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MCN Publisher David Riley said, “We’ve wanted to do local debates, but the pandemic sidetracked our efforts for the past election cycle, and we were just trying to keep all the balls in the air ourselves emerging from the economic stress of the pandemic.” Riley continued, “Now, it’s time to give the voters a view of the candidates for which they will be asked to vote.” Riley acknowledged that the paper hopes to present more state and federal race debates moving forward, but was skeptical of its ability to attract candidates in a local discussion based on almost 80 percent of the county’s eligible voters not participating in the May 3 primary. “It costs candidates money to travel, and they go where the voters turnout. It’s just economics.”
The debate format is still in process, but the three-person question panel has agreed to participate. Members of the panel will be introduced on the night of the event. The third panel member has not been announced, although several people are in the mix.
The public will be invited to submit questions to the panels for their consideration. Marion County News’ website will have a portal for citizens of Marion County, TN to enter questions. These submissions will be reconciled with panelist questions to allow for an objective finesse of local concerns and possibly expand panelists’ questions to include concerns brought forth. That portal is expected to be functioning no later than 2:00 pm on Wednesday, June 15.
Further details will be forthcoming over the next few days.
Soliciting funds based on Big Lie constitutes Wire Fraud. Straight up CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
Yeah, your read it right-Double Dime-TWENTY YEARS FOR THIS CRIME.
So when you folks struggling because of Joe’s inflation sent-GET THIS-Sent MONEY to a “Billionaire”, and he put it in his pocket, this constituted Wire Fraud as described here:
18 U.S. Code § 1343 – Fraud by wire, radio, or television
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Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If the violation occurs in relation to, or involving any benefit authorized, transported, transmitted, transferred, disbursed, or paid in connection with, a presidentially declared major disaster or emergency (as those terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)), or affects a financial institution, such person shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both.
Not sure this correlates at all to this article but in the interest of open forum…