Here's what some of his constituents would like to ask him:

Condit's constituents offer suggestions for Chung interview
By LISA MILLEGAN
Scripps-McClatchy Western Service
August 21, 2001

MODESTO, Calif. - Connie Chung isn't the only one who has questions for Rep. Gary Condit.

Residents in the Ceres congressman's district have plenty. Some on Tuesday offered suggestions for the ABC News correspondent.

Chung's interview with Condit is scheduled to air on "PrimeTime Thursday" at 10 p.m. PDT.

Chung is the first reporter Condit has agreed to talk to since 24-year-old Chandra Levy disappeared in Washington, D.C., nearly four months ago.

Michael Paddy, 45, of Los Banos, wants to know why the married 53-year-old Democrat waited until his third interview with police to reveal that he had an affair with Levy. Numerous media organizations have reported that but Condit has never confirmed or denied the matter.

"Why did he put his self interest and protection before the needs of the people?" Paddy asked.

B.J. Osborn, 63, of Modesto thinks Chung should ask Condit if he believes he is being unjustly singled out by the media for having an affair.

"She should ask him if (cheating on your spouse) is business as usual in Washington, D.C.," he said.

Condit has been the subject of intense worldwide media scrutiny since Levy disappeared. Her parents have said on television that they think Condit is withholding important information that could help locate their daughter.

Don Vance, 57, an outspoken Condit foe and Levy family friend, hopes the congressman will explain why he has refused requests to meet with Levy private investigators. He also wants Condit to say whether he tried to contact Levy after he last saw her and if not, why. And he hopes the congressman will shed light on message on the "big news" Levy had shortly before she disappeared. Levy left a message about that on her aunt's answering machine.

Lucille Mejia, the 47-year-old organizer of Thursday's Condit rally in Merced, doesn't think the congressman should reveal any details about the nature of his relationship with Levy. If he does, Mejia said she will push the mute button on her television during the interview.

"That's between Carolyn and Gary and his family and I don't want to know anything," she said.

Jim DeMartini, chairman of the Republican Central Committee of Stanislaus County, wants to know why police found no computer in Condit's Washington, D.C., apartment during their search.

"Obviously, he had one but he took it out," he said, adding that he's sure all congressional representatives have computers at home.

The 48-year-old grower also thinks Condit should explain why he asked stewardess Anne Marie Smith to sign an affidavit saying she didn't have an affair with him. Smith said on television that she did have an intimate relationship with Condit.

Denair resident Sylvia Kallman, 79, only really wants Condit to answer one question: Did he have anything to do with Levy's disappearance?

"The main thing is whether he knows what happened to Chandra Levy," she said.

She doesn't blame him for the affair because she thinks Levy is equally responsible for the illicit relationship, "and perhaps more so."

Charles Byrd, 24, of Modesto, thinks Condit should address some of the claims in the tabloid papers. He wants Condit to say whether he engaged in kinky sex or was vulnerable to blackmail in his work on the House intelligence committee because of his relationship with Levy.

Modesto resident Loyce Curb wants Chung to ask Condit whether he really told police he had an affair with Levy. He said he's not sure he believes media reports about the matter. Curb continues to support the congressman.

"He's not been proven guilty of anything except lying about his sex life, and all men are going to lie about that," he said.