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Greens denounce debate tac t ics

From page IB'softbair questions at the following night's Ward 1 debate.

• Mahoney's proposal was lat

er discussed and approved bySandra Baird, a lawyer and member of the Burlington Greens whoran last year against Mayor PeterC l a v e l l e . B a i r d c o u l d n o t b e

reached for comment despite re

peated calls and a message left athe r home .

• Later the night before the

debate, Mahoney and Sheehy discussed the agreement and confirmed it during a telephonec o n v e r s a t i o n .

• During the Feb. 28 debate,

both candidates asked the agreed-

upon questions.

During the debate, Sheehyasked Mahoney about his positionon the construction of replacement housing off East Avenue for

University Heights residents. Mahoney campaigned in part arguingthat Mahnke had supported construction plans that would overde

velop that site.

Mahoney later asked Sheehy tocomment about the Greens' posi

tion on open government, givingSheehy the opportunity to attackC l a v e l l e a n d t h e Bo a r d o f A l d e r

men on a key Greens criticism ofthe incumbent city government.

The questions the two askedeach o the r . . . wo rked to the ad

vantage of Mr. Mahoney and ourcandidate and to the disadvantageof the Progressive Coalition's can

didate, the Greens said in theirs t a t e m e n t .

 I just t hink this is insane,

Mahoney said Saturday night.Someone delivered a copy of thestatement to Mahoney on Satur

day, he said.

Mahoney denied arrangingquestions beforehand with Sheehy,b u t s a i d t h a t h e d i d t a l k w i t h

Sheehy earlier that day. '1 did notapproach him. I ran into himdown town . I had no idea he was

going to be there. I asked him howit was going and that was abouti t .

Mahoney also confirmed that

he did talk with Sheehy by tele

phone later that night. We hadn'treally made any understandingearlier in the day. We talkeda b o u t t h e i s s u e s w e h a v e t a l k e d

about openly and upfront allthrough the campaign. We did notrehearse questions. I didn't goover my questions with anybody.

Sheehy, who campaigned ont h e t h e m e t h a t t h e G r e e n s s t a n d

for open government, refusedc o m m e n t o n t h e G r e e n s '

s t a t e m e n t . I h a v e n ' t s e e n w h a tyou received today. I haven't seentha t documen t so I can ' t commen t

at this time, he said.

The Greens said they decidedt o d i s c l o s e t h e d e a l b e c a u s e t h e

party wanted the public to knowthe arrangement was made without approval of the party as awhole. ... we thought that we hada responsibility to make knownwhat happened both to Mr.Mahnke and the res iden ts o f Ward

1, Plecke nstein said.

Mahnke applauded the Greens'd i sc losure : I 'm comple te l yshocked that Mr. Mahoney, Mr.

Sheehy and Ms. Baird would collude against the public to rig an

open debate. Under any circumstances this kind of deal-makingd o e s a n i n c r e d i b l e d i s s e r v i c e t o

the public. Given the closeness ofthe election, this is nothing shortof an outrage.

Clavelle cautiously criticized

Mahoney. I think most observersof local politics would recognizetha t th is i s no t the firs t t ime tha t

there has been collusion ... to work

against the Progressives. ... If thestatement reflects the reality, it's

pretty sleazy, he said.

Bea Bookchin, who was anunsuccessfu l cand ida te in Ward 6

as a member of the Burlington

Greens, said Baird did not mention anything to her at the debateabout an agreement. Baird andBookchin sat together at the deb a t e .

However, Bookchin said Saturday she was no longer a memberof the Burlington Greens — a

position she indicated she took asa result of a dispute over the

veracity of the events that led upto the debate.

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