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TexasTowelie

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Thu Aug 2, 2018, 12:29 AM Aug 2018

LD3 Democrats Cry Foul Over Rigged Candidate Forum For Cano

Pima County Democrats are crying foul after it became apparent that an establishment candidate, Andres Cano, had advance notice of the questions. Cano had provided an answer to one question that was clearly prepared for in advance to a later question.

While Cano tried to laugh off his error, supporters of his opponents find it to be no laughing manner.

Alex Perez brought attention to the unfair forum on Facebook:

RIGGED LD-3 DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FORUM: On June 25th LD-3 Democrats held their candidate forum at the University of Arizona Student Union. About 100 people showed up for it. All 5 Democrat candidates for LD-3 were there. At the start of the forum it was stated that the LD-3 Democrats Executive Committee had developed the questions. The questions had been kept secret and only supplied to one candidate, Andres Cano, LD-3 candidate for State Representative. When question 3 was asked, a question about natural resources, Andres Cano started talking about immigration and incarceration. When the next question, question 4 was asked, it had to do with immigration and incarceration strangely the question Cano had already answered. Cano had memorized the questions and had messed up the order. When question number 4 came around Cano started off by saying “Mia Culpa, Mia Culpa, Mia Culpa” trying to laugh off that he had just got caught cheating. While it can not be proven who it was that supplied Andres Cano with the questions in advance it is interesting that Cano’s ex-lover and candidate for TUSD School Board Adam Ragan, Cano’s campaign treasurer and LD-3 Secretary Andrew Gardner and the person who had donated as much money as the law allows to Cano’s campaign, Joel Feinman (who recently ran for Pima County Attorney are ALL on the LD-3 executive committee and yet not one of them had the integrity to recues themselves and not involve themselves in the forum. Even worse, the LD-3 Chair, candidate for Sunnyside School Board, Eva Carillo Dong, (a close personal friend of every person named here) also didn’t have the integrity to remove any of Cano’s besties from involvement. Again, who can say who it was that gave Cano the questions? Considering the dirty tricks, the dirty politics, the games and lack of integrity already in politics in Arizona what do you say we all just not vote for these questionable candidates? No NOT vote for the good ol’ boys and dirty politicians Andres Cano, Adam Ragan or Eva Carillo Dong. Instead, vote for candidates with integrity.


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