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Article: AIADA, NADA must heal rift over new PAC.(American International Automobile Dealers Association)(National Automobile Dealers Association)(political action committee)(Brief Article)
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- Automotive News
- Article date:
- February 27, 2006
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It's time for dealers of every stripe to reason together and close the widening rift caused by the American International Automobile Dealers Association's decision to launch its own political action committee.
AIADA's board created a firestorm when it approved plans for its PAC in November. Officials of the National Automobile Dealers Association, which has its own PAC, the Dealers Election Action Committee, criticized the decision. NADA says another dealer PAC could weaken the voice of dealers on political issues and perhaps cause legal problems if two separate retailer PACs try to solicit political contributions from dealers. AIADA discounts that argument.
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