NY-26: Alice Kryzan’s Hypocrisy On Special Interests
by Matt at Oct 16th, 2008
Chris Lee’s campaign has exposed a huge lie of Alice Kryzan’s. Kryzan has been on the record for a year saying she would refuse contributions from special interests and lobbyists. At the Democratic primary debate as Geneseo last month, she said the following:
I do not believe that you can go to Congress and be an independent voice of the 26th district when you have taken hundreds of thousands from PACs, lobbyists and special interests groups. Money is corrupting our political system. It is in some respects the root of all evil there … everywhere I go in this district people are telling me I want to see somebody like you in Congress, somebody who will fight for us, free of any taint, free of any link to these special interests who do except something in return for their donations.”
Well, according to her FEC report, filed last night, she is very much indeed accepting contributions from special interests and lobbyists.
- Kryzan’s Total Special Interest Contributions: $83,150
- Kryzan’s PAC Contributions: $69,000
- Kryzan’s Washington Establishment Contributions (Lobbyists, Members of Congress, House Staff): $14,150
- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), which is financed by special interests, has pledged more than $1.5 million in NY-26 district before Election Day.
Andrea Bozek, Chris Lee for Congress spokeswoman said in a statement, “Alice Kryzan is learning fast how to be the kind of politician she promised not to be. How can the people of Western New York trust Alice Kryzan? For the past year she’s sworn off special interest money and now she’s taken nearly one hundred thousand dollars from special interest groups and political action committees.”
I guess, Alice Kryzan, by her own standard, is a tainted politician who cannot independently represent the 26th district.
It is also worth noting, as the 26th District Blog has discovered, that Jon Powers, who claimed he was not drawing a salary from his campaign funds, actually did, according to his FEC reports.