Thinkprogress:
The Daily News of Galveston County, Texas reports that former top Bush aide Karl Rove is scheduled as the keynote speaker at the Texas Realtors Association’s convention in San Antonio this September. When local realtors Karen Derr and Alice Melott heard the news, “they were appalled.”
In fact, Derr, Melott, and other area Realtors have “launched an e-mail campaign to persuade the association’s leaders to strike Rove from the speaker lineup.” “What kind of message are we sending to the public we seek to serve by our very invitation to such an infamous politico?” Melott said in a letter to association leaders.
Another associate noted Rove’s inability to meet the Reators’ ethical standards and stated his intention to protest Rove’s presence at the convention:
“Rove definitely does not embody the ethics we want the public to associate with Realtors,” said Bill Hammond, an agent with Karen Derr and Associates Realty. […]
Hammond said he plans to organize a protest of Rove at the convention. He also said the association’s dues should not be used to pay Rove’s speaking fees, which in some cases are as high as $40,000.
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