Two items of note:First is this AP News Alert:
WASHINGTON (AP) The FBI, working with an Alaska oil contractor, secretly taped telephone calls with Sen. Ted Stevens as part of a public corruption sting, say people close to the investigation.Senator Stevens ought to resign if these charges are filed...
And then there is this from CQ Politics:
[A] federal investigation into Alaska political corruption has cast a shadow over [Congressman Don] Young and other political figures in the state, including Stevens. At the center of the controversy is Veco Corporation, an Alaska-based oil services company with very close ties to numerous state politicians.Both of these guys remind me of Bob Taft, Bob Ney, and the rest of the gang that couldn't shoot straight.
On Wednesday, a Veco employee told the Associated Press he helped run annual pig roasts to raise campaign funds for Young and was paid to run fundraisers for Stevens and oversee renovations of the senator’s Alaska house, which was raided by the FBI in July. Young has received campaign contributions from Veco in the past and has been attacked by watchdog groups who allege that earmarks he has inserted into spending bills are part of a “quid pro quo.”
Will Alaska learn from Ohio? Or is history doomed to repeat itself once again? Only the voteers know for sure...
9/25 Update
AP News Alert:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) A federal district court jury has convicted former Alaska legislator Pete Kott of corruption charges.Here's another scumbag masquerading as a Republican in Alaska.
