Optimist Club of West St. Paul presents the Talk 'n Taco candidate forum event.

2023 Optimist Club Candidate Forum for ISD 197 Election

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The Optimist Club of West St. Paul hosted their Talk ‘n Taco candidate forum for the ISD 197 school board election. All five candidates participated and Superintendent Peter Olson-Skog talked about the two property tax levies.

Learn more about the candidates and levies in our voter’s guide.

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Property Tax Levies

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Candidate Forum

Each candidate had time to introduce themselves and then took questions from the audience.

Watch the candidate forum:

More info on the candidates, other forums, and levies are available in our voter’s guide. Thank you to the Optimist Club of West St. Paul for putting on this candidate forum and sharing the video with us to post online. Learn more about the history of the Optimist Club of West St. Paul, which stretches back more than 50 years and learn more about their upcoming meetings from their Facebook group.

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