Jackie Green
Go Green Campaign NewsJerry’s KidsFacts, rumors and political innuendoBy Phillip M. Bailey; June 30, 2010The fact that the Home Builders Association of Louisville barred independent mayoral candidate Jackie Green from participating in the first general election debate angered his supporters, as well as other lovers of democracy. It turns out Republican mayoral candidate and Councilman Hal Heiner, R-19, also thinks Green’s treatment was unjust. “When the Heiner Campaign accepted the Home Builders invitation, we were unaware Mr. Green would be excluded from the forum,” Joe Burgan, Heiner’s campaign manager, tells LEO Weekly. “Moving forward, this campaign will urge those planning debates and forums to be as inclusive as possible. Louisvillians deserve an open and honest debate on the issues, and that debate should include The campaign of Democrat Greg Fischer did not respond to requests for comment on the matter. To that, Green says, “I find Fischer to be unresponsive, period. And we should all be troubled by that considering he’s running for mayor. But I think the debates will change, and I think Greg (Fischer) will have agree to it eventually, if we hold his feet to the fire.”
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