Unfortunately, the City of Minneapolis places the onus of informing and imparting the importance of city elections on the candidates, and most of us are underfunded. Only the incumbent bj has enough campaign funds to pay for costly ads in a variety of media outlets, consultants, a campaign office, etc.
It is a shame that there will only be two debates this fall. How can voters make informed choices about the candidates without ample opportunity to witness and listen to us presenting our campaigns and debating the issues together? BJ said she welcomed discussions about the challenges and opportunities in our community, but she’s content running without widely engaging the community. At our next, second and (hopefully not our - ) last debate I will strongly challenge my opponents to a third debate, to be held at Henry at the end of the month and with different moderators. The League of Women Voters format is cool, but it’s boring. I want an interactive forum, between candidates and the audience.
If you’re reading this BLOG in time then please attend and when I pose the question of whether the community members present support this, please be there to scream your approval!!!
Thursday October 15th, 2009, 7:00pm-8:30pm.
Loring elementary school - 2600 44th Ave N Mpls, MN 55412
(Thomas Ave & 44th Ave)
Thx!
mh
612.600.0155
peace
3 weeks until Election Day on November 3rd, 2009.
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