Hello.
It is unfortunate that I am forced to write this correspondence today because I usually tell anyone who would listen to me that, PBS literally changed my life as a child.
However, being that I am legally on the ballot and also a publicly touted candidate for the Illinois Secretary of State, and was excluded from the WTTW Chicago candidate forum last week, has changed my life and not in the way it did when I was younger.
WTTW Chicago television station is partially funded by government monies and also from public funds, from honorable people like myself. Your Producers, picking and choosing which candidates will appear on a forum and which ones won't is not in the spirit of being a "open, transparent company" that is supposed to serve the public interest. Clearly, last nights candidate forum you served no one except the two party system.
I have contacted my attorney and we are now in the process pf exploring any legal options we have in response to your stations purposeful oversight.
I hope you and WTTW responds to this email in a way that satisfies my party, the public at large and convinces me to drop legal action.
Respectfully submitted,
Jon Stewart Libertarian Candidate for the Illinois Secretary of State
Cc: IL Libertarian Party, Matteo Rago, Esquire