Darrell Issa plans a town hall meeting, but gives select crowd special access
Joshua Stewart at the San Diego Tribune
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-issa-meeting-20170524-story.html
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After facing hundreds of upset constituents at town hall meetings in March, Rep. Darrell Issa is giving a select group of constituents early invites to an upcoming forum, and a head start to claim one of the limited seats to the event.
The Vista Republican mailed postcards to certain constituents not only to give them a heads up about the June 3 event, but he also provided them a special promotional code they can use claim one of 500 seats at the forum before others have the same chance.
Darrell Issa plans a town hall meeting, but gives select crowd special access
San Diego Union-Tribune politics reporter Joshua Stewart talks with FOX5 San Diego to give some insight into Darrell Issa's upcoming town hall meeting with constituents.
Issa’s spokesman, Calvin Moore, said older constituents as well as people who live near San Juan Hills High School in San Juan Capistrano where the government-paid forum will be held were sent postcards. The recipients can use the promotional code to RSVP early, but anyone who lives in the district can reserve a seat after registration opens on Saturday. The postcards were sent to give people who couldn’t attend the congressman’s March forum because they missed the online notices, or tried to sign up after all the seats were claimed, have a better chance to attend this one, Moore said.
But the area near the high school that received postcards is an Issa stronghold. The venue where the meeting will be held is in a polling precinct where 66 percent voters supported Issa in last year’s election, one of the nine-term congressman’s best showing in the 49th district. Other nearby precincts favored Issa by similar margins.
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