Farmfest is for politics

August 8, 2008 | In Journalism | No Comments

Earlier this week I had the pleasure of covering the first public debate between U.S. Senate candidates Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn. and challenger Al Franken, D-Minn. at Farmfest. You can read my story at Marshallindependent.com. It was interesting, but unfortunately not a lot of new things were said.

This was the first time I’ve been at Farmfest on day one. I’m usually there for the last two days, covering a county board during the first day. Luckily this time around I was able to make it to this major debate. If you’ve been following the ad campaigns for both candidates, you likely know what was said during the forum.

I was glad to see forum participants throughout the week talking about the importance of high speed Internet access to rural Minnesota. I’ve been preaching this for years and it’s good to see it finally reaching the decision makers.