On June 26, 2008 What Is Goin’ On? ventured into unchartered waters with its first political forum highlighting candidates for Chairman and District representatives of the Toombs County Board of Commissioners. It was broadcast live over WLYU FM, 100.9 and was video-taped by our local TV Channel 46.

I called it a forum because it was somewhere between a debate and an interview. Just where between, you will have to decide.

There were 3 candidates for district seats and 5 candidates for chairman. The district candidates were interviewed first and then the candidates for chairman. It lasted about an hour and forty-five minutes, including 3 commercial breaks which have been deleted from this podcast.

I thought it went rather well, particularly for our first effort. The candidates were talkative and engaged in a lively discussion of a wide range of topics from waste management to non-partisan county elections.

If you are from Toombs County and have not heard the forum, you should listen and hopefully learn something that will help you decide whom to vote for July 15, 2008.

If you are not from Toombs County, it still might be interesting listening to find out what concerns the candidates of rural Georgia.

PS: It was a bear to get this recording from the radio station to the web. It is huge and required separation and re-constitution. I have not listened to the entire thing in its final format. Should you detect a gap or anything else amiss, please do not hesitate to drop me a note. Maybe I can fix it. Maybe not.