REP. PATRICK TIBERI GETS REWARDED BY WALL STREET BIG SHOTS FOR STANDING IN THE WAY OF REFORM
May 15, 2010
Paula Brooks launches on-line petition calling on Rep. Tiberi to stop putting special interests ahead of Ohio families
COLUMBUS, OH— While the Wall Street backed interest group American Action Network launched a TV commercial thanking Congressman Patrick Tiberi and showering him with praise, Franklin County Commissioner Paula Brooks, and candidate for Congressional the 12th District, launched an on line petition calling on Congressman Tiberi to stop protecting these Wall Street special interests, and start looking out for Ohio families and small businesses. The petition allows district voters to mobilize and lend their voice in opposition to Tiberi’s thwarting of important consumer protections and financial regulatory reform. The on line petition can be found at www.paulabrooks.com/wallstreet.
Congressman Tiberi recently voted against the Wall Street reform bill that contained key consumer protections for Central Ohio families, but only after he voted to bail out these very Wall Street banks without enough protections for consumers and taxpayers. Now, to show their appreciation, a Wall Street backed special interest group is coming to his rescue with tens of thousands of dollars in apparently misleading TV ads.
“We’re launching an on-line petition so middle class families in Central Ohio can have a voice and tell Pat Tiberi to stop giving Wall Street CEOs special treatment while sticking our families and small businesses with the bill,” said Franklin County Commissioner Paula Brooks, who is running for Congress in the 12th Congressional District. “We lost good-paying jobs here in central Ohio because Wall Street firms like Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers put personal greed ahead of the good of America, and now Pat Tiberi is protecting these bad actors. These big shot multi-billionaires on Wall Street may be coming to Congressman Tiberi’s rescue as a way of showing their gratitude, but the bottom line is that Pat Tiberi answers to us and not Wall Street.
“Now, more than ever, we need to change the way Wall Street does business. I support the critical financial reform bill because it is an essential step to reining in unbridled greed on Wall Street, rebuilding our economy, and bringing good paying, sustainable jobs back to Ohio. In Congress, I will stand up for everyday Ohio small businesses on Main Street, not big shots on Wall Street."
