Few Tough Questions at 'Town Hall' Events
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry talk often about the needs and ambitions of ordinary people, but neither encounters many along a campaign trail defined by the exquisitely stage-managed photo op and fortified by Secret Service agents.
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By Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  May 28--The Georgia Water Council will hold a town hall meeting in Columbus Tuesday as part of a series of meetings across the state to discuss the statewide water planning effort and provide opportunity for the public to ask questions or comment on it.
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Looking ahead to 2008, here are three subjects we hope to hear more about--and a few we'd like to hear less about.
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NEVER underestimate questions put to authority figures by troops about to be sent into battle. Behind them are problems begging to be addressed.
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By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Boston Globe  May 28--At Nantucket's Town Meeting last month, Selectman Michael Kopko  kept one eye on the crowd in the high school gymnasium and the other on the  town forum's online chat room.
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At first blush, Friday night&#39;s second presidential debate in the &quot;Show Me State&quot; should not shake up the race. While recent town hall meetings have led to 8- and 4-percentage point
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Votes, Bits Bytes Boston bound? Speak your brains at our Andrew
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Here's a few solid but small hidden opportunities to evaluate.
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QUESTION: Mr. President, American forces are gearing up for what appears to be a major offensive in Fallujah over the next several days. I'm wondering if you could tell us what the objective is, what the stakes are there for the United States, for the Iraqi people, and the Iraqi elections coming up in January?
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Members of the public will pose questions to candidates via homemade video in a new kind of debate Monday night.
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John McCain has been holding town hall meetings in New Hampshire for much of the last year, including one on Thursday night, during the Iowa caucuses.
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Difficult questions. Questions about the futures of Felix Trinidad and Ricardo Mayorga. Very likely they will be questions only one of them will be able to answer.
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By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Feb. 5--It's human nature to play for time when big issues need to be resolved. But big issues -- like eminent domain reform -- are what state lawmakers were elected to confront.
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By Herman Wang, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Feb. 8--Members of a committee studying Mayor Ron Littlefield's proposed  homeless services center said they want more definitive answers on what the  facility will contain.
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At a time when much of our public discussion is riddled with disagreement, there is an emerging bipartisan consensus in one vitally important area: that the challenges facing
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Wired's How To Wiki discusses the finer points speaking in public -- without making a fool of yourself.
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