Political "Job Fair"
Category: Local... Politics...
Posted Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at 05:45 PM [GMT-6]

Mel Hudman, news director over at KMID-TV, is asking the Midland blogging community to help spread the word about next Sunday's candidate meet-n-greet-n-debate at Midland Center. I won't be able to attend but I promised Mel that I'd give a plug to this event, which is likely one of the last opportunities to find all of the citywide candidates in one spot.

The keynote event is a televised debate between mayoral candidates Wes Perry and Stephanie Sparkman. The debate starts at 6:00 p.m. at Midland Center, and will be televised by KMID; Mel will be the moderator. You can submit questions to be considered for the debate via this website.

I don't know whether another debate between these two folks will reveal anything new; this will be at least the third such face-off (unless I'm getting confused by all the other political debates). However, the "Job Fair" that precedes it seems to be a unique opportunity to talk with all the candidates for city council plus the mayoral wannabes. They've all agreed to participate, and each candidate will have a booth, making them in effect, captive audiences. This little soirée commences at 3:00 pm, again at Midland Center.

Note to Midland bloggers: Please help publicize this event if you don't mind devoting a post to it. I don't do much political blogging anymore, but this is an exception. The goal is to improve voter turnout in November. And if you post some interesting questions or issues to be submitted to Sparkman and/or Perry, Mel might even give you a hat-tip!