What's Ted's connection?Stevens’ Secret Florida Condo DealSenator Stevens Secured Sweetheart Florida Condo Deal With A Secret Loan From A Friend. The Anchorage Daily News reported that Department of Justice prosecutors allege that Stevens received a, “…secret, interest-free loan [that] allowed him to make a killing in a Florida condominium investment six years ago.” Stevens’ Legal Defense FundStevens Announced He Was Creating A Legal Defense Fund To Help Pay His Legal Bills. The Ted Stevens Excellence In Public ServiceThe Ted Stevens Excellence In Public Service ‘527’ Was Founded On October 16, 2003 To Increase The Number Of Republican Women Elected To Office. Roll Call reported that the groups’ aim was to raise “about $50,000 a year to create a training ground for female candidates and campaign workers.” Ted’s FamilyMembers of the Ted Stevens’ family received high fees and investment profits as Ted delivered the public’s money to their clients. Ted Stevens FoundationThe Ted Stevens Foundation was founded in 2000 as “an Alaska non-profit corporation…to recognize and honor the career and public service” of Senator Stevens. PACsTed Stevens’ Leadership PAC is the ‘Northern Lights Political Action Committee’ (PAC). Lisa SutherlandLisa Sutherland, long-time aide to Sen. Ted Stevens, is one of several aides and family members connected to the Alaska Congressional delegation who purchased land that would jump in value by development by the Knik Arm Crossing. Sutherland and her husband, also a lobbyist, purchased almost four acres in October 2002, just a few months before Don Young began substantive work on a massive highway bill in early 2003, which included money for the bridge. Lisa MurkowskiLisa Murkowski purchased a Kenai River waterfront lot at a price below market value, but set to increase greatly in value due to a new road funded by Murkowski’s own earmark of $6 million. Jim and Chris HayesFormer Mayor Jim Hayes was found guilty of diverting more than $450,000 from federal grant money obtained by Senator Stevens to personal use and helping to build the new Lily of the Valley Church of God in Christ. Jack AbramoffRepublican lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion on January 4, 2006. Prosecutors proved that he used “campaign contributions, lavish trips, meals and other perks to influence lawmakers and their aides.” George LoweGeorge Lowe, Ted Stevens’ current Chief of Staff, owns a 2.6 acre parcel of undeveloped land on the Knik Arm, which he purchased in December 2004 from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority. The undeveloped property will increase in value if the bridge across Knik Arm known as Don Young’s Way is built. EarmarksCitizens Against Government Waste has chronicled Ted Stevens’ egregious earmarks over the years. Duane GibsonDuane Gibson is a former top aide to Sen. Ted Stevens (and was also a top aide to Don Young). Gibson was senior counsel when he left Don Young’s office in the summer of 2002 to join Jack Abramoff at the lobbying firm of Greenberg Traurig. Don YoungYoung, age 74, Alaska’s sole congressman for 34 years, has entangled himself in a web of corruption. Ben StevensBen Stevens was born in 1959 and was appointed to the Alaska State Senate by former Gov. Tony Knowles in 2001. In 2005, he served as the Alaska State Senate President. Barbara FlandersTed Stevens used a Senate aide as his personal bookkeeper but did not report any payments from his personal funds, nor did the aide disclose any earned income of more than $200 beyond her senate salary, breaking senate rules. Art NelsonArt Nelson, Don Young’s son-in-law, is a player in Alaska politics. Nelson is director of the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation, which received $80,000 from the Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board created through one of Ted Stevens’s appropriations bills in 2003. Trevor McCabeTrevor McCabe was a long-term aide and legislative director for Sen. Ted Stevens from 1991-1999. When he worked for Stevens, he exercised great influence in privatizing public fish stocks. McCabe was the chief political broker for the 1998 American Fisheries Act, which privatized valuable pollock resource in the Bering Sea, giving 40% of the entire pollock allocation to 19 specific private corporations, large factory trawlers who belong to the At-Sea Processors Association. Bill AllenVECO CEO Bill Allen pleaded guilty to bribery, conspiracy and tax fraud in federal court on May 7, 2007. |
 
Sen. Stevens got $2.7 million for pal’s road October 25, 2008 Stevens Took Campaign Contributions From Saddam Hussein Lobbyist October 15, 2008 NBC News covers Stevens trial and the Senate race September 26, 2008 When It Comes To The Wall Street Mess, Stevens Is Part Of The Problem In rare exchange with reporters, Palin avoids endorsing Sen. Ted Stevens’ political future September 25, 2008 
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