Politics & Government
Former Freeholder Candidate to Talk on Union County Topics Tonight
Summit attorney and former Republican Freeholder candidate Andrew Smith will address the League of Women Voters tonight at the New Providence Library. The meeting is open to the public.
Andrew Smith, a Summit resident, attorney, and former Republican candidate for the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, has a few things to say about how county government is run.
He'll be talking about that and other topics tonight, May 20, at the New Providence Library, in a special series entitled "Union County - It's a Big Deal" that's being sponsored by the League of Women Voters (LWV).
The forum will be held at the library's Conti Community Room at 7:30 pm. The building is located at 377 Elkwood Avenue.
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A question and answer session will follow the talk, which is open to the public.
Union County Freeholder Chairman Linda Carter had also been invited to address the group, but because she's running for reelection, the LWV cancelled her speech. The group has a policy of being non partisan, and a declared candidate speaking at a forum such as this would violate their rules.
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Carter is a Plainfield resident and the first African American woman to serve as chairman of the Freeholder Board.
Smith ran for the Freeholder Board in 2011. He has also served on the Board of Health and is a currently a member of the American Legion and the Summit Taxpayers Association.
The former candidate graduated from RIT and served in the Army for four years in Korea and Bosnia, before attending law school at Boston College.
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