What A Townhall Meeting Is and Is Not

  Townhall meetings are the newest fad. Some elected officials use these meetings to scheme up scripted questions,Todd Klein is famous for it. Glen Robertson tried early morning townhall meetings to prevent a crowd. A newcomer named Jim Gerlt will hold his first townhall meeting. This fella is a preacher and will use his church and may have a few of "his flock" there to throw the "softball questions". This editor hasn't attended a townhall meeting in several years. Citizens get very little information and elected officials get some publicity at a townhall meeting. Todd Klein held a townhall meeting yesterday and no publicity emerged,at least none on websites. I discourage people from attending townhall meetings,life is not worth wasting time on the "townhall meeting" fad.