Miss the forum? Watch the videos

As you know, we hosted a Candidate Forum on October 30th for several of the Legislative Council seats and the Town Clerk position. We invited all candidates from Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9 as well as the nine At-Large candidates. The Republicans were well-represented and Independent Paul Jacques showed up, but only a single Democrat challenger felt the need to show up and talk to her potential constituents: Gina Cahill, who coincidentally managed to shake things up within the local Democratic Party by knocking out long-time incumbent John Flanagan in the Primary.

The event was very well attended and drew people from all political affiliations, with Democrats equaling, if not eclipsing, Republicans in number. I think everyone got something out of the event and it is just a shame the Dems decided not to make a better showing.

For those who were unable to attend, I recorded a large portion of the first two sessions of the Forum before my battery went dead. Unfortunately, I had no spare, so I missed Part 3. As a note, I have not taken any time to edit the footage, so the only break comes when one memory card became filled and I had to swap it out for another. I have posted both to the HART channel on Blip.tv and have also embedded both below if you care to watch them here.