Rocky Top Politics, April 24, 2016 - Political consultant/wife of state GOP political director working to defeat incumbent conservative GOP legislators while working out of office in GOP HQs.
Posed as an official representative of the Tennessee Republican Party to reporter covering the delegate controversy.
RTP has learned that party officials Brent Leatherwood and Walker
Ferrell were repeatedly warned about the appearance and ethics of
contracting with Ferrell’s wife. That arrangement on its face was
highly questionable, but exploded into the public view when it was
learned she was also under contract to defeat several Republican
officeholders. This unethical “backdoor” attempt to circumvent party
by-laws was exposed in a letter delivered by over two dozen GOP
legislators last week.
In a new development RTP has learned Taylor Ferrell, the wife of state
party political director Walker Ferrell, has been working out of state
party HQs, acting like an employee and enjoying the HQ’s facilities
event to the point where she felt comfortable representing herself to
the media as a spokesperson of sorts for the state party — all while
being paid to defeat incumbent Republicans.
.... Pretending that Taylor Ferrell is not an actual employee, but an
independent contractor is a disingenuous attempt to provide cover for
the Ferrells and perhaps others to enrich themselves while playing both
sides of the street.(link)
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