Get Virtually, Actually Involved .....

Eric at Fire Ant Gazette is asking Midland bloggers to please help publicize the following event. His post goes on to say the goal of the event is to improve voter turnout in November ..... and that sounds good to me!

KMID-TV is hosting all the Midland city council candidates and the two mayoral candidates at the Midland Center on Sunday, from 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. Each candidate will have a booth set-up for them to meet the public. You are invited to come and ask questions of each candidate, or show your support for a candidate. They will have an informal forum with each District Candidate, as well as the at-large candidates.

Then, from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. KMID will hold - and broadcast - a live debate between mayoral candidates Wes Perry and Stephanie Sparkman. Questions will be from those submitted by the public, through the station website.

According to KMID News Director Mel Hudman, they hope to get voters to the polls, and think events such as this may help. For more information, log onto www.permianbasin360.com and click on the VOTE 2007 link. To submit questions, fill out the form at the bottom of the VOTE 2007 page.

KMID will also have an online poll during the debate, to gauge viewers' support.