Include All Candidates in Coverage

Dear Editor,
    I want to express my disappointment in the way the Chronicle continues to cover the Austin mayor's race and the fact that the Chronicle has been guilty of excluding mayoral candidates from debates (i.e., the Hustle for Mayor forum).
    As a former journalist, who ended my newspaper career as the Capitol bureau chief for Scripps newspapers, I am especially disappointed that the Chronicle, which has a reputation of offering new alternatives to the public, would disenfranchise voters by not including every candidate in its forum. It is a shame that the Chronicle has taken the tact of not allowing every voice to be heard.
    And lest you think that new candidates don't have a chance and are undeserving of your coverage, I would remind you to look at the recent Corpus Christi city race, where for the first time in 50 years, an incumbent mayor was unseated. He was unseated by a Realtor who few gave a chance of winning. The difference may have been that the Caller-Times at least provided fair and even coverage to all candidates.