Municipal-election candidate forums scheduled

Voters head to polls June 5

By Journal staff | Saturday, May 19, 2007

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RAPID CITY — A number of candidate forums are scheduled over the next couple of weeks leading up to the June 5 municipal elections.

On Tuesday, May 22, candidates running for mayor, city council and school board will participate in the Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce forum from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Alpine Ponderosa Room at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center.

Hosted by the chamber’s governmental affairs committee, the event will feature city council candidates at 5:30 p.m.; school board candidates at 6:45 p.m.; and mayoral candidates at 7 p.m.

On Thursday, May 24, the North Rapid Civic Association forum will feature city council candidates from Ward 2, 4 and 5, and the eight mayoral candidates. Each candidate will give a two-minute opening statement followed by questions from the audience. A one-minute closing statement will follow, if time allows.

The forum is scheduled from 6:30 p.m. to about 8:45 p.m. at Youth and Family Services, 120 E. Adams St.

Another mayoral candidate forum sponsored by Canyon Lake Senior Center is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, May 26, at Viking Hall at the senior center, 2900 Canyon Lake Drive.

On Wednesday, May 30, Democracy in Action will host a forum for mayoral candidates at National American University’s Administration Building on Kansas City Street. Coffee will be offered at 6:30 p.m. to give the public an informal opportunity to mingle with the candidates and the forum will start at 7 p.m.

Organizers said the DIA forum will be less formal and less structured to encourage dialogue and free exchange of ideas. There will be no introductory remarks. Moderators will give candidates equal time, encourage complete answers to questions from the public, and candidates will be able to address or question each other.

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