Tancredo investigating bus cancellation hoax
ERIN JORDAN
REGISTER IOWA CITY BUREAU


August 10, 2007


Staff for Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo are looking into a hoax e-mail sent today to nearly 500 people saying buses transporting Tancredo supporters to Saturday's straw poll in Ames had been canceled.

"This is a blatant attempt to derail our efforts for the straw poll," said Alan Moore, spokesman for Rep. Tancredo, R-Colo.

The bogus e-mail sent around 10:45 a.m. today to about 490 recipients stated the Tancredo campaign had canceled 10 buses and changed the pickup times for 40 other buses.

The e-mail said the changes were made "because of efforts by some of our opponents, a number of businesses have been forced to deny our ability to use their sites for parking and coordinated campaign activities."

Moore said the e-mail is false and that the Tancredo bus schedule remains the same.

The campaign plans to send a message to all recipients of the hoax e-mail alerting them to the false message, Moore said. They will also try to find out who sent the bogus e-mail, he said.

"We're looking into it, but there's only so much we can do," Moore said.

Tancredo is among eight Republicans participating in Saturday's straw poll in Ames.


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