Pelosi challenged to a debate

From the Office of Congressional Candidate Krissy Keefer

July 14, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO -- Refusing to impeach George Bush, supporting the Patriot Act, ignoring her constituents in San Francisco - Nancy Pelosi can run, but she can not hide, says the Green Party candidate challenging Pelosi this November.

Today, Green Party candidate for Congressional District 8, Krissy Keefer is walking to the post office at the corner of 23rd Street and South Van Ness to mail a certified letter to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

A carbon copy is being mailed to the League of Women Voters.

In the letter, Keefer urges Pelosi to schedule as many debates as possible in her home district between now and the November 6 election.

"I am very eager to debate Ms. Pelosi," said Keefer, who will be photographed by supporters as she mails the letter today. "There is no excuse for her continued support of the ongoing occupation of Iraq, her refusal to take real action to end global warming, and her utter lack of accountability to her constituents," said Keefer, referring to Pelosi.

Keefer has scheduled a press conference for Tuesday August 1 at 11:30 AM in front of the Federal Building at 650 Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco. August 1 will mark 98 days until the November 6 election, and Krissy hopes for many lively discussions with Nancy Pelosi and other candidates Republican Mike DeNunzio and Libertarian Philip Berg.

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