The town of Dillon hosted a candidate forum Thursday, Feb. 13, ahead of a recall election scheduled for early next month.

At the forum, the three current Dillon Town Council members subject to recall — John Woods, Dana Christiansen and Renee Imamura — laid out their case for why voters should allow them to retain their seats.

The four candidates — Joshua Samuel, Barbara Richard, Linda Oliver and Claudia Pillow — vying to replace any of the council members also discussed their priorities and why they want to represent Dillon on the council. Pillow did not attend the forum and provided a brief opening video statement.

The special election is scheduled for Tuesday, March 4. It will take place by mail-in ballots, which have already been mailed out to voters.

During the forum, the council members and candidates responded to questions from Krystal 93’s Phil Lindeman, who asked candidates about Dillon’s best attribute, what tools they would use to guide development in town and workforce housing. Members of the public also had the opportunity to ask questions of the council members facing recall and the candidates. 

Dozens of Dillon residents showed up to the forum, which ran more than two hours. A recording of the forum can be viewed at Youtube.com/@dilloncolorado_. More coverage of the Dillon recall election, including profiles of the council members subject to potential recall and the candidates running in the election, is available at SummitDaily.com/dillon-recall-election.