I've had 60 town halls this year, 190 since elected. Melancon hasn't had one in 160 days, see countdown @ http://snipurl.com/z3i34
First of all, the Sinning Senator is laughably harkening back to the days when we all wondered what the definition of "is" is. This time, however, he has me wondering what the definition of town hall is.
You can see right on Congressman Melancon's website that he held a "town hall" on October 14th, and another on September 2nd.
In addition, you don't necessarily need to waste taxpayer resources by having town halls masquerading as campaign events if you go to where the people are, and talk to them while you are there. Two such examples are Congressman Melancon spending Veteran's Day at two locations in his Congressional District:
15th Annual Mulberry Elementary Veterans Day Celebration
When: 10:00 a.m. CST
Where: Houma Terrebonne Civic Center
Veterans Day Event and Picnic Lunch
When: 12:00 p.m. CST
Where: Veterans Memorial Park in Gonzales, Louisiana
In addition to the Sinning Senator's lie about Charlie not holding a town hall, I would seriously question whether what the Sinning Senator is holding is a town hall at all, considering that the questions are screened by his staff. For instance, this is how he treated a woman at a town hall who dared to ask him (respectfully) about his vote on an amendment that would victims of rape and discrimination deserve their day in court:
