Many Republican and Independent candidates are even reluctant sometimes to show up to their events because they know the questions are loaded. But the worst part about this post is that the League of Women's Voters President, Molly Coston can't even verify that she sent Mr. Butler an invite to the August 5th Candidate Night.
According to today's Columbian political post Butler was given the cold shoulder by this organization who could have easily found his contact information in the Voters Guide or with the Secretary of State. And why did the League of Women's Voter call Marc Boldt but not Martin Butler?
I'm going to be leery when watching any of their forums in the future--especially now that their agenda is exposed and we know that they are not trying to provide a neutral forum.
The Columbian today offered great insight to the politics of The League Of Women's Voters. The story is below:
"Friday August 15, 2008
Butler gets cold shoulder from League of Women Voters
Say what you will about long-shot third-party candidates -- you don't expect them to get shut out of the process by the goody-two-shoes League of Women Voters.
But that's what seems to have happened to Martyn Butler, a pro-casino independent challenging Republican Marc Boldt in east county. The local League barely lifted a finger to invite him to an Aug. 5 candidates' forum.
As a result, Butler missed it -- so throughout the election, CVTV has been rebroadcasting an event in which Butler appears to have not bothered to show up.
Butler's hopping mad. "Hell, where's my time?" he said. "I got no e-mail. I got no mail. I got nothing."
League president Molly Coston said they couldn't find Butler's phone number because he hadn't included it on his initial filing for election. So they sent a snail-mail invitation, she said.
Butler says he never got it. Coston notes that the League can't actually prove they put it in the mail.
Hmm. So why didn't the League bother to check the state Public Disclosure Commission Web site, which has had Butler's phone number on file since March? Or the local voters' guide, posted on the county auditor's Web site July 2, which also had his number?
In fact, Boldt told me he didn't know about the forum himself until the afternoon of Aug. 4. How'd he know? The League gave him a phone call."
