Fisherman's and a Quarry

There isn't going to be a debate for this district's state rep seat, though there were 4 or 5 in the special election just a few months ago, with the same candidates. The question is why? John Blaisdell, though he won't admit it now, made the reasoning crystal clear.

In today's Lynn Item:

Blaisdell said it didn’t matter who generated the questions as long as the questions were “of substance” and candidates have an opportunity for rebuttal.

Here's what he said in the same paper back in September:

If it's not a Lincoln-Douglas style debate then there will be no debate.

So, which is it? If Blaisdell wanted a debate, he should have been willing to compromise much sooner than he did. It would have helped if he didn't try to use the debate as some sort of wedge or manufactured issue to score a few political points. This is not behavior befitting of a public official.

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