From the Bridgeport Public Library:
Bridgeport Votes invites you to a “Meet the Candidates” reception at the Bridgeport Public Library. All candidates appearing on the November 8th ballot will be invited and we expect a large turnout. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the candidates and share your views and concerns with them about making Bridgeport a better place to live.
Bridgeport Votes is a non-partisan long-term group whose members include Common Cause, the Bridgeport Public Library, GBLN and community leaders. Bridgeport Votes’ mission is to provide voter education, voter registration with the goal of increasing voter participation in Bridgeport’s electoral process.
When:
3:00 – 5:00 PM Saturday October 22nd, 2011Where:
Bridgeport Public Library – Burroughs & Saden
925 Broad Street
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Who made up this calendar of events? No one is going to go to downtown Bridgeport during a 2-hour window on a Saturday afternoon when there are HS and college football games, family time, and other activities of similar nature.
Even political canvassers will tell you Saturday afternoons are not a great time to meet and greet potential voters except at community events as described above.
Meet the candidates should be weekday evenings at a convenient location with ample parking (that eliminates downtown Bridgeport), and during accessible hours.
The only people who are going to show up are the flies and leeches whose jobs are reliant upon being present, and the occasional voter.
It will be a political bust and waste of time to have this meet and greet at this location at this time and place.
As a second-shift worker I appreciate the opportunity to see/hear the candidates at a time & place convenient to me.