Eight of nine candidates for the St. Joseph City Commission who will appear on next week’s primary ballot took part in WSJM’s candidate forum Wednesday night. One question they were asked was how they believe the city’s future should look in terms of being a small town in which to raise a family versus being a tourist town. Candidate and restaurant owner Tom Jennings drew on his experience with business in New Buffalo.
“I like both towns, but St. Joe had year round business because we have residents that live here year round and so we weren’t dependent totally on the three months that the tourism season is,” Jennings said.