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Last Updated on Monday, 24 November 2008 02:15 Written by rslcpol Monday, 24 November 2008 01:39
Lots of news about attorneys general running for governor – that’s what the RSLC is all about. In this instance – in Alabama – it would be a crowded primary field for both Democrats and Republicans. Republican A.G. Troy King has an outstanding record to run on. From al.com:
Troy King might never have become Alabama’s attorney general if he had gotten to go on vacation at age 10.
In the late 1970s, the state and national economies were slumping and the Elba real estate business run by King’s father wasn’t generating sales. The annual vacation would have to be canceled, King recalled his father announcing at a family meeting.
“That was devastating news to a 10-year-old, so I asked my dad, ‘Well, whose fault is that?’ King said. “My dad explained, ‘Well, I guess the president. He sets economic policy.'”
King passed out handbills supporting Ronald Reagan’s bid against President Carter that year and has been active in politics ever since, he said.