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Chairman candidates speak Monday in Norcross

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Feb 24, 2011

Candidates for chairman of the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners will speak at a forum from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 5575 Peachtree Parkway, Norcross. The forum will be moderated by retired television news anchor Wes Sarginson.

Four candidates – Will Costa of Lilburn, Larry Gause of Tucker, Gerald Duane Kissel of Snellville and Charlotte Nash of Dacula – are vying to become board chairman in a March 15 special election.

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