is planned for tonight at Arlington Town Hall at 7:30pm courtesy of the League of Women Voters.
Questions will be entertained from the crowd via handwritten 3x5 cards...so legible handwriting and a sensible soul are at a premium.
I for one am starting to get tired of all these candidate forums, they are tedious affairs the views of both candidates Hurd and Donnelly accord very closely save on the issue of casino gambling (Donnelly sorta for, Hurd dead set against).
I am tempted to stuff the question box with the following query:
"When executing a witch, warlock or other practitioner of the black arts do you favor a public burning, drowning them in Spy Pond or simply braining the magickal miscreants with a broken piano leg?"
Apparently there is some controversy about the 3x5 card system now used by the LWV. In the old days the citizens would step up to the mike and ask the question directly...that is how it was til the special election last fall when folks started grandstanding and haranguing the candidates. Personally I favor the 3x5 card system, makes for a brisk forum and keeps things focused on the views of the candidate.
It isn't like Hurd and Donnelly are campaigning for the office via shortwave from Thunder Bay or anything.
There are plenty of opportunities to chat or bluster at either man, live and in person...it is just that the potential audience might vary. I think that has got some folks up in arms out in Arlington.
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