There is a PSC election in the PSC's 4th District this Saturday, which means that voters in Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Catahoula, Evangeline, Grant, Jefferson Davis, LaSalle, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion and Vernon Parishes will be heading to the polls to determine who their next PSC Commissioner will be.
One of the two Republicans running in this race - Clyde Holloway, (the former Congressman), aired this well-produced ad:
Notice how the ad begins? It starts off saying:
"Zero, nada, not one penny. Clyde Holloway hasn't taken a dime from the big utility companies."
If only it were true ... thanks to an incredulous Republican blogger, we know the that Mr. Holloway is taking money from folks and PACS directly connected to the "big utility companies" as well as smaller companies that he would be regulating if he were to become the next PSC Commissioner from the 4th District:
This is from Clyde's contributor list from the Ethics Board website:
West PAC
Agrilectric Power Partners
Committee to Elect Dale Sittig
Hixson Autoplex
Starks Water & Gas Inc.
Waveland Services Inc.
LA Action Committee for Rural Electricity
Evangeline Resources Inc.
LABI (La. Assoc. of Business and Industry) Service Corporation
Shaw-Stone & Webster Maintenance Inc.
Chase Investment Services Corp.
CKX Lands Inc.
Ann Duplessis Campaign Fund
Bollinger Shipyards
Francis Drilling Fluids LTD
Riceland Petroleum Company
Roy O. Martin Lumber Co.
Delta Concrete Products Company Inc.
Turner Industries Group
Sidewinder Pumps Inc.
Pumpelly Oil Company LLC
Superior Manufacturing & Hydraulics
Taylor Energy Company LLC
Boh Bros. Construction Co. L.L.C
Like that Republican blogger says, it sure doesn't sound like he's not taken a dime. You can see all of Mr. Holloway's contributors here. (pdf alert)
