Pollster Stuart Elway (standing on stage) led more than 150 participants in an interactive budget forum at Olympic View Elementary School in Wedgwood on March 28. Using wireless, hand-held keypads, the participants voted on their top-two priorities for spending; the results immediately appeared on screen as bar graphs. The group voted public health and human services as its top priority for the county council, with public health clinics and drug- and substance-abuse treatment as top priorities within that category. Later this month, the county council will use the results from these interactive forums to guide its budget.[[In-content Ad]]
