Candidates running for 91原创 City mayor, council, and school board mingled with voters at the first in a new format of pre-election gatherings.
Organized by the Greater 91原创 Chamber of Commerce at the Cascades Casino ballroom, the meet-and-greets are designed to allow voters to speak to candidates one on one.
The format was inspired by the number of candidates running and the difficulty of holding a debate that gave candidates more than a few minutes each to speak.
Two City mayoral candidates, Val van den Broek and Peter Fassbender, and more than a dozen council and school board candidates arrived at the event.
鈥淚 think it鈥檚 great,鈥� said Mike Solyom, running for the first time.
David Stingl was also pleased with the idea of a different format.
鈥淚t doesn鈥檛 need to be a debate,鈥� Stingl said.
Voters dropped by to meet the candidates or to discus specific issues.
鈥淭here are some new faces,鈥� said longtime local resident Don Castron.
Castron said he wanted a chance to see what the candidates were thinking and the reasons they were running.
Van den Broek and Solyom mentioned people, at the forum and elsewhere, have been asking them a lot about homelessness, and that was on the mind of some of the voters at this event.
Fraser Holland is both a City resident and a homeless outreach worker who came to talk to candidates.
鈥淪ee where they stand, what they鈥檙e interested in doing,鈥� Holland said.
Another meeting for Township candidates will be held in the same format on Oct. 10 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Redwoods Golf Course.
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