GRAVETTE (May 05, 2010) — Candidate Kurt Maddox has launched a new website highlighting his Razorback Pledge, a series of commitments to ensure the next U.S. Representative from Arkansas’ Third District will serve the voters before special interests. 

The website, www.NoBrownCows.com, calls for his opponents to take four pledges and commit they will not be career politicians. The site, along with advertising launched by the Maddox campaign, compares career politicians to brown cows: “They do the same thing every day, over and over again, feeding at the trough of special interests and putting America out to pasture.”  

Maddox is asking his opponents to take what he calls the Razorback Pledge.

1.  Self-impose term limits and commit to serve no more than eight years in the U.S. House of Representatives.

2.  Refuse any special interest or lobbyist funding for their campaigns.

3.  Donate half of their congressional salary to charities benefiting the Third District because of the economic hardships currently faced by its citizens.

4.  Agree to have more congressional staff in the Third District than in Washington, D.C., and keep their staff expenses in the bottom 20 percent of Congress.

“These are common-sense promises that will keep politicians honest in office,” Maddox said. “I don’t see why any of my opponents would not want to sign the pledge, but none have yet.

“I hope my opponents will reject the brown cow mentality and accept the responsibility of the Razorback Pledge. Washington, D.C., has been broken for too long and we can’t set things right until congressional leaders start living by the same values they preach.”

The website www.NoBrownCows.com also allows voters in the Third District to sign the pledge and share the page with others.

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