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Basler and Rivers Running Scared

UPDATED AND REVISED AT 4:30 P.M., July 3, 2014

2 of my opponents for the 9th District U.S. Representative seat, to be voted on in the August 5th primary, are ducking debates, so far.  Congressman Adam Smith is on official Congressional business, however, so he cannot attend.  A 2nd debate can be scheduled, however, that would be more befitting to Smith's work schedule.  Doug Basler and Don Rivers still have until July 7 to respond to my invitation from a few days ago to debate at Bellevue Library's largest meeting room, which might be televised by TVW.  This could be called the Challengers' Debate.  These two turning down debates would be truly baffling considering that the 9th District primary is barely a blip on the media's radar.  Basler and Rivers will be deemed non-candidates by me if they do not respond affirmatively to debates by July 7, or do not have a good reason for not attending. 

There is no other public candidate forum scheduled before or after the August 5th primary, but I'll try to fit one in to fit Congressman Smith's schedule.  The scheduled Bellevue Library debates, if Basler and Rivers approve, can still be held on July 11, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, in Meeting Room 1, and is the only public forum scheduled for 9th District candidates.  If Basler and Rivers do not respond by July 7th, the meeting will be changed from a debate to a Question & Answer session, in which the public will be invited to meet me and ask me any questions about any topics on their mind.  Perhaps, TVW will broadcast that just as well, and there might be 2 empty chairs there, with the names Basler and Rivers attached to them.

-- Mark Greene, Candidate for U.S. House, 9th District of Washington (Citizens Party)

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