Speak Out ... King won't back down

Re "King and Kingpin" (Speak Out, May 25):

Letter writer Skip Tucker (Alabama Voters Against Lawsuit Abuse) is an able mouthpiece for those who pay him — the big pharmaceutical companies. It clearly upsets him that I strive to be an equally effective advocate for those who pay me — the people of Alabama.

Tucker rhetorically asked whether I am switching parties. Let me emphatically answer "no!" I am a Republican because I believe government has a responsibility to protect its citizens. I am a Republican because I believe no one is above the law, no matter how rich or powerful he may be.

And, as a Republican, I will not sit by and allow the single mothers working two jobs in this state in order to buy medicine for their kids to have their burdens increased because greedy corporations took more than their share of our Medicaid dollars.

Tucker and I can agree on one thing — there is a veil of secrecy in Alabama. It is the one behind which those who stole hundreds of millions of dollars from Alabama's most vulnerable citizens acted. A Montgomery County jury saw what occurred behind that veil and responded with a $215 million verdict.

Wrong is wrong, and I will seek to correct it. Alabamians can be sure of this — I will not back down in my pursuit of justice, no matter how often or how loudly Tucker complains.

Troy King
Attorney General
Montgomery

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