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Pearce, Richardson debate ducking continues

By │ 10/25/06, 2:14 pm │

Can you guess where Steve Pearce is today?

Congress isn’t in session, so you’d think the 2nd Congressional District representative would be in his Southern New Mexico district campaigning, what with the election less than two weeks away and all.

After all, he is invited to a League of Women Voters candidate forum that will be held tonight in Las Cruces.

But he’s not in Las Cruces. He’s not even in the district. Pearce, it turns out, was in Bernalillo today, along with other members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation and the governor, gripping and grinning at an event celebrating some new system that, according to a news release from Gov. Bill Richardson, “will help strengthen the state’s ability to guard against those who would try to smuggle radioactive material into New Mexico.”

The technology is going to be housed at the state’s port-of-entry facility in Gallup.

He gripped a few hands, he grinned for a few photographs, he gave a few quotes, but Pearce still won’t take the time for a televised debate with his opponent, Democrat Al Kissling.

And Richardson has the same time to grip and grin, but won’t debate his opponent, Republican John Dendahl.

You think either Richardson or Pearce will attend tonight’s candidate forum?

By the way, the forum is at the Munson Senior Center, 975 South Mesquite Street, and begins at 6:30 p.m. A bunch of other statewide candidates, in addition to candidates for district judgeships and seats on the Public Regulation Commission, will be in attendance.

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3 comments so far. Scroll down to submit your own comment.

  1. Anonymous
    October 25, 2006 • 11:21 pm

    I went tonight and saw Dendahl. It was great – he was better than a lot of stand-up comedians. His re-writing of his past and his characterization of himself was the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. The League of Women Voters should have charged admission! I don’t need to see a debate now. I already saw that Mr. Dendahl has hopped aboard the train to Crazytown!

  2. Anonymous
    October 25, 2006 • 11:05 pm

    It is both disrespectful and arrogant for the incumband Mr. Pearce to so totally ignore the people he is supposed to represent in D.C. by not participating in an active dialogue with his opponent. Money should not be the deciding factor in any election and an ignorant voter should not be a candidates goal.
    Every reasonable person should show their disdain for this behavior by casting their votes accordingly. This behavior will stop as soon as the public stops rewarding it with “re-election” after “re-election.”
    It’s called behavior modification and it works, try it!

  3. Anonymous
    October 25, 2006 • 5:11 pm

    Why doesn’t the Sun-News do ANY stories about the complete neglect of this community by Steve Pearce? He shows up for photo ops, makes canned sound bite statements, them runs away to some big business fundraiser in less populated areas of the state. He refuses to debate a candidate from our town and the local paper does’nt make a peep! Could it be that their in cahoots?

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