Seems that Johnson hasn't really be returning calls about debate times or places. Not that he's not paying attention:
Earlier, Alex Traverso, a spokesman for Johnson's campaign, said Johnson is committed to debating Fargo and is in the process of sorting through 100 debate requests. He said they would be contacting the mayor's office to discuss which events to choose and how the debate would be structured.
"Kevin is committed to letting the people of Sacramento hear a spirited debate between himself and the mayor," Traverso said.
Later on Wedneswday, Johnson didn't answer directly whether he would participate in "Mayoral Race '08: Candidates Face the Voters," a forum sponsored by The Bee, The California Museum and News 10 on May 7. So far, Fargo and challengers Adam Daniel, Leonard Padilla, Muriel Strand and Shawn Eldredge have agreed to participate.
This forum also will provide Sacramento voters with chance to ask the candidates questions themselves via videotape and live online.
Meanwhile, Johnson has been using his time to become familiar with city issues.
"Our candidate hasn't had 20 years of public service -- this is familiar territory for her," Traverso said. "We've been campaigning for about a month."
Say what? Why would you highlight your opponent's long record of public service? I mean, okay, I guess it's an attempt to play the oooh, evil career politician card, but really, it kinda sounds more like "dude, we're, like, totally new here, wait, where's city hall?"
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