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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 forum/debate:

On balance, Donald Trump's presidency has been good/bad for the Central Coast, America, and the world.

Opening Speakers

For Trump's Presidency

Nicholas Mattson

Nicholas Mattson

Nic is the owner of 13 Stars Media and publisher of several newsprint publications including weekly newspapers and monthly magazines on the Central Coast. The publications cover local events with a mission of "Making Communities Better Through Print.™" He is politically neutral with no party preference, and mixes a bag of conservative and liberal values grounded in the principles of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence.

Keith Gurnee

Keith Gurnee is a former San Luis Obispo City Councilman and 2018 candidate for Mayor, a professional planner and urban designer, past Pres. of the California Planning Roundtable and a writer of political commentaries.

Against Trump's Presidency

Bill Ostrander

Bill founded Citizens Congress, a local non-profit dedicated to removing the corruptive influence of money in politics, he gave a Congressional Briefing on the subject and wrote the “Corporate Political Disclosure Act of 2019” for the U.S. House of Representatives. He has been a lifelong advocate for holistic farming, a conservation volunteer in Namibia, and a candidate for Congress in California’s 24th District.

Chris Toews

Chris is an attorney in private practice and is senior partner in Toews Law Group, a firm specializing in estate, tax and business matters. He is past President of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and Caring Callers in SLO County as well as past Chairman of the CA State Bar Nonprofit Organizations Committee.

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