Saturday, March 26, 2011

Meet the candidates Thursday

Reminder: the only candidates' forum for the Woodstock (Ill.) City Council race will be held on Thursday, March 31, at 7:00PM, at the Woodstock High School. The election is April 5. You can vote "early" in the coming week or on Tuesday, April 5.

Candidates Mark Indyke and Joe Starzynski will be there. Will you?

The three incumbents all had previous plans to be out-of-town during District 200's Spring Break. Derek Lee has indicated he will not attend.

You are invited to care; that's c-a-r-e about the composition of your City Council and to come Thursday night to do two things:

1. hear what your candidates have to say; and
2. tell them what you want them to know about your city.

The plan is for this forum to be friendly and impersonal. Sit down close to the front; don't hide in the back under the balcony. The candidates will be right there with you - not "up above you" on the stage or behind skirted tables. Remember, they are you - concerned community members who wish to make a difference and who are willing to step up and devote time and energy. They have jobs or businesses, just as you do. They have families.

And they are willing to give up considerable personal time to serve you. Believe me, the pay isn't worth it. So come to the high school auditorium on Thursday night and part of this important process.

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