Bring back town hall meetings: Transparency requires answering questions in person

By: Paul Hyde

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: March 23, 2026

Words: 796

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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Let me tell you about Jack Fields, a rock-ribbed conservative congressman I knew back in Texas more than three decades ago.

Fields was so well known for hosting constituent gatherings in rural areas and small towns like Tomball, Texas, that his district sometimes seemed to operate as a continuous public forum.

Voters could ask Fields any question in public, and he would answer — sometimes patiently, sometimes uncomfortably, but always directly, neither evading …

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