As reported in the Palladium-Item, Mayoral candidates Sally Hutton and Rick Thalls, along with candidates in other contested races for City Clerk and City Council, will debate on Thursday October 18th at 6:30 PM in Vivian Auditorium on the campus of IU East.

The debate is being hosted by the Richmond Wayne County Chamber of Commerce.

There are a number of resources available online to help Richmond residents decide which of the Mayoral candidates to vote for in the upcoming election. Last night's debate between Sally Hutton and Rick Thalls was captured in a variety of media formats; it was live-blogged and you can read the resulting transcript, the Pal-Item has a story, and posted video and audio from the event to go along with it. The paper is also publishing a blog co-written by the two candidates between now and election day, and they're also soliciting questions from readers that the candidates could answer on the blog. And of course you can visit the candidate websites: RickThalls.com and HuttonForMayor.com.

If you know of any other resources, online or offline, to help voters decide, feel free to mention them in the comments.

Richmond, IN – Mayor Sally Hutton will sign the U. S. Conference of Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement on Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at 5:00 P.M., at the Richmond/Wayne County Environmental Awareness Council meeting. The public is invited to attend the signing in the Community Room, 2nd Floor of the City Municipal Building, 50 North 5th Street, Richmond.

The U.S. Conference of Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement encourages the federal government to enact policies and programs to meet or exceed guidelines set by the Kyoto Protocol. Over 640 Mayors from across the country have signed the U.S. Mayor’s Conference Climate Protection Agreement.  continue reading »

From the Pal-Item: The city of Richmond is hosting a town meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Discovery School, 900 S. L St. The meeting is part of city officials' attempt to meet residents, discuss problems and answer their concerns. Mayor Sally Hutton will attend with police chief Kris Wolski, street commissioner Bill Smith, metropolitan development director Tony Foster and sanitation representative Tim Lingar. Representatives from the Neighborhood Services Clearinghouse also will attend.

For more information, call (765) 983-7208.