An invitation was sent to Russ Thomas this afternoon with a “reply by” date of 10/11/2010.
In today’s Valley Springs News, Thomas was quoted as saying he was willing to debate and take questions openly from the audience, at any venue, with any moderator, and before any crowd.
We in the Spellman campaign see this as a “Victory For The People” and a sign that our persistence in advocating for truth and transparency may actually pay off.
Through the slander, the lies, the mockery and debasing comments which were totally unwarranted, we kept pushing forward in behalf of the common people who are tired of the rhetoric and want to have their questions answered.
Personally I think Russ Thomas is bluffing and when we call his bluff he will re-cant or ask for other caveats that are different from his printed statement in the Valley Springs News.
We can only hope that Mr. Thomas will keep his promise, because the people of District 5 deserve to be heard and have a chance to ask real questions, in a real open forum, without any filtering from biased moderators.
Wednesday night at the Armory in Copperopolis could have been great had we been given the chance, before the moderator allowed the crowd to overpower the meeting yelling and screaming.
I look forward to the real debate, should Mr. Thomas keep his promise. We can only hope.
Sincerely, Darren
P.S. The Chamber was very embarrassed today when they were found to not have vetted the moderator Mr. Gerton before the event. Immediately following the Wednesday night debacle, members of our campaign drove by Mr. Gerton’s house and took photographic evidence that he is a known Thomas supporter as proven by the 32 sq ft Thomas campaign sign mounted prominently on his property just a couple houses down from Mr. Thomas on Little John Road in Copperopolis.
I guess that shot some holes in the “conspiracy theory” slander!
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