Anti-DeLay billboards set up
Anti-DeLay billboards set up
Group founded by Howard Dean paid for ads
04:06 PM CDT on Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Associated Press
A New England group founded by former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean erected two billboards Tuesday near the district of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, highlighting his problems with lobbyist-funded travel.
"Lobbyists sent Tom DeLay golfing; all you got was this billboard," says a billboard overlooking a freeway that bends around downtown Houston, identical to one erected in Galveston County. They will remain up until the end of May.
The billboards refer to golf outings and other foreign trips DeLay took that were paid for by lobbyist Jack Abramoff, whose work is now under criminal investigation.
"The alleged ethics violations that surround Tom DeLay are a disgrace to the integrity of America's political system," Democracy for America Chairman Jim Dean, Howard Dean's brother, said in a statement. "These billboards send the message that Americans and the voters of Texas are sick of corruption and special interests dominating our political system and public officials."
Group founded by Howard Dean paid for ads
04:06 PM CDT on Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Associated Press
A New England group founded by former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean erected two billboards Tuesday near the district of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, highlighting his problems with lobbyist-funded travel.
"Lobbyists sent Tom DeLay golfing; all you got was this billboard," says a billboard overlooking a freeway that bends around downtown Houston, identical to one erected in Galveston County. They will remain up until the end of May.
The billboards refer to golf outings and other foreign trips DeLay took that were paid for by lobbyist Jack Abramoff, whose work is now under criminal investigation.
"The alleged ethics violations that surround Tom DeLay are a disgrace to the integrity of America's political system," Democracy for America Chairman Jim Dean, Howard Dean's brother, said in a statement. "These billboards send the message that Americans and the voters of Texas are sick of corruption and special interests dominating our political system and public officials."
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