Bill McCamley
District 5 Public Regulation candidate Bill McCamley says he’s disappointed that his opponent is refusing to debate him several times before the Nov. 2 election.
“It’s a shame that Mr. (Ben) Hall is refusing to interact with me. A series of debates would have educated the public both about the PRC and where we stand on its issues,” McCamley said in a news release. “If he won’t engage with me during the campaign, what does that say about his ability to be effective in Santa Fe, where there is a constant need to communicate and converse in order to protect the public?”
“I stand ready to discuss creating accountability and trust at the PRC with him should he change his mind,” McCamley said.
Last week Hall, the Republican in the race, rejected the challenge from McCamley, the Democrat, to jointly appear at 10 forums across the district this month and next month.
Ben Hall
Hall didn’t give a reason in his letter for rejecting McCamley’s challenge. But he did say he can “interact with the public and inform them of my background, knowledge of issues and my experience thru my web site, e-mail and the many forms of media that are available.”
In his news release, McCamley pointed to a blog posting in which the editor of the Alamogordo Daily News wrote, “McCamley has visited with me personally – in my office – three times and talked with my reporters several more times at various events. Hall has not contacted me or any of my editorial staff
at the Daily News – not even through the many forms of aforementioned media he cites to McCamley.”
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