Friday, March 21, 2008

League of Women Voters

Last night was the last LWV forum before the election April 1. It was quite interesting to hear on the radio and meet in person those vying for seats on the County Board. I would like to thank the League of Women Voters for the opportunity to take part. In the communities I lived in, no group stepped forward to educate and encourage voters to make a difference with the simple act of voting. With the County Board race hotly contested in some areas, it was a surprise to hear from a friend in the Town of Clayton that the LWV in the Neenah/Menasha area did nothing for their community. I hope they have the opportunity to see our League's forum and consider one of their own in the future.

I have been told that the forum went well from viewers who have emailed me last night and this morning. I was too nervous to notice anything but the questions. I will watch the replay the next time it is on and update this post with the questions asked of us and some of the answers. The crowd in the room seemed a little bigger last night. Some were carry-overs from the County Board Forum. I'm glad they decided to stay.

Some dates to remember if you would like to catch replays of the LWV forum and other candidate forums and BOE replays:

Channel 10, LWV Forum (county then school board): Saturday, 10am to 12pm, 7pm to 9pm. Sunday, 12pm to 2pm.
Channel 10, BOE Meeting Replay: Sunday, 7pm to 11:30pm
Channel 2, Roundtable Debate with all candidates: Saturday 11am to 12pm, 11pm to 12am. Sunday, 6:30pm to 7:30pm.
Channel 2, Student Led Forum: Sunday, 10am to12pm, 8:30pm to 10:30pm.
Channel 19 (Town of Algoma), Roundtable Debate with all candidates: Fri, Sat, Sun 12pm to 1pm
Channel 19, BOE Replay: Fri, Sat, Sun 3pm to5pm and 7pm to 9:30 pm.

I will post times for next week when they are up on the OCAT website or check OCAT for updates of their Schedule.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

You and Ben did well at the debate Michelle. It was clear that you and Ben were the ones trying to SAVE money, while the other two were the ones trying to WASTE money. Taxing to the max just isn't a good thing tout in an election. Just ask Theresa Theil.