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Annoying Robo-call Season Begins On False Note

Deceptive Political Phone Calls Are From Sali Campaign, Not Grant

By Jill Kuraitis, 10-13-06

A torrent of complaints is pouring into the Grant for Congress campaign about harassing, annoying, computer-generated telephone calls.

“It’s not us! We, too, have been getting them and find them just as annoying as everyone else,” said campaign spokesman Don Rosebrock.

The computer-generated calls (robocalls, in political parlance) began Thursday, Oct. 12, and are continuing, apparently, across the First District.

The Grant campaign believes two versions are being used, one that begins “When you go to the polls on Nov. 7 you’ll see the name ‘Larry Grant’ on the ballot. Let me tell you a little about Larry Grant….”The other opens with “Larry Grant needs a lesson in Economics 101…”

There may also be telephone calls that claim to be polling in the First District.

Rosebrock said, “One person, who identified himself as a true blue Republican, complained to the campaign about receiving four of these annoying calls within an hour on Thursday evening. He blames us for it. Other complaints come from persons on the statewide “no-call” list who are also being harassed.”

These telephone calls are NOT coming from the Grant for Congress campaign. Neither the campaign nor the state Democratic Party are currently doing any polling in the First District regarding the congressional race.”

Rosebrock suggested calling the Sali campaign at (208) 947-5195 to complain if you receive one of these calls.

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