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Ward 3 council candidates stress need for community input [Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. :: ]
[July 31, 2014]

Ward 3 council candidates stress need for community input [Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. :: ]


(Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) July 31--Rochester's Ward 3 residents need more opportunities to be involved in the political process, by notifying them better when City Council hearings are coming up and reaching out to them on issues, said the candidates for the ward's city council seat at a candidate forum Wednesday.



Vickie Anderson, a stay-at-home mom, and Nick Campion, a software engineer, are facing incumbent council member Bruce Snyder, an IBM computer programmer who has served as the Ward 3 representative since 2006.

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