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\"The<\/a>Another Desperate Attempt to Rewrite History:
\nThis \u201cForum\u201d is STILL Theater: Part 3 by former Councilmember Sue Halpern
\nApril 18, 2016<\/span>
\nMy goodness, but these folks are desperate to convince voters that this \u201cforum\u201d event is something other than theater. I stand by everything I\u2019ve said about it. My comments are not false, and they\u2019re certainly not \u201cinnuendo.\u201d In fact, I\u2019ve been very direct. But, let\u2019s talk about it a little more . . . .<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>MORE TRUTH About the \u201cForum\u201d
\nWhy You Won\u2019t See All the City Council Candidates at Tonight\u2019s \u201cForum\u201d
\nApril 18, 2016<\/span>
\nOf the six candidates, only the three incumbents are participating tonight and here is why:<\/p>\n

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1. This is NOT a Town-sponsored event. No one will say who solicited sponsors for this event.
\n2. The date and time of the forum was set without consulting all six candidates. The three challengers were just told when the event was going to be. No one offered to find a date when all six candidates could be here.
\n3. The candidates have been asking for weeks: who is the organizer, who chose the moderator, who set the format? No one will answer these questions.
\n4. The format and process for asking questions seems to be designed to benefit the incumbents. Paul Walden is away on business, Al is out-of-town, so Jim Duffy
\nchose not to come since the timing and structure is unfair to all.<\/p>\n

The other candidates would be happy to visit with you, personally, to share their views about the future governance of Addison:
\nPaul Walden paul4addison@yahoo.com 214 448-4555
\nAl Angell al4addison@yahoo.com 214 354-1234
\nJim Duffy jim@duffy4addison.com 972 998-5078<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>The Truth About the \u201cForum\u201d: It Is Indeed Theater<\/a><\/span><\/strong>
\nApril 13, 2016<\/span>
\nThe fact is that presenting rehearsed answers as if they were extemporaneous is deceiving the public. It is not appropriate in any circumstance. Period. It is dishonest. And by the way, the fact that it\u2019s deceptive isn\u2019t changed by the fact that these candidates supposedly don\u2019t know which of their 4-5 submitted questions they\u2019ll be asked. The format is a sham.
\nRegarding the date: Paul Walden, Jim Duffy and Al Angell weren\u2019t consulted. Their first notice was a March 13, 2016 email announcing the date and format, which began: \u201cAs you are aware.\u201d Well, since they hadn\u2019t been contacted, they were obviously not \u201caware.\u201d That\u2019s factual, no \u201cinference\u201d required at all. But then, the email makes clear that someone was \u201caware.\u201d So who was \u201caware?\u201d Well, the only folks left are the incumbent candidates, and that makes it pretty darn clear that they were consulted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another Desperate Attempt to Rewrite History: This \u201cForum\u201d is STILL Theater: Part 3 by former Councilmember Sue Halpern April 18, 2016 My goodness, but these folks are desperate to convince voters that this \u201cforum\u201d event is something other than theater. … Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1176"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}