NAACP GENERAL BODY MEETING

MARTIN COUNTY BRANCH OF THE NAACP 5085

PO Box 41, Stuart FL 34995

NOTICE OF GENERAL BODY MEETING

Thursday, May 15, 2014, 7:00 pm

10th Street Community Center; 724 SE 10th Street, Stuart

Circuit judge candidate Steve Ziskinder and at least one other candidate for that office will appear Thursday night at a forum sponsored by the Martin County chapter of the NAACP at the 10^th Street Recreation Center in Stuart. According to event coordinator Del Hall, Ziskinder, who is running in Group 4, and Judge Larry Schack, who is the incumbent in Group 11, had confirmed their participation as of this writing but their opponents had not. Ziskinder is opposed by Michael Heisey and Schack faces Victoria Griffin.

The forum, which begins at 7:00 p.m. will differ from typical candidate forums due to restrictions imposed on judicial candidates by the Florida Judicial Code, which prohibits them from expressing their views on issues. Each candidate will have 10 minutes to address the audience and then field such questions as may be answerable within the rules of that Code.

Ziskinder is running for the Group 4 seat being vacated by Judge Dwight Geiger, who retires at the end

of this year. He began his career as a state prosecutor in St. Lucie County in 1988, and has been in private practice as a trial lawyer since 1991. He is the owner of The Boston House, a historic national landmark building located next to the St. Lucie County Courthouse, where his office is located. He is married to attorney Melinda Plummer Ziskinder. They have three sons and live in Palm City.

With only two candidates involved in each race, the winners will be decided in the primary election to be held on August 26^th.