The Riley Family Still Is MAKING A GRAB For Alabama CASH

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Members of Alabama's Riley Gang



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" Bob Riley no longer is governor of Alabama. But his family members still are trying to treat our state as their personal piggy bank.


The Rileys are trying to divert funds from the Alabama Republican Party to an organization of their own making, according to an e-mail from Minda Riley Campbell, the governor's daughter and wife of Bradley Arant lawyer Rob Campbell.


The e-mail, which was leaked by the Alabama Democratic Party, shows that "Riley Inc." is trying to circumvent newly elected Governor Robert Bentley and Alabama GOP Chair Bill Armistead.


From an Alabama Democratic Party press release:


The e-mail details a plan to encourage a group of Riley’s closest allies and supporters, known as “The Governor’s Circle,” to divert all future contributions from the Republican Party to an organization created by Governor Riley and controlled by Riley, Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh. The organization would be independent from the Alabama Republican Party but would exist to keep control of the Party in Riley’s hands.


Minda’s e-mail suggests that this secret and exclusive group would be a better recipient of financial contributions and that it is more capable of determining the best Republican candidates than the ALGOP’s duly elected leadership. Minda Riley Campbell goes on to describe a vision of future elections in which Democratic candidates are not viable in the general election and that, consequently, this organization’s purpose should be to influence and control the Republican primary elections so that only The Circle’s chosen Republican candidates are competitive--a move that is a flagrant violation of existing Republican Party rules.


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http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2011/03/riley-family-still-is-making-grab-for.html



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[Taverner]

1. Aw ain't it cute when they eat their own?

[david_vincent]

2. That picture just gave me snow blindness n/t

[Vincardog]

3. That sounds a lot like todays TX Democratic party

[Segami]

4. Makes you wonder why these grifters are stumbling over themselves just to

to get elected. Taking care of the REAL business begins once they're elected and begin meeting with their master's messengers, the lobbyists. The days of honorable public service has gone the way of the dodo bird. Nowadays, it has become a focused game of creating wealth, power & influence peddling under the guise of representing the people's business. You will never see an ex-politician down and out begging on the street for help or evicted from their homes.

[starroute]

5. Got to be a strong follow-the-money aspect

When Riley was governor, I kept seeing rumors about his son and daughter enriching themselves by selling access to the governor's office. If you wanted to do business with the state, these stories claimed, you had to go through them.

I never did find out if the rumors were true or not, but this new story sure seems to confirm them. "Personal piggy bank" indeed.

[JoeyT]

6. That rumor was pretty widespread.

And I don't think it was ever confirmed before, but no one really doubted it.