Benny Shendo, Jr. outshone the other candidates at the Los Alamos County Democratic Party Candidate Forum last night with what The Bomb Town News Observer called, "calming, intelligent oratory." The local reporter went on to say that Benny Shendo, Jr. was a candidate "I could easily see actually serving in Congress."Benny was the only candidate that clearly articulated HOW the mission at the Los Alamos Labs could be shifted to a primary focus on creating clean, safe, renewable energy from sources like solar, wind, geo-thermal power and on exploring new areas in nanotechnology. "The labs cannot change the mission. That would have to come from Congress," Benny explained, "But it can be done. In fact it needs to be done. And done with the same sense of purpose and urgency that fueled the first historic mission here."
Benny brought the standing-room-only crowd to roaring applause when, in answering the question from the audience about the influence of lobbyists in DC, he said simply, "Don't take their money and don't listen to them."
