July 6, 2005

Public Invited To Mayoral Debate Forum July 13

By Barry Jagoda

Seven candidates for Mayor of San Diego will face expert and public questioners in a campaign forum at UCSD, beginning at 2:30 p.m. on July 13. The public is invited to attend.

The event is sponsored by Common Cause of California and is hosted by the UCSD Associated Students, department of political science and the university’s leadership center, LEAD. The theme of the forum is “governmental reform and accountability.”

Common Cause confirmed that Steve Francis, Donna Frye, Jerry Sanders, Pat Shea, Myke Shelby, Richard Rider and Jim Bell will participate in the one-and-one-half hour event. Governmental experts, including UCSD professor of political science Thad Kousser, will question each candidate, and there also will be a period of questions from the audience. Moderator of the session will be J.W. August, correspondent for KGTV, Channel 10. The forum will be introduced by UCSD Dean of Social Sciences, Paul Drake.

The Mayoral Forum will be held in the Price Center, Ballroom B, on the UCSD campus. Attendees may obtain parking information at the visitor information center at the Gilman Drive entrance to the UCSD campus, or by phoning, (858) 534-0789.

Media contact, Barry Jagoda (858) 534-8567