Stumbo attorney demands controversial ad be pulled from air
Channel: Mountain Top News
Date: 27/10/2016

An attorney for House Speaker Greg Stumbo has requested that media outlets pull a critical advertisement against Stumbo from the airwaves. In a cease-and-desist letter issued this week by Frankfort attorney Anna Stewart Whites on behalf of Stumbo, Whites argues that statements made against Stumbo in an advertisement funded by the Republican State Leadership Committee are false. Among the claims is that Stumbo will receive a $1.2 million-pension upon retirement. In consideration of the the alleged false claims in the advertisement, Whites demands the ad, titled "Greed," be removed from air under the threat of potential legal action. EKB News Reporter Chris Anderson has more.