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Radical Georgia Moderate: Reed, Price peddle their wares on taxpayers' dime Reed, Price peddle their wares on taxpayers' dime As someone with a column to write who is currently unhappy with all politicians, I find myself wanting to take turns verbally slugging the Ds and the Rs. Alas, since the Rs run everything, the Ds keep their heads too low to give me good material. Which brings us to Tom Price and Ralph Reed. U.S. Rep. Price of the 6th District hosted a conference call March 22 so a screened list of participants could celebrate his Tomness. There's nothing wrong with that until you take into account that it was paid for by his Congressional office and not by his reelection campaign. Respondents on the Peach Pundit blog — which is run by the same Republican fellas who run Red State — claimed to have seen an ad for the conference call in a North Fulton newspaper and to have heard an ad for it on WSB radio. The newspaper ad carried with it the message "paid for by Congress," one wrote. If Rep. Price gets to screen the calls it's less a forum than it is Tom-worship, which I doubt ranks among the kinds of worship folks in the 6th District would be willing to sanction with taxpayer dollars. You'd think Lt. Governor candidate Ralph Reed would have learned that lesson by now after his requests to "hump in corporate accounts" with Casino Jack Abramoff received national media attention. But you'd be wrong. Chatham County Sheriff Al St. Lawrence, a Reed supporter, sent a car to pick him up at the airport and chauffeur him to the start of the St. Patrick's Day parade, the Savannah Morning News reported. On top of taxpayers footing the bill for his ride, it is against parade rules for a non-sitting candidate to ride in the parade. For "conservatives," they sure do like to blow taxpayer dollars.
Mar 24, 2006 Georgia Political Digest
Rusty Tanton | www.radicalgeorgiamoderate.org | Bio
