With an eye towards helping broadband resurface in the election, I am trolling the Internet for good broadband questions to ask candidates. I had a few people respond via Twitter and LinkedIn. I might try Facebook. I thought I’d see if the blog readers might have some suggestions. My hope is to share these questions with Debate Minnesota and with Minnesota communities through the Blandin Hot Broadband Topics series.

I’ll post the questions I received so far. If you have questions to add – please add them in the comments below or send them my way (atreacy@treacyinfo.com).  I think the Governor’s race looms greatest this year – but I’d like to see questions for candidates at any level. I’m hoping to pull the Hot Sites article together on Friday.

1. As a candidate or public official, how important do you think world-class broadband services are for community and economic development? (from Bill Coleman)
2. If the private sector fails to provide these services, what do you believe the role of the public sector should be to ensure that these services are available? (from Bill Coleman)
3. What would you do to ensure every Minnesotan has the skills to participate in a broadband economy? (from Mike Wassenaar)
4. The MN Broadband Taskforce has concentrated on speed as an outcome, and acknowledges that including all Minnesotans in the digital economy is necessary. And yet there are no goals for digital inclusion in the report. What goals for digital inclusion would you aspire to? How would you define digital inclusion? (from Mike Wassenaar)