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| Chamber will host council forums for FL, Columbus, Wyoming slates |
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| Wednesday, 01 October 2008 | |
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Area residents wishing to learn more about their candidates for city council and mayor will have that chance, thanks to the Forest Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber will sponsor three separate candidate forums for mayoral and city council candidates from Forest Lake, Wyoming and Columbus. The Forest Lake City Council Forum will take place 6:30-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the Forest Lake City Hall, 220 N. Lake St., Forest Lake, MN 55025. The Columbus Forum will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 21 at the Columbus City Office; 16319 Kettle River Blvd., Columbus. The Wyoming Forum will take place 6:30-8:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30, at the Wyoming City Hall, 26855 Forest Blvd., Wyoming. Alan Bakke will moderate all three Chamber forums. He has served in the moderator chair for many past election forums. The Forest Lake and Columbus council forums will be taped and broadcast over Lakes Area Cable Television, Channel 10, several times before the election. The Wyoming area is not part of the Forest Lake cable television franchise agreement and the forum will not be telecast over that cable system. County debate A debate is also planned in Washington County. The Washington County Board of Commissioners and the Minnesota Inter-County Association will host a state legislative candidate forum 5:30-7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 8 in the County Board Room at the Washington County Government Center, 14949 N. 62nd St. in Stillwater. Candidates for House District 52A – Rolanda DelaMartinez and Rep. Bob Dettmer; House District 55B – Rep. Nora Slawik and Joel Wellman; House District 56A - Rep. Julie Bunn; House District 56B – Lee Bohlsen and Rep. Marsha Swails and House District 57A – Kurt Perkins and Rep. Karla Bigham have accepted invitations to participate. The forum will focus on issues of concern to counties and their residents. For more information on the legislative candidate forum, contact Keith Carlson, executive director, MICA, 651-222-8737 or Maggi Aitkens, public information, Washington County, 651-430-6026. Social Bookmarking ...       |
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