“I Own Your Ass”
Posted on | May 5, 2007
The Anchorage Daily News has the sordid tale of its state representatives bought and paid for by Big Oil:
State Rep. Vic Kohring and former state legislators Pete Kott and Bruce Weyhrauch were charged in federal court today with extortion and bribery in connection with the Legislature’s consideration of an oil tax bill and then-Gov. Frank Murkowski’s natural gas pipeline proposal last year.
Kohring, R-Wasilla, turned himself in to federal authorities this afternoon at the Juneau federal building, according to Eric Gonzalez, an FBI spokesman. He is charged with four counts of extortion and bribery.
Kohring’s arrest occurred just hours after Kott and Weyhrauch were arrested as a result of a federal indictment on several counts of extortion, bribery, wire fraud and mail fraud…
“I had to cheat, steal, beg, borrow and lie,” Kott said, according to the indictment.
The company’s chief executive responded, “I own your ass,” the indictment says.
Look for this story to grow. We know that this is a symptom, not the disease.
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