NEW: Speaker Fox Files Board of Elections Complaint
Friday, October 26, 2012
House Speaker Gordon Fox has filed a complaint with the state Board of Elections over a negative radio that is paid for by a Connecticut man.
Fox’s independent challenger Mark Binder has denied having any knowledge of the ad, but Fox spokesman Bill Fischer said there is “mounting evidence” that suggests Binder was coordinating with the group who placed the ad.
“The voice on the radio commercial attacking Gordon Fox is that of Rob LaChance, the head of R.J. LaChance Advertising,” Fischer said. “The same agency is responsible for placing a television buy with Cox Media for the Binder campaign. Nancy LaChance of that agency placed a $2,000 buy for Binder on October 16.
"It is also abundantly clear that Mr. Binder and the Connecticut resident behind the radio ad, Harvey Adelberg, have no regard for Rhode Island campaign finance law. Mr. Binder has broken the law by accepting nearly $4,000 in coordinated expenditures from Mr. Adelberg in an effort to avoid state candidate contribution limits.”
UPDATE
Binder campaign spokesman Peter Kerwin released the following statement:
"First the Fox campaign made legal threats and when that fizzled, they are now playing junior detective trying to find links between the Binder campaign and the ad. This is a silly exercise on their part. It is what a losing campaign looks like...a campaign determined to distract people from the issues that really matter. Mark Binder has been going door-to-door, talking to voters about issues like 38 Studios, Speaker Fox's decision to kill payday lending reform, and the late night merger of the Office of Higher Ed and the Board of Regents. Those are the issues which will determine the outcome of this election."
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Not Telling
12:04pm on Saturday, October 27, 2012
Do you think anybody cares about Gordon Fox? I just wish that the state representatives who represent Cumberland where I am from would have the "nuts" to vote this guy out of the speakership position.
But even if they did vote him out, they would only put in another mouth piece who will just screw the taxpayers and residents from behind anyway.
Chris MacWilliams
5:53pm on Saturday, October 27, 2012
The person who did the ad did a great job. I love the way he says, "Are you kidding me???"
marylou sexton
2:53am on Sunday, October 28, 2012
I wonder if Fox has been on many trips to the DR w/his bff Cicilline.