Posts Tagged ‘ Special Project: Free tickets for Alabama public officials ’
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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Anniston Star editorial
Political football in Montgomery by The Anniston Star Editorial Board October 19, 2010 If only Alabama and Auburn’s ball carriers were as elusive as state politicians asked to weigh in on the free Iron Bowl tickets perk handed out to lawmakers every year. The way some side-stepped the issue when asked about it by...
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Anniston Star article: Ineligible receivers?
October 17, 2010 Ineligible receivers? Children’s advocate wants legislators to take a pass on free Iron Bowl tixThe Anniston Star by Laura Camper Each year, the host of the Iron Bowl sends to Alabama’s legislators and government officials hundreds of free tickets to the Auburn-Alabama football game. The goal is to persuade the holders of...
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Huntsville Times editorial
EDITORIAL: Iron Bowl perks for lawmakers must end Published: Sunday, October 03, 2010, 8:30 AM John Peck, The Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ Jim Metrock is not a household name in Alabama – unless it’s brought up in the Alabama Statehouse. The Birmingham-area charity activist is on a crusade to stop the...
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Auburn Makes Correction To Recipients LIst
From Left to Right: Rep. Joseph Mitchell, Sen. Vivian Figures, Sen. Bobby Singleton and Sen. Scott Beason On January 7, Auburn spokesperson Mike Clardy wrote Obligation and said that four legislators did not pick up their free Iron Bowl tickets at their post office. Rep. Joseph Mitchell, Sen. Vivian Figures, Sen. Scott Beason, and...
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Letter Goes To Alabama Representatives
Obligation has contacted some recipients of the free Iron Bowl tickets by email, but we have mailed letters to all the state representatives and state senators. The letter can be read below. Obligation is asking each recipient of these free tickets to promise to refuse them in the future. We want the tickets to...
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News Release: Politicians and Staff Accept Free Iron Bowl Tickets
Free Iron Bowl Tickets news release For Release: December 16, 2009 Contact: Jim Metrock 205.822.0080 [email protected] GROUP ASKS RECIPIENTS OF FREE IRON BOWL TICKETS TO DONATE TO CHARITY BIRMINGHAM, AL – Obligation, Inc. a Birmingham-based child advocacy organization is asking all state officials who accepted free tickets for this year’s Iron Bowl game from...
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