According to 3rd District Congressional Candidate Justin Murphy, Myers, Lockheed, and the Failure of a High Tech Fence
TABERNACLE, N.J. , May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- "This is a very serious conflict of interest. Chris Myers will serve as an easy target for democrats in November." -- Justin
Third District Congressional Candidate Justin Murphy continued his criticism of Chris Myers today by pointing out the apparent conflict of interest Myers has as a congressional candidate and a Lockheed Martin Vice President.
Murphy began by saying, "The Republican Party should not be nominating someone who has glaring conflicts of interest between his current employer, defense contractor Lockheed Martin, and his candidacy for congress. Chris Myers will provide an easy target for the democrat machine in November, if we make the mistake of nominating him."
Specifically, Murphy was referring to the public statement by Myers that he opposes constructing a fence along America's southern border with Mexico . In place of an actual, tangible fence, Myers supports a high tech invisible fence using sensor technology and flights by unmanned surveillance craft to secure our border.
"Not only is Chris out of touch with the American people on this issue, he has a conflict of interest in that his employer, Lockheed Martin, just so happens to be one of the companies providing this high-tech system for our border security. The problem for Mr. Myers is that the Department of Homeland Security has already confirmed that the high-tech portion of the fence has not been working as promised. Yet, here in the 3rd district, we have a candidate for congress who wants to continue supporting a system that does two things:
1. Does not work
2. Benefits his current employer -- defense contractor Lockheed-Martin
"I will close this press release by paraphrasing the following from Albert Einstein :
'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again,
and expecting a different result' ."
SOURCE The Committee to Elect Justin Murphy 2008
