WAIMEA, Hawaii: A large gathering of community groups will co-host a large candidate forum in Waimea this evening, which will feature races for U.S. Congress as well as the local County Council races for District 1 and 9.
From the Waimea Community Association:
Farmers, Waimea and Kawaihae Hawai’ian homesteaders, healthy community and early childhood advocates, business owners, Friends of the Library, and several other North Hawai’i community groups—a total of 12 in all—are joining together to co-host the first of two election year voter education Candidate Forums beginning at 5:15 p.m., Thursday, June 7, 2012 in the Waimea School cafeteria.
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