Kodiak Alaska fisheries Gubernatorial Debate will be held tonight
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Kodiak Daily Mirror] by Julie Herrmann - Aug 28, 2014
Today will see an influx of politicians into Kodiak as Sean Parnell, Bill Walker and Byron Mallott come to Kodiak for the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce’s gubernatorial debate.
Sean Parnell is the incumbent Republican governor. Byron Mallott is the Democrat candidate, and Bill Walker is the Independent candidate.
“It should be pretty lively, ” said Laine Welch, the debate organizer.
There will be questions chosen ahead of time, audience questions, questions between candidates, and a lightning round.
In the lightning round, which Welch described as “like fish trivia”, moderator and former borough mayor Jerome Selby will read out a question, and the first candidate to ring a bell gets to answer.
“It’ll be something similar to, ‘How many species of salmon are fished commercially in Alaska?..
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