Rep. Mark Alford held 15 town halls over four days in August, visiting venues such as a diner, an American Legion post, an ice cream parlor, and a university. About 50 people attended an early diner stop where Alford greeted constituents and shook hands. Alford framed the events as listening sessions, answered questions about his work on the Small Business and Appropriations committees, and addressed a recent tax and spending bill. He acknowledged some anxiety about raucous town halls elsewhere, experienced occasional heated moments, and emphasized staying in the district to take tough questions and reflect constituent attitudes.
Hey, you guys are my roadies!
I actually like arguing with people, which I've kind of had to moderate a little bit not be argumentative but try to get what someone's saying.
This is why we get elected every two years that we're in the district, that we're taking the tough questions, and maybe we're changing the way we think to reflect the attitudes and the will of the constituents who sent us there,
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