WOOLARD TAKES ON G.K. BUTTERFIELD

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Statement – Ashley Woolard, candidate for Congress – NC 1

7/27/10

I'm angry and the voters in the First Congressional District are angry and rightfully so. Whey see the arrogance and corruption in Washington, and we don’t like it. We are especially upset that Rep. G. K. Butterfield, has violated the spirit of the Congressional Ethics Committee while he is a serving member of that body.

Charlie Rangel, who has served in Congress for 40 years, was charged with numerous ethics violations. It has taken the Ethics Committee two years of investigation to even admit that there might be sufficient evidence to bring charges against Rep. Rangel.

Rep. G. K. Butterfield while serving on the Ethics Committee received a $4,000 campaign donation from Rep. Rangel. By any standard, receiving a donation from someone that you are investigating for a crime would itself be a crime. As of this date, G. K. Butterfield has not returned the $4,000. I demand in the name of the good people of the 1st district that Rep. Butterfield return that money immediately.

Rangel is charged with failure to pay taxes on income earned on properties he owns in the Caribbean. He will also be charged with allowing corporations to pay for his trips to the Caribbean. Rep. Butterfield has also allowed corporations to pay for his trips to the Caribbean at the same time.

Butterfield was first elected to congress in a 2004 Special Election to fill the unexpired term of convicted felon Frank Ballance, who pled guilty to embezzling taxpayer monies through a sophisticated money-laundering scheme.

There is a wind sweeping across this great nation that will cleanse our political system. Greed and corruption is destroying our great country. Washington needs to be cleaned from top to bottom and I want to be part of that cleanup.

I promise to honestly and faithfully represent my friends and neighbors in the First District.

If you want change and honest representation in Washington, then remember me, ASHLEY WOOLARD, when you vote on November 2.

http://www.woolardforcongress.com/
For further information or to schedule an interview with Ashley Woolard call:

Bill Tarpenning - 252-944-5377