Sen. Stevens Hires Lawyers in probe

Veteran Sen. Ted Stevens has hired lawyers and been instructed by the FBI to preserve records relevant to a burgeoning federal investigation into corruption in Alaska, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

As part of a larger probe, federal agents are investigating the remodeling of Stevens' Alaska home in 2000. The investigation is linked to the VECO Corp. bribery case that last month produced guilty pleas from two of the oil-field service company's top executives, according to law enforcement officials.

"They put me on notice to preserve some records," Stevens, 83, told the Post, declining to say what kinds of records are involved.

Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in Senate history and an iconic figure in Alaska, declined comment Thursday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070607/ap_on_go_co/stevens_investigation_5

Democrats Look to Anchorage Mayor
Facing a term limit in the spring of 2009, Begich is in a minor bidding war between the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee -- which wants him to challenge Rep. Don Young (R), who took his father's seat after the crash -- and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee -- seeking a challenger to Sen. Ted Stevens (R), 83, the longest-serving Republican in Senate history.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2007/06/anchorage_mayor_sought_after_b.html

There was just a segment on Anderson Cooper about (R) Don Young!

Here's what the piece of shit did. They're all corrupt!

WASHINGTON, June 6 — It is no secret that campaign contributions sometimes lead to lucrative official favors. Rarely, though, are the tradeoffs quite as obvious as in the twisted case of Coconut Road.

The $10 million earmark would help extend Coconut Road.
The road, a stretch of pavement near Fort Myers, Fla., that touches five golf clubs on its way to the Gulf of Mexico, is the target of a $10 million earmark that appeared mysteriously in a 2006 transportation bill written by Representative Don Young, Republican of Alaska.

Mr. Young, who last year steered more than $200 million to a so-called bridge to nowhere reaching 80 people on Gravina Island, Alaska, has no constituents in Florida.

The Republican congressman whose district does include Coconut Road says he did not seek the money. County authorities have twice voted not to use it, until Mr. Young and the district congressman wrote letters warning that a refusal could jeopardize future federal money for the county.

The Coconut Road money is a boon, however, to Daniel J. Aronoff, a real estate developer who helped raise $40,000 for Mr. Young at the nearby Hyatt Coconut Point hotel days before he introduced the measure.

Mr. Aronoff owns as much as 4,000 acres along Coconut Road. The $10 million in federal money would pay for the first steps to connect the road to Interstate 75, multiplying the value of Mr. Aronoff’s land.

http://blueherald.com/

sure are using a lot of them lately. K&R for the American Bar Association.

place he ran when he was busted for Oxycontin? THE ACLU! They're all hypocrites. They would also be the first to use Embryonic Stem Cells should that ever prove to be beneficial to THEIR family members.:(