By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
St. Joseph area residents are invited to hear from their legislators Friday afternoon as the St. Joseph area League of Women Voters restarts its legislative forums.
Sharon Kosek with the League of Women Voters says the forum begins at 4:15 Friday afternoon at the Rolling Hills Library, Upper Story Room, in St. Joseph. Kosek says everyone is invited to attend and hear from their representatives and senators.
“It will be a very professional, respectful forum,” Kosek tells KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr. “As a League of Women Voters representative and member, it is just so important to encourage people to get involved in democracy, feel they have a part in it and welcome all those that come.”
Kosek says this is a chance for residents to meet face-t0-face with those who shape public policy in Jefferson City.
“You can’t just get informed by looking at the Internet, that is not the place to be informed,” according to Kosek. “You can learn just one thing about an issue that you had no idea and that just makes you a better informed voter. It’s just so important to get involved.”
This is the first of three forums scheduled by the League of Women Voters.
On March 30th, the candidates for St. Joseph School Board will meet for a League of Women Voters forum.
“We’re so pleased that nine candidates are still in the race, because it’s a hefty responsibility and you take on a lot of your personal time and things can be asked of you that you were never anticipating,” Kosek says.
The League will host a second legislative forum on April 21st.