Here’s the audio I recorded from the city council candidates’ portion of Saturday’s meet-the-candidates event at the American Fork Hospital. But first, some disclaimers and housekeeping.
The audio isn’t professional. You get what you get from my little Sony voice recorder. I used Audacity for dynamic range compression, noise suppression, and enhancing the audio of candidates who spoke much more softly into the microphone than others. The photos aren’t professional either.
I’ve split the audio into sections, by question, etc., and I haven’t deleted any part of any candidate response. Obviously, there’s no fact-checking built into any of this.
If you want my notes, commentary, and analysis, they’re in a separate post, so readers who wish to avoid them can do so easily
Attendance was about 50, not including candidates. The moderator was State Auditor John Dougall. Questions came from the audience.
Audio from the mayoral candidates‘ portion of the event is in a separate blog post, and the American Fork Chamber of Commerce, which hosted the event, has posted a video recording on YouTube. Here also is the Daily Herald‘s report of the event. (Apologies for the unpleasant ad experience there.)
Six of eight candidates who filed were present. In seating order:
- Barbara Christiansen
- Staci Carroll
- Kyle Barratt
- Doug Richards
- Jeff Shorter (incumbent)
- Ernie John
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