I’m sure anyone reading this knows, but it’s really that they weren’t allowed to be at the debates rather than they couldn’t. Couldn’t almost sounds like their leader got sick, wasn’t able to travel for some reason, etc

Ok… that’s better than him winning or losing and not quitting

Or a big one

“A better option for bike lanes, he thinks, would be the multi-use paths that often start completely off the word, like those on Woodlawn Road.” This sounds reasonable