Imagine if he stood up for the Constitution the way he stands up for the telecoms.

Posted at February 24, 2008 5:40 AM in response to Bush: I Will Veto Any Surveillance Bill That Doesn't Protect Telecoms

Thanks for covering this. I have been watching it locally here in Anchorage. I pasted a few post I made on another forum--mainly for the links that give some background, and a little about another bribery scandal involving private prisons. Let's clean house from our local cities to Congress.

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Prosecutors quote Bobrick telling an informant that he and Anderson were "pitching a bunch of people" to get money for the legislator. Anderson was indicted in December on seven felony counts including bribery, extortion and money laundering. He has pleaded not guilty. His trial is scheduled to begin June 25... http://www.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/story/8889399p-8789732c.html

GIRDWOOD: Veco approved some invoices for 2000 upgrade at senator's house, says builder. By RICHARD MAUER Anchorage Daily News Published: May 29, 2007 Last Modified: May 29, 2007 at 08:45 AM The FBI and a federal grand jury have been investigating an extensive remodeling project at U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens' home in Girdwood that involved the top executive of Veco Corp. in the hiring of at least one of the key contractors. Three contractors who worked on the project said in recent interviews with the Daily News that the FBI asked them to turn over their records from the job. One said he was called to testify about the project before a federal grand jury in Anchorage in December... http://www.adn.com/news/politics/story/8928969p-8829178c.html FBI

corruption investigation includes audio, video By KYLE HOPKINS Anchorage Daily News Published: May 29, 2007 Last Modified: May 29, 2007 at 01:13 PM Evidence in the corruption case against Rep. Vic Kohring, R-Wasilla, includes thousands of pages of documents and hundreds of hours of audio and video recordings, Kohring’s lawyers said today in federal court... Only a fraction of the evidence in the case specifically mentions Kohring, said defense lawyer John Henry Browne. Still, Browne said, he and his staff have to review all evidence - including nine computer discs filled with documents and recordings, plus two hard drives full of information - and there was no way to do that by early July... http://www.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/story/8929221p-8829429c.html

It's getting very entertaining.

Recall petition to target Kohring By ANDREW WELLNER Anchorage Daily News Published: May 13, 2007 Last Modified: May 13, 2007 at 07:18 AM WASILLA - A Wasilla city councilman said he plans to try to recall Rep. Vic Kohring, a Wasilla Republican who has been indicted in the legislative bribery scandal. Kohring, 48, pleaded not guilty May 4 to four federal charges of bribery and extortion linked to the Legislature’s negotiations last year over an oil profits tax and a natural gas pipeline. Councilman Mark Ewing said Saturday he’s writing a recall petition and expects to send it with a list of 100 or more signatures to Juneau in a week. If that petition is accepted, he will have to gather more than 700 signatures on another petition to get the recall put to a vote...

Here is an article that give some of the background on our scandal here.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/6/1/25154/39090

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/2/24517/58089

Fool you once, shame on them.

Fool you twice, shame on you.

Fool you thrice, Hellooooooo?

I

Posted at June 5, 2007 1:29 PM in response to TPMtv Guide: Tuesday, June 5