UMHB Hosts Citizens' Forum

09/27/07

Belton, Texas -State Representative Dianne White-Delisi will be among several speakers featured at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor on Monday, October 15, for what is being dubbed a Citizens' Forum.

The University is teaming up with the Bell Freedom Foundation to hold a forum to provide citizens the opportunity to ask questions about the upcoming election and to learn about the issues they will see on the November ballot. The Citizens' Forum: All About Voting will be held at 6:30 p.m., Monday, October 15, in the Lord Conference Center of the Parker Academic Center, and it is free and open to the public.

Special guest speakers will include State Representative Dianne Delisi, retired Lieutenant General Dave Palmer, A & M professor, Dr. Arthur E. Frankel, and UMHB faculty Dr. Derek Davis and Dr. David Chrisman.

The program will begin with a short history of voting in America, presented by Lieutenant General (Ret.) Dave Palmer, President of the Bell Freedom Foundation. This will focus on the importance of voting.

Dr. David Chrisman, chair of the department of history and political science at the university will speak on How the Texas Government Works.

The Honorable Dianne Delisi, Texas State Representative, will speak on one of the important amendments on the ballot: Constitutional Amendment Providing for Open Voting in the Legislature.

Arthur E. Frankel, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Texas A & M University HSC will present information about the Constitutional Amendment Requiring the Creation of a Cancer Research Institute in Texas.

Dr. Derek Davis, Dean of the College of Humanities, UMHB, will speak specifically about the Constitutional Amendments Providing Funding for Transportation Projects in the state of Texas.

The Citizens' Forum will provide a time for questions and answers. The focus of the event will be on voting in general, with specific emphasis on Texas issues which will be on the November 6, 2007, ballot. The ballot will include 16 amendments to the Texas Constitution, and attendees will receive a full description of the 16 amendments. For more information, contact the College of Humanities at UMHB at 295-4143.

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