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77* , » . A Title: vsco s RECIPIENTS 'CLUB'Date; 09/02/2006
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TYect fé1v'"ored:B§r=Go_v. Franl_< Murk9vv§§<i andOf
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Alaska;leg1s1ators..who§e nqmee-jyygre'glinked$t<_> Tafgetcampaxgn contnbutnonsfrotn oil eldse£v1oes'cQmpany 92 BCQ>Corp, _1* §omebody wglkedzng and.said,, Xou cor,-.|rupt ha§t§rds," and ;th§t_ name. stuck, gaidotg<§1ie£x_ngnce Co-Chalnman Mike~Qhenaplt,*- ; as x.I aw 7-" D 7 ' ' 3 l~ '~"~1=- u L.T;§4L-
Campaign contribu_t_ions_§rom VE§O,iq xecu- rtgtiY¬S to t1l5§v_rpalgers§', including'Chenau1t, ;92~T;;§yere;detailed in a guesggpiigon g_1;tj5:le.§hat- ran in:the»étate's thrgelargestneyq§paQe1f§§injMarch; A 112th-11:33/_~ i_x11":=92lq=:_r,» Senate Presidgnp~,Be i1.,Stevens, the §on. of U,S=. Sen '.l:6d;§_§§92l§fiSL,%
jvyasalgg noted in the artic_le,as recéivingvgem
eroqs consulting _fee§_ from Xl_ECO.,S_tevens has.éZ>}lectéd more Jhgnt $Z5t0,QQ0 f_ro;n1Y1§QQ,_Tsince 2000. 5 A L
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yapkes wrote, ,th¢: column,_ iquesjiopingrgigwhetheg the s§i_nancié1.l§_n}§age§_ hetvyeentVECO gndalawmgkers créqted '-'und}1e>jin'{1g-1~ex'i_c_e' oven the §téte'$, politiqq1.;g§'gces§.'§§cke§', gronp §up1iorts aNort_h Slopeinaturallgas.pipeline prpposel different-frp;m1,the;'i>roj¬ ;cocoa. v I T ¬ Indexing: a. .k > »l _~,92_ A 4 ,7: W 1&1 . N "J; V P1» ~ 1 Z
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92 politics. V _ _ xQ '1; was 12;. baggoggp Kjokedhat L w§1s,.gnade_!,,l ai@;r~Ms-'.Ba¢1s@s Wrpts hp! z1rti¢.1@.@b<zu$ legis-_ -,4-I-h-uni In -:. ' g " "' ~~:"---' ~~-=-'§==fT=='*='92~ """F V T
-1é92tor_s;,_tvh§1j§hdtfjeceivedqnoney, fgo'nq:VEQO,Qhénééilt-§§@.i.Q; t .
.H_at$ $:q§:re:}é?/§h; 'mad¢;w1:n the initials,?_CBC5vo i1ih§1.?bp1t that wa§. the -extent i_Of
me QBp,dea1,rgqh_¢i;_5p1;Lsaid. Af'I'.I':§;lacl <;an_malge {n of them»
.§élvés,' ,Ba"cké_s sgjd Ifiiday when contacted ,aLA-the tofces @g3_f7 tthe Alaska Gasline _1_9rt
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The,-F_BI1 wasn't laxighing when ggents,»se1_'92{gd_ zi ow/lfgrriantgit VEQO'sheadqu@_§e;s add»,
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raided the;dtfices46£i$§1<j@&i$§1F§§§%l}}!$ week.
lo_o}<ing' for f§nanci;1_l_}1eS~bet92veen;the;con1p_a-ny,.;;na lawmalgerg. ;§nd*"<199§11}}°'3$.§} h?Y!n& *0.<!<>f~wi$h Mur1s@w§k.{so Pr<>22S¢¢:s=.92§ 21p.'=1w¢contralct and a ;e_1qtg<_i.I§WY1t¢.Q.5A1.?5k? 5 P1'°'
duction tax-1aws:':* < * r I _ V =t Included in thégseafch w_e;;e*theoff;ce:§o_ffo_92';q*1eg1,<>1at'o1_s'»§is§ocj;1ted the *-GqffllpiBaistagjgis ,C1_q_b: Steyens, _Rep. 'P;e_te _l_§0}t, 'R-'__Eagl_e_ River; Sen; John 'CowderX,[92 Q-
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Q Aisngseareizeds-wereeiixeefiices cf
Sen. Doi§oid;<{}isc§1,@D;i%ome,n zm»;i=-
§Rep. Bruce iseyhmoon, ii~}unéno,
AA copy of one of the search won
rants, obinined zby *l'ihe Associated
3Pr*e'ss, iinisé the "inveétigngigngciggbg;iiepubiicen._~Pili¢n"ew tojuneau et
the end of the regoiar session to
iobbe lawmakers anzi-o'aich:i§:e*vc*e
Tee; ssnrraniméiss for semsre of
zziocumeissconcemingLxefiéciing*or
reiaiingrtoennyipayment to lawmak-
$;negs;g>y,;§iE§2_Qesiccuiives_Aiien anci~}i§iv predisciiengtggg iegeggq also inokeé!-inonzh i§}'g»i§§}%{ii<ii&éic8iQt§A §.i19!1_Zii{_it§1§i§§:ifs'.{ i3¬§I92Ii¬I}i$ aheut ciiniractsg;iei gee pi;sei1ne"* <irsfi* conirac§""egfeemf¬$>ie*5%"¬ ni3?%¥feisegiggs
giuriaoxizéici ~an§i~' in; ~si;sie*s"_i§;;ee
ihirgesi oii'ccm§eni¬s negotiated,
-Amongethe items to be seized,
:'acc'ci<i_ing to t}1e,wsrrant,' fiQm@th'é
<gleriod_:o§ §}ctche:§{}S5»i<;iti1e-pres'~
eat;-ensoasségeiidocumerggssconoegm
issg, ieiiécing or ieiaiinkiio -phi
Aiesknvoiiring Iéitiser 5i>i;5%4¬;'reg1iiAci1=
'ofanz;ic1;ai gas pipeline Oiiiyil petro-iieuzzi iiiodiiction taxi. i V A '
IEQQ-egzid itshchairman, Biiiniiien;we soaunch snppogiers. <>f,i_ize.gi>x;'1
=c%no;'_s picciugiion ciao pica; n "eer-
eicn 'éf,§ehicigihe_Leg*;§ietiiz§ plassegi}iposeé fiegisieiicn iii one stage cf-
izyjiig%sé~na§5;n, i " i nneeee:e-@e=weenwe
Smithond nempesy»-presses»: ?eier
Leatherdc
in -theiwézirant served o'nstaté*Sozi.
'i§onaidAO1son;:i!Non1e; egentsweere
nice ~auii1c';ize<i'f is -_S¬1Z&_ an§a»:;ioc*e-lmenis :eia§ed- to-»fdéi' gseyznezzts,
iéqdingfsijig fees, _s§o_rége "fees'-anti
sim1ia:<ai:c:a"costs.i Oison owns a
"iziesifié sieie oéiwiigz {hr-They were handing out hats down
at thenraneff giioieii at the has
éown there xiii ihev ized was
~ ¬"C0 on inem,"E§a:ris said.Ehennnii snici he meg eiiii have a
$813 hat, but he can! recnii.
Besides VECO a'nd'its executives,
agents were authorized ,to §gi3§._eny ; nvqxgan1qeiyn,_Le§Qh§sgidiiirigiay the Vdocuments ceigzied to Ti3e,Petrbieiini§f;seaxchés ioeg§:i3hgznds?§én§;c§inn_- i
Ciizii}"§e§§§i§e§niip§iistonM153iliiiina oiiiiis §o§i1§§§;c- 1{iiiinian~
Kosnnreh and i3o1mnnnioniinn*Co:p,92
pcilsterhierc Heiieniixel or his com-
ipany; Heiienthai -end Associaies,
Roger Chan, VECOs chief financiqi
officer, end Oiscn Air Service,
acco;:ii:1,g§e-iize mos, .
may Menveci, an fmchoragobaseé
aiioifney feriYECO, said the compa-
ngiireoeived awarrain on Timisday;gfoposai released"in' May, n "gnzmilgi IA
erniesi-»and was ioiei he was not n.tar.- :raider heeled HOG, the Alaska;
Ps:ciic0fiices Commission, 0Lsoné
interim ixaeei iiio nnzi e binder rein?»
eeiio toe Alaska Sexanzieci Gen Fiscai
contract.
Depaxtment of justice. spokes;
633- i?:i_{ia§*; E8}: soo§se§¢'en- Erie
senrrzmts were being exscuieé ecross J
siiesknizutwooid §i0i$<'2!?Wii6if8 92 5No further, comment is iikeif to 5
cofoe from thejusiice Departmeiii
unless charges are fiieci, Leech $ i.1.
Ben Stevens,§»"ey§1:anc§nen<ii{cit
on nci return coils on Pricey. 5;
siiohring and Qioco said they cocci2 F,
i Gonze§e2snid;e into} 3? iiseexciz"+
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. lGovernor; legzslators should drop
plan for gas Zine specialsession
hatever thoughts anyone mayhave hadof witness-§ ing a miracle and seeing a gas line contract during
la special legislative session disappeared before
their hopeful eyes Thursday. "Ihats'when federal agents ar-
rived at legislators offices, armed with search warrants.
The federal probe involves one of the states largest
companies and its lobbying efforts on oil and gasllegislation,
including the proposed North §1ope natural gas pipelinedeal; _Theres no yvay legislators can -- or should -. meet _ '
and vote on such an_ important issnewhile the FBI is looking
intoipotential legislative corruption on this and other mat-
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Its over. Its timefor Gov. Frank Murlioxvsldlto cancel his
plans for a specialsession of the Legislaturefto startsept.
19. It?s time for the Murkowshi administration, in its final
three months in office, to start putting together its transition
packet of information for the next goyernor to pick up and,
hopefully, iinisha gas line contract next year; _
Gov. Murkowski tried his best to close the deal before he
leaves olce, but it just isn't going tohappen. And no third
special session this year is going t6 xnalge it happen; it tyill.-,-..-.--_- only make worse. _ _ V
Gov pg 'lhe'risk ofifurther damageto- » , M Alaskajs hopespf a gas'pipel_ine,
Murkowskz too reatlig ignore gny !<g1g<;:r_at, - ~ lS pom I dressing or af ecisionshould s.h"tl 1?Y1a92~fm%<eY§ inlhe mid<1.1§ <>.f.l11.¢down dll *election'can1paign flog Othe g ;92{%r; _* t - »nors successor an K egis a ors IS'gas_ [me reason enough to put the contract;neg0tzatiZms_ on the shelf until calmer times:'.lhe
____'____________________ 'danger is,that,some candidates ivill"" = kick sohard at the proposed gas
line deal that all the new govemorfs men and women next
yearwouldirtbe able to put Humpty92Du_mpty back together
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And now its an even worse time forxhurried work,ses- ,
sions by gas line negotiators and legislators, considering the
tainted politics and legal uncertainties fof the FBI probe intothe dealings of Veco Corp? the states most politically active '
company. Like it or not, fair or not,3the'gas line contract is atl
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ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS
Title: OUR VIEW; IT'S TIME TO BACK OFF
Character:
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gwski should shutdown all gas line negotiati y tn tljfeqmajor North Slope producers. Any elfortto work toward at 1
deal in his nal Weeks. will just add to the publics distrust
and dislike for controversial provisions in the;draft contract,especiallyin the highly chargedatnf|'os'phere'iif FBI §'é?a1eh "
warrants, closed-door: interviexys and ritmors.
Before last weelds FBI _swoop;t:he governor had been
pushing hard for legislative approval of a gas line deal
before the Nov. 7 election; when Alaskans will vote on a citi-
zens initiative to imposeca lgiliiondollar-a~yeatt tag: on North .
Slope natural gas reserve_S,_Th§, tavtwill hit Conoco Phillips,
Ekxon Mobil and BB,for not moving fast enough to build a
North Slope gas line. §ov,Mur_kowsl;:i gures ,'-rightfully so
-1- that the heavy §a§_92Yijl ngthexlp get the_proje_ctbuilt.'.!§nd
-he gtires the only way gttlaslrans might vote. against the tax
w'ould be to have a signed deal for the gas line in hand.
The governor wentiso far last week as to have the attor-
ney general give an opinion onhow the Legislature mightbe able to void, repeal or amend the tax after ibpasses.0
,At this point, the_best_Alaskans can hope for is to complete
agas pipeline contr_a_ct>earlyi1e'>rt-year and then, assuming
the punitive reserves_ta3g initiatiye passes, schedule a special
election to overturn _thetaor or possibly amend the terms: We
have to believe thatleven ifltlaslgans are angry enough tobe ,_
pass a bad tax this year; they wqul_dvbe smart enough tovoid it
after seeing 'proot th_a_t the project is underway. 1,
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Pok'er playi-:r§?92C'ity, and federal agents-iait'fahi'gli-st%i<és
Atioese '6ql<e:8é""ieT: at Ii!'<2.@!=il>§. i5l**fi"@Ys'!1i5>/irjo/-f-I211! weenie theb@§$»t11!mr>'¢ars1aqth<>sie¬h_at§ .t<z'nI.a¥tagainst crime? -" I *
1s¢n§q| contract: Teachers vote against three-year deal,'bnt
union'refu_s§s,to1re_l_e_ase thetptals, It's not nice to keep',se-cretsi
Public broadcasting: State and federal funding cuts add@ even more static tolV and radio stations already huitingiri
. 1%,, e ,.thzé viéiiétl nayngmé _§t§iti_oris,slfg>uId_;riN1a}§e'aysiii§ig'bilt at~their|ayoffsandcaIlit1SurvivorI' s w *7
*Smoklng initiative; Opponentsaof'Anchorage's:new anti»
secondhand smoke ordinance .will try gatnenng signatures
for a public vote toovertum the law. Here's hoping healthy
residents snuff out the effozt. '
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Jalithe groat,Ear.items tmloed,
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tqatiraoi: _FB_I z_ittg:13§iox1'!_How 1
c}eHght§z¢92ya}s t.he_§:;mfenj: QIBImapagémeiii _Lo ozisxvjeg ques-tions abo;it;5oco.an3i post CIR!
FBI raids oxi legi§Iativo _ inanagémét? Why giofeiiiié
anti businesso§ioes. A;as,}iio_. .
talk has roducédoni more
¥92a~4.w.1°<§ as viife iniqi?&m_e1;1§'?,Di_di£ have tobe on, 4 '
aagugg lpgisiatbrif ali tos
hioggers xiziio think they knowj
4 the; ideniity _of§he insiiie man really know anything?
is thero 3 connection be-
tween the raids and the appoinb
meat oi}; U.S. attomoy ovgor
Uncle ieds objoct_i<_n;s?-Ari: iho,
warraiijs reai!y;_t§i<-; grid of §h_e" i ~_investigation? '
Did 3; gctualiy begin two
years; ago?~§Yas it reailygunf ~ _ ,_~r
afrom Outside? The warraniapv-. 1
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known Juneau FBI agent. What
does that meaii?»
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aw aileoedliiiiewior ;i0f11'1s>1:'¢.-than q ye=§g_g@ig§ i§ _x1§:__c§ ;n'1soe;~*for the UrS.*a£tor11eys3ob_? Ear-
wigs report Admin Commish
Scott Nordstrand is talking
about his appiicalion, ¥
*1 " PULEEZE: Governor Murkow-
ski ofcialiy declared Fridayno doubt a good guy. But to
pmolaino 2; play in his hono_x',po<
cagzse he showed up that night
fat olectioix central, pushed in-
ziwheeichair by Frank, thuo. »ANCHORAGEDAILY NEWS
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de §xi'onst1'a ting comniit1nentto1 {-open govoioiment and X*oliiiiieér~
ac£ivism?":Give. Ear a break.
FLYNG M97019: Doug Mcrtz/,
the Iawyer who represents
;§1e;_iBong Hit; 4 Jesizsf kid, is
x'1'm'rriod to Margo Warjng,a
-iix":eixiberoffeJuhoau=Doug-:_ _
%lasScig;ool Bo'ar'd, xiiiclg Ber 1
husband siied and beat; the
.sc};ooi bogrd that is nowiaking
the infamous froe speeoiioase'~
to the U.S. Supreme Cfourq. So
does that mean Mertziis sorta _
suing his wife? '
<53-lAPi8G UP FOR WE BIG ENE; -
Curtis Smith, the PR profes-
sionai who 1okb}sshort~véd
raiiio show because; offa ,perceixied bias in favor ofone
of His Wants, is *1?§*FE°*Y moo? 'pégoog fofthe Sarah Paiin
cagigaign. Lobbyist Joi_xn_Bit-
.11é§_'§i$ rénoliédiy air mlioy'miinégéx: * ' i
~.'iorry Gardingar, progidont
of Norluest fish procesgmg __before Tx~ide11t,bB1f§h¥ it in 9°34
and fermion-spegker ofthe state
Hoixswhas reportedly signed on_
'po1ioy adviser to the Tony,Cixristdpher Alldgo Day,He /gignzoxyles campaign.
the caxnpaigxivolunteox-who J , . "»
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Little Leagixe ieam for making
it _'to the Nopthwest Regionaié?
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FBIs influence-peddling investigation, all
three ma} or candidates for governor are
now boasting of their clean credentials.
While legislators remain under an ethical
cloud, each gubernatorial liopefol is
touting him or herself as the candidate
ideally suited to restore trust in state
government.
As an FBI probe continues to examine ties
between certain legislative offices and the
oileld services company VECO Corp, former Democratic Gov. Tony Knowles today came
out with an unspecic but strongly worded ve-point stand on ethics.
right!. 'I |:.cu92.;¢l§,"-' t ti Y» 1. W ; , i _ . -*., _ ,fl 1 um ;.4 Along with the executive order on disclosure of conicts, {me it. 1.1;; On day one, when I take office, l willexecate an e_xeeutive forder requiring all executive branch employees to follow §~,_ , , < _ ;i§§¢§<§§§;§3;the highest ethical standards and disclose any potential ' i
conicts, so Alaskans are fully informed, said Knowles . '=,t< ' "
Knowles said he would propose legislation to close what he "
1 _ Q i O Jaw_ 92_,_. - 92 - ___, .4 , ,-..,, '' ~ I- :' Iicalls a loophole in the Alaska E}t6C»lil927 Branch Ethics Act, §;»l}¢§;>T#¢;W;;éiZ7S6;§7yi&5§,¥Y'
wliicli currently allows stock ownership in a company that can be effected by an otiicials
action.
Knowles also said he would propose legislation requiring lawmalters to disclose what work
they do under contract for companies who might have interests at the capitol, as well as a
code of ethics that would include p80p1c'Wh0 do business with the state.
Increased funding for the Alaska Public Offices Commission and personnel board, which
enforce ethics regulations, were also mentioned.
integrity part of his.carnpaign," said Curtis Smith left!, the"' r ' I ti1inkit'sencouragingtht1tMr. Knowles wan ts to makeii it * .' spokesman for Republican nominee Sarah Palizfs
t. T;~"_"_ j - _ 'lei campaign FBI ~ Stevens~535 __ ,3 » Smith noted that ethics issues have been a critical issueL " r since the beginning of Palins campaign, including her '_ - ' ,,<:/E V__j.ly ,_ rs p ongoing riit with Republican Party chairman Randy. _' ' _R9292.i-:$7l1§r:;7T;§'Jq<rv.46-#>~;4'xl*9~a92:;4i'§;'¬;{¬ ;;,;;,1,*§5-,;;,;1@¢ Ruedrich below right!, who paid a $12,880 ncafter Palm
olew the whistle on him for doing party work at the Alaska
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same high standard by Alaskans, Smith said.
Andrew Halcro, the Independent candidate for govemor, said that he was publicly criticizing
the behavior of Republican legislators when he was one, and that ethical government was
important to him before Palin made it fashionable.
I Z " I!'iT" 3' *2? S 5' §{I; I ran these ads, got re-elected and basically during the
, W _ - I organization was stripped of all my committeee . < -vwi - . .' *3; _ chairmanshlps, said Halcro left!.
g F gt -r. * » 1 5,, J» While Halcro agrees that Knowles served two terms ; s V l i without scandal, he says the former governor made , mistakes.Y K I _ 92 r 1
There were several pieces of legislation that Gov.
Knowles signed that I would consider ethically
questionable: the private prison in Kenai, repealing voluntary term limits, Halcro said.
Knowles says everything he did was above board, which is part of the candidates three-way
conversation about who spoke out or acted on ethics earliest and most often. '
Knowles says he will not take campaign contributions from the VECO executives who were
targeted in search warrants by theMFBI, but did not rule out accepting them from other
company employees. Smith says Palin decided early on not to take any VECO money,
although the anti-Palin columns and editorials in the VECO-owned Voice of the Times
indicate that the feeling is mutual. Halcro also is avoiding all VECO money, which he, calls
going out on a strong limb.
Earlier this year, state Rep. Berta Gardner, D-Anchorage, introduced a bill to require a
description of the services provided by legislators to private companies that would be
sufcient for a person of ordinary understanding. The bill passed one committee in the
House and then died of neglect.
House Speaker John Harris said he expects the bill to get a stronger look next session.
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Wednesday, September 6, 2006 - by Bill McAllister
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whether the governor will heed their pleaP i-1 3 * 4- , Q i . . .¢~"=s11**!:92rl,rI1-Ir92»11~t»!»i92~¢-,-yap-y.r:.-.:_~»92$5K1Uu,w* not to call another special session on his
gas line deal.
In the meantime, the FBI still is not explaining the execution of two dozen search warrants
last week, which included the offices of at least six lawmakers, in a raid seeking information
on oil and gas issues. Some of those legislators, whose ofces have not been searched, say
the FBI needs to level with Alaskans about what's happening.
Legislators who are seeking re-election are doing so in an "'1?" ?j,f§§ " '
unprecedented climate following last week's search g I _. p .
warrants executed by the bureau in an inuence-peddling ,, _ _ L y 1 _ éprobe involving oil eld services company VECO Corp. "§_
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a ;w.i£»i:i92i§:t'-swalmsre 1 :_'~=::_'wno:e,4<o~:4=» asim: Km |_'|'_-|-y_ H _ 4, G Agents, many of them ,w g = 1 {{*i '1 1 "t-jI_,%; , reportedly.not.fr6in_ Alaska, searchedthe offices of Senate
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you can, narrow it down, say, 'All right, this one, this one and thisone are the ones*we're e
really lo0king_at,' or whatever, rather than say everyone's painted with them, said Harris, R-
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years? Samuels said.
But Rep. Harry Crawford, right, says that while there might be an anti-incumbent backlash in
the election that undermines innocent legislators, he's glad there's an investigation.
I'd love to hear what all is going on. And what, if any, charges are going to be led, and just
the rest of the story, said Crawford, D-Anchorage.
But with that story unfolding just two months before the election, some legislators wish they
could skip to the end.
VECO Corp. also is concerned about the public relations toll. Although company officers
have declined to return numerous phone calls from KTUU-TV, a news release from VECO
says its not surprised by negative media coverage, but is disappointed by any suggestion that
the company or its executives have done anything improper or illegal.
Q m"'7f m* *'~Tl-T : Former governor Tony Knowles plans to say something in
, E H ff the morning about how Alaskas next govemor will
' *;,;¥;if~5-3* negotiate a gas line deal now that Murkowskis deal is
, My _, i L T, t dead. Independent gubematorial candidate Andrew HalcroA i ""** ** "" ' / " l*~ V has called for relatively minor modications tol l J W Murkowski's proposed deal. So far, Knowles, the W1"-*A 1 Democratic nominee, and Republican nominee Sarah Palin r ; i have both talked about bargaining from a position of' " *l~*.~5;.. "f 4" stren th and invitin multi le roposals. .,..~:::*§;zi;¢.t*l.:~;;i,i.. g g P P
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gas reserves. The governor had proposed to nullify that tax in the contract.
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Hetero, who represented Anchoragein the House of Representatives for four
yea1s,coiiected sasoo in rose and not
While mayor of Vllasilla, Patio rap for
lieutenant governor in;2tlo.t. She gath-
ered $5,886 -.-.- or shoot to pereentof her
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tlicirwives along the way. i
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was-donated to long-ago campaigns that
hare" no bearing on the current race,
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connncnt,
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dates like anyone else: This is a clemoc-i
racy. He said it only becomes a problem
when those contributors have undue
licence on a candidate, and described his
own administration as squeaky clean.
Palin spokesman Curtis Smith said
there has long been an understanding
inside the campaign that Polio didn't
wantiieco money.
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comoany, he said, acknowledging that
Veoo, which supported incumbent Gov.
Frank Murkowski during the orimary
iast month, likely wonidrit offer her cash
in the rst place.
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legislator bet, like Palin; has a reputa-
tion as a maverick within the party, said
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ny either. Bot that isnit exactly goirig out
on a limb, he said.
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13,; said Tuesday thetrany clones.
o-tions tiieroarty receives.from
the Yeco*ofiicers»-oil; heapotaside dntil inv'estigatoxs- de~
tcidejfanyfone is _in_'trooble.-
If any tot our candidates
ask,_well encourage them to
do the seine, Rneitrich said.
iitoedrich said everyone
needs to next and see what
comes oftheinvestigation, _
Jumping to conclusions is
totally inappropriate,"_he said.
_ With oitnkoojslii and some
incumbent iegislators falling in
the Ang..22 primary and all the
candidates for governor pre-<-
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in;aoos'siaoaae._seating themselves as a fresh
alternative to the post four
years, change was already a
theme in this yeafs election.
The FBI investigation
brings even more uncertainty,
said Jean Cracinn, an Anchor-.
age pollster and ouizlieooinion...$Q~*lll
is M 2. » I,200_B_ go§_e'ioois,raoe,
Source: Ales!-:s moire emcee Qsrsnlsslcoii? 5
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Coonnteo by KYLE §iGPKl?l$ 3' Anchorage Dairy ii8h'$
collected about-$18,090 while running for
the Legislature in the 1990s. ,
Polio, meantime, -spent the prima-
ry election defending criticism from the
Voice of the Times -.~ a separate editorial
space produced by Veeo that appears in
the Daily News everyday.
While Palin often draws heat from
the oil industry for her association with
a naturai gas pipeline plan tnats at odds
with the ronte sought by oil companies,
Parnell is a former oil lobbyist. Can they
co-exist on the same ticket?
;. Aiaskans chose Sean Parnell to run
with Sarah Pailn. it wasn't necessarily
Sarah, Smith said.1
-_ ; I2{i02LLgoveniors_raoe $5,060researcher.
i dont think that Veco or
. any of the usual suspects will
heipresenting themselves as
they have in the past. I thinkthegii prohaloly lay tow, she
sai
in other words, who wants to
be backed by the establishment when an-
ti»es_inhiisnment candidates areon a roll;
Knowles held his own eight years as-
governor no for comparison inesday,
and listed steos he said would ward otf
future troubles.
He said: Loopholes that allowed tor»
mer state ' Attorney General Gregg
Rentzes to own stock in a company that
would henelit troin a coal deal he was ne-
gotiating for the state need to be closed,
executive branch employees would need
to reveal all potential conicts ofinterest
to the politic, laisonalzers should have to
tell people what it is they do to earn in-9292
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Aside ironrcash contributions, Sen-
ate President Ben Stevens, R-Anchon
age, has received saaaooo since 2601 for
consulting work from the company, ac-
cording to disclosure statements tiled
with the Alaska Politic tithces Cornmis-t
sion. Little is lgnonn abont nhat Stevens
did for that money, as he is not repaired
to report details oi the norlr.
One of the roughly two dozen war-A
rants executed in raids last week across
Alaska gave federal agents the authority
to seize any documents, letters, records,
electronic malt or any other term ofconi-
nninicatian with tleco, Allen, Smith,
heathard and han. The orarrant calls
for seizing proal oi payments, contracts,
employment, gifts or fundraisers by the
executives to the legislators.
The warrant specically looks on
any and all documents concerning, re»-
ilecdng or relating to proposed legisla-
tion in the state oi Alaska invoicing El:
ther the creation oi a natural gas pipe-
line or the petrolearn production tax.
The Legislature passed the petro-
leum production tar lastmonth, a major
renrite of the states oil tax laws that will
base production taxes on the net profits
of each oil companys Alaska operations.
{lliices raided in Jnnean, Anchor-
age and the hiatannsiradnsitna Bor-
ough inelnded those oi Stevens; Sen.
John ilosrderpg R-Anchorage; itep.=-Pete
Kott, it-Eagle River, Rep. Vic Kehring,
it-tilasilia; Rep Bruce Weyhraueh, it-J1»
neau; and Sen. Donald Olson, D-Nome.
Little is known about the piirpose
of the investigation. Bat the raids hare
soared plans for a special session hier-lionslo wanted to call tor Sept. to to
again consider his pipeline deal with BE
Conoco Phillips and Exxon Mobil Corp.
Monday, Republican leaders of the
House sent Mtnhowsld a letter saying
lionse members have no interest in an
other special session.
For one thing, the letter says, voters
sent the message hi last months prints
ry election that they want change, and
lloase members went to give whoev-
er is elected governor in November the _
chance to have input on the gas line.
Second,_there is no doubt the Fill
investigation at some legislators and
dealings saith Vern has had animpact
on merntiers, says the letter, signed by
Speaker John Harris of Valdez and his-l
jorily Leader John Coghill oi North Pole.
There could be a perception of inu-
ence by the public on earlier and possi-
ble future special session proceedings.
ltletnheis believe a cooling oh" period is
essential in order to distance the Logic»-
latnre from this perception at corruption
and give as time to learn what the iBi is
attempting to accomplish.
itlnrkowsld spokesman John Manly
said the governors staff is discussing the
possibilities fora session with legislators.
tile hanent given up, completely.
Strihe that, we harerrt given no, blan-iysaid. i
amp hienard, an anchorage attorney
representing the company, said some
Veco employees haven strong interest in
politics, which is their right ,
Veco hasalways worked hard to pro-.
mote a prohnsiness and,pro-ec ouom-
ic development climate inthose places
where it does business, she said.i B;,0kNATl0NS: Fgurgave $84, OOQ-past thisyear
Menard added the contpany;i$ hernia
a rely intense tact-gathering process?
and does not have enough_inform§tlonto-
elaborate on questions abont;tlieei§ecu,~tires political tiesn " X _ ,_
than panacea Flatt tltttlitilrttelaborated on their polihégl paragon in
an tietoher iieprsletter toit§eg}~drir_-_
pinyees. 'ihe;thi*ee¬,co-airittigired§an arti-cle in which they called that~ele_otii§ncrit-ical to the coinpanys totnré. rs -
Alaska represents niore than 56 per-
cent of the companys business volume
worldwide and an even higher percent»
age of its netincome,,theynrotei,
The right people in the man iionse,
the li.3. Capitol and the Alaska State
Legislature make a huge impact on oil
and gas resource development and on
the economy of Alaska, they wrote.
Earlier that year, in March, Allen
wrote asepaiate article setting the stage
for the elections. its placed at the top of
the Alaska agenda opening the arctic
iiational Wildlife Beings, oil taxes andsthegas pipeline, '
The maior Democratic presidential.
candidates, he wrote at the time, are
backed by environmental groups and are
rmlyagalnst drilling in ANWR, and for
the pipeline, they have so far done noth~
lag to more that project ahead.
- "Closer to home, the Democratic mi~
nority. in the Alaska legislators is eni-
ing for a review of taxes paid by the ma-
jor producers, repeating the statements
of past years that the state deserves a
bigger share of the pie, Allen wrote.
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Veco made
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E1'n*Washmgton?s*Senate race.
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The Associated Press -
treturned $14,000 ' he received -frdrn
{executives with an Alaska oil;servié-
0,95 company under investigatio_n}by
the BI his cam a1 announcedIn ~i-F. , 1&1. P 'gn . -
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money wzisijéturned,Fr_iday, a daji af-
-ter federallagents raided the oljtices
otlat leastqsix Alaska legislators, in-
raisEF=in Alaska for Mceayibigipit 5Thefse'nibr Stevens hosted a fund-
llApril that netted about $100,000 §9_r
. - - $2,
kof the contributions in questioh came
,in_from siz;Vecot ;orp..executi92{es at
lLthat fundraiser, including chairmanl;Bill~1Allen and president-}>ete Iieath-ilard, accqrding to 'IhegCenter for
Responsive Politics, a Washington,;D.C.-based group thattracks money-inpolitics. Yj f '
l Bundy said the remaining $2,000
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giludirlg the sen of Seni Ted Stevensi
§McGavicks bid to unseat Democrat-~tic Sen Maria Cantwell All but 000
came »in_July from vice president. 4' ,F an t-;:§tr"' A .-1tU,f*= t, 1929 , -. i ,1» AV - .; t
liWIICGaviEK. il*IFfé~fii*|?i'1 §**iii 6Ti15éy.
'Tom Corkran, Who ai'sohad givent
$2,000 at the April fundraiser. 92
_ Bundy said that nvhile details of
those at the eeriter pf théginvestiga-.tion have*not~been c<'mrrned by au-
thorities,-,th§ reporting-_by.th1e media
that Vecd jvas ;under_:" investigationj Wash. -, ~Republican5, Zwas enoughfor Mc, ?lalricl<_92 to decide.
Senate hopeful Mike 1VI%cGavick"liais. td return the migney. 1
We simply. wanted t6 e_r_r qnltheside of caution, he said.
Bundy said they did notannounce,the return Friday because we didn¬
teel thesituation warrantedan an-0
nouncement. , This is a criminal investigation,
and" it's a ivery serious matter? he
said. The FBI searches began Thurs-
dayand continued Friday.- Aeopy of
one of the search warrants, obtained
"by The Associated Press, links the
ginyestigatiento a production tax law}
signed last month by Gov. Frank Mur-
kowski and*a draft natural gas pipe-
fline contract Murkowski and» th_ . ._ , .. Ft
states three largest oil companies ne-fjgotiated. , , 5
' The warrantealled for seizure df
documents concerning a;iy';5a$rn1ent
inade to lawmakers by AllenaqdSmith. Agents also looked f0'rdd"cu-
rhjents aboutcontrac ts, agreements
or emplojrnient of legislators provided
by,-Veco -Allen, Smith and Leathard, 1
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gfxvaiisiizfiihis o§{i<;effIi1'e§?§ya:;ted to talk.
i;H§-;__p';'et §»iro"zageiit§ at pizza place in§§y1ow3mtoi92*xig§ab;§eo.§o;_;§na¢rbe 45 min-
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yim:-_x_kers and their ;teietionships_witb
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services and eonstruction compapy
92. They beci a iist of written ques-
£2§si~:ing?of*_a number of peoiile .w}1oIi served in the ?Legislaiure;i saiii
1; Stoiize,-. A Regmiziiean--xvhose dis-
trict stretches from Cbugiak to the
Mat-Su. He said he asked the agents
tvbetber he could talk about the in-.
=-terview and they said he couId.==~ _ -.
, About.i_.'<;eo, Stoitze said, the'FBI
wanted to-Ignowz Did they ever ask
mete votéra cerbsiniway? Just
those types of general quesiioxjisi
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bever give you a hat? ,,<
Stoiize and state Rep M1keHawk~
er, Reucborage, reveaied '1uesdav
that they were mtemewed by the
BI as part of a growing federal Hi
estigatioignie possible corruption I'nyoiving1ew;nakersend Veco.1. Bot}; said their oices -1gere_!ioi:-
1 eareheti. Both sa_id,_ti1ey_were told:
,- they were iiofiargets of the investi»;ly ,~~ _ I , __
§ ;fifi;eJ.FB1is saying little about theiinvestigation, and neither is vego. so
it far, xio one in Gov. Fraiai<:i92/I,i1g'i<ow7§Y ski's office, baéibeezikquestioned by"
the FBI, a spokesman "said. Agents
did interview former Sen. RobinfIky¢
-101; who is new zieputy irensoortgiiion;commissioner. ~, ~
Two giqzex; search warrants were
executed Thursgiay end Jfriday in
six communities Anchorage; Ju-
neau, Wasiiia, Wiiiow, Eagle River
and Gir<iwood;Oiees,of at least six.
lawmakers =- Sens. Ben Qtevebs,
Joiin Cowdery and Donny Oisozi, aiid<
Reps. Pete Kati, Bruce Wejhqachend Vic Kobriiig yrere searched. '
_ The FBI giisp_iookezipver eieetron-
it; ie,¬_ anti other _ree0i*ds-~ iizjobabiy
1jeiate§i.=to campaign fundraisers --Q
on Friday during e oiffbe Pe-
=trp1euin Club, a private organization,
geicigck Laescli, club presidenttions .that.they= indicated they were_-iazfbluit. gvecoi, heart gifts
'agezits_an§i_gew*e;l1em.vi'i:;92tever ixiior-_
matien they askeb fo:;;'sai<i Laascb,
who was in Barrow last week and is
just now catching up on the eve1_1§s..
They steyed;bac_k in the oeel It
was business as visual in the lounge-
emi restaurant. I Q - ,,
_ _Around,tbe state, agents searched
for records on the pxjoposed gas pipe»
line andihe new petiniegrri prot Lax
copied. domputef 'harg:1 drixyes, and;
. looked for hats or other clothing witii.
-the iogo Corrupt Bastards com.
'_ 4'1bat.ea£ch'phrase is givingft;be_
invesgation. a quirky Web life of
its own. Aijfer an opinion eoiizmnist
wrote a piece publisiiedin the _1!irily¢
News and otbe; ifilaske newspapers.
-listing Veco92,contributio1;*s' to 111aw-
iiaekers em: Gov: I*"raiiiki92'Iurkowsi;i,_
bgiwnakers started joking §h8}"ii'er¬3;
;i:i- the Corrupt Bastards Ciub or
~ the C°i71"!P§ Beserds C=.m<;u.s are
.someo:ie 'printed up hats.
. The jokeis the absurdity..of_"th_e¢
~a1iegations, Hawker skid.
. Since ihe news of the FBI imfes-_
tigation broke, gviioie biogs deyoted-tojihe corrupt bastards idea have
sprungup,f as,has a Web site selii_ng1
.'1~shirts, coffee mogs,baby bibs and
even tho3i_gsti;iat",sey Cerrupi';_Bas~
~$e¥§$.Qi §».i - . 1~ 3*. 1 , .
ii Hawi-rer said he _wes_inter92iiewed
*by i_.beii'B_I_ <innFridey for e éeiuiiie of
hours. but said itivouizi be ineppropri-
_ate for him to revegl specice. é '
M 3_toltze_ said Jiie 1FBI'w;:11s mainly:
i£1terestedix3~Vecoen<_i Kott,;R-iagie,Rive1; a formerblrieiise speaker who
iost his }§ri:i1exy._eieeii0;1 raeei He
'sp_ecuiaf.ed thatthg-.y_ asi<e§,i him ab0;1t_
Koit because ,thei1'1_ di§1t_ri<_:ts; ere iiext
-doortojéaeh other. _ e _
Duringj the 2004 election sea-
son, Veeo made it eiear _ti_1_e ,oo_mp}z~.
by wanted Kixtt to reineiri iirtbe pow-
erfui Hotgse egiéeker p0$ii;idIi,j Stoitze
said. But instead, Vaidez Rep. John-
Harris got the post, and Stoitze was.
peeof ¢*.1@..@1"¢wd visibly-subverting.him, Nevérti:éiess,.92Ve eo later sport-rs
sored a tim<iraiser~iti1at92beneiitedVf
-Stoiize, agnoiig others.Kott hefs not réturried calls in re-
centdayg, W _ . It's not a comfortable pijo_cess,f~
Stolize said; _I'hav'e_n£ dokie anytixixig
in_retu_rn,i_i1i_i} debit blame the_pubiic
for being su_,§pici0u§A. _
He d_i<inft11<:zosv~ei2,o_z1t any . {2or-
riipt Bast;1rds4C1_ub ;bafs. But onc_e,_
be said, Vecq gave him; hat with the
companyifame; He gave it tti en aide._ Exi1;5ioye'e_s_ eooperete tiziththex* ' ' W i*"" 1"?
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,1 onl: die of shock,§
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but surprise. big oil i
Cline invadéu iiioliticsl
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Hearing that the relationship be-
tween certain lawmakers and one of I
the oil industrys biggest companies
might be too intimate is like hearing
there was gambling at Ricks Cafe in
Casablanca.
Im shocked shocked! - to learnthat something wrong is going on here. ii
We still dont know much about last ll
weeks FBI raids, other than they tan l
gated some of the Legislature's big-gest names and appear to focus on the i
nancial coziness between lawmakers
and Veco, one of the oil industry's mostpowerful political entities in Alaska. "
I Well, duh.Oil is to Alaska politics what water
lis to sh and tequila is to a rst date.
You can barely have one without the
other. itLawmakers are chummy with the tioil industry because they need mon- ll
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needs legislation to protect its iiiter-
ests. Each uses the other to get what it
wants. Done properly, its called lobby-
ing, and its legal.
But its so much a part of doing
business here that the public seems
unable or unwilling to recognize when
it spins out of control. 1}We arent surprised when reports ofcampaign contributions show that oil ll
and gas executives give generously to politicians, often more generously than iithose in other industrie . Hll
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who owns Veco, buys The AnchorageTimes to push his industrys agenda. The newspaper didnt last, but half an
editorial page oi it survives and runsevery day in this newspaper at signi- it
cant cost to Veco. _ V:We suppress yawns upon learning ",, Ben Stevens, the president of the state Senate, is on Veco's payroll as a con- i
sultant. lWe shrug when we learn that RandyY Ruedrich, a member of the state com- ix
mission charged with oveiseemg thell oil industry, leaks a condential docu-ment to an oil industry lobbyist. In fact,ii this misconduct mattered so little thatRuedrich could admit hed been uneth- 4U ical, pay a big ne, and two years lam; .it win reelection as chairman of Alaska s iti Republican Party. _ il In short, the oil industry does what-
ever it takes to getwliat it wants. Andtheres no shortage of accommodating llg O We barely when Bill Allen,
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Alaskans. _ Somebody says in these halls, Bill i 1 tAllen wants this, and it gets done, is ,
how Eric Croft, an Arichorage Demo- jcrat, described the way things worked it
i in Juneau back in 2002. 6
Little has changed.* Last week, as the FBI searched of- i
1~ ces and interviewed politicians andt pollsters, Croft again described a cul- ,,
T ture that can onlybe called sleazy: ,, Lobbyists writing bills. Specialiti-
terests, not only funding campaigns,which unfortunately 1_ve kind of gotten
used to, but hiring legislators as con-
sultants. Croft proudly proclaimed he was running an oil-free campaign when he made a bid for governor this year.
i Of the five leading candidates, he was
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money from the oil industry.He nished fth among the bunch.l, Cpoft looks pretty good now in the iDare; 09/06/2006
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[Ilight ofthose FBI raids, allhtlllgll wedont know what, if anything, the in- l
vestigation will expose. We do know
a handful of lawmakers took to call-. I
ing themselves the Corrupt Bastards it
Club after their names showed up in a
newspaper opinion piece about Vecos
contributions to 11 lawmakers and the
governor. Corrupt Bastards Club lo-
goitems have replaced Valley Rash T-
shirts as_the gotta-have-it Alaska fash-
ion, provided the FBI doesiit cons-
cate them all.
Even if the investigation zzles fast-
er than you can say Security Aviation,
the FBI is doing us a favor. Someone
needs to kick over a few rocks to show
us the creepy things living under them.
Maybe someday well squirm enough
to call an exterminator. l
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Posteo yesterday at 9:4! am by Rick Anoerson
Mike McGavicl-fs decision to return $14,000 in donations from executives and employees of 92EC{}, the global
engineering and construction iimi, begs the question: Why did the Repuhllwn Senate candidate, supposetily a
seasoned politico, accept the support in the rst place? The money is pocket change for the multimillionaire who,
just by quitting his insurance industry job, wallcecl away with :1 S28 million bonus. Why bother acoepting small
and risky donations from »?ECC=s Alaska oil eld operations, in a state where both the sh and oil industries are
often greased by corruption? Alasl<a Sen. Ted Stevens, for one, has become a multimillionaire in part tltrougli
questionable deals tied to his powerful position as senior Republican in the Senate. In 1997, for example, Stevens
invested $50,000 in e local-Alaska projeét; ve years later, the developer and his partner bought the investment
back for $872,000. At the same time, Stevens was helping steer a $450 million federal housing contract to the
developer. Similarly, Stevens son Ben is an Alaska state senator and business consultant who can he on the
receiving end of money streams set loose by his father. Court documents show that in 2003 Ben Stevens held a
secret option to buy into an Alaska seafood company, Adak Fisheries, owned in part by Icicle Seafoods Inc. of
Seattle; at the same time, father Ted was pushing federal legislation to establish a special Aleutian Islands shing
area that could supply Adak Fisheries with millions of dollars in prized pollock, most of it caught by the Seattle-
based North Pacic shing fleet.
Ben Stevens is now caught up in the newest allegations of corruption. His office was among those searched last
week by FBI agents looking for evidence of possibly illegal deals between legislators and VECO. it was no secret
that VECO executives prowl the halls of power and give freely to state and national campaigns, sometimes illegally
as for back as 1985, VECO was ned $72,000 for funneling secret campaign ilonations to Alaska oicials through
an employee payroll-deduction plan!. Such a player makes for cozy dealings in the great white north: Ben Stevens
has been on 92fECO's payroll, earning $240,000 in unexplained "consulting" fees, the past six years, while Scott
Leathsril, the son of VECO president Peter Leathard, is on Ted Stevens payroll, employed as an aide in the
senator's offices. It was into this questionable history and familial manage that McCormick strode, presumably
eyes wide open, seeking Ted Stevens political blessings and VECO's nancial support at a ftmdlraiser last April, A
spokesperson now says McGaviclt is returning the money because he wants to "err on the sitle of caution. You
mean, nally?
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Q. What is the ihvestlgetio ebeirl?-'
A. The FBfwcnt sew. iiut witness-
es who have been intenriewed say itfs
ciearthe feds are examining the rela-.~
tionship betiveep Alaska siete iegiela: l,
tors and 92='eco,'an pi! eld 'servi<Ees and
censtruiitieii beiitiectbiz-Oxie iif the
search wen-ants says agent,s§2j§:_io<_>§<:
ing for documents concerning any-
thing of value provided by Bill J , Allen
Richard Smith, andlor Veco to any pub-
lic ofcial.?"Allen is Vecos chief exec»-
gtivc olcer, and Smith is a corporate
yice president. The yvarraxit also says
agents are seeking ifo'fin"aticii'ébb1it'
iegislaticn fonthe proposed natural gas,-
jzipeneiend the new petroleimi {nio-duetion tax. i
Q Who is leading the investigation?
The FBI.
Who {seeing isivesttgate <
VA-. The FBI went name the targets.
{About 24 search warrants have been
executed in sh: Alaska communities:
Anehmec, -Flew, liesiai ~f§@*>-.'». ¢ ., > __,_l
_iegi$_léth:s92:¢Sexiate' P}~es'§¬ien£ Ben
R-Ahchefage; Sen. Denny 0isim,~D-
Nome, Rep. Pete Kctt, R-Eagle Riven
Rep. Vie Kohririg, R:,Wasilte,,and Rep; ~
Bijuee Weyhragxch, R-Juneau, C§>wdcry,
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lgeiieye they ta;-gets of the investi-
gatien. _Qll3er'ia§_vr_1}ekers {and §crmei-levi';nal§eijshave been inte_rv_iewed, as
have executives with Cooklxglei Region
linc. and at least ohe Anchorage politi-
cal pollster and consultant. V~eaet§§~ie:e=¢.§§:dw@@é=eweiéarrants weree.¬ecuted afefces bf sh;
wens, R-Anchorage, Sen; John Cgwdery,indexing.
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fer Alaska, said Wednesday: "We d0n't
explain our role. We dont explain what
we do; Weedontcxpiain whywe do it.
We have no comment. The policy is
based in part on the reality that inves-
tigation; create rumors and that pea»Q." Besldes,ofces of iawmagkeis, where l l P18 M19 art? <5°mPIet°1Y and many in
~_hm a sjcpmh warrants been served lg thenocent and may never be charged with
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Q. is the U.!$%§tt§§§¬y§'<_§§i§§lnvahied?5 X g ~. Q __--Q ,=g]§}Ycs.}3ut e<;;~$is em;sa$;&:1ai
Tage_e£<_§e lain; clear. Semc gesecutcrshave directed queries to the US. digs-besmirched, their character tarnished
in §01}§¬1W3}',,f0X gm reason. i
Q5 Sq ts the case being hapdled out ofWashingtdn? '
A. N6 écininemg Cohen said.
Q. What daasvecc say?
Q. Gr: Wednesday, Veco Carp, issued a
enepage statement in which it said it
is cpcperating with federal agents.. '1f<>
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s§ateg;e_i3t; . . . If Vecq had failed to
;:w0rk'te eiihencie lgiusiness sectors, it
*we'qki gethe the rehash company it is
tedey, and it yvonizi have failed to serve
its clients arid empIoyee§.,Veco regrets
if those effortfs could be construed as
vzgong; especialiy in view of the fact
. that the rightta participate activeiy in
the political process is something trea-
gi sured by all Americans. The full Vece
statement is online at www.adn.c0m.
3Q. Has the sex seized records?
Yes. Computer recorxis and eth-
er les have been copied or seized by£agents.
; Q. Were wiretaps used in the investiga-
; ea? :1
§ A. The wont say.
QQ, Can the public see the seam}: war-
?; rams? =
A. A. Not most of them. All ofthe war-
lraxifs oiiidey remain sealed at this stage in the investigation. Se do the
}; FBI afxiaxits that iaid out the gov-
gfernmens evidence to the magistrate
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an his office, and it has been describe =rants. One state senator has given re-W
<1 :in various news accounts. A copy of the
Idocument is enline at vwnv.a:in.c0m._
Q. Besides the FBI, what sgencles are Ih- ya
vowed? '2
Q. Numereus tederal, state smile-=
cal law enforcement; agencieshave as-
sisted in the investigation, said FBI
spokesman Eric Genzalez, though he
eeuliirft reveal precisely which ones
Wednestiay except for the IRS. "»
Q. How many agents wexe involved In the
searches last week?
iA. Several dozen F31 agents {rem
across the country, includig Cincinna- ;§
ti; Pittsburgh and Sacramento, Ca1if., ii
Q.w1ers next? £
A. Again, the FBI went say But gen-
erally, the FBI will examine seized ev-idence, continue witness interviews
and eonsuit with federal prosecuters
in deciding whether ta puesue charges,
Gften evidence is presented to a grand
jury. Soxiietimes cases zzlewith no
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longer had e copy of the e-mail.
Allen did not return a message Wednesday seek-
ing comment on the episode. Anderson was traveling
and could not he reached for comment.
Vecos role in Alaskafs political process is un-
der intense scrutiny now. Last week the F81 served
search warrants on legislative oliices and others
seeking a wide range of information related to sl-
len and other Venn executives, including gills to pub-
lic officials. But much of Vccos influence, dating lrom
the early 1980s, comes from sources in plain sight.
This includes close to $1 million in state and federal
campaign contributions over the past decode as well
as consulting contracts with individual legislators.
lts not just their checks. lts all the people who
show up at their iundraisers, said Andrew Halcro,
a former Repul:-lican lgisletor now running for gov-
emor as an independent "They can tiring lots of oth-
er people to the table. lhats where people underesti-
mate the companys power.
Late 92V8dl'lESdW, Veco issued its first official state-
ment after an eventful week. The company said that,
to its knowledge, it had done nothing improper or il-
legal. Veco said it had offered to assist the federal in-
vestigation and defended its right to get involved in
the political process.
SWAY will BEGlll.ATi0l*tS
Veco's presence in Juneau is distinctive not just
for its role in helping nance many campaigns but for
the personal role played by Allen and several other
company executives. Veco has hired top-drawer pro-
fessional lobbyists in the past, as it did while pushing
for o private prison between 1995 and 2:302. But Allen,
69, is known for taldng a personal hand in promoting
his priorities, in a manner often described as gentle-=
manly rather than bullying.
Halcro said he got crossways with the Veco boss
two days after rst being elected in~i993. no House
Republicans organised around two factions, Allen
called to suggest Halcrc side with Rep.-Peteliott in
the name ofparty unity, Halcm recalled. Halcrc said
he was lining up instead with Rep. Briau»Porter. He
said Allen started talking about all the money hed
raised that year for the Republican-Party andthc
help he'd given Halero's own campaign.
" l thought, "fills g"uys putting the strong arm on
me, llolcrosoid. You hear about these stories. l
eouhin-t get oiithe phone fast enough,
in zooz, Allen became so involved pressing for two
priority pieces of legislation that he got pinched by
-the state's lobbying law. In a hold display ofVec<>s intuence, Allen's protests prompted Republican legis-lators the next year to dverhau the state's regulation
of lobbyists, passing what opponents called the Bill
Allen bill.
Attire ilmcwhuslness owners were, supposed to
register as lobbyists if they put in more than four
hours oi lace-toiface time with puhilc oiticlais one ~
a 38-day period. l'heiour-hour standard had been in
place since 1979, according to the Alaska Public Of»
fices Commission. Teachers. city council members
and other group members on lobbying trips had an
exemption known as legislative fly-ins. No one ev-
er complained, snid APOC assistant director Chris
Ellingson.
In 199-S, the Legislature added a new twist ony-
one registering as a lobbyist was barred from giving
campaign contriilutlous outside his or her home dis-
trict. The idea was to prevent favor-seel-ring lobby-
ists h-om working s building full of people lheyd giv-
en money to.
Allen spent a lot of time in the Capitol in 2082,
pressing the Legislature to pay for a private prison
in Whittier Voco was teamed with a national prisonI Q, K
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I tlier offices: 8eliioghcni,l»92laslt.;_ . "
Bent-er, ilurengo, Colo; heels Springs, l>*;o.; Calgary;
Athena; Vancouver, Butch Qolumoio;~Nlumoai, imlia;1ll:_o *
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I loumleo:.1958. _
I Em pioyees: About5,iJ§'l,0[u/odwide, l,200.ln Alaska
rl Sites: Estimated. $3235 rnillion in 20654 -
llndostrlcs iroriss lnadil amigos, oil refining, pipelines;
and-terminals, power plants and systems, cnen'lic_aland
~-petrochemical,-food peckegjngggotemment.
firhcttvltlesc ling;'n_eeiog,~§roécrcmenl. eonsliottion; -
-;co'ns_tro_<_;uoa n-ranagemeiit, ianricatloo, gsirieline-intently ,
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-Ifrmers: Allen Uihltéo<lf-gtneiship, 52_%;'{eimin!' 'lic_1'rlgan Réi'ocablc'*irtlst."17%tcathaidlimited
l'{a;tn§rship,;10%; linger Chan, 6%; Bill Allen; 5%.
I Gov. Flank Isicrlaowslsl nained lteoo the states-Egoon-:-r
of th'eYcer last spring _ A
II Prime contractor cleaning up the {Q89 Elton Valdez oil -
soill .
I Owns the Voice ofthelimés, a hell-page opinion
section lnllitc Dallyjletrstltlo. 26 ohEngirieering"'llews-iiecorii'magazines*llst of '
,natlon's 500 largest design rms
Scarce-r: we owes-ta, :1-co flops Nesta Bushes: mow.U333! New lilfdi '
amuse weir; Wlli rmnqorepesrms
$298,800 tdstste candidates in 2003 aloneo
Also snared by the APGC » thatyear" was David"
Marquez, airex-Arco lawyer doing $150-andlour con-
tract work for Veco on the gas pipeline property tax
exemption. Be eventually registeregh Marquez is
now the state attorney general, appointed by Gov.
Frank Murlcowski in 2005 after Greggliehhes-wlasforced out in an ethics scandal. i V
Neither the private prison bill nor the gas-line tax
break passed, though lsoth came close. not the lob-
byist. law that annoyed Alien was doomed. Objec-
tions to the four-hour rule started to fly, with the Alas-
ka Chamber of Commerce taking the lead in pushing
{or change. in its lobbying overhaul of 2003, the Leg-
islature changed thc denition of lobbyist looni some-
one wlto engages in four hours of direct lobbying in at
month to 40 hours.f v_' Lt. i:-_.3-_"._-- °l" "3~~"<~= :~:1=-W:-,-.?*.f -' , .. _. . . A_.-.,Q.s,-<=.~»"-"r~»r.~-e--"..=..92: l~*- P .?»<:1~sE <1; t . ...=--- 1, .92 < -92. i -.>-.."-.. .~ .__v;- : _ .if_~92§jr >;;_92 .. ___ .:-.,. 3;. ';>.92l_.92 >: 1' .& §¥°i§< ?~i>-~*"3c.:1i.>3:- rfs-§<.§};§> "" <5 ->:--=. .1.ottiiose laws §;
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GRDWTH iNTO P0l.l'llClll.. ABTIWSM 1
Vccos beginnings as an oil eld contractor reach 1
back to the early 19705 after Alien, o. New Mexico i
welder, moved to.A1aska' to work, on Cook inlet oil"
platforms. Past xiews accounts of the c'ompanys canly years describe an unusually close relationship hetween alien and the oil company Arcs, which was lat»
er bought-out by BR The stories also depict a joint
venture in the North Sea that ielljapart when Allen's
partner was banned torldclrhaclrs of watches and
boots to 1_hillips Pet.roieunico_ntract,ofcials. A disastrous investment, in a Houston shipyard
br'ougl1tVeco to bankruptcy court in' 1982, but the
companywa_s_ rcorganil-ted.~ with support {tom North
Slope-producers Arco and,Sohio and adopted a new
role of political actiwiist". Some veteran legislators who
found tlreniscives opposed by twodlnanced candi-
d§t»c_sallegcd that Veeo had been set up by Alaska's
oil giants to do their political work. tltiiciala for the
companies denied any epiiusion._ Q
§._}Veco started out~p_ro1fnoting pro<de92_1elopmcnt Re-
publica1is,nvitiiorn1er'Scn. Ed_D_anl;wortli helpingdrg'ani_ie leadership coalitions as Allows lobbyist.Forta decade starting in the late.-1980s, with Demo-
crats-controlling the governor's rizansion, Veco mon-
eyilowégl to boll} parties, though lately it has again
mostly helgetlilcgzulalicans. _ _92
Some-oi "Secos campaign elfo'rts_,ran afoul oi the
-law. -Veco -wasilned by APOC in 19851 for a scheme
that Iunrteleyl secret donations to "certain candidates
through employee deduetio'n_s..fln 1989, AFDC inves-
tigated .a.$l,_§30il, 'co'nh'ibutidn;~made By Allen's girl-
friehd;Banl< records'showedshe'hadmade a $1,000
deposit and wrote the check the same day, leaving a
balance of $37.15.
Veeo grew in prominence and nancial strength
as E_x.92'orrs mainioii-spill-cleanup oontractorjn 2989.
rlllens_aid"he used the oil-spill prots to tiny the {oun-
- daring Anchorage Times, which he eventually closed
in 1992 preserving the Voice of the Times as a hall»
page editorial section within the Daily News!.
In 1994, Allen was named Alaslran of the Year;
sharing thatyearfs award with former Gov. Jay Ham-
mond. His contracting and construction work has
continued to grow, with subsidiaries working in the
LO92V0if&_18 and overseas. And so have his political con-
trlliutions, with sonic $560,080 spent on stole and ted-
erai political donations since zoos.
This year, iroriically, Ve<:os visibility in Juneau
nassomewhat reduced, given the crush of oil corn-
pany executives and loblsyists also woriring on oil tax
antigasdine bills; Vecohatl two professional lobby- on contract, according to disclosure forms: Paul
Richards and Kris Knauss. Allen land Veco vice presi-dent ltiel: Smith worked out of t.l1eBaranof Hotel and
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V JUNEAU It will be upto afu_ture governor to sign a eon-Q1 tract-fer a-$25 billion Ndrth.Siope naturalgaspigeline to Can}
ada,» Gov.» Ifrenk Murl£ow{sids'tep'aide saidWednesday. k _
This past month saw Miirléowsld92lose"his
<re;electionihid,~ BP»~shut down partloi theRrud.l}oe,Bay oil §1_a;m;1;reaera1 agents réifl
alawmakersf offices fortheir ties to an _oil 'eldI
services compani lfhé effects; of these events
ihave effectively dashed~*Murkow skis_ hopes{t0 be the go¢ernor_wlfo rlelisiers a_ti,seel~eon-%t_r_act'with, the states'large'stoiljcqm11anies- ' i~
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Murkowski Chief of Staff Jim .Clark,ReVe-
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Murkowskis,gas negbtiatinllgiteamifrietivithseveral state senators Wednesday in Anchor-
.age1iThe tall; no longer centered oii whether
to meet ina special session thisfall, but new '
ibesb to prepare the pasttwo !iear§_of jqigieligienegotiations for the next governor. ' 1Murkows_kis_chief of staff,
Jim Clark , said,*"0hviou'slyT:
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We_described to them that were goingto work to nish it
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contract, which could be presented in
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wl;ether;ti{e contract is in the states
l§est~§i2t§§refsts, pkis the framework at
partriershxg between the state andthetjgree oil companies that wduld own the
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agreementis still being negotiated.
State Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchor-'
age, participated in Wednesriafs meet-
ging. He said a new, session _W01il§ havefgbeenabad ideain the wake ofllie FBI ,
raid on sixlegisiators offices iast w'eek,lgith fexllzalxgxaésagents searching for anyt pegneia ' ntq .Veco Corp. and its ex-Pcutives, i .. .
Fran; my perspective, yogi} "jest "i_Fcou1dnt eonvene a Legislature under V
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so, would be that were operating un-
ti re cloud. . 8 Murkowsld, who was {luck huntmg
gt Wednesday, leeves ofijcewn December. Iaiter commg m last an the-three-way @_,___,
Republican prigxang gzaug. 22. Belibz lli ' A '11 1!11.$"Pa¬¥=92¥"*§3',_f<f;nngf¬?1'1e§ér2{léGe9. Tqny Kpewiesgrin the Nev. 7_gei92eral eieetienz
he weuld eat! Iewmakers heel: to the _.
capital for another try at a rewesed eon- H
tract, which weuktset nasicxal terms I{er BB Exxon ldobxi Earp; and Ceeoce 1 kPhillips to tap mto the North Siege s 35 - §
trillion cubic feet of gas reserves: ,{"l¬i£é?iii'eéiéeti§§1§ :§§{ir§5?F§§i §ai3?92
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them saying they saw magor aws watt: q
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§ Eight days after it came in-
to public view, an FBI investiga-
tion of Alaska state legislators
and possibly cor1;upttie_s to_Veco
Corp. is making --lawmakers,
candidates and political leaders
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i_i1'gitlieisélves,fron1;yfecd,'_the;_,*Qilf.ie.1<i $¢r!i9<:s,an$1 construe-tion company that has long been
a big player in Alaska politics,
byureturning campaign contri-
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House Speaker John Harris,
R-Valdez, said he telephoned the
FBI asking if the agency, couldat least say whos not a suspect.
No one called back.
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al e-mail addressed to All Can-
didates." , If the FBI should contact
you and ask to interview you,
it is very important that you
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, Ruedrich said he simply
wanted_Repub1ican, candidates
to know they had the right to an
attori1ey,3but Large s_,aidith,eres
more to it. ~
K, Large said he doesnt have
e>_cpe_rtise in criminal defense
work4_,-his background is in oil
and gas 1- so over the weekend
the country who are adept in
federal criminal cases.
He said he learned the gov-
ernment sometimes will give
witnesses» a non-subject let-
ter that explains they are not a
subject or target of the investi-
gation.
f If any Republican candidates
are contacted by the FBI, Largesaid, he wants to make sure they
know they can ask for that writ-,
ten assurance, that they can be
_represented by a lawyer, and
that they c_lqnt have to talk at all.
But the message isn't to keep
quiet; he saidfjust that ttheyK See Bap]: rage, VECOI , * 'he called lawyers_ fromarouiid
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fhe wouldrrt ask legislators :what.they?d
tall; to the RBI abnuil He wouldzft rep»-
jesent tliem but heeiiizid Kelp em nd
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ersk lzaée-Beep interviewed by th'e~FBI.
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they beialicing to themunless they,did. {rem beingasubject _o{an,inyes_tiga§ign, *
-/Remras said;92But Bamras, whofaces no ¢ ?sametl1hig%vron§<§; Largé éaid! *7 ~ "
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' ad maybe legal pretectionto Lar e HI ~ 0*eaae ' V '= 4 Y v" r lg
ti Yeul!,_n§>tiee;£hat lots =05 feliisgyiere
just'talkingto the FBI,§ta1ki:_1g to the
pops," he said<. I watch Lew and0r-
der. So Pm thinking, well I_ d0nt knew
§hats the best thing to leis or thats
the right thing to do.:" Penple can get
tliemselvesin trouble even if theyre not
guilty, he said, ' _
;_l;i.A:1 FBI spokesman,iErie Gonzalez,said he coultint comment on the e-mail
but said generalbYtheres- neprobiemwith someone giving advice. '
Sn far, Largesai_d; no one has eon-
tected him as~a result of the e-mail but
lune lawmaker did earlier in the week tie-
fqreit was sent.
E l, State Repl Jay Ramras, R-Feiriaanlis,
said whenthe 92FBIasked;him te come
in for an interview a few days age, he
turned to Large,
5»; I sought some legal adviee ehoutthe nature efthis beeeuse it is pretty se-
ginus to be called by the FBl,"- Ramras
seid. Large told him alzout the nen~sun-
ject letter, and Ramras asked the" FBI
ggents for ene; The'FBl-agents checked
with the U.S. Justice Department, then
told him they weuldn_t issue one but
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surancethat he cotild show others. ;=
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what he called a McCarthyism -lnteeview process. iflf ifs just a shing expedition,
not interested in participating in seme-
thing that could injure my good na'me, Vhe said. He said he is segregating
$500 eampaign epntribgltions {rum Yeceexecutivjes but haénft decided what to do it
xvitlz the money. l
Another Republicanvlegislatoi, Rep. ,5
John Ceghill-of North Pele, said he was
interviewed Wednesdayby the FBI. ii
$3oghil1,'the majority leader, said he 2%ggred the FBI will eveniuatiy qnes- i
tion the ; whoIe leadership. He said
he didxft hesitate to sit dawn with the
agents in the feiieral bvuilding~in~I*air-_-L1
the? tried,to_iead me into something. ;
hadnt "seen Ituedxiel1s@ e~mail*but Htheught that a_n<_>n~subjeet letter might
hehelpfui for some He didxft think he iii
needed it, though.
flhe-FBI wanted to know if92{eeo had
ever offered; him or his ygiie a jgb, or
asked him to vote a certain way er putin
certain amendments, he said; '
Nothing happened that was out of
line, he said. Veee eertainlyielzbied him,
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Shin. . . . I" ,Coghillsaid hefs riot returning ve
;$5l},coolributioos from Veco executives
o ibecause he's doxie hothhgg wrong.g; *_ My r'ec6r<l_s clear, he said.
iii ' "1%dirin£ feel any pressure, except}
X ln:e§qMxvhqt' £hey',w;an_§ed, saigd Qoghiil.E _ Itlce1'tainlji.lielps thein§ccess- to me. Bali it aioe§n§> pytjne uzideziahy oh-
gligation. The new p8i.1'0l81li'!l prots taxiéwas the big issqe,§a1zd he said he voted
ilfoz; a higher mac than Veoo wanted.
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ing around to sele if anyone gets in-trot»
hlezffhey say iheyre_gi_vigxg back recent1; Veeo-ijeieted dofxations. And there mayV2 be others in the give~bacl~: group.
l Republican lieixtexgant governor camK diiiate Sean Pamelllretumed two $500
¥"_Augusi, }ie~.sai §We<inesdoy ones re-
li Tm makixi {no mi naenz1~e§a»ame
ilktionj he said, but aiided that as a can-
es dili8!8,*92§1BjS h8lC_1 by the public to a high-
ter standard.
§; I can pest meet thosemamiarlis of
¥puhlie trust aml_tiar_xsperency i:yreturn-
fl ing the contributions, he said.
On Friday, Regmblican House can~
a ainst DemocratRe Har Crawford
5 lease ermounehgg he was gwmg 'mone$*
back too. Goxmasoxisaid he returned six
;; $500_,che~cks he received fron1,Yeco;of5
i7 ciais late last year:
f He said that he didgft want the dona-
.; tions to be a distraction in the campaign,
4% but that no one from 92"eco ever contact-
to the money. §
basket, he said: I ..checl=.s that Veco ofcials gave hinf in
iilurningaealiab}>ulVec0_epiitrihu0ns.~ _ __ N . w , ,6 ' 9 g -J g go ' gi ,R»jAh_<;horage;i_Sep.sDoni1y;=Q1son,%'I§;,,
1; the outcome o the cuz'rent*invesliga~~' Nome;~Rep.*Pete~Kott, R-Eagleiiiiiier;-
Edidete -Jeff Gofmason; whos >running_8 , P- FY , .liin East Anchorage, sent out ;1_ press re-a
I ed him or implied stljingsrwere altachedlP2: said; liixt 1e§g_t;e;1oe§ fol; ui pyolquo oo ' "g a vgent e- state I-Iouseinef est_Axi_e_oragé,; etis yam} a prolessionalhuslness /-relaliom **M0l$I1; Said li8z!ls'<i<li3£!X1'1'le'?si2£f$50l!"~
donations from Veco officials, as well
as a donation from Senate President
Ben Stevens, one of the six lawmakers
whose offices were searched.
No one from Veco e§'eif implied or
stated that something was wanted in re-
turn for the money; he said when called
by the Daily News Friday afternoon.
My returning their campaign dona-
tions is not personal, nor is it an opinion
of guilt versus innocence, he said.> But
I have promised to myself and to my vot-
Some" oiltical<:ahiiidate§E§1én£92vail 'é1smar1"ae es: waht to engage in ah?
unethical behavior, ever; ifits only peasceiyed. _ J
Moon, running against pemocrae
Maxi Gruenherg, said the anti~incuni-
bent sentiment heholicezl among voters
c this year, only seemed to; solidify onoe=.-the investigétioiz became jmblid. " ~ "L
The otheriegislatbrs sersexi with~
-e search warrants are Sen. John Cowdery
1.Rep-A Vie Kehezzs; R-Wa,sil¥==;;.92==j11,<l..!*T~§=:>-
lawmakers who have been irsteryieyveé
by the EBI.
[email protected],en ¢1s>o<1$.1ez1_<? med:dies the water ierihose who zire run-
ning for o£§ice, .=sai<l'I~Iarris;. the House.
fspeaker. He.wanted~the-Ii'BIrto cleafthe
;na{x1_e_s; }_i' those §92'ho;g:enlt;iznpliegted.92
Qtiier92irise,_ he sézizi; the public thinks
everyoneis guilty.
He hasnft been inte1_*;iejg:er1~buf._ said
hed absoluleiy? taikito £he;FBI. _ i _
To me, if yoii Hidn£ shy anythmg, if
you kept your mouth shut, the_tfs_preba-
bly worse than talking, Harris said.
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Repubilcan Party chairman Randy Roe-
_dn'ch responded to the FBI ra_id_ on Veco
lancl the lieglslature by telling the ADN,
ilwnoins §o.¢<1>::l¢11Isio=1s is t9ta1lym=1rpr<_>-prlate. j Q 4 ' F e
Rm§<ly;ebat:y,1hezes aeonclusion Pm
leaping to right here in print: Youre n-
ished in Alaska politics -~ and so are your
pals at tleco, including Bill Allen.t ,. The Republioanmkartywoxjft be able to
stand the stench iiozning from Véco Head-
quarters. The smell already has reached
Seattle shoe Rtrubtiéee SsnetemsiideteMike Moavick returned the $14,690 Veco
raised tor him,
That ripping soumi you hear in the back-
ground is Alaskzfs Republican elite teang
up invitations to Veco fumlralsers.
For the rest ofthis eleetion cycle, Randy,
you and your Republican friends are going
to play a little game of Survivor -- and
you and fatten will be the rst players tossed
off the islami.
Ilmow, somewhere in this column it ts
necessary to make the obligatory conces-
sion:Nobody has been arrested, nobody
has been convicted, no-
body has gone tojail.
But we dont have to
wait until the FBI has the -
Corrupt Bastards Club
perform the perp walk in
orange suits before grom-
menting on Veccis inu-
ence in the Legislature.Where does such
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bying laws less restrictive so corporate of-
ficials could report less of their activities.
And sueceetled when subservient lawmak-
ers passed a measure known as the Bill
Allen bi§l. _' _ v _
I watched part oitho process that pros
duced the Allen bill and sawy something I_
had !1<iYF2i'§¢'=I1,§*lm9¥§= l11e1.~">°Y@ws Pfrst-hand experience with the Legislatme;
Ralph Seokins ofI*airbanks, ohainnz-an
of Senate Judiciary, conducted a commit-
tee hearing on the hill. The committee was
gathering information. Not much trans-
pired during the afternoon.
A couple hours alter the hearing, I was
t in the bsir of the Boranof
Hotel; waiting for a friend.
Seelrins,_Bill_Allen and sew
ere} men I didn_t know sat
down or a nearby table.
They began talking about
the hearing amlbegan
laughing; Laughing at the hearing: Laughing at the
Everybody in the capi- ----»------»---_--- lobbying law, '
tol liuilgling knew Vécos money bought the
company exceptional access to lawmak-
ers. Everytgody in the lmilding lolew many
lawmakers, mostly Republicans were in;
ordinate! do endent o Veeo dollars for _ X P _ 11 e _ _their campaigns. Everybody in the lml_ldmg_ ~
knewtveco wanted to make the statelob~ -er-*>* <~ >-u-a¢ --wateeivrWhere does sucl1orr_oga_n?:e endiixdlfer-._
once to wntelting eyes come from?» '
-It is .wo_lI lmown ":1"]v92'e leave all had the
o>z;§erie_nco =- that tizhilewe go tlzrougtrlife
ohseriing others, we like to pretend othets
ar'e_not o§:serving,us, our behavior does not
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BillA}len,>92?eco4aitd their legislative al~
ties became so powertui to Juneau, so influ-
ential in the Capitol, they not only aspired
to emmsozeriee not invisibility.
It never occurred to them anyone would
y see them for who they are - let alone the
FBI?-r-~!and they never _saw_ themselves forwho they are. Selawaréness was beyond a
their grasp. W
The some thing with those latsonakers
who called themselves the Corrupt Bas~
-tards one -- and probably. gave the iieme
to a book that will be written aboiit this.
scandal. These blockheaos thought theycould have a laugh over allegations that "
.tl1ey_wero in 92_'ecos j_!l!Cl¬Qt.,92Yh}0 vgould n_o-
tioe and have ttrepowerto call them to ac-
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For years, our triends in -luneaulzave in-
sisted they are tough on crime =;-1-,just throw
another pot smoker lnjeil and well all be
safer. Well, were about to nd otrtwhat_l1ap-
pens tothose yvhoget stoned on arrogance
anti suffer the illusion -7- as those1oagled_of; Ll
ten do ~"= then" behavior W111 be neither non 11ti{:¬§i nor r;ueétio}j_=-:<l..' 92 ' '
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i- frompadinitting the obvious: Big}-money contributors have92 too big a role in Alaska politics. It taints the entire legislativejprocess and undermines the credibility of public oicials.
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canThe four Veco executives named in the FBI warrants
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Posted: September 12, 2006 - 8:512 pm
Dally News reporter Lisa Demer talked to Senate
hopeful Earl Mayo today about Veco, but first, it's
probably worth getting on the record that David
Dittman says he hasnt heard a thing from the FBI.
He was actually kind of hoping to be questioned, to see
what they were interested in, he said. Then someone
said, Oh no you <lont."
Anyway,_ hack to Mayo, Lisa writes:
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Earl Mayo, the How How restaurant owner and -
Republican who is running for the open Senate seat in
East Anchorage, on Tuesday became the latest
candidate to announce he doeszft wont Veco money. He
said he returned slx,_$50£i checks in contributions from
Veco executives last week.
"I am not saying they have done anything wrong at all,"
Mayo said. No.one_frorn Veep ever approached him
about wanting anything. But "if there ls any impropriety
in it, we dont want it." He said he was following the
advice of his campaign consultants, Marc and Jean
Hellenthal.
The FBI is investigating Veco Corp, and its possibly
corrupt relationships with lawmakers. Mayo said the FBI
questioned him but he didn't want to discuss what
agents talked with him about and said he oldnt know
anything anyway.
As far as I know, Fm not suspected of anything. I am
not in power. I am not in a position to give favors,"
Mayo said. Even if he beats Democrat Bill Wielechooiski
in ilovember and becomes a senator, he wont be one
to cater to special interests, he said. "I am 3'5 and Fm
not going to change.
On Sept. S, we reported that i-ielientiaal was among the
people interviewed by the FBI.
Darwin Peterson today said he nasnjt been contacted by
investigators. , -li m
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About the biog: The race to
become Alaska's next governor is on
and its about lo get muddyisrals
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along we winding campaign trail.
Contact lnouail@adn_com
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If you read the post that includes his e-mail and letter
to Bill Allen ~- his comments are similar to Matt Moon's
quotes about why he returned Veco money.
Why is that? Peterson said Heiienthal is a political
consultant for them both.
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Palin and Veco
Sarah Palin got thousands of dollars in Veco
contributions the last time she ran. Tony Knowles did
not. Enough said.
new iilaskasiraigitaikeri September 14, 2006 - 12:27pm
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Coming to a biog near you by Mike Doogan
Until May 1994, Knowles was just another liberal
Democrat with ambitions. Then -- in an essay in the
voice of the Times, owned by Veco chairman Bill
Allen -- Knowles sided with the oil industry in a tax
ght with the state. Soon after taking the oath of
ofce, he made a tour of oil capitals, accompanied by
Alien.
During Knowles rst legislative session, he pushed
through a bill that allowed oil companies to pay less
for leases, a benet for BP. This session, he's*9!8l20%'9.*33'pmWell hello... UPDATED!-
9/1112006 11:01 am
Another Veco return 9 919/2006
8:05 pm
Their sources must be better
than mine - 91912006 2:47 pm
Today was a print edition day -
So » 9/T/2006 7:57 pm
Parnell - 9/6/2006 4:51 pm
UPDATED: Read the search
warrant! 9/6/2006 4:16 pm
it was only a matter of time -
91512006 8:20 pm
Pay back - 9/5/2006 2:10 pm
full archive »
pushing a deal that would lower BP's payments on Northstar._
in 1995, almost all of the $45,000 that Arco, Veco and 8P gave to the .
Democratic Party was paid at the time of Knowles inauguration, a midsummer
shing trip fund-raiser for Knowles, or a December fund-raiser for a fund that
Knowles uses to pay personal and political expenses. Last year was the rst
time in the 1990s that any of the companies gave more money to the
Democratic Party than to the Republican Party. That company was BR.
What is the relationship between all Knowles effort and all the companies
money?
"For too long, Alaska Republicans have managed to extract the majority of
campaign dollars from the oil industry," said Bob King, Knowles press
secretary. "Aiaska's political chemistry changed last year when Democrats led
the way in keeping the industry healthy. Hopefully, voters will also appreciate
what the industry has come to know when election time comes around.
From the companies point of view, the campaign contributions are good
investments. if you were BP, wouldn't you invest $350,000 if what you got in
return was $100 million? When you're dealing in those sorts of numbers, even_
Arco's $750,000 seems like chump change.
But not to the politicians. To them, it's a lot of money. That's one reason
legislative Republicans are trying to pass their bill and block Knowles bill, and
vice versa. Each side wants the credit. Of course, they've got the perfect
compromise. Pass both bills. That way the companies get everything they want.
And the money keeps owing.
http://www.adn.com/legislature/opinions/doogan/story/2460663p-
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Doogan was always a talkative kinda guy........
How far back can the FBI investigate?
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liberal democrats
don't get elected in States like Alaska. Veco gave $45,000 to they
democratic party? That gure seems awfully high, especially since
democrats are and have always been ever since I could remember, the
minority party. How much did Veco give to the republican party? I'm
curious. You refer back to a time when oil was $9 a barrel. What other
companies beneted from the bill you say Knowles "pushed throught?" Not
just BP. if companies pay less for a lease doesn't that create an incentive
for them to deveiope? Was there a better way back then?
new opal 1 September 14, 2006 ~ 10:33pm
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follow the money
the reason they gave it to the democratioparty was because VECO had
limited outon individual contributions to Tony and they needed the
party to launder the money. You can give up to $25k to the party and
they can then funnelit to the candidate for governorup to $200k.
What did VECO get for their money? truthseeker will have to go on the
net and see what she can nd. Haven't looked up the new law just
passed by initiative but l believe it reduces the amount you can give to ~
the party and that the party can give to the candidates. That law will
not take effect until after the general election but it is a good thing.
new lruthseeker] September 15, 2006 - 8:59am
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in 1998 and in 2006companies were not allowed to give money
to candidates or the Democratic Party. I believe the rule thhen
and I know the rule now is that the contribution level to parties is F
$10K per individual. My recollection from 1998 my memory isn't
100%! is that the TK/FU campaign got far less than $200K from
the Party. In fact it was probably $50K or less.
thanks.
new iesiia I September 15. 2006 - 10:50pm
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You seem to have it all figured out
Not! Veco needed the democratic party to launder the money for
Knowles??? Are you listening to what you are saying? The FBI
would have showedup a long time ago if there were any truth to
what you are suggesting. Veco doesn't support Knowles. You
obviously didn't you read the Veco Times editorials bashing him
over, and over, and over again when he ran for Senate...Veco
s hates him because he supports Labor Unions, PLAs and is against
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new opal l September 15. 2006 6:15pm FBI Stevens564
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And to this I would say
_ A 7 ~ There was approximately one vitriolic VOT editorial per week T
against Tony Knowles in 2004. Combined with the 2003
attacks, it probably added up to over 70 editorials. That's no
way to treat someone you "support."
new ieslie | September 15, 2006, - 10:53pm
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http://community.adn.com/f?q=adn/node/102223 - i 9/19/2006'
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That was then, this is now...
Check out this fundraiser:
http://republicanmoderate.biogspot.com/2006/09/loolo
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new marly2 I September 16. 2006 - 4:58am
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That makes them all suspect? Please. Even I know
Bill Allen. And believe me, I'm not going_to prison
soon. At least not for that.
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A closed primary vent
I know this is off topic and you probably discussed this way back at the time of
the primary, but just wanted to get it off my chest. The ciosed primary isn't
making sense to me and just seems wrong. I had to choose the non-R ballot to
vote for my representative, but my rst choice for Governor wasn't on the
ballot I had to use. I understand why the R's pushed the issue and I think it has
even withstood legal challenge -' but it still ain't right. I won't vote down some
party line - I want the best person in office and that has little to do with party
affiliation In my book.
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To solve your problem, *
To solve your problem, perhaps there shouldn't be a 'primary'. The primary ,
is designed to allow each of Alaska's political parties, l.e. Ds Rs, RMs, AIPs,
Gs,Jetc. to designate their Party's candidate for ofce. Having you vote ln a
party's primary without being a member is like having Joe Torre of the
Yankees decide the starting lineup for the visiting Red Sox.
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Less is good
One good thing about all the VECO money beingreturned is that there will be
less money for political advertising. Yeah!!!
By*theytway;..full disclosure. I was on the VECO payroll for about 2 months
during the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup. Was anyone else on the beach crew In
Chignikthat summer?
new marty2 ISepiember 12. 2006 - 10:24pm
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J UNEAU The sponsor of
a plan to create~an Alaska _; gam
ing commission says he turned in
enough signatures to the Division of
Elections on Monday to place an
tiative on the 2008 ballot.
~ Darwin Biwerywho owns the
Ychofage bar Darwins Theory and
leads a group called Alaskans for
Gaming Reform, said he delivered
'b50,405 signatures to the divisionl
; It took a year and $100,000,¢but'
}we jumped through all the hoops,
_ he said.
; The initiative would create a
I commission to regulate gaming in
Alaska: Gaming IS new overseen bythe Department of Revenue and in-
volves nearly two dozen games. of
1 chance and contests of skill from ice
~ I classics to bingo and pull~tabs.
The commission would be able
to expand'gamblingiii the state, al-<
though Biwer said that is not his
aim. _
This isAlaskans for Gaminéllte:
lforrn, not Alaskans for Gaining aki-
;n_qs, he said. The gaming commis-
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minister, monitor; authorize and en-
kforce all gaming, activities. Bightnow, there is no enforcement.
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ed agains estabiishiug a gaming commission.
Qnxong the reasons cited by we task force_mem-
hers wags that it gvoulgi pgjesentan opgiortzmity iniexpandggambiing 1:; A!as}_~;a fan_d_t.hé1t'p_:cb}ems
w§th me indpstry could be addressed through
ci1az1ges:ix1 aws and regulatiops.
The headfofthe task forceyep. Tom Ander-~
son, R~Ancho:jage, -disugiegd withjhe @1810 .He xvzjpte in a March 30 letter gizcompanying thé
report that pervasive ialiacies exist abdut the
status ami-famre at gamingén Aiaska and en-
dorsing £1 ne-w=nmmis§i¢R d<1.e$; .9??? Banal an §1z-_.
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_rec'ominendations.The L1_egL=§ature_:wii£ have twa>session's tin pass abii£si§z1_i!z§r to his initiaiiye if
want ta keep itp the bai§ot,- he said,
ha piaced an {he 2888 primary election bai-
{omhe petiizien had to receive 31,45; sigrxatxzfés
tromvzpters, or 10 percent rsi tfzeatumaut aims{ask elezgioxsz» ~
if-lug, the signatures»had_to come from three-
quarters of thé states 4!! House disixicts i_nstea_<1
of two-thirds. Within each of those districts, vpe~
onefs must gather signatures from at least .7
pergzexit of those whokvobed in the last election Idr
§hét diéirict to count izgthe totali L _ __
, Biwizr had a deasiiine of Mdndéiy t<3mi*zi_ixith'é
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-Kjeliy; _the <i_§v§si~:m_s eiectioxgs agimiggi}tratién superirisoi, said division o§§icia§g;x§§§i}re-
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F ecutives contributed $3,000 to the -Unalaska* ,_ Democrat's campaign.
Four of the six executives have been. t linked to an FBI investigation that resulted in1 raids of six legislators offices Aug. 31.
L denies that the Veco campaign contributions, didn"i' buy his vat
Moses, contacted Monday in Unalaska, /it
had anything to do with his vote and said his 3?name has not previously been connected with Moses b the FBI raids.
V Dont 'worry; I'm squeaky clean," Mosessaid. I dont ae-i_ cept contributions on thatbasisjf 7 :__.Wloses .~;ay§Ve¢o
1 1»,n DONATION: The ailing Democratic legislator,t whose campaign got $3,000, broke an impasse.
1 J UNEAU Days before an ailing Rep. Carl Moses ew from Anchorage to cast the deciding vote on a contentious oiland gas tax bill last month, six Veco Corp. ex-4 ;~» 92: "
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One of the.2Q search warrants exécutedjn
the EB! _raids¥1in_kstt31e_investigati0;; to the tax
hit} passed last month by the_~Leg§siature and the
tdraft naturélgas pipeI92ine,c'ontract_ proposed by
. Ge Eréllik M"1k5?!$1§ 93.1.11 BR. Ei9<<.>n192/Iota! ¬3<>i'p--and Conecd Philiips. _ '_j ' ' '
Q The warrant caliekiier §e.izuré"of~d<ieuinénts
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. gifts er employment pzbyided by Yecd or company1 executivee Bill AlIen,Ri¢k-Smiti1;-Pétefiééiatdand Rogenhan. 1 e _ 1» , 1
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Alaéka Euhtic Qftit:_<?-L;oi1iinission recbrds'.>fIhen,
on Aug. ?,' Th0n:es'Car}~;ran,'~§{eco?s, chi_é£i:3§orma~
tion oicex; denatetL$50i!'n3g!re, *
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jor political player in Alasjza, typiealIy§§upports
é Eepub1iean_certdidates. ifhe contr_ib'txt_io5'1$~{o Me-
ses __areanwng the Zinly doziatioi"x's'~ck3inii'an§}ffe$<~
eeutives.hzwe_ given't0,a 1_3eri{o<:frat-tliisjelegztion
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Etiykarcls is stttt too c1ese to.'eai! lftizgttleppeare
heeded toward a ma:idatory;recpnqtg_by.1e:Divi=sioh gf-Eleet§onfs1 A 1, 92; »
sn§§po'rte5i'th'e'net-juretit pioduetiontazi pian ;irbposekttiy Murkowski; butji§>,f:_x¢ed:§ejg>§~oi:posi-
tion in_th_e House of Rep:*esenta_tives,<-T§vieebe-
. fore, the'taxip1an had been 1*ejecteki.fS<ime,1é9292v-
_I'Ii;'i1§§3§S}§§S1ik¬ i the eimcture <1; a tatigbgisetl on
eompanyiprots, some tmtgnt theta!; gate was
ma tow and others thozagittit tog ,
¢1v¬¥"g~1-1% We @111 eemed dvemsee @291 -itwaé {e nal day of1the se<':on'd spéeialT§es'§ibn;
ween the-Hpnse failed by aisihgle vote to gathex
tijte 211y§tes;needed tq passthe measure. The only
i s1aiorn1i§sin was Mose who was recu erl'92~i:§2-~»92-:1»--~ 2:»-#.~>92g t 4-. -S -'- , -JP. ,92§t3ngI;n;=§n¢};5Q§age from a pmch§;i92n_erve. _** §_~§
V _m1§.i-'1g2ng,t}1yAf*g'l92;£cess I $31/as caltedr whiie MosesbQar3e5.§P1§%55*1§§3§§{ 1° J* fijhe;§t{ate;§>n§it§tqr._the_ ightigt-Ie§es,said, He
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That nig1it;,tl1e'}5Ipiggs_e 1§e_oonvenedand'pasée_r3
the hilt. The na1§§*6tewas 26#14;ivith.se§*e17ai I¬g~
lmatter had been deéiyiedp. - ,- A 7 1 ,,:
I Moses saigi he t1ad=a Qbig stakejni-that vote:
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the rural fue} cost subsidy a major 1n<>en_§192§-_3 -Mdses eaui he d_oes net glen to whim 319 V9 ?executives caqtpatgn contpxbutmns, as some oth-
ier candidates have ztlready dope. _ _§ £1 den: have a gmlty oo_nsc1ence, he sa1d.. .Moses said he thinks he reeeived the <>h6<>R$ inthemait and said he doesnt recait wh&i92!11'0m9§;
ed the donations, They were wet offeged $011;- J,
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Meanwhile; a ret1rmgIeg1s!_ator.who tjecelvedtens bf thousands of dollars "m consultmg fees
from Veco has not qespanded to ;ep<>rters' inqui-
: es about those fees fer nearly, two weeks.
Rep". "Tom A1fdéts0n,R;Ane1}_<f¥Bg§§_ Yeeived1 $30,000 in consulting tees f1t0mY¢.<53 heme?" 2°03
_ and 28115, according to_APO ! itkngs. , ~-Anderson and'Senate"presnient}3en Stevens,
R-Ancherage,-are the onty two tegastators to re
port consttmg fees £t~omMeco'm1hat tune." VStevens, the eon of U,S. Sen._Te_d Ste92fe1}S,_h@5 ,
repbfted making $252,901? fkfm the ¢°mPanY 51939-
2801, inetuding $5?,6_60 lastyear. V _Stévehsl office was onew;>t' these: ranted; Atl-
d§1_'s0n$92K{aS_I}01l., _ 1 _ _ ~ '4 .
4 .A ,review,to£.Anderson{s tinanctal vgltsciospgesarea with Avon _s1;<>ws.ma_t Amersqn 92v¢§1Pe1<1consulting fees on-three eoqeelims by Vw}, £91311 mg $33399; "g}gg§,3§3.311pY0{!G§ltiO oesearch, con-sultation on Russzan bnsmess enaieavor and con'¬.$gng, n" community conned and govern-
men :rs.. _ H .1 _. , Legislators are not reqnzgett to xietatl the §'I<>i'1<
1 theyldci{of-'tIiein§:ensnti:xzzg-tees; _~ b __ _I A}1iie:'son's;'wife,AI§epubi1<:§n-;R@P- L353 M?1 Guire of Aimchorage, as runnxngjfor the Senate
1 seat Stevens is vacating; .Andersen -hes~not-_veturned92~mes§3g§5 1&3 by'1 phoizeaaxid e-niéit since the raids took place. A1 legislative aide to"1>¢IeGuire said'Monday that Mc-
a Guire and Anderson were.on'§1acation out of state
: and could not be reached for comment. Stevens
1 etse has not returned repeated g;a}Is.. __ _1 Uepartment of Justice spokesntan Bryan $1-
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r _laskas Eiture is exploiting aweakness in state F Acampaign disglosure laws as it ghts the natural gas M
.1 at1§;ist,$2,3,ssa l1Igil1§g'V9t¢1 ~§tQ defeat the ;ax,i>_fm iiipi, doesnft have to follow disclosure rules that normally applyT to groups ghting akballotymeasure. The group says it can"l<eei5 its Qvnht listiégéeret and not réiwrt <1etsil§,°,n..il§.eX-' ,g -penses because it is not a group whose major purpose Y se¢uring' or defeating a ballot initiative; , g kll That means Alaska's F 'tlll.¬_lS so well-heeled that its3 $33,Q00 expense is not fmajor! lt nieans Alaslgafs Future is;|' such a husyiorganiration that its anti-reserves tax advocacy 5 is just one ofmany activities. It means that prior to spend-
Wing the $33,000, A1asl<ash1iture had hundreds of thousands
' /of dollars-inothér money spent on other purposes.
f ' It meaiis no one from the group went out and solicited.
limoney, sayiii g,*tGive it to us and wel1 use it to ght there-
e-sérves tax iiiitiativeit Itlmeans no one gave money with the
- lunderstandin'g it would be used to ght thetaxalt means a
j tBP official misspokewhén he told a reportenthe company.i r had given money to Alaskas Future to ght the initiative.I 1 . Tolclaini the campaign disclosure exemption, the people
1 running-Alaskas-Ftiture must have complete discretion;
it . about whetherto spend any, donation on ghtingithelrepr
serves tang, It means everyone who gave to the group wouldj have been content if Alaskas Future didnt utter a peep -»
p I abjiut the ijeseryes tax vote, but used it to, say, urge develop-
} 1 inljnt of the Pebble mine or ANWR or the gas line.* Alasrka'sEtiture may be what it claims to be - a group of
dustry view on oil,» gas and other development issues.
The ma be a ood e lanation wh half its board of i
i . ting im_who§_e clients include major oil companies.1 ; i, fljhere maybe a good e:;planatio_n_for why the groups =5routine business kishandledphy a prominent Alaska Republi-
>l There may be a good explanationzwhy the group's ofoial
tfssfce 1°¢e$i91tiI1 A11@hQr§ge.neier_§eemstelzeiisede» .. e_ , p ~. __ rpsei;ves tax on the Nov. 7 ballot. The group has spent; p
young Alaskanswho raise lots of mdney to promote a pro-in-
Q ,.r.*,¥92e .-, y1.....v , y ~ '5 .dii-ectoijs are inenibers_of a Waslungton, D.C., law and lobby-
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A E.he,;;§§wI'j,e§te<lr§qpone»e l1°_b¢8i-¢0lle_0t_iiigsigi1atures.p gt ~ F95 3.01? SP°"9_°11I18 the f¬lX initiative want the
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p = 4 ,. 0; p spicions.. $231215 Feqllflje the oominission takea detailed look at Alas ; ;, gs Fl!¬ {.e S féiilqtal records and advocacy materials. is ig$;_knd °f$°1"t"1y1l1t° 3 Political group's operations_ ive, but Alaskavoters have the right to know who is
p ; lfAlaskas lititure wants to proteizt the privacy of its otherit ractivities, it has two choices- It can fess up and voluntariltdeslsssité l?§1_l<ft-related cohtributions and eicpenditurésy°1*t can ereate a separate group solely to ght the ballot measure, regmg all donations and expenses. Thats whatthe Alaska Oil and Gas Association is doing accordin. ; . . . . _ , I _ g toBrtélilé giles, director of the public offices t:0ri1rnissiQn_i ,5 sima 16? ?!§?§Y°§1§'x group, goth ll! ?15.closure, is clean;. . 1?. » F? .1 "E 0 dsfiska s v_oters right to knowfwho$15 trying to inuence them. Its the right way to gQ_ »Claszliiication: 194A-AN~l3620-M -"
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For six years, the citys ethics board has
ibeen working on a new law goirerning eon-
=ilict_s of interestangzong elected oicials,
1 members of city hoards and mimiclpal em~
ljployees. While some improvements have
Pbeen made by assembly coufzsel, the draft
mow before the92An<:horage Assembly rais-
tes too many unanswered questions and still
needs work; Heres my list efjssues that
need to he resolved befolfe the ew ethics
code becomes law. '
- Even if a member hasa substantial '-
uaneial interest in a matter tielore thesis-
sembly or School Board, the new ethics
code allows the member to vote if the body
Inds that action in the public interest."
This lower standard for public accouhtabil-.J
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not dened in the new law, stibstaritialen»'-
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idence to sustain a violation but not evi;
éiti opens the door to backroom deals has . ><le1ic_e tbeypml areasoiialile ifsetl ll},
tween lawmakers who may place their own
interests above the public interest in offi-
cial actions.
'i Consulting contracts with elected qt-
tcials are not addressed. State legislators
made huge sumsjn recent years by
suiting with private rms that are 1¢eguiat~
egl hyho; have business before state axid lo-
cal governments. Evegrthough these inter-
ests were disclosecl in thécases of two state
senators, the public needs to tliseuss "ahcl _,decide it these same aetlvities_byioe_al_ of- 2cilalils should he alloweclin Aiichoage we . ' Ocials can regiresent private ixiter; ¥
eels hefozje niuniciglal staff.92Curiousi;§the *new cede emits an existing 'p_mvls1_ on .whi<:ll
bars electegi oflieials fxjoin representing pri vate clierits before municiflal agehcies and§
employees. This new loophole should be
plugged before it is discovered hy lawyers
on the Assembly. _
~.- How much evidexgcejts egqugh to sus-
tain a violation? The new code says the,criminal cases, or by a'p¥egondeg'a§1ce of-
evideiice used iu civil cases.*"lhecivil stau-
dard should apply here. _ *
' - Are Beargl of Ethics in'ves_tigatioi_1s
really fair? The new ethics lavy makes no
gua;'anteetl'3at gersons iovestigeté by thehoatd may present withésses on ttieixj own
behalf: lvlpteoveix; the right of cross-exai_n~
iriationj is not allowed inboard hearihgs.
Constitigtlohally 'g"uara:iteecl due process
may be lacking it; hoard iovestigaticns._ ~
- What role aces the Asse}i1bl!: or School
Boarki play o'nce the board has uizhelrl a
complaint? The new cogie is unpleaiias to _
" whether the board's x1ding o£a 92'§iolation_ i
.is.bin¢it§a on the Aeeétebbt sshivei B,°*~t'.1 er
_a§in3inlstratien or if a se_éo1;i_l hearitigfhust
be held before sanctions, including lines,tare léizied. l _
' What about the common law? Pri-
or court decisions form the _co'nimon_ law"
which, along with the constltuttoil aglci stat:
utorylaw compgises all of thalaw govern-W _ing public ethics. The new code does hot an-
_ -__ "Witt; J V_ .te_ 8 shoulcfbe pluggegi. 4
'sj§ver tliéques_tio}'1 as to whether cominim ' ."law iliixlcipltis govéi-niigg ethics will survive enéictineht of the nessicixiéz
1~sShoul<i the'Boa'rd of Ethics police the 1
Assembly and School Board oi: open meet- '{5
ings? The new code carries cuer existing E
laws which empower the Board qt Ethics leheez; and remedy compléihts agaiilst the Ké¥ss§.i§ll>lg}' an'clSéheol Boantover the open e
meetings iaw. The amended state law _cen- *
tains detailed provisions goxieming rem- 92edies; the questiounaturally agises as to ; ' a
whether the ptlhlic is better protected if the ,
Board ofltliics can get into the act.jDoes 1~ the board have ally special expertise in that EI v? 'ax
Assembly VicéiChaii* Qebbie 0ssian- _ ; *
tier préiiiises a new trait of tlie ethics 9rdl- ii
hence on_Fri<lay anti thatit em be heard by
the alssenzhlyoe Oct, 14;l,ets hcpe these*questions are answered izithe newest draft
and thatljissembly members hear direct~
lg from the public on the etliiggs cocle. The -
eagle is !f1ot'$y1'itte:1fortlie {Sonvenience of ,
eleetettox apgiointed oclats; insteasl it rep-
resents the'cemmunitys expectations"ii3~
how the publics business isto be congluct:
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*Béeai1éé Ive cmséodisgvoidsf ple;1ty;5f 'times-on stats policy withthé Vecojrppb midjis political'cronies from boih parties, I_§a1_xi w§11~p_osi_tj_oneod;toi;say,Athat I wox1_d§n§y13y,.p;ofe§',s1e'd civil oi*;p_olitica1,5. libgijérigng or indepondeigts jn_AIQsl<a,é1-§nft";;on-"'cer;1_edj_abp_f1£ RBI <'>i_1 the "ofc ;e$ of:st3até*1aivn,1a!<ersjqiiti1out-'so*"n1'iich~ ééia ppbliclyc lecf§lgillof~ixi"<iiétin*ent o:f %=1i1~est A"r§;1id_ onjg ig92wnal<ers ofceiiszairaid ,'on your priirile'§e to, communicate with that,v!aw;nql<er_amj_inuence decisions, noijust §il len_s., .g I _,FF " Ilrthose boxes of 2i6éuxnénts1éeii*tédoif aire iét-
i ¢»»h who 1=iv>ii'1a1<¢rs?;1i.i>$é%ifd:6t1ib1i1;¢é1iiiqditxjrialjconcem *e1;'1e1jges.' Instead,;formg;} alliesand,cahdigiat_e§_t1m for. ;covér,We gét,h_new_spa;per story aboutBill'A1len~ piiséixgg paths 'ove§-,;£h_q __{..egislat11r§?s rails, which pppa;'ently' ;ii,dntdesexfvé p'uliliEation~wheh"thZ§:IJegislaiti1r¢;'1Fvassessiqiiqwyhenkit h_1ight,hr='<%i110used p1;b1iéo'1itx 2§ggé, ;]§Iecos jxiugnge 11qs pg§_;1 p;ir_t;bf Cagitoi sce;1e:f°*~Y°=."$» '$eP*~?>-4 X T.» T ' L"Hay gpany timeshaye opemended policeiigations philled freedom ofspée'cheindhf1'eé iom 0fpolitical p'ptition and fréedqni of ~a!1ssociatioh?"TothoséJquiey:.crowing <$i"lo1_1d1y-bheering, may I_penqind you of an old hippie 'aphorism': * iWh'a; goes_q.ro_1md coxiggs z;ufom1'dff?'> . " _ '* _ .. -stgveconnis ,iMA+ANi5bZ0s;P¢fAA ii-sewd
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* It is quite reasonable {oi the aver».
age Aiaskan to wonder who our elect-_
ed leaders work for. We the people? Or
whoever wxites the ingest checks?
~ The FBI raids o1i'sixlegislators of_-
fioes early this month reminded us just
how cozy some lawmakers arewith »
- soximcampoign eonirihuters. '1_he:essomething rotten in Juneau, end itfs '
sapping our trust.
Luokily_there's an easy may for Laxv:
makezs to regain at least e portion of
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Pass the ethicsbiiis that;_diet}_ leste session, . I 92
When the new_ses_sion begins in .
January, we bills the; address con~
ick-of-inierest concerns wiii be re-in»
lroduced. ' ,
..- ~ One is Berta Gerdnorfs bill £hat
would require lawmakers to disclose
more informationabou_t the income
they receive; The othezf is Les Garas
bit! that_wou1d'ciose the Gregg Renkes
loophole in the executive branch eth-~
ios law. I Q , L
Ga,r_tiner,s biil would require a'!eg~
islator who hes a consuitin ob worth. ~ ' . * gi . Y
more thao'$5;0i.l0 to tell us whetex-
aetiy iheydo to earn their moxie? and
;_how1nany hours they expect to spendDgc;
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on ti1ejoh.,Exeep£ions would bemade
if the'Ia9292m1'ake1*is a l_iconse'd'pr0fes»
sionei performing san;Zcesfin_hi_s ox
her eld of eqipeyijse -"- a1icé1§sédiaw~
yeiproyiding legal consnltetion, for in:
~st;gn<;e. _ -
This is a most-pass biii,_given that
so much of so; t1istrus§ pongerns poi;
itieiens Xvhqeoilect hogs paycheeks
but ivont say ho§v.they earn them. The
eurgfent poster chiid for ghis is:Ben St}:-
viensvho has reported receiving ve
' ears and 52 988 worth of eonsit X ._ $2 - __~ing fees from Veeo-' but refuses to say
hmy he earns {he monojig becausecur-rent law doesxft reqizire hini to.
-I,tgi he nice Lfoiicigms gave us
tlgis information becaiise they believe
in t1'a'nspar8£i¢$ 1-:4 or st one least, be-
geuse theyre,won?ied _itm3ght»iAook kei>7 theyke aking the money for favors be-
stowed instead of services rendereci.' . one this is {&ia§i&§,"not Ugopja, sowe
needs no ma: requiies them to zen
-us tese things. Otherwise, §he;~_ewii1
be moss who sixi that it's none of our
tiqsiiiess, when in fact its very much:binf_b}{siness.. l _
_Gerdners hi}! made it to the House
'Stabé. Afféirs Committee, big; no iii-.
£h_e1: A Senate kiefsion of the bill, intro
dubed bi Anéfiorage Dexizo'crat'Ho1iis
Freneh, é1iso_ste_I}ed. _ _
In Iighfof ms FBI raids mat seem
to tazjget the link igetween several iegv
islators andyecé, Gaujnefs biisiioulgi'be_a'pop'vg1s;~ ozie this Ifjt doesnftz
get bipartisan support, it should 1}e on~.
Ky beeaose 21 Regublican introduces
one to hers.
Ami is ?**@¢;1i?ei>- 13% Latrm. <1?-+11:
chqraso who told .1_@-Wily 1.¥éwso.§2<=;i<_go§nt think iegislstors should 210--
cegtsany consulting fees, is working on
e _ref¬>rm bilfoihis ovm. Honse Spea_k~
er John Harris of Valdez, meanivh§le,_
" g:_:arantees ethiosreform will no an
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hale in the ekecuiive biailbh ethics law
that allowed former Alto mey Gener-
al Renlces £9 dodge serious ethics vi-
olations. Renkes owned more than
~ $100,000 worth of stock in a company
that potentially stood to benét from a
State coiilrgcl he was helping to nego-
tiate, bpiijeufxexit léEw"qibesn§ puf; a dol-
lar amount an whaa pignsigiered a'sig-
nieant enough zxanqialstake to cm»
stitute a conict.
The fox_méx1I3.$i-iattriiey "who ruled
on the Renkes ease poiniéal out the
aw and ad»'ise§i legiiatege to x it.
That was~20 inentixs-' a'g0,_e.x1<§t!:e leepl
l;_oles stiil there, waiting $0132 takenrallvaiatege eiagaixi: '1 "
Les Gare; la Hausa Deihocrat freni
-Azicherage, iicredziized a x; thats
bqtlz simgzle and obiieaisi Pu; a cloilaki
amount in {lie law. His original versinn
»_s,et the Iiniit at $5,930, which was late:
aknendeile $1{_§,00Q'. " " .- __ " _ '_
French inlroiiucegi _a sjiiiiiar biilain
the Sg;1ate:Bu§ne_itl1er got anygvhere,
because Fairbanksilepublican Ralpli
Seekins intmdiiced a vex-aloft that c:§e~
ated more problenj:$'_tha;: it xed - but
because he's a member of the majority,it was the preferred bill. -' '
Seekins bill would have established
:a $10,000 limit that would be waived
if the stock is placed in a blind Irush
Worse, at varying times it would have
punished people who disclose con-
dential ethics infomgation with jail time
gup tea year! or nes up lb $5,000!.
The bill was amended_to elixnhjate
the spectre of nes misc_'£a;n'ean~
ors, although it still would have made it
-illegal to tallgabogi the lii§g' of aé'en}-
{>iaint'6r even alien; we poeniial lingefa c0m'plai:iL_ ' _ *
Ami ilialfs ei p'r§;blem,_beceuse.a- .
niemo fvém the {.'e§is'lali1:92éZs_L.e§ei: __
Sezviee_ssays the bill eaulzi expose pgi-.fba_t,e cliizéegzeto civil liability ion talking alsut a cemplaint.
Tiaebill passed the Senate but riidxft
maize-it to the House flaor. Tlzat-means
tiie simple x prépesesi by Gara arid 0
French icéiuiwi haire Yajghting ehanee
§e_5.éion.f Alaskans should be fei-
iloxjrilxg ponfliet-einterest issues claser
than evex; and we should demand that-exielepwininalxers pass gbbd billsllf we -
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Last month, state -Rep. Tom
Anderson testified before the
Anchorage Assembly in favor~ of Wal-Ma'rts plan for two stores
in his old neighborhood. Assem-
bly chairman Dan Sullivan in-
troduced him as Representative
Anderson, but the lawmaker for
Muldoon corrected him. ti M
92He was thererepresenting' the honieibuilders association,
Anderson said. ;
Anderson, who was a'consul-, tant before hewas elected to the
state House four years ago, has[Z neverstopped makingmbneydnthe side as a paid adviser for cli-
ents who do business with state
and local government j
His dual role may have sur-
prised, the Assembly in August.But it would not have surprised
some members of the Northeast
Community Council, the neigh-borhood grolip that opposed
the stores. They recall seeing
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islator. But Andersons state ti-
nancial disclosure form, led
the followingiyeax; revealed he
was alsojvorldng as a~$10,000
consultant on community coun-
cils and local government for
the oil eld services and con-
struction company Veco.
We areall going, Thisis so
bogus; said council president
Peggy Robinson, who publicizedAndersons- Veco connections in
an unsuccessful bid totopple
Anderson froin his House seat
in2004. ~
Now Andersons role _'avs~-a
consultant to industry is com-
ing under scrutiny again, follow-
ing last months FBI searches ofsix legislative offices seeking~in-
formatloifon le'gislators?links to
Veco. g §
The-practices of Anderson
and a few others who consult on
the side also raise broader ques-
tions about state ethics laws.
As it stands, lawmakers, can re-
ceive unlimited and undened
-fconsulting income from.com-
panies who could benetfrom
the Legislaturésactions;
The FBI -inquiry has givenmdmentum to reform eft'Tg'>rts.
.See Page A-10, 'I_3_ONSI.ILT}92NTS- l. ,. ;, . .,
1. -_,_,Anderso_n,s I~~ -work asa
business,~ consultant
and city lobbyist has
araisedlquestions and Iedl 1
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keep it eight months later. lie wasworking-as a government consol-tant for industry before he ran forStilw ne.
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Disclosure roporis hy smae legislators foroutside work done this year are not requireduntil oex: March. For Anderson and others
who are leaving the [legislature after lhis
yew; they will noi be required at ell. But reports required by the of Anchor-age. where Anderson says recent work
has taben place in his new role as a local-g.owermnent lobb_visl. provide someeddlllooal in-formation about his work-in 2006.- Eorls to interview Anderson for this sto-
ry were unsuccessful. l-Ie provided brief an-swers to several questions via e.-mail. l have attempted at all times to fully com-
with the laws and regulations govern-tho conduct nti public ofciaisf Ander-
was over.eon told a Baily News reporlerlwo years ego.Hisrsimiewostoseekouteivic and ohm-itable events for Veco to become involved inand to wateh out lot iocelzoning oases. liesaid at the time, He noted on his disclosmfeform that he was consulting on mmmunilycouncil and local govermneni aoirs. He al-so has said his Venn duties didzftconict with
his being a lawmaker.
Anderson attended meetings ofthe North-
east Communlsy Jrmnoil during his rst yearin office as their legislator: His other role, as
We-os monitor of municipal neighborhood is-sues, didn't C0K$ lo light until he led his s-closure In 2004. Council officials said they
were surprised. Veoo, witliofces around theworld, had no local projects that four formerand current council leaders knew about. '
Peggy Kobinson, a former AnchorageSchool Board president, raised his Voco workin her unsuccessful 2004 legislative raceagainst Anderson. She also raised a question-able Anderson-Veco connection irmnortaiizedon aégvellow sticky note.' e note was passed around Moor 13. 200$.
during a meeting oi the Labor and CommeroeCfosnsnillee, which Anderson chaired. Robin-
son got it from the ofee of another Republi-can iegislamr and was told Anderson wrote it.
Llp"io.r discussion: A bill thai would have loos-
ened state regulation of pipelines. .' v -*"<Fote yes - and-remind woo BF" Phillips
llxxnn llxis summer, Anderson" supposed-ly wrote on ihe note. Robinson esuu-ed the
yellow stiolsy on a csmpaigz mailer. A_ndm~sonrespondedattlxeilnzethathewmoe slotof soles and didn't remember that one but al-
ways volecl his conscience, om on who eon-
triimtos to m3 campaign. in xlemher oi 2003, Anderson wok en-otlxor ' , consulting for the Alaska le-
phone Association, a trade group of localphone ocmpen-lee. lls members tend to be ru-
ral companies Adda-sons Labor and Com-mence Committee oversaw §&i¬ClHIi§iUX92iC$~dons issues. including a c-oniroversiai andbitterly fought measure earlier that year tomromd the lite oi the Regulatory Cmmnlssionof Alaska or four years. The commission reg-ulates telephone companies. -from Shane olsainnan Bill Allen, sitting in the 1'visiios gallery. accowling to ee92'- ' 5 loral legislators. °
Alia: Les-il Mc-
Guire lasl year and moving to liardmrici, Anderson chose not in run
agxln. McGuire, also a Repulslicm,is running for the slate Senate seat
being given up by Ben StevensAfter the regular session thisyear, Anderson worked briey
again or the liquor mule group.In July. Anderson got a new 30b as
municipal lobbyist for the Anchor-ux
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I have
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ail times to
folly comply
with the laws
The sllclg note that an opponent of Rep. TomAnderson said he passed to other legislatorsduring a meeting of a House committee ln
2003 oonslderlng a pipeline regulation bill.Anderson has said he wrote a lot of notes but
dldnl remember that one, and in any casedldlftvolss based on campaign eomlihullons.
Jim Rowe, the long-time executive direc-tor for the Alaska Telephone Association. saidhe met .-92ndei-son Lhat year and {hen his-edhim {or $5.000 a month for four months to in-struct essoeieon members how lo be more
enoolilre in their dealings with legislaiors inJuneau. Anderson spake at e trade show for~l.nc< association and at least one other mael-
ing and snent more time just him, Rowesold in a reoeni interview.
"I understand diet any relationship willsIon: Anderson at this time is apt to be looked
at with ends ousinessfcmsultingnzlauonslzip with even e more eriiical eye,!~lonedaeless. Tom treated me fairly, provisi-ed instruelirm to my membership, and I likehim," Boon said in a Bellow-up e-mail.in 200-1, Venn hired Anderson again, thistime for $17,500 lo consult on "Russian hosi-
ness nridezwors, armng no the éasclosurehe led in 2095. Neither Waco nor Anderson
has explained whai he did. In EM», Ander-son onhv had a small view S5O!lil8¢i., $2.505 for
olection.pmpoaii-ion research, according tothe report he led in April.This ywl. in the heatof debate ever oil taxH .. . . . . A~{!~X£01¢q.-;_92:°_
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ax =s- Boone . ~;.;,-.3.-a Home Builders Association,w ch is paying him $2500 a monthlhmugh the end of the year. 0Fburimonths earlier, Anderson '
had been prime sponsor of .e billxnaking it easier for the state tone unlicensed contractons. HouseBill 81. which passed into law, wasa priority for the home builders es-sooialzimx
Anderson's sponsorship of thehill had nothing lo do with his get»
ting hired, said Ray i-ckel. president of thehome builders association. Other legislatorsworked more on ii, he said. The association
needed n municipal lobbyist and theme werelow oiher olsoiues. '
Anderson agpeaoen before the Assemblyin Angus: no tout a proposed Wei-Mart Snoozecooler and Sam's Club in Muidoon. The com-
munity council in January had voted to op-
pose ilio rezoning. ldembers wexe concernedthe tvxl stores would xmdesxmioe llse ames
{own comer nlan.ln his e~mall, Anderson said he appeared
below the Assembly as pert of his new. post-
iogislolive work92'92l;f.hBBDd0iQlBd83f. llmvelnanswer
rst, lo myself in terms oi integri-ty and honeai;: Anderson said in 2004. Andaolose sezxmd is to snyeonstiluents.
I Reoonorhsm vlhzla one be mashed xi 8dzdamn.oom
or in llo.'nsrol907235-4244. Repomer Usallemer neg! {I8mchadet$zlesnox@ado.<x2mm25?43¬l0. olden
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Anchorage Daily News
Alaska candidates get cash from VecoH31 - ex/ensB8'1
$119,000: Six executives donated what turns out to be unwanted money.
By DON HUNTER
Anchorage Daily News
Published: September 29, 2006!
Six executives for the Veco Corp., the company named in the federal
investigation into political corruption in Alaska, donated at least
$119,000 to the campaigns of candidates running for-more than half
the seats open in this year's primary election.
The total might have still been climbing had not the FBI raided the
company's corporate headquarters and the offices of at least a lhalf~
dozen state lawmakers two months before the Nov. 7 election. 92/eco's
total inthiselection cycle is a little more than half the $200,000 its
executives generated for legislative races in 2004, but Veco money
has suddenly become unwanted across most of the political
spectrum. '
Scores of Alaskans are regular andigenerous contributors to political
candidates, year after year. Developers, construction company
owners, doctors, lawyers, businessowners, oil and gas executives,
retirees. Many give the candidates of their choice the maximum
amounts available in a given year ~ $1,000 annually since 02003;
$500 annually starting next year under an initiative passed by voters
in August.
Vecos six executive contributors -- chairman Bill Allen, president
Peter Leathard, chief nancial officer Roger Chan, vice president Rick
Smith, information officer Thomas Corkran and personnel manager
iames Slack -- regularly donate to a similar list of candidates, usually
in the same $500 amounts and ,withc_hecks dated within a few days
of each other.
As is usually the case, almost all the deco money donated to
candidates this year and during the 2005 interim year went to
itepublicans, and the vast majority to incumbents.
Leathard didn't return two calls seeking comment. In the past,
company officials have said they support candidates who favor
economic-development anda stable oil taxclimate in Alaska. in a
written statement issued Sept. _5 in response to.the federal
investigation, Veco said its officials were cooperating with the
authorities and denied any wrongdoing by the company orits
executives. The company said it looked forward to dispelling any
concerns on the part of the government and others. "V Donations list f4» *~' nwoeoamaosnzvzihsiow Sq;o><o1>.aws.2Z¢5~P30&da:';e>, , *1 -erzeissraiaiezesesse {I18 WM; .
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donations from the Veco executives in the rst seven days of August.
A couple of weeks later, Moses; nursing a pinched nerve in
Anchorage, ewto Juneau to break a deadlock on a revamped state
oil and gas tax the company favored, one of only four Democrats to support the measure. Moses
has said the donations had nothing to do with his vote.
Nineteen of the 22 Republican House incumbents running for re-election this year had received
Veco donations by the time the most recent campaign nance reports were led Aug. 15: Four
Senate Republicans who are running for re-election got Veco donations, along with state Sen. Ben
Stevens, who withdrew, and a Republicancandidate for another vacant Senate seat. Veco's
executives also donated to four Republican candidates in House races with no incumbent.
A few Republican incumbents up for election, however, had received no Veco money. They were
state Sen. Gene Therriault of Fairbanks, and Reps. Mike Kelly} R-Fairbanks, Nancy Dahlstrom, R-
Eagle River, and~Paul Seaton, R-_HO[&l
Three Republicans in one race -- for seat N in the state Senate -- got
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