Democratic Gubernatorial candidates to debate in Fort Wayne

By Peter Neumann
Indiananewscenter.com

It may be no coincidence that Democratic Gubernatorial candidates Jill Long-Thompson and Jim Schellinger will face off in a live one-hour televised debate on "tax day" -- Tuesday, April 15th at 7 p.m..

After all, taxes are a big issue in Indiana, and what the candidates propose to do about them.Indiana's NewsCenter and IPFW's Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics have partnered with University Democrats to invite the candidates to inform the voters be means of a debate.

The debate will be broadcast live by Indiana NewsCenter's WISE NBC33, and moderated by Indiana NewsCenter's anchor Linda Jackson.

The debate will also be streamed live on www.indianasnewscenter.com.

The venue for the debate is the beautiful Rhinehart Recital Hall on the campus of IPFW in Fort Wayne. The audience will be made up largely of guests invited by the two campaigns.

Fifty seats will be available on a first-come first serve basis. Doors will open at 5:30, doors close at 6:30 P.M.. No campaign banners nor flash photography will be allowed. Cell phones should be turned off.

The questions for the candidates will be drawn from audience submissions, as well as from a three-person panel that includes representatives from Indiana's NewsCenter, The Journal Gazette, and IPFW University Democrats.

As far as I can determine, there will be no local broadcast or rebroadcast of this event. Please let me know if you have different information. Thanks, Don