Mayor Candidates Decide To Duck The Press; Can We Trust Them To Tackle Anything Now?
By Richard Connelly in Political Animals
Monday, Sep. 21 2009 @ 4:09PM
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Using a form letter signed by representatives from all three major campaigns, the candidates announced they will not be appearing at the scheduled Houston Press/University of Houston-Downtown forum scheduled for Wednesday night.
"While our candidates will be accessible to all Houstonians, the rigors of a campaign and the time constraints on our candidates schedule, do not allow us to participate in every request we receive. After having done nearly 40 forums to date, there are simply too many joint appearances to accept all," they wrote.
Thereby dissing you, the Houston Press reader. You had responded to our request for questions admirably, and we were ready to roll on your behalf, until the candidates chickened out.
Liza Alonzo of UH-D noted that the campaigns had confirmed their appearance as little as five days ago.
Oh, they just love to twist the dagger and leave you hanging. We're sure they are all cackling amongst themselves. Except Roy Morales, who's probably pissed he doesn't have anything to do anymore this Wednesday night.
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Dazzlin' J says:
Them's the breaks. Maybe if the Press hadn't gone from doing investigative journalism to a Teen Beat* format, they'd have been more interested.
*"Like OMG! Like have you like totally seen Katie Perry's Twitter feed?!? Like she is like totally the like shiznit! 'Unoriginal?' Whut-EV-AR!!!"
Bergamo says:
That's wimpy chickenshit of the candidates, even if one is pushing 70 and has certain hours to keep with his bed. I'm thinking that they avoided the forum because the Press is less like Teen Beat, and more like...well, probably at least as tough as the Chron or TV dumb-bell anchors.
