The evening of July 21st Sublette County's Chamber of Commerce held a candidate forum. The coming primary election on August 16th was the driver of this. Here is the link:
There is a passcode to access this: %RsAh6Us
There were 5 questions and each candidate responded to the same questions. In a few cases the questions did not apply to a given cadidate for their position.
Candidate were given 1 minute to introduce themselves, then 2 minutes for each question and then 1 minute for closing words. The order of cadidates was by drawn lots and after question #2 lots were drawn again.
This was a long evening. My speaking times were:
Slider bar times Hrs:minutes
Introduction 0:19
Question 1 0:39
Are you against creating new state, local or increased property taxes, and why?
Question 2 1:06
What do you feel is a major issue right now not only impacting Sublette County but our state, and how would you address that issue?
Question 3 1:55
With current inflation what are you going to do to protect our population from poverty?
Question 4 2:25
Besides the oil industry what other industries do you think Sublette County should be concentrating on to keep our local economy healthy for the future?
Question 5 2:56
With the current and growing supply chain issues how can we protect Sublette County from shortages?
Closing 3:17
What set you apart from the other Candidates?