[Vision2020] Sept. 21 debates: First Congressional District

[Tim Lohrmann]

Forwarded letter from Mr. Nicely, Independent candidate for Idaho's First District Congressional seat, regarding the North Idaho Press Club's excluding him from their debate. 
  

Andy Hedden-Nicely <hnicely at cableone.net> wrote:
    From: "Andy Hedden-Nicely" <hnicely at cableone.net>
To: "'Kathy Hedberg'" <khedberg at camasnet.com>
CC: "'Richard Moore'" <j-rmoore at cableone.net>,
"'Jim Fisher'" <jfisher at lmtribune.com>,
"'Greg Meyer'" <greg.mey at klewtv.com>,
"'Steve McClure'" <smcclure at dnews.com>,
"'Jeanne DePaul'" <jdepaul at lmtribune.com>,
"'Paul Emerson'" <pemerson at lmtribune.com>,
"'Butch Alford'" <alajr at lmtribune.com>,
"Al Bunch \(E-mail\)" <abunch at bigskytel.com>,
"Alan Head \(E-mail\)" <alanhead at cableone.net>,
"Dave Eberle \(E-mail\)" <w_eberle at msn.com>,
"Bob and Angie Purcell \(E-mail\)" <bobpurc at juno.com>,
"Debi Hedden-Nicely \(E-mail\)" <aveazul56 at hotmail.com>,
"Jack Van Valkenberg \(E-mail\)" <jackvv at acluidaho.org>,
"Jake Alger \(E-mail\)" <jalger at idahopress.com>,
"Kehrt in Idaho \(E-mail\)" <kehrt at hedden-nicely.com>,
"Kehrt Reyher \(E-mail\)" <kehrt_reyher at media.com.pl>,
"Matt Yost \(E-mail\)" <mattyost at excite.com>,
"Peter Morrill \(E-mail\)" <idptv at idahoptv.org>,
"Sally Barnes \(E-mail\)" <sally at boiseweekly.com>,
"Tim Lohrmann \(E-mail\)" <timlohr at yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Sept. 21 debates: First Congressional District
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:14:54 -0600

Hi Kathy,

Don't you sense a certain amount of irony in that the Idaho Press Club has
been fighting for legislative access and open meetings for several years and
yet you turn around and exclude a legitimate 3rd party candidate from your
gathering?
   
  I have been the founding publisher of two weekly newspapers and
this type of close-mindedness has never been a part of the 4th estate with
which I am familiar. It's a sad day when one of the most respected
publishing organizations in Idaho is party to partisian politics and is
unwilling to open your proceedings to me. 
   
  As of last week over 60% of Idaho voters are undecided about this race. I ask you again, how can this be a good decision for your organization and for the citizens of Idaho?

I expect to prevail in this contest in spite of your decision.

Sincerely,

Andy Hedden-Nicely
Candidate U.S. Congress
Idaho First Congressional District

-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Hedberg [mailto:khedberg at camasnet.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 9:17 AM
To: Andy Hedden-Nicely
Cc: Richard Moore; Jim Fisher; Greg Meyer; Steve McClure; Jeanne DePaul;
Paul Emerson; Butch Alford
Subject: Re: Sept. 21 debates: First Congressional District


Andy:

The debate will be held at the telecommunications room of the library on the
Lewis-Clark State College campus at 6:30 to 7:58 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21.
I will not provide you the names of the committee members who offered their
opinions. I received about 9 responses and the majority said we should stick
to our original plan. There were other opinions. I am the one who made the
decision.

Regards,
Kathy Hedberg.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Hedden-Nicely" 
To: "'Kathy Hedberg'" 
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 7:50 AM
Subject: RE: Sept. 21 debates: First Congressional District


> Hi Kathy,
>
> Can you provide details as to the location and time of the debate. Also
can
> you provide me the names of the other committee members who where
> responsible for this decison. Any finally can you give me the contact
> information of the person or persons at the College of North Idaho that
was
> involved in this debate and decision
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathy Hedberg [mailto:khedberg at camasnet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 2:26 PM
> To: Kehrt Reyher; khedberg at lmtribune.com
> Cc: Andy Hedden-Nicely; Andy Hedden-Nicely; Deborah Hedden-Nicely
> Subject: Re: Sept. 21 debates: First Congressional District
>
>
> Mr. Hedden-Nicely:
>
> As promised, I consulted the planning committee for our Sept. 21 debate
> regarding extending an invitation to you. The general opinion was that we
> should stick to our original plan, i.e. sponsoring major party candidates
> only, for the reasons I stated earlier.
>
> We thank you for your inquiry.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kathy Hedberg
> President, Lewis-Clark chapter
> Idaho Press Club
>
>
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