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Article: AIADA axes new PAC; Troubled dealer group pulls back to mend fences.(News)(American International Automobile Dealers Association)(Political Action Committee )
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- Automotive News
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- April 3, 2006
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Byline: Harry Stoffer
Between the beginning and end of March, leaders of the import-brand auto dealers' association made a 180-degree turn.
During the week of March 6, the American International Automobile Dealers Association said it stood by its plan to create a political action committee. The PAC would collect and distribute dealer contributions to congressional candidates.
Last week, though, AIADA Chairman Don Hicks confirmed that the association's executive committee had decided unanimously to kill the PAC. "It just wasn't a good time,'' Hicks told Automotive News. He cited increased legal and ethical scrutiny toward lobbying and campaign ...