Message-Id: <6AF74D30-C05C-439D-A17E-2FF35CE755F8@uwec.edu> From: Kate Hinnant <hinnanks@uwec.edu> Subject: Fwd: [Media Advisory] Response to candidates' letter about tomorrow's forum Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:02:07 -0500
It will be an interesting forum tomorrow night (7pm, South Middle
School). There will be 8 seats on stage, but four candidates
informed us by mail (rec'd Friday, Oct 20) that they would not be
attending after all. I am attaching their letter and our response.
Our response has been emailed and faxed to the four candidates, as
well as hand-delivered to their local office. We also have notified
the same media organizations that they sent their pull-out letter to,
as well as the other, participating, candidates.
Please attend if you can!
-Kate
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Kate Hinnant <hinnanks@uwec.edu>
> Date: October 22, 2006 3:43:09 PM CDT
> To: Kate Hinnant <hinnanks@uwec.edu>, news@weau.com, news@wqow.com,
> jwolf@wqow.com, wwib@wwib.com, news@wayy790.com, cvctv@charter.net,
> spectator@uwec.edu, wagner@wpr.org, whys@whysradio.org,
> don.huebscher@ecpc.com, christena.obrien@ecpc.com
> Subject: [Media Advisory] Response to candidates' letter about
> tomorrow's forum
>
> Media Advisory Contact: Penny Graham
> October 20, 2006 Home: 835-4900; Work: 839-8055
>
> The Candidate Forum for Chippewa Valley Voters will be held, as
> planned, tomorrow, October 23rd at 7:00 pm. The planning committee
> received a letter (attached in .jpg format) on Friday, October
> 20th, alerting us that four of the candidates were withdrawing from
> the event. I am attaching our letter in response, urging them to
> reconsider. The letter has been emailed and faxed to the
> candidates and hand-delivered to their Eau Claire headquarters, so
> we hope they will have the time to change their plans.
>
> If the attached letter (in .doc format) does not open, I am also
> pasting it in the space below.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Kate Hinnant
>
> _____
>
> Senator Ron Brown
> 31st Senate District
>
> Senator David Zien
> 23rd Senate District
>
> Representative Rob Kreibich
> 93rd Assembly District
>
> Representative Terry Moulton
> 68th Assembly District
>
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> October 22, 2006
>
> Dear Senators and Representatives:
>
> The Candidate Forum for Chippewa Valley Voters will take place
> Monday, October 23, 2006, despite the last minute notification that
> you will not be attending. It is our hope you will reconsider and
> participate.
>
> Why go ahead?
>
> We are still committed to our goal of providing Chippewa Valley
> voters the opportunity to get to know their candidates. As we
> stated in our letter of August 28th, our forum will focus on issues
> important to women, such as education and the environment. The
> specific topics were mailed to you on October 3rd: women’s
> healthcare, solid waste disposal, educational funding, W-2, and
> political gridlock. We also detailed the forum format and ground
> rules.
>
> We were disappointed to receive your letter on Friday, October
> 20th. We have been coordinating and publicizing this event for
> over three months. The four organizations involved have carefully
> formulated questions that reflect each of their non-partisan
> missions. The League of Women Voters and the American Association
> of University Women both have long traditions of facilitating non-
> partisan forums.
>
> It surprised us that you have questioned our forum’s
> impartiality. This issue was not raised by any of the candidates
> who participated in the Chamber of Commerce’s forum in early
> October, despite partisan contributions by the Chamber’s Board
of
> Directors.
>
> We hope that you will join us tomorrow evening at South Middle
> School. We plan to conduct an informative and nonpartisan event.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> The American Association of University Women – Eau Claire
Chapter
> League of Women Voters of Wisconsin
> Women in Higher Education
> The Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health
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> cc: Leader-Telegram, Don Huebscher, Christina O’Brien; The
> Spectator; WQOW-TV 18; WEAU-TV 13; WAYY-WAXX; WOGO/WWIB; WBIZ-B95;
> CVCTV; Wisconsin Public Radio; Kathleen Vinehout; Pat Kreitlow;
> Michael Turner; Jeff Smith
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