Most of you people don't know about what has been happening here in Alaska. Our previous Governor Frank Merkowski, appointed his daughter to fill his seat in the US Senate. Then pressured our Legislature to pass a sweetheart deal for the oil companies, virtually giving away our oil to British Petroleum, and Exxon-Mobil. The residents of the state were in shock when this bill got passed, so we elected a new governor, Sarah Palin. Then the indictments started coming down from the FBI. Seems the president of VECO had over half of our legislators in his pocket. At present three Legislators, and the presedent and vice-presedent of VECO, have been indicted on bribary charges.
Also the Ex-Mayor of Fairbanks and his wife have been indicted for using grant money from the Federal Government to purchase personal items. To the tune of several hundred thousand dollars. Now the FBI is investigating the Senator that funneled the money to them, Senator Ted Stevens. Yes the longest serving Senator in history, Uncle Ted. Also VECO paid the bills for upgrading his home here in Alaska.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. There is so much corruption up here it is ridiculous. Then the Republican National Committee sent me a letter today asking if I have abandoned the party. They also sent out this to many other people here in Alaska as well, and I would assume to the rest of the nation. Anyway this person mirrors my sentiments exact ally. I got this out of the Fairbanks Daily News Miner today.Abandoned party
Aug. 25, 2007
To the editor:
I recently received a letter from the Republican National Committee, noting that I have not sent any money in 2007 and asking if I had abandoned the Republican party. Have I abandoned it?
This is the same party as a former Fairbanks mayor who is charged with stealing federal grant money. It is the same party as a former borough assemblyman who was caught with his fingers in the till and forced to resign. The state party chair was caught on ethics violations, yet refused to resign, and the state committee lacked the moral integrity to fire him.
I have lost track of how many Republican House members are under investigation allegedly for selling Alaska to Veco. Both of our U.S. senators and our congressman, Republicans all, are tainted by corruption.
Our former senator turned governor, “The Great Frank Murkowski” after gracing us with his presence in Juneau, sent his own daughter to fill his senate seat. He is presently on a world tour. Does he dare return to the US or is a federal indictment awaiting him as well?
The Republican Party used to stand for less government interference in our lives. But now, a Republican administration is spying on us, for our own safety of course. The same administration requires Americans to surrender their constitutional right against unreasonable searches, and suffer multiple indignities just to fly between U.S. cities, while our southern border is wide open.
The party used to stand for less government spending, yet our conservative president has the largest budget in history, not counting the war!
This same president took us into a war that he does not have the courage to let us fight and win. He sends our troops into battle with rules of engagement as confining as the cells occupied by the two Federal agents that his attorney wrongly convicted for shooting a Mexican drug smuggler.
For 12 years we had a Republican majority in Congress. What did they accomplish besides feathering their own nests?
No, I have not abandoned the Republican Party. Those crooks left town in the dark of the night. They have abandoned us.
Curtis Stables
North Pole