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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Nap time’s over: Martin hits Cagle on predatory lending
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia’s sleepy race for lieutenant governor woke up .
Democratic candidate Jim Martin has gone up with a 30-second ad attacking Republican Casey Cagle for his support of “predatory lending” practices that “prey on our families, seniors, even soldiers.”
Expect Cagle to respond in kind. They’ve been holding fire.
The Martin ad accuses Cagle of gutting a bill to restrain the practice, and taking campaign contributions from the industry.
Brad Alexander, a spokesman for Cagle, called the ad a falsehood.
“The legislation Martin references would not force anyone out of their homes, and was in fact a bipartisan effort to reform a 2002 Democrat bill that was significantly endangering Georgia homebuyers,” he said.
