Notice how I threw in that exclamation point to get y’all excited? Is it working?
I hope so, because I’d like some of y’all to turn out. The Greater Columbia Community Relations Council will host a candidates’ forum tonight feature all four of the Columbia City Council candidates who are in next week’s runoff: At-large candidates Howard Duvall and Andy Smith, and District 2 candidates Ed McDowell and Aaron Bishop.
It will be at 7 p.m. at the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce offices at 930 Richland Street.
How are we having a forum for two different offices? Like this: We’ll ask a question of the candidates for one office, then ask another question of both candidates for the other. Not perfect, perhaps, but it seemed the simplest way of handling it without trying to schedule two separate events in a tight time frame.
Originally, this was to have been televised live, but that fell through at the last minute. So instead of this being moderated by a smooth broadcast professional, the questioners will be CRC Executive Director Henri Baskins (who’s pretty smooth in her own right) and yours truly. If you come, don’t boo us too much — we’re last-minute substitutes, doing our best. (See how I lowered expectations there, despite the fact that I’ve moderated debates in the past and been paid for it? If candidates can play that game, so can moderators.)
Those of you who can vote in this election should come on out. This might be your last chance to compare the candidates in person…
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What time?
Oops! It’s at 7 p.m.!
The forum went pretty well, I thought. Lively discussion all around, and the candidates acquitted themselves well.
In the end, we did have coverage from WIS and a couple of other stations, plus The State and Free Times. I look forward to their reports. I’m pooped. Moderating wearies me…