Thursday, October 18, 2007

Great conversations

Dr. David Hougton of the WMU Political Science Department had me as his guest speaker for his Urban Politics class today. I had a wonderful discussion with the students about being a city commissioner. They asked well thought out questions and the time flew by too fast.

Later in the evening was the Kalamazoo County Democratic Party's Candidates Forum. This was also a nice chance for everyone to talk about our community's future.

Last stop for the night was the Friends of Historic East Campus's Legislative Forum featuring area state lawmakers. I wasn't able to catch the whole event, but it certainly is abundantly clear that there are a lot of needs that remain to be addressed in our state. Helping universities and core urban cities are right up there.

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