FYI, folks.
WXMI-TV FOX 17 (cable channel 5) will air interviews with the candidates for G.R. mayor -- George Heartwell, Jackie Miller, Jim Rinck, and Rick Tormala -- tonight and tomorrow night on the ten o'clock news program.
Also, WOOD Radio (AM 1300) The "Rick & Scott Show" will feature hour-long interviews with Tormala
on Tuesday morning and Heartwell on Wednesday morning starting at 10:00 a.m. We don't have information yet if the other candidates are scheduled to appear on WOOD's morning show.
UPDATE - The candidates came together one more time on 8/1 at Riverside park for a Democracy for America candidate picnic. Two media outlets attended the event: WWMT Channel 3 (from Kalamazoo) and Kaomi Goetz from Michigan Radio (NPR). NOT ONE GRAND RAPIDS REPORTER SHOWED UP! Not even Jim Harger of the GR PRESS who has been the most vigilant during this campaign! PATHETIC!
Posted by: Jeff Winston | August 02, 2007 at 03:39 PM
Hello Jeff,
We tried to post updates of events when we were told about them by the candidates themselves or if we found out via other media outlets.
We did not know about the picnic plans or we would have been happy to let our readers know about the event.
Thanks for the update - even if it was after the fact :-)
Regards,
Posted by: Bridget Dupont-Tingley, Editor, Local Area Watch | August 02, 2007 at 05:44 PM