League rebuffs Whitnum on debate request
Article Launched: 07/08/2008 04:29:16 PM EDT
The League of Women Voters of Connecticut has declined a request by candidate Lee Whitnum to sponsor a debate prior to the Aug. 12 Democratic primary in Fourth District congressional race.
Jara Burnett, who is president of the statewide nonpartisan organization, said Tuesday that the league would have difficulty lining up a moderator and mustering its resources for a summertime debate....
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The League Of Women voters appears to be in decline, because two years ago, they sponsored a summertime debate between Democratic candidates in a primary for the party's nomination for governor.
It looks like tax free donations to the league were wasted on a non-profit organization that can't pull off a summertime debate.
Is the League becoming a partisan organization?
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