From leftinalabama.com

by: mooncat
Wed May 26, 2010 at 15:33:34 PM CDT

5th District Congressional candidate Taze Shepard held a press conference this morning to “set the record straight concerning politically motivated allegations” about his work with the US Space and Rocket Center over 10 years ago. In response to a question on the state of the Democratic primary, Shepard said polling indicates, “we are in the lead and intend to win.”

More, including video, below the fold.

mooncat :: AL-05: Shepard says allegations are politically motivated, “we’re in the lead & intend to win”
This ad from fellow Democrat Steve Raby says Shepard was “asked to leave” the Space and Rocket Center after they “lost $7.5 million.”

Shepard reiterated that he was one of the board members who voted to fire former CEO Mike Wing after Wing attempted to sell the Center to out of state investors and that he stayed on the board and put in hundreds of volunteer hours to help get the center back on track. He said he was never asked to resign from the board, that he eventually resigned because he needed to devote more time to his business and suggested that other board members do the same so the Governor could appoint an all new board for a clean start moving forward.

Shepard took Raby to task for dragging the Space Center and Space Camp into this political fight and said Raby owed the Space Center an apology. He also indicated that while Steve Raby’s background as a lobbyist and his facilitation of PAC to PAC money transfers should not disqualify him from office, that is the kind of information the public needs to take into account when deciding what kind of Congressman Raby would be.

Shepard said polling indicates his campaign is “in the lead” and they intend to win the Democratic primary on June 1. Voter turnout for the primary is a complete wild card because the election is the day after Memorial Day. Adding to the confusion, many voters in Madison County will be voting at new polling places for the first time. Every campaign I’ve spoken with has expressed concern that many voters will have trouble finding the correct polling place next Tuesday.

original article: http://www.leftinalabama.com/diary/6391/al05-shepard-says-allegations-are-politically-motivated-were-in-the-lead-intend-to-win