Charles Koch Refuses to Accept Debate Challenge In-Person, Responds with Security Team

Because Koch did not respond to the video challenge, Joel Francis traveled to Wichita to deliver the debate challenge letter in person. Francis was prevented from entering the building after requesting to see Koch in person. He handed the debate challenge letter to Larry Moorman, Director of Corporate Security, who assured Francis that Mr. Koch would receive the letter today. Before leaving, Francis called Koch Industries' and was connected to Kay, Mr Koch's secretary. Kay said that Charles Koch was unavailable and then took Joel's name and phone number and assured him that Charles would get back to him.
It seems that Mr. Koch does not have the courage to respond to a college student and U.S. Marine Corps veteran worried about the negative impact Prop 23 would have on our state.

"As a senior, I'm worried that the dirty energy initiative Mr. Koch is funding would jeopardize $10 billion of private investment in the state's clean economy and ruin the fastest growing sector of Californian economy. Many of us who are getting ready to enter the workforce are looking to the clean technology sector as a strong employment option," Francis said. "If Mr. Koch is going to come into our state with his money, a lot of people would like to hear directly from him why he is trying to wreak our economy's development."

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[nicky560]

Capitalism isn't flawed. People like the Kochs are flawed. Please raise their taxes.

[bluemontanaskies]

LoL! Keep fighting the losing fight! You will never beat someone who has the money that the Kochs do.

[tkandme3]

@grasd2 they sure are

[tkandme3]

@chukmaty There's nothing good about the Kochs.  You're brainwashed

[LogicalFlawDetector]

@grasd2

faggot.

[chukmaty]

@neil9327

I respect your support of choice, but there are environmental problems with "green" energy as well... I hope the free market is given an opportunity to choose clean nuclear energy in the future. Nuclear technology has come a long way since the Fukashima reactors were built in the 60s, 70s, and saying no to nuclear energy is a big mistake for those who care about affordable energy and the environment.

[chukmaty]

Charles Koch is one of the good guys, Big Green fraudsters are conning billions, for energy solutions that are less efficient and more expensive, from taxpayers who need that money to pay bills. Green boondoggles are not just dumb, they are morally wrong.

[neil9327]

I'm on the side of Charles Koch here. What he was doing was trying to maintain freedom of choice for the residents of California to have their energy needs met by dirty oil, or by clean energy.

Rather than being forced into that decision by government law.

If you are saying that your job opportunities are being thretened by this then it is because clean energy is not competitive with dirty oil. So you have to wait until improvements in technology make it competitive. It's simple capitalism.

[grasd2]

The Koch Brothers are scum of the earth. I'm disappointed that there isn't a hell for them to rot in.

[tjpell68]

No response because the Koch brothers are a bunch of weasels! Or one is the pig & the other is the weasel.