Roby Campaign: Bright Needs to Disavow Anonymous Negative Smear Campaign Today

(MONTGOMERY, AL) –   Even after millions of dollars have been spent by Nancy Pelosi and the national Democrats to distort Martha Roby’s positions and scare voters, Bobby Bright and the Democrats have reached a disappointing new low today. Today, Second District voters received yet another anonymous attack piece falsely maligning Roby’s record on spending on the Montgomery City Council.

This is the second such anonymous piece that has hit mailboxes in the district. The illegal mailer does not have any “Paid For” disclaimer as required by Federal election law.

“These are exactly the type of negative baseless attacks the voters are sick of,” said Roby. “People want to hear how we can turn our country around and get people back to work, not the gutter politics we’re seeing from my opponents. I call on incumbent Democrat Bobby Bright to disavow these anonymous illegal attacks immediately. If he does not publicly decry these cowardly tactics, one can only assume his campaign is responsible.”

Earlier, Democrat Bobby Bright noted “he was taught by his parents not to tear other people down.” In 2008 he issued a positive campaign pledge, but clearly now he has backed away from those pledges.  

The mailers attack Roby on what it claims as “slush fund spending.” What it fails to add is that this “slush fund spending” went to necessary improvements such as roads, community centers, and playgrounds. This fact was noted in the very same article cited on the mail piece, which stated that councilors used the money “to resurface streets, pave sidewalks, improve parks and drainage and perform other work in and out of their districts.”

In fact, Bright, who was Mayor at the time, said councilors “should be spending every penny of it” and added “You can pave a lot of streets with $500,000 if you use it.”

“Clearly the Bright campaign failed to do their homework on this,” said Roby. “However, misleading voters with anonymous mailers is no joking matter. Silence is complicity, and there is a deafening silence from the Bright camp on these negative attacks right now.”   

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