Jul 13, 2010
Posted by Brianna Jones
There are
many, many opportunities to check out a
candidate forum before the primaries or even to
watch debates! The primaries, in case you
haven't been following closely, are on the 17th
of August. Forums are a great opportunity for
you to hear directly from the candidates and
also to ask them the difficult questions! Here
are a few, but more promise to
arise:
Regional Service Providers,
Disabilities Forum -
Thursday, July 15, 7 pm at the Best Western
Ramkota (800 N Poplar St) in Casper, Admission
Free. For more forum information contact Chris
Boston at 233-0401.
Greater
Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce Forum Thrusday,
July 15, 7:30-9 am at the Historic Plains Hotel
in Cheyenne.Breakfast will be served. The cost
is $15 for chamber members and $20 for
non-members. Please call 307-638-3388 to RSVP.
Fiind out more online at
www.cheyennechamber.org.
Casper Area
Chamber of Commerce Forum -
Wednesday, July 21, 11-1 pm at the Casper
Petroleum Club ($25 for Chamber members, $35
for potential members). Confirmed candidates
are Matt Mead, Rita Meyer, Ron Micheli, Leslie
Petersen, Pete Gosar, and Chris Zachary.
9-12
Coalition Forum -
Tuesday, July 27, 6:30 pm at the Oil and Gas
Commission (2211 King Blvd, Casper), Admission
Free. Confirmed candidates are Rita Meyer, Matt
Mead, Ron Micheli, Alan Kousoulos, Mike
Wheeler, Chris Zachary, and Tom
Ubben.
Statewide Elected Officials
Debates -
Debates for statewide elected offices will be
broadcast on Wyoming PBS prior to both the
primary and the general elections. The debates
will be hosted by PBS' Geoff O'Gara and
representatives of other Wyoming media outlets,
including the Wyoming Business Report's
Publisher Dennis Curran and Editor MJ Clark.
Members of the public are urged to send in
questions for the candidates, either to the PBS
subsite,www.wyomingpbs.org/decision2010, or as a
comment to this article by clicking on the
comment link below.
In a unique
collaboration between thatsWy.com and the
Cowboy State Free Press the entire debate
series will be offered via live streaming video
far beyond the PBS-TV coverage area, and be
archived for easy access whenever a viewer
chooses. In addition, the Cowboy State Free
Press will be implementing interactive online
polling and discussion surrounding the
debates.
The primary election debates
will be held Aug. 9-11. All qualified
candidates who will appear on a statewide
ballot in November were invited to participate;
the following schedule reflects the dates and
times for the first round of debates:
•
Republican gubernatorial debates - Monday, Aug.
9, at 7 p.m.; Repeats: 8-13 at 8 p.m., 8-15 at
5:30 p.m.
• Democratic gubernatorial debates
- Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 7 p.m.; Repeats: 8-13 at
9:30 p.m., 8-15 at 3:30 p.m.
• Republican
U.S. House of Representatives debates -
Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 8 p.m.; Repeats 8-12 at
9:30 p.m., 8-15 at 3 p.m.
• Republican state
auditor debates - Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 8:30
p.m.; Repeats 8-12 at 9 p.m., 8-15 at 2:30
p.m.
• Republican superintendent of public
inst debates - Wednesday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m.;
Repeats 8-13 at 10:30 p.m., 8-15 at 4:30
p.m.
