Date: Fri 23-Oct-1998

Publication: Bee

Author: CURT

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edink-Pizza-Politics-election

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ED INK: Newtown's Seasonal Unmasking

How can a stranger represent you?

That is the underlying question that Newtown's annual Pizza & Politics

candidate's forum tries to answer each year. It is a Halloween season ritual

in which Newtown voters get a chance to strip away the masks of the

politicians they read about in the newspapers and see in advertising. It is a

great opportunity to get to know these strangers and to determine how well

they represent your views.

This year's forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the Newtown

Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled for Tuesday night, October 27, at the

Fireside Inn. The doors open at 6 pm, the pizza comes out of the ovens at

6:30, and the candidates start slicing up each other's positions and the

issues at 7:30.

There are many new faces in the races for state and federal offices this year,

so we urge everyone to attend.