[Sosfbay-discuss] Debate Cancellation official

[Gerry Gras]

Wes,

than you for this info,

Gerry


Wes Rolley wrote:

> http://cupolitics.org/presidential_debate.html
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> CPU Sponsored Presidential Debate (Sunday, Oct 19) Cancelled
> It is with great regret that we must inform you that the Presidential 
> debate scheduled for this Sunday evening, hosted by the Columbia 
> Political Union (CPU), will not be taking place.
> 
> Unfortunately, the nature of planning large-scale events with multiple 
> participants, who at times have competing interests, is that nothing is 
> ever set in stone until the very last moment. Such was the case with 
> this event. Due to circumstances beyond our control, several of the 
> candidates decided not to participate in the debate at the last minute. 
> Though the CPU Executive Board worked tirelessly over the last 48 hours 
> to make this event happen as planned, at 5 PM today we were finally 
> forced to conclude it was no longer possible for us to host this event.
> 
> There is more that is worth reading... but this is the important fact.
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