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Chad Coker, candidate for Colbert County District Court Judge, stated in an April 25th Times Daily article that, if elected, he will "take the time to research the issues and rule quickly."

Well, apparently Mr. Coker must not spend too much time researching the issues, because he violated campaign finance law and illegally solicited campaign contributions during a time period when political candidates in Alabama were not allowed to solicit, receive, or accept contributions.

If you go to this link , you can see that from January 12th through January 31st, the state instituted a "blackout period for soliciting and receiving contributions."

However, during this period, Chad Coker had posted on his campaign website a solicitation page telling supporters where they could send contributions. A copy of the website is attached, and if you look in the bottom right corner, you will see that the date is January 20th, eight days after the blackout began, and eleven days before it ended.

Do we want our next district judge to be somebody who acts before he checks the law?

All of the rules and laws regarding running for office - any office - are clearly posted on the Secretary of State's website. And even if they weren't, you would expect somebody running for district judge to take the time and make sure he followed the law.

If Chad Coker doesn't take the time or have the motivation to research the law on issues that he is personally involved in, then how much time will he spend researching the law on the more mundane issues that come before the district court judge?

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$30,000 dollars has been used to put signs up anywhere and everywhere without permission from most of the people that live or own the property, and while conveniently his signs are going up, Chad's signs are being destroyed or taken down. If you will notice most of Milam's signs are on the very edge of most people's property. A few people have told me that signs were put in their yards without permission.
not sure what Tim Milam is suppose to be worried about or how Chad Coker breaking finance law has anything to do with Tim Milam..
If you are real concerned about where HIS
$30,000 is being spent on campaign you might call his office and ask or since you each seem to know all the candidates business already... It is public documents on the who, what and where campaign finance money is coming from and where it is spent, your mudslinging is obvious and Milam must have your candidiate worried.. hmmmmmmmmm???? at least he is spending his own hard earned money and not someone elses!
Milam has done his share of mudslinging in this campaign and he is not the only one that is putting up signs without permission. Ruggles had one of her big signs at the redlight (corner) in Leighton and I am sure that it was put up without permission because the next morning, someone was tearing it down, and I know they worked for the person that lives there.
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Originally posted by Trutooit-II:
In case you didn't get it, we support Parker not Coker. We just hate to see someone put down for no reason other than he will get more votes than Milam. Milam is the only candidate we've even heard of telling false tales.

http://shoalandaspeaks.blogspo...-district-judge.html


We? As in Sholanda Speaks? Family usally does stick together huh? Isnt TP related to these folks? Seems they are the only ones reporting negative about Milam
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Originally posted by Ang4Blake:
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Originally posted by Trutooit-II:
In case you didn't get it, we support Parker not Coker. We just hate to see someone put down for no reason other than he will get more votes than Milam. Milam is the only candidate we've even heard of telling false tales.

http://shoalandaspeaks.blogspo...-district-judge.html


We? As in Sholanda Speaks? Family usally does stick together huh? Isnt TP related to these folks? Seems they are the only ones reporting negative about Milam

According to my sources I believe your right,
Time to clear the air for Chad Coker:

Let's start with the obvious. Two other candidates also have and have had websites that direct their supporters on how to send contributions.

http://www.tparkerforjudge.com/dcc.html
http://www.rugglesfordistrictjudge.com/Donate.html

These candidates' websites were created before the noted blackout dates and were not removed during this time period. In fact, if you locate websites of candidates running in various races across the great state of Alabama, you might notice that this is quite normal. Why choose to single out Chad Coker unless you have an agenda? Hmmmmmmmmm.

Secondly -

Contributions to Chad Coker's campaign are made available to the public and can be found by following these links.

http://arc-sos.state.al.us/PEL...PDF.003/E0108680.PDF
http://arc-sos.state.al.us/PEL...PDF.003/E0113605.PDF

The reports clearly show that the last contribution Coker accepted before the black out date was 1/11/2010 and the first contribution Coker accepted after the blackout date was 2/3/2010. NO CONTRIBUTIONS WERE ACCEPTED DURING THE BLACKOUT DATES. PERIOD.

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I would just like to state that I am a proud supporter of Chad Coker for Colbert County District Judge. He assisted me in a legal matter and I was impressed with his knowledge and the professional way he handled his law practice.

In late January I mailed a contribution to his law office. I had no idea about "blackout dates" at that time. A few days later I actually received my check back from him with a nice hand written note. He apologized for any inconvenience, explained the law in question, and politely asked me to wait until after February 1st.

It's is such a tragedy that anyone feels the need to attack another person in an effort to obtain votes for themselves or the candidate they support.
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Originally posted by Teena Applegate:
Time to clear the air for Chad Coker:

Let's start with the obvious. Two other candidates also have and have had websites that direct their supporters on how to send contributions.

http://www.tparkerforjudge.com/dcc.html
http://www.rugglesfordistrictjudge.com/Donate.html



That’s interesting. Thanks for sharing Teena

*wonder if they will be fast to point fingers now*
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Originally posted by Teena Applegate:
Time to clear the air for Chad Coker:

Let's start with the obvious. Two other candidates also have and have had websites that direct their supporters on how to send contributions.

http://www.tparkerforjudge.com/dcc.html
http://www.rugglesfordistrictjudge.com/Donate.html

These candidates' websites were created before the noted blackout dates and were not removed during this time period. In fact, if you locate websites of candidates running in various races across the great state of Alabama, you might notice that this is quite normal. Why choose to single out Chad Coker unless you have an agenda? Hmmmmmmmmm.

Secondly -

Contributions to Chad Coker's campaign are made available to the public and can be found by following these links.

http://arc-sos.state.al.us/PEL...PDF.003/E0108680.PDF
http://arc-sos.state.al.us/PEL...PDF.003/E0113605.PDF

The reports clearly show that the last contribution Coker accepted before the black out date was 1/11/2010 and the first contribution Coker accepted after the blackout date was 2/3/2010. NO CONTRIBUTIONS WERE ACCEPTED DURING THE BLACKOUT DATES. PERIOD.

Last -

I would just like to state that I am a proud supporter of Chad Coker for Colbert County District Judge. He assisted me in a legal matter and I was impressed with his knowledge and the professional way he handled his law practice.

In late January I mailed a contribution to his law office. I had no idea about "blackout dates" at that time. A few days later I actually received my check back from him with a nice hand written note. He apologized for any inconvenience, explained the law in question, and politely asked me to wait until after February 1st.

It's is such a tragedy that anyone feels the need to attack another person in an effort to obtain votes for themselves or the candidate they support.


First, Polly Ruggles DID TAKE DOWN HER SOLICITATION PAGE during the blackout. You are not being honest. You presented her webpage as it is today as if that were proof that it was up at that time. It was not. I checked. And if she had broken the law, I certainly would have called her out on it. As for Mrs. Parker, I do not have any hard evidence that she broke the law. If you or anyone else do have proof that she did, then please, by all means, share it with the rest of us. But Chad Coker did break the law, and I have provided proof of that fact.

Second, it doesn't matter if Coker didn't receive or accept any contributions during the blackout period, because the blackout prohibited SOLICITING AND RECEIVING contributions. Coker's webpage clearly was a solicitation. And if it had not been up, then you would not have been able to get the address and mail your contribution in the first place.

Most politicians took down their online solicitations during the blackout period. Here again, you misrepresent the truth to make it seem like everybody left their website solicitations up during that period. Most candidates took their online solicitations down during this time. But Chad Coker did not. And even if Coker was within the bounds of the law (which he wasn't), he was still operating in a gray area, and I don't want our next district judge to be somebody who plays fast and loose with the law.
If you would like to play this like a preschooler then I will lower myself and speak to you on your level. Liar Liar pants on fire. You certainly don't have proof that ANY candidate's donation webpage was up and actively soliciting contributions during the blackout time. If you visit Chad Coker's website you will see it is evident that there is no date or time posted anywhere on the site. ANY JUVENILE CAN COPY AND PASTE A WEB PAGE INTO A WORD DOCUMENT AND TYPE ANY DATE AND TIME THEY PLEASE. I don't call what you posted "proof" I call it SLANDER. You are making a weak attempt to slander the name and reputation of a good man. CHAD COKER ABIDES BY AND RESPECTS THE LAW. If you can't resist the urge to make up stories, please do us all a favor and start your forums with the phrase "Once upon a time".

FYI: I did not get the address to Coker's law office from his website. As I mentioned before, he assisted me in a legal matter so I was well aware of where his office is located. Also, I am an educated Colbert County Citizen and capable of opening a phone book.

Nice try, Hmmmmmmmm, if you had really noticed this web page during the blackout period on Jan. 20th, then why did it take you almost 3 months to post it? Seems like a plan to me. And one other comment that you made - well, I have to ask. If Coker was soliciting contributions during the blackout period, then WHY WOULD HE REFUSE TO ACCEPT THEM AS THEY CAME IN? Makes no sense, but after all, it doesn't have to make sense for you to make it up, right?

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