MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The two candidates in the race for the District 1 supervisorial seat fielded questions from community members at an event last week.

The Middletown Area Town Hall hosted the forum for candidates Monica Rosenthal and Jose “Moke” Simon III at the Middletown Community Center on Sept. 8. MATH Chairman Fletcher Thornton moderated the meeting.

Rosenthal and Simon are running to succeed Supervisor Jim Comstock, who is retiring.

The two candidates fielded 24 questions in just under an hour and a half on numerous topics, including marijuana cultivation, protecting the area's water supply, encouraging economic growth, their thoughts on the Wild Diamond Vineyards project, their priorities, who they would select for their planning commissioner, planning for District 1's future, and how to improve public safety and law enforcement.

In the video above, the forum begins at the 14:50 mark and continues for the remainder of the meeting.