The Stillwater Gazette will be sponsoring city of Lake Elmo council and mayoral candidate forums on Thursday, October 18 at Lake Elmo City Hall. The forum for city council candidates Anne Smith, Justin Bloyer, Brett Emmons and Greg Hall will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. A mayoral candidate forum for Mike Pearson, Dean Johnston and Nicholas Duffy will be held from 8:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. Marguerite Rheinberger from Stillwater will be the moderator. A forum with Karin Housley(R) and Julie Bunn(D), candidates for Senate District 39, which includes Lake Elmo, will be held on Wednesday, October 24 from 8:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. at Stillwater City Hall, 216 North Fourth Street. The newspaper will formulate all questions asked of the candidates. The forums will be televised and replayed on local community access television. Questions about the forums can be addressed to forum organizer Beth Johnson of Oak Park Heights at johnsonbeth@comcast.net
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