Love Canal Attorneys Refure GOP Smear Campaign Against Alice

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LOVE CANAL ATTORNEYS REFUTE GOP SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST ALICE

Call Alice "fierce advocate for environment and Western New York families"

Today, Richard Lippes and Richard Berger, the plaintiff attorneys who defended the families of the Love Canal tragedy, joined Alice Kryzan at a press conference in Buffalo to refute attacks by Chris Lee and to reaffirm their strong support of her candidacy. Chris Lee and his Washington cronies have been sending erroneous mail pieces and television ads attacking Alice Kryzan's 30 years of living and working in Western New York.

Richard Lippes, attorney at Richard J. Lippes and Associates, opened the press conference by saying, "The Love Canal families were the victims of a horrible tragedy and Alice worked tirelessly to find reasonable settlement that compensated the victims. Alice Kryzan is a fierce advocate for the environment and for Western New York families and that is why I am backing her campaign for Congress. I believe she will bring change to Western New York and make us all proud."

Richard Berger who also represented the Love Canal families added that,"Alice Kryzan is a strong environmentalist who will fight to bring green jobs to Western New York. We need more leaders with innovative ideas in Washington - not more of the same people who run campaigns based on smears and lies."

Alice Kryzan concluded by thanking Lippes and Berger for their support and said, "These desperate attacks are just the sort of divisive and negative campaign tactics that voters are tired of. I call on Chris Lee to change the tone of his campaign and focus instead on his ideas for a better future. The people at Love Canal were the innocent victims of a terrible tragedy. I worked hard to settle the case in a way that made sure that the victims were compensated fairly. The success of that outcome is evident in that plaintiff attorneys Lippes

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