Town hall session on illegal immigration set for Ballwin
Chris Howard, a Republican candidate for the Missouri House’s 88th District, is hosting a town-hall meeting Thursday night “to discuss illegal immigration.”
The two-hour event begins at 7 p.m., and will be at The Pointe at Ballwin Commons, in Meeting Room A. The address: #1 Ballwin Commons Circle.
The scheduled panelists include:
–Phyllis Schlafly – Founder and President of Eagle Forum
–State Rep. Brian Nieves – Special Committee on Immigration
According to Howard’s release, “Each panelist will be given a period of time for presentation, which will be followed by a question/answer period by the attendees. Other panelists may be added prior to the event.”
Howard is among three Republicans seeking the seat now held by Neal St. Onge, who’s now running for the state Senate in the 7th District.
The other 88th District candidates, both Republicans, are: Shamed Dogan of Ballwin, and Andrew Koenig of Winchester.
No Democrats filed for the seat, so the victor in the Aug. 5 GOP primary is guaranteed to succeed St. Onge.
Thank you to those who have come to my defense this morning. I am blessed to have many loyal friends. However, I do not condone negatively attacking any candidate and made that known to my campaign staff very early on in my campaign. I can not, however, control the comments made by others outside of my staff and volunteers.
I would rather have a discussion on the merits of the issue presented at the Town Hall Meeting.
Shamed, Andrew and myself have discussed the issue of negative campaigning and none of us are interested in pursuing that course of action. We, the candidates, must stand on what we can do for our constituents not on how we can attack each other.