The three candidates vying for two seats on the East Hampton Town Board debated a number of issues Monday evening at the East Hampton Library, with a
political newcomer who has the
party's backing repeatedly if gently attempting to draw a
distinction between himself and the candidate who does not.
For Auld LJ, there were two «knock - out» arguments against a narrowing of the prohibition: - the impossibility of identifying a boundary
between party political matters and other matters of public importance and controversy; and - he contended, it would not have been «a principled or logical
distinction to limit the prohibition to... election periods,» if airtime could be bought outside them (para 80).