Posted on 05/28/2010
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Campaign 2010: Gov. Bob Riley praises attorney general candidate Luther Strange in campaign flyer.
Republican Gov. Bob Riley is quoted in a campaign flyer as praising Birmingham attorney Luther Strange, saying he thinks Strange would make a great attorney general.
Strange is running in Tuesday’s Republican primary against incumbent Troy King. Riley appointed King as attorney general in March 2004 to fill a vacancy. King then won a four-year term in 2006.
”The job of the attorney general is to enforce the rule of law. I believe that Luther Strange will carry out that duty with conviction and would be a great attorney general for Alabama,” Riley is quoted as saying in a campaign flyer the Strange campaign mailed earlier this week to 100,000 likely Republican voters.
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Posted on 05/21/2010
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The Supreme Court of Alabama ruled unanimously against incumbent Attorney General Troy King today, tossing out yet another of his foot-dragging tactics in the battle over enforcing Alabama’s gambling laws that has dragged on far too long under Mr. King’s tenure.
Luther Strange issued the following statement in response to today’s ruling by the Supreme Court of Alabama:
“This ruling from the Supreme Court of Alabama today only gives us more evidence that Troy King has compromised the office of attorney general. It raises again the issue of Troy King failing to enforce the law because of his close ties to the gambling bosses.
Troy King should repay the taxpayers of this state for the hundreds of thousands of dollars he wasted doing the bidding of the corrupt casino owners and their lobbyists. It was Troy King who created this law enforcement crisis and it is Troy King who continues to embarrass our state as Attorney General.
Never in the state’s history has a Governor had to carry out the Attorney General’s job of enforcing the law. There will be no need for a governor’s task force to enforce the law when I am Attorney General. I will execute my sworn duty to enforce the law and put an end to this nonsense.”
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Posted on 05/14/2010
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala– As a phantom political group makes plans to flood Alabama airwaves with more than one million dollars of television advertising, Republican candidate for attorney general, Luther Strange is calling on candidates and voters to take a public stand against this outside special interest group’s influence on state elections.
“When wealthy special interests hide behind stealth groups to sway our elections, they are hurting honest Alabama voters and good candidates,” Strange said. “Alabama needs transparency in state elections. The person or group actually funding these ads should make clear who they are and what their agenda really is.”
“Any candidate that would benefit from one of these groups should disavow the ads and demand they be pulled from the airwaves. I pledge to do so and challenge every other statewide candidate in both parties to join me.”
A new political organization founded only days ago using the name New Sons of Liberty is currently placing more than one million dollars in television advertising which will reach every corner of Alabama. The subject of their ad campaign remains a public mystery, but their commercials are slated to begin May 21 and run up to the June 1 primary. The group was only incorporated two weeks ago and no one has come forward to put an actual face or even a real location behind the organization.
“We have already seen the lies and deception spread when candidates and special interests team up,” Strange said. “Troy King and his gambling buddies were first to try for cheap political points by politicizing the Gulf oil spill and airing their lies on television. Now it looks like another special interest will try to buy off another candidate.”
Strange has set up a website where he’s asking candidates and voters to join in his pledge not to benefit from manipulative special interests and to keep them out of Alabama elections. “As attorney general, I’ll fight to force stealth money and fake interests groups out of the closet so voters can make informed decisions about not just the message, but the messenger.” Strange added. “My fight starts right now with this pledge.”
To join the fight for transparent elections and to say no to outside special interest groups, visit and sign the petition online at: http://www.lutherstrange.com/clean-up-alabama, where you can learn more about Big Luther’s fight for honesty and integrity in state government.
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