator
Front
row: Randi Strutton, Candidate Coordinator and Committee Coordinator;
Pam Kloeppel, President; Connie Hartung, Secretary and Poll Worker
Coordinator.
Missing
board
members: They are Maurice Slaughter, Dori Jones our PAC Advisor, John
Wright, Joe Wright, Community Outreach, Bob Arnette, Horace Savage
and Ross Cherry.
Approval
of PfP as a political action committee is pending by the state. In an
earlier interview, President Pam Kloeppel said the group will support
candidates for local elections, not for state or Congressional
elections.
In
the November, 2016, Portsmouth voters will decide if Mayor Kenny
Wright and three City Council members will sit for another four
years.
Voters
will also have a chance to decide the fate of four school board
positions and the position of the Commonwealth's Attorney.
This
is not a paid advertisement. Nor is this an
endorsement of the People for Portsmouth PAC.
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