Meeting the candidates at Southview High School

BY KELLY McLENDON
BLADE STAFF WRITER

Barbara Sears, left, incumbent for state representative in district 47, talks about her platform issues, while candidates Eric Eberly, center, and Angela Zimmann, right, listen. THE BLADE/KELLY McLENDON Enlarge | Buy This Photo

Monday night I covered the “Meet the Candidates Night” at Sylvania's Southview High School.

Let me first just preface this blog post with the fact that I'm generally not interested in political events. This was something I wouldn't have normally attended if I didn't have to cover it for work. But honestly, I'm glad I had to go.

This is probably my first and last political oriented post, although I'm not going to side with any candidate in particular, so don't stop reading now. There will be no endorsements, just observations from the event.

I observed a few things that I'm eager to analyze and write down.

READ MORE at the My Town blog.

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