{"id":25098,"date":"2014-10-20T01:40:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T05:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/?p=25098"},"modified":"2015-07-07T11:20:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T15:20:03","slug":"candidates-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/candidates-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"CANDIDATES FORUM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Finally. Brigantine will have a candidates forum moderated by an impartial 3rd party.<\/strong> On\u00a0Saturday, October 25, from 10 til noon inside the Community Center, City Council candidates will take questions from concerned citizens, taxpayers and local business owners. 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