[Vision2020] Local Debates

Mon Nov 1 02:04:48 PST 2004

Thank you for explaining all of this to me.

I have been having computer/server problems and did not receive this until
the 28th! Has anyone else been having this problem?

Thank you again,

Janesta Carcich

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce and Jean Livingston" <jeanlivingston at turbonet.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Local Debates

> Janesta,
>
> I appreciate your request, but the MCA must decline to reschedule its
> debates for three reasons.
>
> First, practically, there is no time to reschedule at this point.
>
> Second, I worked together with Tom Saylor, President of the Troy Lions
Club,
> on coordinating the Troy and Moscow debates/forums so that candidates
could
> easily attend both, to the extent the candidates needed to be in two
places.
> (The State Representative candidates do not need to be in Moscow on
Monday;
> their MCA debate is on Wednesday).
>
> Third, I believe that the MCA scheduled our Monday October 25 debates
first.
> I talked personally to every single candidate in the opposed races.  Most
> checked their calendars while on the phone with me.  The only conflict
date
> that was raised by ANYONE in the initial conversations, at which EVERY
> candidate committed to the MCA debates, was for the TUESDAY date we
> initially selected for the State Representative debates.  Rep. Trail
> informed me that he had a conflict with the Tuesday date, so I asked him
if
> he was free on Wednesday Oct. 27, instead.  He was; I booked that date for
> the State Rep race debates.
>
> Only some days LATER, after having already committed to the MCA debate,
did
> Jeff Harkins raise the issue of a conflict with the Monday October 25
date.
> Mr. Harkins had checked his calendar when I called the first time and he
> agreed to participate.  Mr. Harkins subsequently stated that he had erred
> when he previously said he was free, because he had assumed that our MCA
> debate was at 7 a.m., rather than 7 p.m.  Mr. Harkins explained that he
was
> already booked with the Troy Lions Club for that Monday evening.
>
> Now, I take Mr. Harkins at his word on this.  Even though no other
candidate
> in the county commissioner or sheriff races had a conflict with an evening
> date on Monday October 25, perhaps Mr. Harkins did.  After all, Mr.
Harkins
> is a MOSCOW Lions Club member, he coordinated the Moscow Lions Club
> political candidate forum, and perhaps he knew that the TROY Lions Club
> folks were planning to have a forum on that Monday October 25, even though
> they hadn't gotten around to contacting any other candidates.  I also take
> Mr. Harkins at his word that he thought the MCA would host a three hour
> debate at 7 a.m. on October 25.
>
> But in no way, did any candidates know or express anything about a
conflict
> with the Troy Lions Club forum when they scheduled their appearance at the
> MCA debate on Monday October 25.  They had no conflicts.
>
> After the Troy Lions Club discovered the MCA conflict with the date Troy
had
> chosen, the MCA graciously accommodated the Troy Lions Club in scheduling
> the debates so that candidates that were invited to two debates could
attend
> both.  After all, the MCA is interested in educating the electorate
through
> open discussion of issues of substance.  Why not let the good people of
Troy
> and further outlying communities attend a debate in Troy if one could be
> scheduled?  We were happy to do that.
>
> But the MCA will not cancel our debate to accommodate a conflict appearing
> after all candidates committed to our debate.
>
> Bruce Livingston
> Moscow Civic Association
> Committee on Elections and Debates
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JSullivan" <jsullivan at moscow.com>
> To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>; "Tom" <thansen at moscow.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Local Debates
>
>
> | I am trying to see the vision in my mind of the candidates rushing from
> one
> | debate to the other.I can't see it. It doesn't make sense, not for the
> | voters who will attend, nor the candidates.
> |
> | It would show a lot of class on the part of MCA to reschedule their
event.
> |
> | Janesta Carcich
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "Tom" <thansen at moscow.com>
> | To: <jsullivan at moscow.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> | Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 11:10 AM
> | Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Local Debates
> |
> |
> | > It is my opinion that the time and place for the MCA debate may have
> been
> | > coordinated prior to the Troy Lions' debate because:
> | >
> | > Had the Troy debate been coordinated prior to the MCA debate, the
> logical
> | > response by the Republicans would have been, "Sorry, but we have a
prior
> | > commitment," instead of a basic refusal to participate.
> | >
> | > I also feel that this can be rectified by allowing Troy to have their
> | debate as
> | > scheduled and further scheduling the MCA debate for a day or two
later.
> | >
> | > Thoughts?
> | >
> | > Tom "who will be voting for 2 of the 5 local Rebublicans" Hansen
> | > Just another radically moderate left wing conservative loose in the
> | Palouse
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | > > I am sure I am not the only one with the $64,000.00 question.
> | > >
> | > > How are the candidates going to be both in Troy,  as well as Moscow,
> on
> | the
> | > evening of
> | > > the 25th? AND 15 minutes apart?????
> | > >
> | > > Janesta Carcich
> | > > Private
> | > > Citizen
> | > >
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