Two of three 25th District candidates debate

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. -- It was yet another candidate forum in the long race for congress in the 25th District, but there was something or, more accurately, someone, missing. The sponsors, the Chamber of Commerce and the Manufacturers Association, had excluded one of the three candidates running for the congressional seat, Green Populist party candidate Howie Hawkins. Hawkins was on hand to watch as his democratic and republican opponents spent an hour answering questions about the economy and business climate. Those opponents were asked whether sponsors had made a mistake. “I never oppose Mr. Hawkins participating. But, you know, each sponsor has to decide for themselves what they're going to do,” said Dan Maffei. Two of three 25th District candidates debate It is a policy born of the assumption that major party candidates win... [read full story]