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Walt Minnick offers lower gas prices while Bill Sali rubs elbows with big oil

The influential Washington, D.C., newspaper Roll Call has a story today about the race for the First Congressional District. Read about it here.

You can also see coverage of our event highlighting Bill Sali's cozy relationship with Big Oil at the Idaho Statesman, at KTVB, at the Spokesman-Review, and at NewWest.net.

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Walt Minnick. A U.S. veteran. Successful CEO of a thriving forestry company. Grew up on a wheat farm, where he learned the values of honesty, hard work and family. An outdoorsman who cherishes our natural resources and Idaho’s unique quality of life.

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May 06, 2008

Sali with “big oil” – Minnick with you

Walt Minnick today offered Idaho drivers low-cost gasoline to call attention to the abject failure of Washington, D.C. to address our nation’s energy crisis. He also slammed Bill Sali for his cozy relationship with “big oil.”

“For one hour today, while I’m talking to Idahoans about the high cost of gasoline, Bill Sali will sit down to lunch at a fundraiser and ask for money from oil lobbyists,” Minnick said. “In 18 months he’s become a true Washington insider. What Idaho needs is a new approach and some simple fairness.”

Oil companies are raking in record profits, OPEC and countries in the Middle East are getting rich off the protection offered by our soldiers, and Idahoans aren’t getting any relief.

Meanwhile, Bill Sali defends the huge subsidies for “big oil” and says the solution is to give those companies another handout by allowing them to drill right here at home in our most pristine…