 While the governor's debate scheduled for tomorrow in Grand Rapids has been canceled, KAXE Northern Community Radio was organizing the debate and Lakeland PBS was partnering with them to bring it live to the entire state of Minnesota. The debate was to focus entirely on rural issues and I was scheduled to be the moderator for that debate. KAXE had received assurances from both the Republican and DFL parties this summer that their candidates would be taking part. But KAXE officials informed us yesterday that representatives from both the Jeff Johnson and Tim Wall's campaigns told them that neither candidate would be taking part in the debate, thus forcing the cancellation.