Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Holden says Hicks behind opponents’ campaigns


Rhett Davis' Great Grand Father



http://www.businessreport.com/archives/daily-report/2008/oct/07/653/

According to Kip Holden, Ted Hicks was the one financing his three opponents. The reason for Hicks' opposition of Holden was because of Holden’s opposition of moving the zoo to Hicks' O'Neal property.

Holden knows that it was Hicks who paid for the poison pen letter that Scott Wilfong sent out.Another enemy of Kip Holden who recruited his opposition was Rhett Davis.

Rhett Davis and friends plan to make a load of money from a company called Redflex Group on the Baton Rouge red light photo enforcement contract. Redflex had offered Davis a royalty on every ticket that Redflex collected on if he could get their company the contract with the city. Davis had the potential to make load of money on that contract. Redflex hired the wrong consultant. Redflex did not get the contract nor were they seriously considered. Davis blamed Kip Holden and accused him of unfair dealings. Rhett Davis promised to get even with Mayor Kip Holden and other metro council members who did not vote the way Davis wanted. Ted Hicks recruited Wayne Carter to run, Rhett Davis recruited both Dan Kyle and Ron Johnson. Davis' strategy was that Holden had abandon his black base and that whites would vote for the republicans leaving making Holden the third guy out and not making the general election. The State Republican Party, aka Rhett Davis donated $10,000 to both Carter and to Kyle as seed money to get their campaign going. The money that was donated from the Republican Party probably came from Ted Hicks. Donating money to a political party is a great way to hide a direct contribution to a candidate.

Holden's opponents were lazy and did not raise any additional money. It appears that some of the expenditures of Holden's opponents were off their financial reports which means that Hicks probably paid for those.

Hicks and Davis’ plan backfired they did not realize the strength of the Mayor nor did they realize how lazy Carter, Kyle and Johnson were.

After Holden won by an unprecedented 70% of the vote he is stronger than ever and his enemies had better watch out.

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