(May 6, 2008) -- LBReport.com provides below on-demand audio coverage of last night's (May 5) Wrigley Association 54th district Assembly candidates forum.

Two Dems -- Vice Mayor Bonnie Lowenthal (on mike in photo below) and Councilwoman Tonia Reyes Uranga faced-off...

...alongside two Repubs -- ELB/aerospace engineer/Navy veteran Michael A. Jackson and RPV RN/former PV School Board member Gabriella Holt.

In separate June 3 partisan primaries, Dem and Repub voters will choose the candidate who'll compete in the Nov. 08 General Election to replace Assemblywoman Betty Karnette (D., LB) (precluded from running again by term limits).

Roughly 75 people attended the candidates forum at Veterans Park social hall...including Councilmembers Gerrie Schipske, Dee Andrews, Rae Gabelich and Val Lerch; Harbor Commissioner Nick Sramek; LB Harbor Commission Executive Officer Alex Cherin and aides for various elected officials.

Questions came from the audience, written on cards, read by moderator Alan Tolkoff.

Judge Daniel Lowenthal (spouse to Councilwoman Suja Lowenthal) and brother Josh Lowenthal (Sachi co-owner) were visible.

So was LBCC Trustee Roberto Uranga.

To launch LBReport.com's on-demand audio, click the links below:

• Opening Dem statements by Councilwoman Tonia Reyes Uranga and Vice Mayor Bonnie Lowenthal.

• Opening Repub statements by ELB aerospace engineer/Navy Vet Michael A. Jackson and RPV RN Gabriella Holt .

• Are you in favor of a "no net increase" in Port pollution bill??

• Would you support a bill similar to Assemblyman Warren Furutani's bill (blocked by a majority of Assembly Transportation Committee Dems) that sought to prevent railyard construction/expansion within a quarter mile of schools?

• What's your position on a new system to draw district lines?

• What about redirecting the L.A. river flow into the Port of Long Beach?
• You both voted for the [2002] pension spike. Why should I vote for you? [direct replies, not tangential rebuttals]

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