District 1 City Council Debate was show time for de Uriarte

Published: August 8, 2007, 2:03 am

Propositions were presented from only one perspective The much touted District 1 City Council candidate debate fell a bit short of the mark. On the plus side, there were approximately a hundred people who showed up for the event at Desert Foothills Junior High School on an August night in Phoenix. That's definitely worthy of note. The forum—certainly not a debate—was sponsored by the Valley Citizens League, the ASU School of Public Affairs and the Arizona Republic. It was definitely an Arizona Republic soir e, since the moderator was editorial writer, Richard de Uriarte, who made sure only one side was heard on the two ballot measures facing voters. He even reminded the audience that he has written editorials for twenty years in support of Home Rule. And those in attendance got to see de Uriarte break into a bit of a soft shoe and change his speaking tone from sotto voce to a full vocal crescendo. He assured attendees that issues come and go but character and

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