Roskam Declines Invitation to Candidate Forum Hosted by Patch, League of Women Voters
Rep. Peter Roskam is unable to attend Patch, League of Women Voters candidate forum due to a prior commitment.
Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) on Friday notified the League of Women Voters (LWV) of the Palatine Area he will not be able to attend an Oct. 11 candidate forum in Palatine because of a previous commitment.
Last month, Patch partnered with the LWV to invite candidates in the Illinois 6th Congressional District race to a candidate forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11 at Palatine Village Hall.
The invitation was the group's second attempt to host such a debate, after Rep. Roskam was unable to attend the Oct. 4 event. Candidate Leslie Coolidge (D-Barrington) previously accepted the Oct. 4 and Oct. 11 invitations.
Patch covers more than a dozen towns in the 6th District, including Algonquin-Lake in the Hills, Barrington, Crystal Lake-Cary, Darien, Downers Grove, Glen Ellyn, Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills, Lake Zurich, Lisle, Naperville, Palatine, St. Charles and Wheaton.
To read about the candidates, go to our Illinois 6th Congressional District race page.
Bob Frye
5:33 pm on Monday, October 1, 2012
Typical of Rep. Roskam. Try to get a question answered through his office and you'll find his entire staff seems to "previous commitments."
jagtwlve
8:49 pm on Monday, October 1, 2012
Roskam is anti American in that he refuses to follow American tradition by participating in political debates. He's afraid of giving his opponent any recognition. Pay backs are a b----; vote the aloof a hole out.
John Iwaszkiewicz
11:23 am on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Actually, I have met him twice, and I found him to be intelligent and receptive to all my questions. And for the record, I'm definitely not a political insider.