News releaseDecember 30, 2010 Birmingham, AL – A recently released list of public officials who received free Iron Bowl tickets and parking passes from the University of Alabama shows that several legislators accepted the gifts even though out of office. Jim Metrock of Obligation, Inc., a Birmingham-based child advocacy organization, made a year-long effort...
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Special Project: Free tickets for Alabama public officials
Alabama politicians receive free Auburn/Alabama (Iron Bowl) football tickets each year. They shouldn’t. If any free tickets are available they should be given to charities that benefit Alabama children. Obligation will have a year-long project trying to get all 2009 ticket recipients to promise they will never take the tickets again. (Obligation will not benefit in any way from this project. We do not accept donations.)
15 Alabama public officials traded on their office to receive tickets to the BCS National Championship game between Auburn and Oregon. They obtained the tickets at face value. The unethical behavior continues.
Out of office legislators still accepted free Iron Bowl tickets
Bryant-Denny Stadium
The seats were not the best in the house, but they were free. 2010 Iron Bowl tickets for Alabama public officials were located in sections SS-12, SS-13, U4-QQ, and U3-L.
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University of Alabama finally releases names of ticket recipients
On October 5, 2010 the president of the University of Alabama Dr. Robert Witt looked at my request and must have laughed. My request was rather simple: I wanted the University to release the names of those public officials who would be receiving free Iron Bowl tickets and a parking pass for the then-upcoming...
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Birmingham News: Iron Bowl winner
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Anniston Star: Legislators give tickets to “children,” “grandson,” and charity.
Local legislators not using Iron Bowl tickets by Patrick McCreless [email protected] November 17, 2010 The host of the Iron Bowl sends free tickets to state legislators each year – tickets several local legislators do not plan to use. This year, Jim Metrock, president of Obligation Inc., a Birmingham-based advocacy group for children, is fighting to...
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Longest serving state legislator refuses tickets.
Holmes, other legislators, turn down free tickets to Iron Bowl from UA November 09, 2010 by Bob Lowry MONTGOMERY – Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, said today he won’t accept tickets to this year’s Iron Bowl game in Tuscaloosa, and wants them to go to wounded veterans. Holmes, the longest serving member of the Legislature,...
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Birmingham News: Bowling for Ethics
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