Payday-Paton.com Returns!

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

It worked so well in 2010 that the Arizona Democratic Party is bringing it back for a return engagement in 2012. Payday-Paton.com retuns!

Press release from the Arizona Democratic Party:

Payday-Paton.com Gives CD1 Voters The Facts About Jonathan "Payday" Paton

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 19, 2012

PHOENIX, AZ—Payday Paton is back, and what a difference two years makes. Or does it?

In 2010, Republican Jonathan Paton hoped to unseat Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, but he was soundly defeated in the GOP primary by Jesse Kelly after voters learned about Paton’s past as a payday-lending lobbyist.

In 2012, Paton is jumping into a district that hardly knows him or his values. They don’t know he was a payday-lending lobbyist, that he supports the reckless Ryan plan to dismantle Medicare or that he has flip-flopped on important issues. And that means Paton needs a proper introduction to the residents of Arizona’s Congressional District 1.

Today, the Arizona Democratic Party is launching www.Payday-Paton.com because CD1 voters have a right to the facts about Jonathan “Payday” Paton:

• Paton was a paid lobbyist and spokesman for the predatory payday lending industry. [Tucson Citizen, Jan. 22, 2004].

• Paton actively championed the payday-lending industry’s deceptive ballot initiative, Prop. 200, to bail out the industry [Paton’s 2008 ballot argument].

• Paton was on the payroll of the same payday-lending lobbyists who ran the Prop. 200 campaign — while he was serving in the state Legislature. [Paton's 2008 financial disclosure form].

CD1 voters, meet Payday Paton. Visit www.Payday-Paton.com to learn more, then follow us at Facebook.com/PaydayPaton2012 and Twitter.com/PaydayPaton2012.

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