Discussion report 4

I attended the city hall meeting. The topic of the discussion was saving electricity. The city center is illuminated every winter and our city is famous for the illumination. There was the eastern Japan major earthquake in this year and there not enough electricity in Tohoku. There was a opinion that we should stop illuminating to save electricity and send Tohoku electricity.
There were 5 panelists. Ayamasa called John is a designer of the illumination. He designs the illumination every year. Yuka called Manami runs a restaurant in the city center. The restaurant has a financial problem. Sakurako called Minami is an university student. She said that the illumination brought real feelings of winter to us. They disagreed with stopping illuminating. Mai called Tomomi is 42 years old and she is from Miyagi. Saori called Sayaka is an university student and she belongs to a volunteer group. She assists people living in Tohoku. They agreed with stopping illuminating.
Important points of the discussion were for what we save electricity and for what we stop illuminating.
The outcome of the discussion was that we illuminate the city center only a week and show people living in Tohoku the situation we save electricity.
I don't think that stopping illuminating makes people living in Tohoku happy. If there is no illumination, people will feel lonely and colder. I think we use too much electricity by using heating machines. If all people stop heating machines for a while, a lot of electricity will be saved. The focus of the discussion was not clear. Panelists were off the topic. I thought the moderator was very important to make the discussion successful. It was good to exchange opinions with citizens.