To all Nevada television, newspaper and radio media:
Attached, please find a letter signed by five of the candidates for Governor of the state of Nevada in protest of the upcoming gubernatorial debate. For your convenience, the text of the letter is copied below. For more information about their developing protest plans, please contact:
Floyd Fitzgibbons
IAP Candidate for Governor of Nevada
(702) 491-7555 mobile
(702) 873-4673 facsimile
www.FitzgibbonsForGovernor.com
fitz111@cox.net
Aaron Y. Honig
Non-Partisan
702-503-7748
Arthur Forest Lampitt, Jr.
Libertarian Party
702-897-8319
David Scott Curtis
Green Party
702-475-3885
Eugene “Gino” DiSimone
Non-Partisan
775-544-2765
PRESS RELEASE
The undersigned candidates for Governor of Nevada, unitedly protest their exclusion from the upcoming debates sponsored by 8 News NOW, The Las Vegas Review Journal and VegasPBS.
While the sponsor’s announcement stated their intent was “to ensure Southern Nevadans have the opportunity to learn about the candidates” they have intentionally and blatantly excluded 5 of the 7 candidates for this important public office.
Particularly egregious is the participation of VegasPBS, a public broadcasting station in these exclusionary tactics. Public funding should not be used to prevent candidates for elected office from receiving equal time in public debate.
We are making this matter known to every media outlet in the state of Nevada. We are considering our legal options and plan to file complaints with every source providing taxpayer funds to advance this event with such bias.
Sincerely,
Aaron Y. Honig
Arthur Forest Lampitt, Jr.
David Scott Curtis
Eugene “Gino” DiSimone
Floyd Fitzgibbons
It’s ABOUT TIME somebody complained about this blatant suppression of information by the media!!!! We need and deserve to know ALL the candidates who are running for any office, especially one as important as “governor”. Enough of accepting this “lesser of 2 evils” (translate: Republican or Democrat) as the only choice in every election. No known evil should ever be considered acceptable. And guess what? We know……..and we’ve had enough.