As we draw closer to Election Day, candidates are trying to get their message out.

The Town of Cary is offering one-stop shopping for residents trying to figure out who to vote for in the Oct. 6 municipal and school board elections.

On Tuesday, candidates filed into Cary Town Council chambers to tape their segment of a candidates forum.

"Over the years, we've found that more and more Cary citizens who vote rely on this forum to get that information that they're interested in because it's their questions that are being asked," said town spokesperson Susan Moran.

The North Carolina Center for Voter Education moderates the forum.

This year, many common themes for Cary were front and center including education, transit and attracting small business.

"We can't do it by picking up the phone and calling them, we can't do it by sending a brief little note or something like that, we have to look them in the eye," Terry Thorne, who's running for Town Council District A, said. "We have to give them specific advantages of living, of doing business in Cary."

Of course, growth issues are always huge in any Cary election as well.

"I feel like we've lost our way. We've forgotten what Cary's supposed to look like," Cynthia Sinkez, another candidate for District A, said. "I don't think that we're following the formula that most residents want, and I do think we can get back to it."

Some candidates weren't pulling punches, either, when talking about the incumbent, in District A's case, that is Jennifer Robinson.

"Somewhere along the way, she got off track and began to side more with the interests of developers than with her own District A constituents," District A candidate Lori Bush said. "And during Mayor McAllister's administration, she voted with the pro-developer policies 94 percent of the time."

"She is misrepresenting my work on the council, and everybody should be aware of that," Robinson countered. "Every time a development has come to the Town of Cary in District A, I have sat with the applicant, I have worked with the applicant to make sure it is the best project. I listen to the constituents, I find out what their concerns are."

Cary will start airing the forum in its entirety on Friday on the town's government access channel TV 11.

For those who want to watch specific parts of the forum, or focus on one race in particular, the town will have the entire thing broken up into sections that you can stream on its website.

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