Thursday, January 28, 2010

Late Night Serve Scares Wife

MONTGOMERY — Republican gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne on Tuesday said opponents who are in a lawsuit over two-year college system policies established while he was the system chancellor are trying to intimidate him.

Byrne said a process server attempted Monday to serve him a subpoena to give a deposition in the lawsuit after dark at his home while he wasn’t there.

In a statement from his campaign, Byrne said his wife answered the door Monday night and was greeted by a man who allegedly wouldn’t identify himself, facts that a lawyer for legislators who sued disputed. “Needless to say my wife was unnerved by this strange, unexpected and mysterious middle-of-the-night caller,” Byrne said.

Byrne campaign spokes-woman Marty Sullivan said the attempt to serve the subpoena occurred between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Monday.

Read more here.

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

No comments: