Tonight my two oldest children and I went to the Pine City mayoral candidates forum at Pine Technical College. I thought it would be a good civics lesson for them to be a part of. They thought it was pretty fun for the first hour but the city council portion of the evening got to be a little boring for a twelve and eight year old. My son asked me why there were no young people at the forum, I didn't know how to answer him. I suspect that it has always been that younger people pay less attention to politics due to not feeling like they have anything to gain or loose in the whole process. I know that when I was younger I put very little thought as to who my mayor was or city council was.
The forum was nicely done, and most important to note was that there was coffee available
wich anyone who knows me knows that I rarely go places without coffee. With that I have loaded a audio file of the mayoral candidates that you can listen to with the widget on the left side of the page.
Thanks Stan
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