Not Your Typical Town Hall Meeting

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.

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June 22, 2007, 12:00 PM PDT

By Nate Berg

"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

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 in NPR

Government / Politics Minnesota

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