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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>Hi everyone,<br>
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I have been intrigued by the controversy surrounding the MCA sponsored
candidate forum. Jeff has certainly taken Lois’ remark out of context.<br>
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I am certainly not an objective observer on the MCA. I have personally benefited
from the support, hard work, and friendship of many members of the MCA. I don’t
think I would be a city council member without their assistance. So I know many
members of the MCA, in fact, I’m a member of MCA. I think they are every
bit as caring and unselfish as are the members of the Lions Club. <br>
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If candidates are now going to start checking the yard signs displayed by
members of organizations organizing forums, who will there be left to display a
yard sign? If all MCA, Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club, etc. members become
like the League of Women Voters and refuse to display yard signs, who’s
left? I am afraid that the discussion about the organizers is really a red
herring – the concern is the format of the forum. Head to head questions.
I have often said that the best format for a forum would be head to head
questioning where the questions were posed by the candidates themselves, to
each other. Our presidential debates would be better in this format, so would
our local forums.<br>
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If Jeff wants me to consider him for county commissioner, I’d like to
hear him answer questions and interact with his opponent – I don’t
much care about his feeling about the MCA. I hope he will reconsider his
decision.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>John<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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