The East Greenwich Republican Town Committee and EG Patch are sponsoring a debate Aug. 23 between the three Republican contenders for the House District 30 State Representative seat in the General Assembly.
You can be a part of it: Patch is soliciting questions from readers.
House District 30 represents all of East Greenwich and the eastern third of West Greenwich. The seat has been held for 20 years by .
The debate will be held at on Main Street, with doors open at 6 p.m. Dave Layman, former television news anchor and a panelist on RI PBS’s "A Lively Experiment," will serve as moderator. The debate is expected to conclude by 7:30 p.m.
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Three candidates, , and , have successfully filed for the seat, and all have agreed to participate. , as a Republican four years ago and an independent two years ago. Both Fachon and Giarrusso are political newcomers, running for public office for the first time.
