Rep. Cravaack Agrees To Hold Town Hall Meeting In Response To Demands From Protesters

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Rep. Chip Cravaack Agrees To Hold Town Hall Meeting In Response To Demands From Protesters

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/23/chip-cravaack-town-hall-meeting_n_934411.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008

Confronting mounting pressure and protests, Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-Minn.) has agreed to hold a public town hall at the Duluth airport at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

Cravaack has hosted two open town halls in the past three weeks, in Deer River and Grand Portage. Some of his constituents, however, were disappointed that he had no plans to hold one in Duluth, the population center of his district.

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"What do we want? Town hall! When do we want it? Now!" shouted the group of protesters, who turned out despite the rainy weather.

"You guys want a town hall? You want a town hall?" responded Cravaack, shouting to get the attention of the crowd. "Okay, be at the airport tomorrow, 4:00. We'll have a town hall in Duluth at the airport at 4:00."

video at link

[Brickbat]

1. LMAO. This guy is so small time.

[KansDem]

2. Town hall at the airport?

Now, that's real convenient!

Something tells me the town hall will be scheduled 15 minutes after Cravaack's plane takes off.

Will the protesters have to go through TSA screening?

[Bozita]

3. How expensive is airport parking in Duluth?

It's very costly in and around Detroit Metro.

[KansDem]

4. I suppose they could park in long-term parking...

In KC, it's $6 a day.

Don't remember what it is across the street from the terminals, but I think it's costly too!

[gratuitous]

5. Did he specify which bathroom stall?

Hate to think of his constituents meeting with Larry Craig by mistake.

[Bozita]

7. This one...

[SpartanDem]

6. Is he scared he'll have to make a quick escape?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. It takes protests to get a lawmaker to be willing to hold a town hall meeting

What country are we living in again?
:wtf:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. DLH isn't very big. The room where the meeting will be

holds only about 150 people. And you do have to pay for parking. I'm guessing he wants it at the airport so he can use the excuse of having to catch a flight (to somewhere) to keep the meeting short. In fact, there's a flight to MSP at 5:17. Bet he's gonna be on it.