Patrick Accepts Post-Primary Debate Challenge

Assuming he wins the primary, Deval Patrick has agreed to a televised debate with Lt. Governor Kerry Healey.

The debate, set for Monday, Sept. 25, will be the first post-primary gubernatorial debate. Healey and independent candidate Christy Mihos have already agreed to participate.

“We accept this debate invitation because we expect a significant portion of it will offer a serious discussion on the state’s economy, our competitiveness, people’s struggles to make ends meet, the recent history of net job losses from Massachusetts and real ways to create jobs,” said Patrick campaign spokesman Richard Chacon in a written statement.

Patrick, who won the endorsement of this month’s Democratic convention, faces businessman Chris Gabrieli and Attorney General Tom Reilly in the Sept. 19 Democratic primary. Grace Ross is the candidate of the Green-Rainbow Party.

Aaron Margolis is a life long resident of the Bay State, and works at an architectural firm north of Boston. Aaron has a Master of Architecture Degree from Boston Architectural College and is currently in the process of becoming of a Registered Architect.

4 Responses to “Patrick Accepts Post-Primary Debate Challenge”

1. Colby says:

   June 23, 2006 at 11:31 pm

   Finally…what took him so long?
2. Robbie says:

   June 24, 2006 at 1:16 am

   Should be interesting, he’ll get owned.
3. EaBo Clipper says:

   June 24, 2006 at 10:29 am

   At least with Patrick, Healey can debate someone with ideas and who sticks to his principles. It would be a real debate, ie a discussion of the issues. Rather than a Dem (Reilly) trying to sound like a Republican because his poll tells him too.
4. dsaklad@zurich.csail.mit.edu says:

   June 25, 2006 at 10:43 am

   Take a look at the Boston Finance Commission violations
   by Boston Finance Commissioner Paul Minihane and Jeff
   Conley.

   By Michael Jonas
   http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/06/25/residents_taking_on_city_hall____again/

   Last year, it was a lawsuit charging that the City Council had
   repeatedly violated the state’s Open Meeting Law by conducting
   public business behind closed doors. The plaintiffs scored a
   slam-dunk victory, with a Suffolk Superior Court judge lambasting
   the council for its violations of the law. The same residents are
   now back for more, filing suit last month alleging that the
   council again violated the Open Meeting statute in its handling
   of the pay raise it recently handed to itself, the mayor, and
   other city officials.