On June 14, the candidates for the Gwinnett County District 3 commission seat participated in a forum at Stars and Strikes in Dacula.  Incumbent Mike Beaudreau and challengers Jerry Oberholtzer, Tommy Hunter and Mike Korom were asked a series of questions by the moderator and also had the opportunity to ask each other questions. Each candidate had two minutes in which to respond.

The following links go to unedited audio recordings of the candidates' responses to the listed questions. For more on the forum, please click here.

Questions from the moderator - each asked of two candidates only:

• Question to Korom: What makes you most qualified for this position?
• Question to Beaudreau: What makes you most qualified for this position? 
• Question to Hunter: What is the most daunting issue Gwinnett County faces?
• Question to Oberholtzer: What is the most daunting issue Gwinnett County faces?
• Question to Korom: What is your position on TSPLOST? 
• Question to Beaudreau: What is your position on TSPLOST?
• Question to Hunter: What makes you qualified to be a leader in this community?
• Question to Oberholtzer: What makes you qualified to be a leader in this community? 
• Question to Beaudreau: What have you enjoyed most about running for office?
• Question to Korom: What have you enjoyed most about running for office?
• Question to Hunter: What criteria should be used to determine land use in Gwinnett County?
• Question to Oberholtzer: What plans do you have for Gwinnett County if elected?
• Question to Korom: What would you do to best serve your constituents?
• Question to Beaudreau: What would you do to best serve your constituents?
• Question to Oberholtzer: Do politicians skirt around issues?
• Question to Hunter: Do politicians skirt around issues?
• Question to Korom: What are your thoughts about the "learning to learning" 316 project? 
• Question to Beaudreau: What are your thoughts about the "learning to learning" 316 project? 
• Question to Hunter: What steps will you take to fight corruption? 
• Question to Oberholtzer: What steps will you take to fight corruption? 

Question from the moderator about airport to all four candidates:

• Question to Beaudreau: What is your view of the airport and what do you think its future should be? 
• Question to Korom: What is your view of the airport and what do you think its future should be? 
• Question to Hunter: What is your view of the airport and what do you think its future should be? 
• Question to Oberholtzer: What is your view of the airport and what do you think its future should be? 

Question from the moderator to all four candidates:

• Question to Oberholtzer: Will you allow outside influences to affect development decisions? 
• Question to Beaudreau: Will you allow outside influences to affect development decisions? 
• Question to Hunter: Will you allow outside influences to affect development decisions? 
• Question to Korom: Will you allow outside influences to affect development decisions? 

Questions from the candidates to the candidate of their choice:

• Question from Oberholtzer to Beaudreau: Don't you think you should return campaign contributions from Kennerly?
• Question from Beaudreau to Oberholtzer: How can you call yourself a conservative?
• Question from Hunter to Beaudreau: How can you call yourself a conservative in light of your actions concerning the trash plan?
• Question from Korom to Beaudreau: Why have you accepted campaign contributions from development company?
• Question from Korom to Beaudreau: Do you stand by decisions on SDS, Rabbit Hill cell phone tower, Coolray, etc.?
• Question from Hunter to Korom: What plans do you have to diversify the county's water sources?
• Question from Beaudreau to Hunter: How will you cut government spending and waste?
• Question from Oberholtzer to Beaudreau: You accepted campaign contributions from family that has county contract you voted for. How do you explain conflict?

Candidate closing statements:

• Korom closing statement 
• Hunter closing statement 
• Beaudreau closing statement 
• Oberholtzer closing statement