Today, I wrote the e-mail below on behalf of Grassroots Dayton, the non-profit organized by Mike Robinette. It will be interesting to see what the response will be.
Mr. Tom Young and Mr. Terrence Blair (38th District Candidates)
Mr. Vic Harris and Mr. Roland Winburn (40th District Candidates):
Grassroots Dayton is a 501C(3). Our mission is to facilitate the vitalizing of democracy is Montgomery County. Toward that goal, it is our intention to provide leadership in helping our election process to be based upon reasoned debate and informed judgment. We hope to work with the League of Women Voters and Kids Voting in several projects this coming election season.
As an initial election project, Grassroots Dayton has decided to focus on the contested primary races for the Ohio House in Montgomery County: the Republican primary in the 38th District, and the Democratic primary in the 40th District. Please accept Grassroots Dayton’s invitation to organize and sponsor in each district one pubic debate. Grassroots Dayton will find a suitable public location for each debate and will advertise each debate. Candidates will be welcomed to also advertise and to encourage their supporters to attend. Grassroots Dayton will contact government teachers in local high schools and urge them to use the debate to help accomplish the goals and purpose of their government curriculum. The debate will be videotaped and posted on you-tube and made available through Grassroots Dayton as well as other web-sites (including the candidate’s web-site, if he so chooses). Teachers will be urged to give extra credit to students who attend the debate or who watch the debate on the internet.
Each debate will be one hour. The format for each debate will be one acceptable to both candidates. Grassroots Dayton will find a moderator acceptable to both candidates.
Each debate will be scheduled to occur next week, Tuesday, Feb 26 to Friday, Feb 29.
Please respond as soon as possible so that we can together find a time acceptable to everyone.
Thank you.
Mike Bock,
Grassroots Dayton
