(top) Santa Monica Daily Press Editor and Chief, Kevin Herrera, who served as the moderator, asks the panel tough questions that face the city during the '2008 Local Candidates Forum Squirm Night' at Santa Monica Public Library's Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008. The forum included questions posed by the SMDP editorial staff as well as questions from the public. Candidates for the Santa Monica City Council (left to right) are;Peace Activist Jerry Rubin, Flight Attendant Jon Louis Mann, Writer Ted Winterer, Council member Bobby Shriver, Retired Stock Broker Herbert Silverstein, Attorney Susan Hartley, Data Entry Operator Linda Armstrong, Council member Ken Genser, Mayor Herb Katz, Business Advisor Michael Kovac, Physical Therapist Linda Piera-Avila, Actor/Entrepreneur John Blakely, Mayor Pro Tem Richard Bloom and Entreatment Consultant Terence Later.