Congressional candidate Peter Mathews, a college professor from Belmont Heights, said his weekend town hall meeting on health-care reform drew about 90 people to Sipology Coffee Shop in the East Village Arts District. Mathews, who is challenging Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Long Beach, in the 37th District's 2010 Democratic Primary, argued in favor of a public option to complete with private insurers during the session. This is Mathews' second forum on the issue in recent weeks.
