John Shivley, the head of the infamous Pebble Partnership, has hired a fresh new face for his outfit – but in actuality he’s buying off a state official. The Pebble Blog at the Anchorage Daily News reports,
To read the full story click here.
Now there may be some among you who accuse me of rushing to judgment regarding Mr. Shively; that I’m automatically assuming the worst and that there’s no reason to assume he’d be using this job to buy off Ken Taylor. Yet, we know from history that John Shivley has no problem lying under oath or striking corrupt bargains with officials.
You see, Shively used to be chief of staff to Governor Sheffield back in 1985. During his time in that position, a grand jury began an investigation into Sheffield. Later, that same grand jury found that Governor Sheffield had improperly intervened on behalf of a union leader when the Governor’s office awarded the union boss a $10 million no-bid contract.
Initially, both Sheffield and Shively denied committing any crime and Sheffield refused to accept Shively’s resignation. Shively refused to testify against Sheffield until granted immunity and when he got it, he admitted under oath that he had lied to investigators on a number of occasions about Sheffield’s behavior. He also admitted to throwing official documents away in his trash can when a reporter asked to see them. If anyone should have been indicted, it was Shively.
We also have some good info on Ken Taylor, which I’ll share with you tomorrow.
Ken Taylor, a deputy commissioner for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, has taken a job as the Pebble Partnership's vice president for
environment.
Ken Taylor was recently profiled in the Daily News due
to his role as the Palin administration's "point man" on the status of polar
bears.
To read the full story click here.
Now there may be some among you who accuse me of rushing to judgment regarding Mr. Shively; that I’m automatically assuming the worst and that there’s no reason to assume he’d be using this job to buy off Ken Taylor. Yet, we know from history that John Shivley has no problem lying under oath or striking corrupt bargains with officials.
You see, Shively used to be chief of staff to Governor Sheffield back in 1985. During his time in that position, a grand jury began an investigation into Sheffield. Later, that same grand jury found that Governor Sheffield had improperly intervened on behalf of a union leader when the Governor’s office awarded the union boss a $10 million no-bid contract.
Initially, both Sheffield and Shively denied committing any crime and Sheffield refused to accept Shively’s resignation. Shively refused to testify against Sheffield until granted immunity and when he got it, he admitted under oath that he had lied to investigators on a number of occasions about Sheffield’s behavior. He also admitted to throwing official documents away in his trash can when a reporter asked to see them. If anyone should have been indicted, it was Shively.
We also have some good info on Ken Taylor, which I’ll share with you tomorrow.
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scum bags.
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