Ashley Turton, Ex-Congressional Aide, Found Dead in Burning Car
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47367.html
By JOSH GERSTEIN & JOHN BRESNAHAN
1/10/11 10:49 AM EST Updated: 1/10/11
Ashley Turton, whose husband, Dan, is the White House’s deputy director of legislative affairs for the U.S. House, died in the early-morning incident in the garage behind 800 A Street, NE, friends, her employer and Congressional leadership aides said. City fire and police units responded to the vicinity of the home at about 5 A.M. Monday, according to fire department spokesman Pete Piringer.
“It had heavy smoke and fire conditions in a garage—an attached garage of a 2 and ½ story rowhouse,” Piringer said. “The homeowner initially indicated that everyone in the house was accounted for. Firefighters were able to quickly knock down the bulk of the fire during the firefighting operation, but they did find an adult occupant of the vehicle [in the garage] deceased.”
The victim’s husband, Dan Turton, is the White House’s deputy director of legislative affairs for the House of Representatives. A White House spokesman declined to comment on the incident Monday. However, Congressional leadership aides and Progress Energy Inc., the company where she worked, confirmed to POLITICO that Ashley Turton was the victim.
Ashley Turton worked as an aide to former Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) and then as chief of staff to Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.). She later became a lobbyist for Progress Energy, a North Carolina-based utility company. Dan Turton spent about 10 years as an aide to Gephardt before working for a few years as a lobbyist and then joining the House Rules Committee staff of Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) He took the White House job when President Barack Obama came into office in 2009.
"She is just a wonderful person," said Steve Elmendorf, who worked with Ashley Turton in Gephardt's office. "She loved her children and Dan. This is unfathomable."
"Ashley Turton was simply one of the best people I've worked with in my couple of decades in DC,” said Scott Segal, an energy lobbyist at Bracewell & Giuliani. “She was smart, caring, funny, easy to get along with, talented, and very well respected on both sides of the aisle. Our hearts go out to her family. This is a tragic loss."
Authorities have not determined the exact cause of the crash or why the car caught fire. Neighbors say Ashley Turton was heading to airport for an early flight.
“The leading theory is accidental [that] the car crashed through the garage doors and…was found on fire in the garage area,” Piringer said, adding that the incident is under joint investigation by the fire and police departments. “There were some unusual circumstances – just the way the car was, low-speed, significant fire, things like that….For the most part, the fire was confined to the area of origin.”
Mike Hughes, spokesman for North Carolina utility giant Progress Energy, told POLITICO the company is “devastated” by the news.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with her husband and family,” he said. “Ashley was just an extremely knowledgeable person and a friend to many people. She will be sorely missed."
Progress Energy on Monday announced a merger with Duke Energy that would create the country’s largest utility company, Hughes said. Turton would have played a key role on Capitol Hill discussing the merger,
"She certainly would have had a role in notifying legislative staff," Hughes said. "She was a regular liaison with staff members."
Turton has three young children, four-year old twins and a two-year old. Her family also has been dealing with a brother, Blair Westbrook, who suffered severe brain injury last summer in a motorcycle accident.
Brian Wolff, a close friend, said he spoke Sunday with Turton about how her brother’s therapy was being cut off. “I was telling her we should set up a foundation,” said Wolff, a senior vice president at the Edison Electric Institute and a former top political House Democratic adviser to Nancy Pelosi. “It’s just horrific. She’s so close to her family. She took such great responsibility.”
Of Turton, Wolff added, “The Capitol Hill community, her former colleagues in the Congress, her colleagues at work, we’re all just devastated at the loss. She’s a unique person.”
Politico reporters Darren Samuelsohn and Darren Goode and ABC7 News reporter Mark Segraves contributed to this report.
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Well, well, well...another one.
ReplyDeleteI heard about this briefly while listening to that old Zionist Michael Savage, to see what he was up to, as I hadn't heard his radio program for a few weeks now.
well, Savage had on Donald Trump. Seems Savage is pushing to encourage Trump to run for President. Savage's big thing is that the country needs a businessman to run it: 'someone who knows how to create a product, sell it, and run a company', as Savage likes to always say. Trump seemed to be thinking about it too. Mention was made of a Donald Trump for President website where one can buy bumper stickers, but I don't remember the exact URL. A whole lot of people give Savage an ear.
Regarding the Gibbons thing, on CSPAN'S Washington Journal (I think it was yesterday's program on Sunday) ONLY ONE person brought up Savage's name as a vitriolic radio personage who is capable of riling up some unstable type of person into killing. The person who mentioned this is a talk radio host himself, and he is the ONLY ONE I've ever heard bring up Savage's name. Savage TRULY is the worst and can do the most damage. Yet largely ignored. Anyway the radio person's name is Bill Press, who wrote "Toxic Talk: How the Radical Right Has Poisoned America's Airwaves".
Press was paired against someone named Peter Wehner, a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, who seemed to me was trying his best to deflect any association with right-wing hate radio and TV shows to what happened in Tucson. Press held his ground however and I was glad of that.
As someone who just observes, even I knew it wouldn't be long before another shooting occurred. And the Tucson shooting happened just two days before I was telling someone that a revolution is coming, that we are just waiting for the tipping point.
I can truthfully say "I PREDICTED THAT!" LOLLL
As long as its a revolution and not civil war. We must do anything we do, as a united front, both left and right. Believe me when I say the right has a fringe but so does the left and they are both a minority in their respective parties.
ReplyDeleteMilitia are not fringe nor are the constitutionalists and the christians and the oath keepers. They would never do what that mind control victim did. Never. '
But the bad guys win if there is a revolution with fire arms. We have to deal with this a bit differently. Leaderless resistance and taking the khazar Rothschild international bankers and their assets, one at a time until they are all kicked out of this country and then we can reclaim our congress, white house and senate.
Actually, I should have said civil war. There are enough suffering people out here, and with each passing day things do get worse. Even Donald Trump said on Savage that the dollar is worthless and soon bread will cost $10 a loaf.
ReplyDeleteEven the fringes know which end is UP.
But usually the connections go deeper than the facade. i wouldn't care to live under a religious totalitarian/fascist state.
ReplyDeleteEven a constitutionalist one -- rule by law -- translates into making fines to go along with law -- or else have your property confiscated whenever you lack even ten cents and cannot "pass go", let alone the usual class distinctions, the haves and have nots, that go along with practically every 'ism'. I have not found any panaceas to believe in.
C Street: The Family
http://www.articlesbase.com/politics-articles/c-street-the-family-1047398.html
Described as a Church or Christian Fellowship House, this place on “C Street” in Washington D.C. also serves as a residence for numerous members of Congress. The members of this organization tagged as “The Family” regard it as Refuge; a place to be able to, be their self, and get relief from the aggressive agendas of Washington, D.C. Evidently having been in existence for quite some time, outside of public knowledge, Secrecy seems to be a critical component of this organization. Strangely, it is also rumored that the Members believe that they are “Chosen Ones” appointed by God to see over the rest of us peons or “less than”, people of the United States and maybe even the entire world.
Blue Rose, do you realize what you just said? You just said that we are finished, doomed. If we divide, we are toast. There is not one single instance in history in which the people were divided and won against the enemy. There are plenty of instances where united they won.
ReplyDeleteThink on that and understand that the powers that be pretend that there is a chasm when in fact both sides grassroots feel the same way about everything and I see that on here on my blog and in the emails that come in. No difference and thus if we divide its because we allowed ourselves to be manipulated, both right and left and then we are clearly fools.
Here is a good example that I forgot to tell you. Bruecke who writes for this blog and also helps with the technical side, and I are both of different parties. But you can't tell. why? because we both know who the real enemy is and its not each other.
ReplyDeleteREMEMBER WHO IS DOING THE HATE TALK, ITS NOT THE GRASSROOTS, ITS THE PAID CONTROLLED OPPOSITION FOR BOTH SIDES. IGNORE THEM AND KEEP THE LIGHT OF TRANSPARENCY ON THEM ALL RATHER THAN GETTING DISTRACTED BY THE RIGHT LEFT STUFF.
Vatic, I posted 2 more Masonic signatures found. I posted it to the Giffords article. Both signatures are pertinent, but the name of the location of that Safeway pretty telling, I think, as a Masonic signature.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Deep Throat, I have been telling everyone about them, at the bank, at the corner convenience store at at the grocery store and peoples eyes get that "click" in them. Its so rewarding to see that "Ah, Ha, that explains everything".... and they say so too. Anyway will write it up since I am collecting some other info as well.
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