Garcia/Doud Duck Our Offer To Debate Charter Amendments They Proposed; Here's What We Offered...And We Stand By Our Offer [UPDATE] Garcia Is Communicating With A Competitor Regarding Some Sort of Debate On Terms Not Yet Publicly Clear

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Garcia/Doud Duck Our Offer To Debate Charter Amendments They Proposed; Here's What We Offered...And We Stand By Our Offer [UPDATE] Garcia Communicating With A Competitor Regarding Some Sort of Debate On Terms Not Yet Publicly Clear

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(Oct. 15, 2015, 1:45 p.m.) -- LBREPORT.com has learned that Mayor Garcia has spoken to a competitor, LBPost.com, which LB Reform Coalition spokesman Ian Patton says is in the process of arranging some sort of debate on terms that aren't clear to him yet. Below are the terms LBREPORT.com offered. We stand by our offer.

(Oct. 15, 2018, 11:30 a.m., updated 2:55 p.m.) -- Mayor Robert Garcia and City Auditor Laura Doud have failed to respond to an offer -- made twice -- by LBREPORT.com (now beginning our 19th year of providing independent online news in Long Beach) to host/produce/stream online for the public and share with our competitors at no charge a debate on the four Charter Amendments that the two citywide electeds proposed and have endorsed.

On Sept. 28 and October 4, LBREPORT.com emailed Mayor Garcia and Auditor Doud (via their non-.gov email addresses) offering them the opportunity debate two representatives of the LB Reform Coalition (which opposes the measures) using the "traditional" debate format (an agreed question, such as "Resolved: Voters should approve Charter Amendments AAA, BBB, CCC, DDD") with pro and con arguments driven by the parties without moderator-spin or interruptions (only a neutral time-keeper.)

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LBREPORT.com offered to make the debate available on-demand online 24/7 to the public (and to our competitors on a "pooled" basis.) We offered to arrange the debate at a single physical location or at two remote locations, in either video or audio form, as they wish. We didn't discuss the offer with either side prior to making the offer.

The Reform Coalition accepted and expressed its readiness to discuss details. Mayor Garcia and City Auditor Doud didn't respond to two emailed invitations.

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