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Not Your Typical Town Hall Meeting

Posted by: Nate Berg

22 June 2007 - 12:00pm

Once a month, a Minnesota drug store transforms itself into a neighborhood town hall meeting place where Democratic candidates vying for nearly any Minnesota office come to discuss and debate issues with the people they look to represent.

"No candidate runs for office as a Democrat in the state of Minnesota without first visiting Schneider's Drug Store."

"Once a month, pharmacist Tom Sengupta turns his store into a neighborhood town hall, providing an intimate setting to talk about local and state issues."

Sengupta began holding these meetings in 1988.

Full Story: In Minnesota, a Drug Store Becomes Town Hall
Source: NPR, June 20, 2007
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