HUNGER STRIKE DEBATE SET FOR OCTOBER 15<\/p>\n
Where: Cuyamaca College Communication Arts Theatre, Room B-117
\n
Rancho San Diego; 900 Rancho San Diego Pkwy
\n
When : 7p.m. – 9p.m., Saturday, October 15<\/p>\n
Ray Lutz for Congress 2010
\n
www.VoteRayLutz.com
\n
Media Contact: Brennan Purtzer, Media Director
\n
619-447-3246 \/ brennan@VoteRayLutz.com<\/p>\n
OCT 15 CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE FOLLOWS 11-DAY HUNGER STRIKE<\/p>\n
San Diego County, Calif. (Oct 2, 2010) –<\/p>\n
Congressman Duncan Duane Hunter has said he will finally step up to
\n
debate his eager general election opponents on October 15, at a East
\n
County Chamber of Commerce debate. The congressman refused to debate
\n
his opponents until Democratic Candidate Raymond Lutz and Libertarian
\n
Candidate Michael Benoit staged an 11-day “Hunger Strike for Democracy
\n
back in August.”<\/p>\n
On the morning of August 19, just hours after Lutz appeared on CNN to
\n
discuss the hunger strike, a representative from Congressman Hunter’s
\n
campaign hand delivered a debate acceptance notice to the Lutz office.
\n
Though Lutz ended his hunger strike, which garnered him national
\n
attention and a forthcoming article in The Nation magazine, his
\n
“insurgent” campaign tactics have persisted. He has led marches,
\n
protest and demonstrations, and founded a non-partisan national
\n
organization, Debate For Democracy, to advocate for congressional
\n
debates in every district.<\/p>\n
And despite the lack of cooperation from the Hunter campaign, Lutz and
\n
Benoit have continued their campaign to reach out to voters across the
\n
expansive 52nd congressional district. They have already held debates
\n
(inviting Congressman Hunter to each of them) in the communities of
\n
Alpine, Ramona and Lakeside\/Santee. They have upcoming debates
\n
scheduled for Poway, Clairemont Mesa and Borrego Springs, though the
\n
congressman has not confirmed attendance for any of these events.<\/p>\n
“Hunter’s reluctance to debate represents a disturbing trend,” Ray
\n
Lutz said. Earlier this month, Republican Congressman Darrell Issa
\n
(CA-49) backed out of a commitment he made earlier this summer to
\n
debate his Democratic Challenger Howard Katz.<\/p>\n
However, not all debate trends are negative. While Hunter has made it
\n
clear that he is not interested in allowing the voters of his district
\n
to pose questions about his record and ideas, Republican
\n
Representative Brian Bilbray (CA-51) has gone out of his way to
\n
request more debates from his counterpart, Democratic Challenger
\n
Francine Busby.<\/p>\n
The October 15 debate, which will be moderated by a television anchor
\n
and broadcast locally, is expected to be well attended. Audience
\n
members will be encouraged to ask challenging questions, especially
\n
with recent allegations of immorality in light of the Boehner Sex
\n
scandal and controversial earmark requests.<\/p>\n
Where: Cuyamaca College Communication Arts Theatre, Room B-117
\n
Rancho San Diego; 900 Rancho San Diego Pkwy
\n
When : 7p.m. – 9p.m., Saturday, October 15<\/p>\n
Ref: www.debatefordemocracy.org
\n
For media inquiries, contact Brennan Purtzer, media coordinator, at 619.447.3246<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
HUNGER STRIKE DEBATE SET FOR OCTOBER 15<\/p>\n
Where: Cuyamaca College Communication Arts Theatre, Room B-117
\n
Rancho San Diego; 900 Rancho San Diego Pkwy
\n
When : 7p.m. – 9p.m., Saturday, October 15<\/p>\n
Ray Lutz for Congress 2010
\n
www.VoteRayLutz.com
\n
Media Contact: Brennan Purtzer, Media Director
\n
619-447-3246 \/ brennan@VoteRayLutz.com<\/p>\n
OCT 15 CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE FOLLOWS 11-DAY HUNGER STRIKE<\/p>\n
San Diego County, Calif. (Oct 2, 2010) –<\/p>\n
Congressman Duncan Duane Hunter has said he will finally step up to
\n
debate his eager general election opponents on October 15, at a East
\n
County Chamber of Commerce debate. The congressman refused to debate
\n
his opponents until Democratic Candidate Raymond Lutz and Libertarian
\n
Candidate Michael Benoit staged an 11-day “Hunger Strike for Democracy
\n
back in August.”<\/p>\n
On the morning of August 19, just hours after Lutz appeared on CNN to
\n
discuss the hunger strike, a representative from Congressman Hunter’s
\n
campaign hand delivered a debate acceptance notice to the Lutz office.
\n
Though Lutz ended his hunger strike, which garnered him national
\n
attention and a forthcoming article in The Nation magazine, his
\n
“insurgent” campaign tactics have persisted. He has led marches,
\n
protest and demonstrations, and founded a non-partisan national
\n
organization, Debate For Democracy, to advocate for congressional
\n
debates in every district.<\/p>\n
And despite the lack of cooperation from the Hunter campaign, Lutz and
\n
Benoit have continued their campaign to reach out to voters across the
\n
expansive 52nd congressional district. They have already held debates
\n
(inviting Congressman Hunter to each of them) in the communities of
\n
Alpine, Ramona and Lakeside\/Santee. They have upcoming debates
\n
scheduled for Poway, Clairemont Mesa and Borrego Springs, though the
\n
congressman has not confirmed attendance for any of these events.<\/p>\n
“Hunter’s reluctance to debate represents a disturbing trend,” Ray
\n
Lutz said. Earlier this month, Republican Congressman Darrell Issa
\n
(CA-49) backed out of a commitment he made earlier this summer to
\n
debate his Democratic Challenger Howard Katz.<\/p>\n
However, not all debate trends are negative. While Hunter has made it
\n
clear that he is not interested in allowing the voters of his district
\n
to pose questions about his record and ideas, Republican
\n
Representative Brian Bilbray (CA-51) has gone out of his way to
\n
request more debates from his counterpart, Democratic Challenger
\n
Francine Busby.<\/p>\n
The October 15 debate, which will be moderated by a television anchor
\n
and broadcast locally, is expected to be well attended. Audience
\n
members will be encouraged to ask challenging questions, especially
\n
with recent allegations of immorality in light of the Boehner Sex
\n
scandal and controversial earmark requests.<\/p>\n
Where: Cuyamaca College Communication Arts Theatre, Room B-117
\n
Rancho San Diego; 900 Rancho San Diego Pkwy
\n
When : 7p.m. – 9p.m., Saturday, October 15<\/p>\n
Ref: www.debatefordemocracy.org
\n
For media inquiries, contact Brennan Purtzer, media coordinator, at 619.447.3246<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5431,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[4668,9383,957,230,9206,5173],"class_list":["post-12672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-11","tag-4668","tag-9383","tag-957","tag-230","tag-9206","tag-5173"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Pvhz-3io","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5431"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}