The public is invited to attend a candidates’ forum on Thursday, October 9, 2008, at 5:30 p.m. in room 125 of Hartnell College’s Performing Arts Center. The forum is a project of the Governmental Review Council of the Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce, and is hosted by the Political Science Club of Hartnell College.

The Forum is designed to give voters an opportunity to hear from candidates running for local office on the November ballot. Candidates for contested City Council seats, judgeships, state assembly (27th District), and representatives to the 17th congressional district, as well as groups taking sides on Measure Z, will be in attendance to discuss issues of interest to residents and the business community.

The free public event is anticipated to last from 5:30 until approximately 8 p.m.

For more information on this event at Hartnell’s main campus at 411 Central Avenue in Salinas, please call Cathy Martin Silvey, SVCC, at 831-424-7611, or Political Science Instructor Larry Adams at 831-755-6778, ladams@hartnell.edu.

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Hartnell College, one of California’s 109 community colleges, is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Established in 1920, it is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the state. Hartnell has two campuses in Salinas and an education center in King City to serve all the education and workforce training needs of the greater Salinas Valley.