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Alaska Lawmakers: Kohring, Get Out
Alaska state lawmakers have had it with one of their own.
Two Republican leaders in the Alaska legislature confronted Rep. Vic Kohring (R-AK) in his home to push him to resign instead of dragging them all down. Kohring has been indicted as part of the wide federal probe into Alaska politicians dealings with oil services company Veco Corp. The Anchorage Daily News reports:
Prosecutors have accused Kohring, a Republican, of selling his vote on the state petroleum tax last year to the Anchorage oil field services company Veco Corp. Kohring and two former legislators also under indictment have pleaded not guilty. Veco executives Bill Allen and Rick Smith pleaded guilty to conspiracy, bribery and tax charges. Allen and Smith have since resigned from Veco.
The probe has brushed Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), whose house got a makeover seven years ago under Veco's direction. The senator's son, former Alaska Senate President Ben Stevens, has also been tied to the investigation by local press who concluded he was one of the lawmakers to take cash from Veco executives who recently pled guilty to federal bribery and conspiracy charges.
Comments (6)
Richard L. Adlof wrote on June 5, 2007 2:23 PM:Yo Kohring!
Don't you be listening to the Republican leadership folk. Just keep up doing what you have been doing and drag every fucking one of those pompus bastards down with you.
You owe it to your country.
Robin Boerner wrote on June 5, 2007 3:54 PM:I second Richard Adlof! Make sure everyone knows you are an Alaskan Republican and damn proud of it!
Barbados Free Press wrote on June 5, 2007 6:54 PM:BREAKING NEWS: VECO Bribery Scandal - VECO Appoints Convicted Securities Fraud Felon As New CEO !
Original Investigation & Story Copyright Barbados Free Press - News Media Has Permission To Copy Story, Must Credit “Barbados Free Press” As Source
Scandal Ridden VECO Appoints Daniel E. Armel As Interim C.E.O. - Convicted Securities Fraud Felon
Does the Board of Directors for scandal ridden VECO Corporation know that their newly-appointed Interim C.E.O. was convicted and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for his leading role in a securities fraud that took millions of dollars from trusting investors?
For VECO Corp’s Board of Directors, it is difficult to say what would be the best or worst answer to that question… “Uh-Oh, we didn’t know that” or “Yes, we know but we don’t care”
On Monday, June 4, 2007, VECO Corp. Chairwoman Tammy Kerrigan announced that Daniel E. Armel had taken over for disgraced company founder Bill Allen who resigned after pleading guilty to federal charges of extortion, bribery and conspiracy.
Before making their announcement, maybe VECO’s Board of Directors should have looked at the 1966 Annual Report of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, that tells of Daniel E. Armel’s conviction and sentencing…
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Barbados Closely Watches The VECO Scandal
The continuing VECO scandal and ongoing FBI investigation is being watched closely by citizens of the Caribbean nation of Barbados where VECO and its subsidiaries are involved in government construction projects totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.
...read the rest at the Barbados Free Press
http://barbadosfreepress.wordpress.com/2007/06/05/breaking-news-veco-bribery-scandal-veco-appoints-convicted-securities-fraud-felon-as-new-ceo/
JNagarya wrote on June 6, 2007 9:22 AM:The law: Khoring is innocent unless and until proven guilty, so he should stand his ground and not resign unless and until proven guilty.
The compassion: He has a family to feed.
The politics: Kohring should stand his ground and not resign so he brings his fellow Republican'ts down with him.
SC = debt. As in, Kohring owes a debt to his Republican't colleagues: that of helping them get to Heaven by plea bargaining to save his own neck by turning in all his fellow crooked Republican't colleagues.
e hopkins wrote on August 1, 2007 9:13 AM:A Republican involved in a scandal with an oil services company ? No! It can't be true! That would be like Dick Cheney being involved in some scandal with Halliburton. Wake up people, the current admin. is so deep in the pocket of the oil industry I'm supprised they can see outside. Well hopefully payback will put on her bitchiest face for this one. Tell you what Alaska you bring Stevens (both of them) and I'll bring the rope!
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