By Tim Redmond : 4hills – excerpt
For months now, incumbent state Sen. Scott Wiener has not agreed to a single debate with his challenger, Jackie Fielder. That’s a common strategy for an incumbent with a money advantage who doesn’t want to give the challenger any additional media attention.
In this case, though, Fielder has been getting traction – she’s raised, all told, more than $600,000 and has donations from some 3,500 individual donors. She has the backing of the California Teachers Association and the United Educators of San Francisco.
And Wiener has finally accepted one invitation.
The two will meet for a virtual discussion Saturday/3 at 1pm, sponsored by Manny’s. You can watch the livestream here…(more)