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Allred: Debate Me In Lewiston, Butch

Democrat Keith Allred stopped by my office a few minutes ago and re-challenged Butch Otter to drop his planned talk on a Boise radio show and debate in Lewiston as previously scheduled. Her'es his statement to Huckleberries: "Just before the debate started in Boise, I said to Butch, "The people of North Idaho deserve their own debate." He said, I know, Keith, they do. But they were just so late in getting their invitation to us. I said, 'Well, Butch, they got that invitation out to us more than a month ago.' Then I found out after the debate that he'd signed on to go onto a radio talk show in Boise. So here's my offer to Butch: "Since you cancelled on the Lewiston debate and opened up our schedule, we also signed on for that same radio talk show. Why don't we both go back to the original plan? Go to Lewiston and give the people of North Idaho the debate they deserve. Both of our schedules will allow that."



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.