The Forum Candidates' Night attracted quite a few citizens to hear candidates for state rep and state senate. The event is being telecast on local public access stations and a summary by Forum reporter Bob Strobel can be found here. Sadly, of the ten candidates running for the five state rep positions, three Republican candidates--Duarte, Reagan and Stucker--declined to attend. They attended a private Republican only candidate event the evening before where statements were presented but no questions from the public were allowed from the floor. We are elected to represent all residents and need to be willing to engage in dialogue with all residents both before and after the election. And it turned out to be a great dialogue, and a positive event.
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