Boughton avoiding FREE and OPEN debates: Day 47 (the government access channel edition)

Well, so much for Mayor Boughton showing the chamber of commerce debate on the government access channel.

Remember back when Danbury's last honest man had this to say to the Fairfield Weekly about his lack of participating in debates?

“However, in the interest of public discourse I proposed, as an alternative, a TV debate, which can be seen [on the Comcast government access channel] anytime they want to show it.”

Boughton also repeated this remark during the 45 dollar a plate Chamber of Commerce debate...



Well, after a week, City Hall started broadcasting the ONLY debate between Boughton and Gary Goncalves BUT most likely, you probably missed it since only the first 10 minutes of the debate is being broadcast.

Think I'm kidding, here's footage of the so-called debate on the government access channel...fast forward to about the 2 minute mark and you'll see what I mean.



So to recap:

• Boughton has used the same ol' timed excuse he used in 2007 when it comes to offering the public FREE and OPEN debates,


• Offers the Fairfield Weekly a series of bizarre explanations regarding the time in which he received an invite from the League of Women Voters that doesn't pass the smell test,


• Thinks doing fundraisers for fellow candidates is more important than FREE and OPEN debates


• Goes off the deep end when members of the public expose his schedule,


• and now we see that our mayor doesn't even have the common decency to make sure the ENTIRE chamber of commerce debate is PROPERLY broadcast on the government access channel for members of the public who couldn't fork over 45 dollars to see the candidates running for PUBLIC OFFICE debate at an AFTERNOON luncheon.

...oh yeah, the government access channel is controlled at City Hall and this nonsense has been going on since they first televised the debate LAST THURSDAY.

People over Politics...or just pathetic.