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Mike! Drunk on Alaskan Oil $: FBI Raids "Corrupt Bastards Club"

By noemie maxwell
Mon Sep 04, 2006 at 12:16:46 AM PST
Section: Stories In Progress Topic: Building the base

Natasha Celine at Pacificviews.org uncovered a particularly slimy "Big Oil" donation to Mike! in the FEC database today, $2,000 from Alaska's Peter Leathard. In a post entitled, To Mike! From Leathard, she links this donation with a major scandal now unfolding in Alaska.

It turns out that the FBI is in the midst of raiding the offices of six Alaskan state legislators, including Ted Stevens' son, four other Republicans, and one Democrat. Peter Leathard, a member of the evidently self-proclaimed Corrupt Bastards Club (yes, they've even made up T-shirts and hats), and the CEO of VECO, an Alaskan Company that is at the center of the suspicious activites, has donated $2,000 to Mike! VECO, an oil-field service company, has become a major political player in Alaska and has paid extensive "consulting" fees to legislators, including over $240,000 to Ted Stevens' son.

I got curious and searched for Alaskan donations on McGavick's page. Below the fold is a list of maybe half of the Alaskan donations to Mike! These include over $12,000 from VECO employees, $3,750 from the employees of an oil and gas pipeline construction company named ASRC -- and over $50,000 from other Alaskan companies that looked to me to be associated with the fossil fuel industry. The database includes many donations from retiered individuals, lawyers, and others whose affiliations aren't evident without further research. The lesson? Well, we already knew it: Mike! can't be trusted to uphold the public trust. Creepy.

Selected donations from Alaskan residents to Mike! McGavick, 2006

A
Bill Allen, VECO CORP/CHAIRMAN & CEO, $2,000
B
Rocky Brew, INLER PETROLEUM/PRESIDENT, $1,000
Daniel Brewster, BERING PACIFIC CONSTRUCTION $1,000
C
Robby Caps, F & W CONSTRUCTION/VICE PRESIDENT, $500
Roger Chan, VECO CORP/EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, $2,000
Doug Chapados, PETROSTAR INV/CEO, $500
Tom Corkran, VECO CORP/VP CORPORATE CONTROLLER, $2,000
D
Hal Dreyer, DEJON CORP/CONSULTANT, $1,000 (business management, process and logistics)
F-J
Craig Floerchinger, ASRC/VP, $500 (Oil and gas pipeline construction)
Robert Gillam, $3,900, MCKINLEY CAPITAL/DIRECTOR
David Guzy, $1,000, LONE WOLF ENTERPRISE, (waste management and snow removal services)
Robert Halcro, $500, SELF EMPLOYED/INVESTOR
Leonard Hyde, $3,000, JL PROPERTIES, INC./REAL ESTATE
Jim Jansen, $2,000, LYNDEN/PRESIDENT & CEO (Air cargo and logistics)
Ron Jones, $500, ASRC/SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
K

Mark Kroloff, ARCTIC SLOPES REG. CORP./SENIOR VI, $500
L
Mark Langland, NORTHRIM BANK/BANKER, $500
Peter Leathard, VECO CORP/PRESIDENT, $2,000
Oliver Leavit, ARCTIC SLOPES REG. CORP., $500
Melvin Lynch, CHUGACH ALASKA/ENGINEER, $500
M
Harry McDonald, CARLILE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS/PRE, $1,000
Mathew Moon, ASRC/ENVIRONMENTAL, $250
Ken Moss, ASRC/EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, $1,000
P

Thomas Packer, WED BUSH MORGAN SEC./INVESTMENT, $1,000
Liane Pelletier, ACS/CEO, $1,000
PJ Penney, PENCO PROPERTIES/REAL ESTATE, $1,000
Robert Penney, PENCO PROPERTIES/REAL ESTATE, $1,000
Sherron Perry, FAIRWEATHER INC/SERVICES, $2,200 (Oil and gas exploration and development)
Mark Pfeffler, KODNCE PFEFFER BETTIS/ARCHITECT, $1,000
John J. Powers, SELF EMPLOYED/ENTREPRENEUR, $1,000
R
Randy Ruedrich, ARCTIC E & P ADVISORS/ENGINEER, $800
Joe Ralston, TCG/CONSULTANT, $500
S
Rick Smith, VECO VP, $2,000
Walter Schlotfelt, DENALI GROUP COMPANY, INC/EXECUTIVE, (Transportation Consultants) $2,000
Chuck Schumann, MICROCON/COMMUNICATIONS, $500
William Scheffield, PORT OF ANCHORAGE/MANAGER, $250
James Slack, VECO CORP/VICE PRESIDENT, $2,000
Douglas L. Smith, ASRC/HSET MANAGER, $500
Mark Smith, CROWLEY/MANAGER, $500, 4/19/06
Jeanine St.John, LYNDEN/VICE PRESIDENT, $500
Robert Stinson, CONAM CONSTRUCTION CO/PRESIDENT, $500
Mike Stophlet, ASRC/PRESIDENT & CEO, $500
John Studderth, ASRC/SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, $500
Peter Sorensen, WORLD WIDE MOVERS INC/EXECUTIVE, $500
George Suddock, AK NATIONAL INSURANCE/PRESIDENT, $2,900
T
Cam Toohey, SHELL EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION/GOV, $500
Mead Treadwell, VENTURE AD ASTRA, LLC/CEO, $1,000
U
Barney Uhart, CHUGACH ALASKA/PRESIDENT & CEO, $250
Brad West, WEST CONSTRUCTION/CONTRACTOR, $1,500

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Mike! Drunk on Alaskan Oil $: FBI Raids "Corrupt Bastards Club" | 26 comments (26 topical)

McGaggit Ads Tonight

reminds me of 1980 with RayGun

NO Connection with what will be the reality of his votes, which will be anti-everyone except the rich boys,

NOT much response or defining from the other side, except kind of fuzzy fluffy hard hitting with a nerf bat,

... and when will the smears come against maria which will whack into the current lead,

especially since she didn't do enough work defining him as the evilist thing on the planet?

BTW

Instead of down rating me, just give a "5" to whoever trashes my digression from the happy-happy-maria-is-doing-great-chatter.

I've been trashed for the same reasons for over 20 years by the more educated and more connected and more hardworking ... yawn

for all the same reasons as I get trashed here!

For the reality impaired,

What great PROGRESS has been made in the last 3 decades in providing job security, retraining security, quality education, physical security, retirement security, housing, food, transportation ...

for 6 billion people?

... OH ... !!! IF I agree with the happy-happy Dem party line, it will happen tomorrow!

It is just miserable me blocking PROGRESS!

rmm.

http://www.liemail.com/BambooGrassroots.html

by rmdSeaBos on Tue Sep 05, 2006 at 06:49:32 PM PST

* 13 4.00 1 *

Cantwell outta ditch the warm fuzzy, or

at least find someone to pay someone to nail this crook and his crooked friends.

I read an article in the Seattle Times today about some political buddy of hers, Dotzauer, and their long time ... work together.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003242631_dotzauer04m.html

In the article in mentions how she is from Indiana, and now I think I understand the hesitiancy / inability to fight toe to toe with these slimeballs and crooks,

on the other hand,

the article discusses Dotzuaer's work on the screw-the-consumer class action lawsuit bill of last year,

"At the time, Dotzauer's firm, now called Strategies 360, was working to energize the state's business community to lobby elected officials on the bill.

In January 2004, the Association of Washington Business (AWB) touted a new group called the Class Action Lawsuit Reform Coalition, co-chaired by Dotzauer's partner, former Democratic Gov. Gardner, and AWB President Don Brunell.

From the beginning, Brunell said, the effort targeted Cantwell.

The work paid off. Cantwell and other Senate Democrats opposed to the earlier legislation switched positions, and in February 2005 the Senate voted 72-26 to limit the ability of people to file class-action lawsuits. Murray still voted no."

Maybe Maria won't go after Mikey's hand in the cookie jar, cuz

ha ha ha!

she's had her paw in there too?

rmm.

http://www.liemail.com/BambooGrassroots.html

by rmdSeaBos on Mon Sep 04, 2006 at 08:16:43 PM PST

* 1 2.00 3 *

rmd- and your point is??? by Particle Man, 09/04/2006 09:41:50 PM PST (5.00 / 3)

whew ! mikey! is OBVIOUSLY corrupt, except by rmdSeaBos, 09/05/2006 05:55:54 AM PST (2.00 / 1)

rmd I never said she should play nice. by Particle Man, 09/05/2006 08:14:17 AM PST (5.00 / 3)

I was all ready to give you a 4 or 5 by gibney, 09/04/2006 09:01:09 PM PST (none / 0)

Once Again, High Ratings = Nicey Nice to Maria by rmdSeaBos, 09/05/2006 05:49:25 AM PST (2.00 / 1)

trash trash trash = low ratings by Particle Man, 09/05/2006 08:21:53 AM PST (5.00 / 4)

Negative = NOT nicey nice by rmdSeaBos, 09/05/2006 05:08:48 PM PST (1.33 / 3)

y'know what, Bob? by N in Seattle, 09/06/2006 10:36:14 AM PST (5.00 / 3)

chewy clusters by m3047, 09/05/2006 05:14:45 PM PST (none / 0)

To the mysterious m3407 by noemie maxwell, 09/05/2006 05:38:16 PM PST (none / 0)

Have you explored my elections folly? by m3047, 09/05/2006 06:42:30 PM PST (5.00 / 1)

You fixd yr gimlet eye on a data point by noemie maxwell, 09/06/2006 02:27:38 PM PST (5.00 / 2)
ok, more zoom by m3047, 09/05/2006 06:43:59 PM PST (none / 0)

Looks like the stingray by gibney, 09/05/2006 10:10:37 PM PST (none / 0)

maps are maps by m3047, 09/06/2006 06:51:57 AM PST (5.00 / 1)

Yes, I have, spent time in those by noemie maxwell, 09/06/2006 10:21:42 AM PST (none / 0)

I think the point is... by m3047, 09/05/2006 09:26:39 PM PST (none / 0)

At this point in the game by gibney, 09/05/2006 10:06:59 PM PST (5.00 / 3)

Gibney I agree. by Particle Man, 09/06/2006 11:41:01 AM PST (5.00 / 1)
incrementalism worked? in '80, '84, '88 ...'94, .. by rmdSeaBos, 09/06/2006 05:32:28 AM PST (3.50 / 2)
At this point in the game, who's got the catsup? by m3047, 09/06/2006 05:45:28 PM PST (none / 0)

extreme burnout !! :) I WISH! by rmdSeaBos, 09/06/2006 07:08:43 PM PST (5.00 / 1)

Slade in the nick of time by m3047, 09/07/2006 07:47:59 AM PST (none / 0)

Overall lack of courage & heart by noemie maxwell, 09/06/2006 10:18:49 AM PST (5.00 / 2)

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