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State Sen. Pam Roach says political enemies want her out of office

Feb 17, 2015, 4:27 PM | Updated: 10:52 pm

State Senator Pam Roach joined 770 KTTH’s Ben Shapiro Show to talk about a recent letter writ...

State Senator Pam Roach joined 770 KTTH's Ben Shapiro Show to talk about a recent letter written regarding her behavior. (AP)

(AP)

After Lt. Gov. Brad Owen wrote a letter admonishing Republican State Senator Pam Roach for her behavior in recent public hearings, Roach says she didn’t do anything wrong and adversaries are coming after her.

“I have some political enemies,” Roach tells AM 770 KTTH host Ben Shapiro. “I’ve been around a long time and they want me out of office. So they come after me during campaigns, and when we have legislative session, they hone in on trying to ruin my reputation in hopes that later they will take me out of office.”

The four-page letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press was sent Friday to Sen. Roach. Owen wrote that Roach’s treatment of people who appear before her committee is “a great matter of concern.”

The letter includes reference to an exchange during a televised hearing in which she noted campaign contributions made to her opponent in her recent re-election bid. He also informs her she can only meet with nonpartisan committee staff when in the presence of another senator.

Roach says Owen is acting out of his constitutional purview and she feels the whole thing, “really doesn’t speak well of him.”

She says that she was blindsided by the letter, and insists she is a fair chairwoman who is being vilified.

“I think the word must have been hurry up and do Pam Roach in while we have a chance,” she says.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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