Speak Out ... King won't back down
The Anniston Star
June 2, 2008
By Troy King, Alabama Attorney General
Re "King and Kingpin" (Speak Out, May 25):
Letter writer Skip Tucker (Alabama Voters Against Lawsuit Abuse) is an able mouthpiece for those who pay him — the big pharmaceutical companies. It clearly upsets him that I strive to be an equally effective advocate for those who pay me — the people of Alabama. Tucker rhetorically asked whether I am switching parties. Let me emphatically answer "no!" I am a Republican because I believe government has a responsibility to protect its citizens. I am a Republican because I believe no one is above the law, no matter how rich or powerful he may be.
And, as a Republican, I will not sit by and allow the single mothers working two jobs in this state in order to buy medicine for their kids to have their burdens increased because greedy corporations took more than their share of our Medicaid dollars. Tucker and I can agree on one thing — there is a veil of secrecy in Alabama.
