Town Hall to go on, with or without Congressmen

A non-partisan group in Columbus is hoping Republicans representing the community in Congress will come to a town hall meeting tomorrow night.

But as of yet, there are no takers. Terry Whittaker is an organizer of the event with Bartholomew County Indivisible. He said invitations went out to Rep. Luke Messer and Sen. Todd Young. The group has put together 20 questions for the congressmen.

Topics include health care, gun control, North Korea, election integrity and national parks.

Without either member of Congress attending, or sending a representative, the town hall will go on with fill-ins for the Congressmen, Whittaker said.

An Earlham College professor will fill in for Rep. Messer, while local resident Bud Herron will take the positions preferred by Sen. Young, Whittaker said.

Whittaker said that a later event is being organized to feature a staff member from Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly’s office or the senator himself, however this week’s event was created for a conversation with Republican leaders.

The town hall is from 7 to 9 p.m.  tomorrow at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on California Street. You can find more information at BCindivisible.org.