{"id":662,"date":"2010-11-06T15:58:17","date_gmt":"2010-11-06T22:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/?p=662"},"modified":"2010-11-06T18:57:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-07T01:57:00","slug":"open-debate-challenge-to-commissioner-jay-hupp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/open-debate-challenge-to-commissioner-jay-hupp\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Debate Challenge to Commissioner Jay Hupp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pursuant to current recall efforts to remove Jay Hupp from office as Port of Shelton Commissioner, the following Open Debate Challenge is made:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mr. Hupp,<\/p>\n

Apparently the recall petition (judging from your letter to The Journal editor) has newly focused your attention on the citizens. \u00a0Having mentioned the 3 community Blogs (including my own) I’m most familiar with, I can assure you mine has more affinity for the spirit of the\u00a01st Amendment. \u00a0That includes The Journal and even the KMAS website. \u00a0 I invite you to POST (or comment) your views on this Mason County Blog,<\/p>\n

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to carry on an open debate with residents and myself…not because I’m a ‘fan’ of yours (I’m not) but to enlighten the community about why you are being recalled, why you are held in contempt by local residents, and why the ‘support’ you claim in your\u00a0letter to the editor\u00a0is largely fictitious. \u00a0You’ll be given an open opportunity to rebut these assertions\/allegations, if you can.<\/p>\n

Toward that end, you have my word I will not allow the kind of immaterial\u00a0personal attack\u00a0in this forum debate you allowed on\u00a0Jack Miles\u00a0by Steve Bloomfield (one of your supporters?) while chairing a recent Port meeting. \u00a0Short of that, just about anything LEGAL goes! \u00a0I know you’re intimidated by the idea of going to the barrio where the community would have unfettered access to you without your gavel. \u00a0This is your opportunity to present your case in a truly open forum unlike any other Mason County\/Shelton blog. \u00a0The turn around time will be virtually instantaneous compared to The Journal (weekly, if it publishes your letter at all) or vulnerable to the kind of censorship (on the other blogs) under which you might (as do I) chafe.<\/p>\n

The flip side is, nobody is going to handle you with kid gloves like you’re used to when chairing the Port of Shelton meetings. \u00a0Well, Jay? \u00a0Have you got the spine to face the community for which you suggest you’re doing these huge favors? \u00a0After all, according to your logic, they should love you, n’est pas? \u00a0Bring them to the party, if you like. \u00a0In the interest of fairness, I will not allow anonymous comments\/posts (although I normally do) to this particular debate centering, as it does, on you holding your current office. \u00a0REAL NAMES *will* be used. \u00a0Carpe diem!<\/p>\n

Failing that, discussion will proceed apace without your participation.<\/p>\n

This challenge\/opportunity is being openly posted\/published.<\/p>\n

ps: \u00a0Other blogs are welcome to link to this debate\/discussion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pursuant to current recall efforts to remove Jay Hupp from office as Port of Shelton Commissioner, the following Open Debate Challenge is made: . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Hupp, Apparently the recall petition … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":675,"href":"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions\/675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}