Sue Myrick Says No

Article By Writer Michael Kraft Author: Michael Kraft
Published: April 28, 2007
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You cant get a much better show of “put up or shut up” than Sue Myrick turning her back on her long time financial backer Bank Of America. Sue has been a long time customer, fan and recipient of support for BOA. Sue , unlike most politicians, let her integrity speak louder than her greed.

“Sue showed the highest level of integrity by turning her back on a long time friend and partner when the ethics of their activity was just too much for her to be associated with.

Sue Myrick puts her money where her mouth is, she is truly is servant of the North Carolina people’s best interests and needs.

U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick is joining the fight to shut down Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America Corp.’s program to give credit cards to customers without Social Security numbers — in more ways than one.

The seven-term Charlotte congresswoman is co-sponsoring legislation that would kill the controversial credit-card offer and she also is pulling her banking business from BofA (NYSE: BAC), one of her biggest political donors.

“I have been with them for a long time, but this was just the straw that breaks the camel’s back in my mind,” said Myrick, who said she is in the process of moving her accounts to Wachovia Corp. because the BofA program launched in Los Angeles is likely to be rolled out nationally. “If I believe something, I’m going to stand by my principles. I’m not going to be a hypocrite and have my banking there and feel the way I do.”

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