Now that we are in July, both the Democrats and Republicans are busy finalizing their lists of candidates for the fall elections. They will hold nominating conventions later in the month. What neither party wants you to know is that they are struggling to find qualified candidates to run for office. But its not just political parties, the SoNo Business Association cancelled this years Splash event because they didn’t have enough people to organize the event. This year’s Oyster festival to be held in September, is rumored to be the last. The Norwalk Jazz festival had a low turnout, the SoNo Arts festival which should be kicking off in 3 weeks has yet to advertise, and the list unfortunately goes on.

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