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Posted by Pappy at July 14, 2004 02:22 AM
Chris Chatwood Voices Concern over Senator Clay’s Appearance of Impropriety.
Press Release
June 21, 2004
The Common Sense U.S. House candidate calls for Chuck Clay to drop out of 6th District race.
Marietta, June 21, 2004- Upon discovering what looks to be a conflict of interest on State Senator Chuck Clay’s legal practice website, Chris Chatwood, common sense conservative Republican candidate for the U.S. Congress, 6th District, expressed his concern at the potential impropriety. “The citizens of Georgia’s 6th Congressional District expect better of their representative in Washington,” Chris said. “In Iran, Afghanistan and around the world, there are brave men and women in uniform who are expected to meet the highest standards of propriety. We should expect their leaders to uphold at least that same standard.”
According to the website for State Senator Clay’s law firm, Brock, Clay, Calhoun, Wilson & Rogers P.C., as head of their governmental affairs division, “Charles C. Clay facilitates changes to laws to benefit clients and industry and helps companies secure business relationships with government agencies”.
“This is exactly why I decided to become a candidate in the first place,” Chatwood said. “I call it politics as usual, and it is a classic example of what the citizens of the 6th District are tired of.
The website states that Senator Clay’s Firm, “facilitates changes in local, state and federal laws and regulations to benefit clients and industry.” Chatwood stated “When you are a government official and your firm touts you as a high profile political leader who can be found ‘at the White House, in the halls of Congress, and under Georgia’s Gold Dome’, and then it claims ‘the firm’s political strength and outstanding legal counsel has attracted a wide variety of high profile clients needing to secure business relationships with government agencies, seek regulatory relief, or to influence the legislative process’, that is politics as usual, and it is keeping the government from working the way the Founding Father’s expected.”
“The 6th District needs a leader who will go to Washington to work for regular people rather than high profile clients or special interest,” Chatwood said. “I would expect that the only honorable thing for Senator Clay to do is drop out of the race for the 6th District Congressional Seat.”
Posted by Chris Chatwood at July 14, 2004 09:37 AM
Thanks for the update Chris! I'd also like to make a plug for Eric Ponder running in 81, he doesn't have a primary but faces incumbent Jill Chambers in November. I'm also very excited about Kevin Levitas taking on Paul Jennings in District 82 in November. I'm backing Camille Kokozaki in Senate 40, I would love to have a truely moderate, common-sense Democrat back in control of the Senate seat for North Dekalb and he would make his constituents very proud.
Posted by Tim at July 14, 2004 10:17 AM
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