Comments on: Questions about Castaldo Case http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/03/09/questions-about-castaldo-case/ & Home of Lawn Mower Repair Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:13:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: AG Troy King Needles Local DA’s » Doc’s Political Parlor http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/03/09/questions-about-castaldo-case/#comment-10207 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:29:24 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/03/09/questions-about-castaldo-case/#comment-10207 [...] Attorney General Troy King demonstrates that politics can be personal with him (e.g. with Tony Castaldo and Robbie Owens), but that doesn’t mean its smart. Continuing to goad district attorneys around the state by sending critical news releases naming individual DA’s who took a public stance opposing King on the Robbie Owens issue, well, it simply does not feel politically astute. [...] […] Attorney General Troy King demonstrates that politics can be personal with him (e.g. with Tony Castaldo and Robbie Owens), but that doesn’t mean its smart. Continuing to goad district attorneys around the state by sending critical news releases naming individual DA’s who took a public stance opposing King on the Robbie Owens issue, well, it simply does not feel politically astute. […]

]]> by: Lagniappe Looks at AG King and Castaldo Case » Doc’s Political Parlor http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/03/09/questions-about-castaldo-case/#comment-8174 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:28:55 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/03/09/questions-about-castaldo-case/#comment-8174 [...] You may remember the story of Anthony Castaldo, an investigator for Attorney General Troy King, who was charged with perjury and quickly acquitted. Castaldo claimed that the charges stemmed from his refusal to give Troy King any information that the Republican King could use against Democratic opponent John Tyson in the 2006 Attorney General race. (Castaldo had once worked for John Tyson.) As Castaldo’s lawyer said, Castaldo was “refusing to do political things” for King and his staff. [...] […] You may remember the story of Anthony Castaldo, an investigator for Attorney General Troy King, who was charged with perjury and quickly acquitted. Castaldo claimed that the charges stemmed from his refusal to give Troy King any information that the Republican King could use against Democratic opponent John Tyson in the 2006 Attorney General race. (Castaldo had once worked for John Tyson.) As Castaldo’s lawyer said, Castaldo was “refusing to do political things” for King and his staff. […]

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