| Say That Again
Our office spoke with the News Department at WINA at about 4:15 pm Wednesday,
November 28th. They said that they had not heard anything about a rumor
that Jane Maddux would unavailable to debate Creigh Deeds on the 4th.
Jan Thomas said he had spoken with the campaigns on Monday evening, and
that as far as he knew the debate was on track for Tuesday, December
4 from 7 to 9 pm.
We then spoke, at 4:20 pm, with Dave Rexrode, campaign manager for Jane
Maddux. He said that "we had never agreed to it [the debate]. And we
have
something else scheduled -- an event that we cannot get out of."
Later, we received the following note from Frances Schutz, office manager
at the League of Women Voters:
"After many calls, the best I am able to do comes from WINA's Program
Mgr.: Due to scheduling problems, the debate that was to have taken place
12/4 at 7 pm will be rescheduled" (Frances Schutz, electronic mail,
November 29, 2001).
Still later, Sarah Young at WINA reported that both candidates have verbally
agreed to participate in the debate between 7 and 9 pm on December 13th
at PVCC but that she has not gotten written confirmation from Maddux (Sue
Lewis, electronic mail, November 30, 2001).
NOT (see below)
Now, both Senate candidates for the special election for the 25th Senate
District have officially agreed to participate in a live, on-air 'debate'
on AM 1070 WINA. It will take place on December 12th from 9:06 -
10:00 a.m. on "Charlottesville Live."
Although WINA won't be accepting calls during this particular
show, WINA will format the debate by using many of the insightful questions
people have been submitting to us.
They are still accepting questions for the debate [e-mailed to WINA at
sarah@wina.com] and look forward to getting the candidates' messages out
to our community. Be sure to tune in at 9:06 a.m.!
Sarah Young
Producer, Charlottesville Live
AM 1070 WINA
434.220.2333
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