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April 01, 2010
Complaint Filed Over Blatantly False Allegations
Today, The Committee to Elect Thom Collier filed a formal complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission against Kris Jordan and the Friends of Kris Jordan committee for untruthful attacks against Thom Collier. The outrageous and untruthful comments about Collier were included in a district-wide mailer the week of March 29th.
“At first, I thought this was an April Fool’s joke, but unfortunately it was just my opponent trying to fool the voters. Even though my opponent’s campaign manager knew this information was false, my opponent chose to use it anyway - a blatant violation of Ohio’s election law.” Collier said.
In 2000, when Collier was a candidate for the Ohio House, he was completely vetted by both the media and the House Republican Caucus regarding these same allegations. In 2000, these allegations were brought forth by Scott Pullins, a Mount Vernon attorney who was also vying for the State Representative appointment. Collier ultimately received the appointment to the Ohio House of Representatives and it was widely reported that these false allegations made by Pullins were nothing more than political sour grapes. Collier was appointed and subsequently elected to four terms because of his conservative principles and outstanding record of public service. In 2010, Collier is running for the Ohio Senate and basing his positive campaign on the need for conservative leadership in Ohio.
Collier commented, “My opponent, has distorted my record in the Ohio House and blatantly lied about me personally. Ohioans are sick of political dirty tricks, and we want to make sure my opponent is held accountable for using outrageous personal smear tactics and lying about my record. “
Collier concluded, “My opponent is a perfect example of a career politician and political climber who will do anything to get elected. These false attacks were used against me almost a decade ago during my first campaign for the Ohio House. These allegations were proven false in 2000, and they are still false today.”
Collier campaign spokesman, Matt Parker said, “Thom Collier is running an honorable campaign based upon facts. In stark contrast, Kris Jordan has resorted to using false allegations to try and destroy the reputation of a good man. Like most people in the 19th Senate District, we are doing our spring cleaning - cleaning away the mud that was desperately thrown at the voters by Kris Jordan.”
Parker concluded, “Kris has worked most of his career inside government, and he has spent a lot of his time campaigning for the next office instead of working hard for his constituents. We should not be surprised that he would resort to lies, because to Kris Jordan, truthfulness, honor, and dignity are a distant second to winning an election.”
