Chat Live Thursday With State Senate Candidate John Slattery

State Senate candidate John Slattery will be joining us here on Danvers Patch on Thursday at 2 p.m. for a live chat with readers.

If you have any questions for Slattery - a Democrat from Peabody - on his bid for the 2nd Essex District seat, which represents Peabody, Salem, Beverly, Danvers and Topsfield, this is a great opportunity to get those questions answered.

Be sure to head on over to our homepage between 2 and 3 p.m. to join our chat. You simply have to provide your name and you'll be able to ask your questions immediately.

Be sure to mark your calendar today. Questions submitted, as always, will be subject to moderator approval. No vulgar or libelous comments will be allowed.

Due to the fact that we expect a high volume of questions for that hour, we will keep the questions issue-related and not repetitive. If you join the chat late, please take a minute to scroll through the questions and answers so far to see if your question has already been addressed.

If you won't be able to join us Thursday afternoon, leave your question for Slattery in the comments section below and we'll do our best to include it in the chat if time allows.

We are in the process of scheduling live chats with the other three Democratic candidates - Edward Carroll, Joan Lovely and Mary-Ellen Manning - in the race prior to the Sept. 6 primary election.