Different Audience, Different Douglass: Washington D.C. Insider and Lobbyist John Douglass Once Again Not Being Honest - (1) John Douglass - “No, no I got my pay check but that’s it. I didn’t lobby for clients or anything. I didn’t do any lobbying period. I just happened to be registered.” – (2) John Douglass, Star News, 9/25/12 - BUT “Yes, yes I was, I was a registered lobbyist for about a year.…. And so if those are the wrong things…I’m guilty.” –(3) John Douglass, Public Event, 8/21/12 - AND FURTHER “I was a registered lobbyist for about 9 months.” – John Douglass, Star News, 9/25/12 CHATHAM, VA. – Washington D.C. insider and lobbyist John Douglass has once again been caught not being honest with 5th District voters. In a recent Star News interview he claims that on one hand he was not a lobbyist and on the other hand he was. In statements he made at a campaign meeting earlier this year, he explicitly states that he lobbied. John Douglass has chosen to deliberately misrepresent his previous record as a lobbyist. If he is willing to make these patently false statements to reporters and 5th District voters, how can we trust him in Washington. While John Douglass denied that he had engaged in any lobbying the firm that employed him paints a very different picture. The end of year disclosures for the Aerospace Industries Association in 2006 and 2007 show that John Douglass lobbied in 10 different areas on their behalf, in everything from Export Controls to Tax Credits for his corporate clients. The people of the 5th District deserve better from those who wish to represent them in Congress. Read more.......
Part II: Failed Energy Policies - Washington D.C. Insider and Lobbyist John Douglass Already Toeing the Failed Party Line - QUESTION: What is your policy on climate change and particularly the environment? Do you support something like what Obama has put forward? JOHN DOUGLASS ANSWER: Yeah. I’m a huge protector of the environment. When Washington, D.C. Insider and lobbyist John Douglass was asked whether he supported President Obama’s failed energy policies, John Douglass – toeing the party line – answered yes. Does John Douglass know what kinds of energy policies President Obama supports? Here is a glance: SOLYNDRA: JOHN DOUGLASS SUPPORTS WASTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS “A congressional report concluded Friday that “political pressure” by a White House eager to tout stimulus spending was largely to blame for fast-tracking the ill-fated $535 million Solyndra loan guarantee — findings compounded by the release of an email that showed the former CEO once referred to the aid as “The Bank of Washington.” (Fox News, “Email shows ex-Solyndra CEO thanked ‘Bank of Washington,’ as new report rips loan process,” 8/2/12). “Senior Obama Administration officials decided to restructure the government’s half-billion-dollar loan to the California solar energy firm Solyndra even after government analysts had concluded it would cost taxpayers far less to allow the company to fail, according to a newly released report on the investigation into the Solyndra matter by House Republicans.” Read more......
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