{"id":3932,"date":"2020-09-02T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3932"},"modified":"2020-09-02T16:34:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T23:34:49","slug":"incumbent-democrats-refusal-to-debate-is-a-betrayal-of-their-constituents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3932","title":{"rendered":"Incumbent Democrats’ Refusal to Debate is a Betrayal of Their Constituents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Carolyn Wells, Speakers Chair of Conservative Order for Good Government<\/em><\/p>\n

As Speakers Chair for Conservative Order of Good Government (COGG) in Rancho Bernardo, I\u2019ve asked Chief of Staff Lance Witmondt time and again for Assemblyman Brian Maienschein to debate\u00a0with Republican candidate June Yang Cutter at our September meeting, and he has refused to answer me.<\/p>\n

When he refuses to respond, he is telling me Maienschein is a coward and afraid that he would lose the debate\u2014and voters. Witmondt\u00a0even gave me his personal email so I could ask Assemblyman Maienschein to debate directly.<\/p>\n

There isn\u2019t even a local phone number on his website.\u00a0I also see that Rep. Mike Levin is also refusing to debate Brian Maryott. These men are supposed to serve as representatives of the people. If they refuse to be accessible to the citizens, then it\u2019s time for\u00a0change.<\/p>\n

We do not learn from the words of politicians, but from their behavior. I simply want my representatives to stand up and be accountable for their actions\u2014and to be accessible to citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Carolyn Wells, Speakers Chair of Conservative Order for Good Government As Speakers Chair for Conservative Order of Good Government (COGG) in Rancho Bernardo, I\u2019ve asked Chief of Staff Lance Witmondt time and again for Assemblyman Brian Maienschein to debate\u00a0with Republican candidate June Yang Cutter at our September meeting, and he has refused to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"yoast_head":"\nIncumbent Democrats' Refusal to Debate is a Betrayal of Their Constituents - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3932\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Incumbent Democrats' Refusal to Debate is a Betrayal of Their Constituents - 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