TROOPERGATE UPDATE:Countdown to Truth: 4 more days!
The Branchflower Report on the independent “Troopergate” investigation is still due to the Legislative Council on October 10, and members of the Legislative Council are still under incredible pressure by the McCain Campaign to VOTE AGAINST releasing the report to the public.
However, you have let your voiced be heard! Thank you! You did a wonderful job of getting the message to the Council that they must accept this report for the good of all Alaskans as well as the ENTIRE voting populace in the U.S. You did such a good job that Representative David Guttenberg and Kim Elton were sending messages back letting folks know they would vote to release the report!
We need your help more than ever!
As many of you know, we’ve had additional McCain Campaign-influenced legal wrangling:
- They have tried using two lawsuits as attempt to delay or quash this all-important report. However, they were unsuccessful!!! Thursday, the court under Judge Peter Michalski dismissed both suits as un-Constitutional! This establishes that the Investigation has always been legal and the Legislative Council has the authority to issue lawful subpoenas. The out-of-state law group leading the charge (affiliated with extreme-religious-right leader Rev. James Dobson) decided, in another delaying tactic, to ask for an emergency appeal to the Alaska Supreme Court, which was granted.
- Attorney General Talis Colberg announced Sunday that, due to the court ruling, the seven state employees who previously and illegally ignored their subpoenas (at his suggestion) would now be willing to testify!
- Also, Todd Palin is now willing to respond, in writing, to written questions from Investigator Branchflower (which he’s already sent to Palin).
Can you imagine a gang of thieves robbing a grocery store, then calling the owners and law enforcement to schedule a time to return the items? Additionally, these criminals expect no consequences and even a pat on the back for finally deciding to follow the law!!!!
THESE ARE DELAYING/DISTRACTING TACTICS!!! We have no reason to believe that the Supreme Court will do what would be the equivalent of throwing the Alaska Constitution into the dumpster by reversing the decision of the lower court! Nor should seven people who pretend to develop a conscience keep Steven Branchflower from releasing his report on time!!!!
Help us keep the focus where it belongs! TAKE ACTION!
- Continue to call and/or email all 14 members of the State Legislative Council each day! (contact information listed below)
- Respectfully urge the legislators to stand up for truth and vote YES to accept Branchflower’s report and make it available to the people!
- Alaskans, call and email the legislators from your districts. Send the message that you expect them to support the Legislative Council’s investigation and reject the McCain campaign’s attempt to stonewall the democratic process!
Members of the Legislative Council (Alaska’s area code is 907)
Senators:
Kim Elton (D) Senator_Kim_Elton@legis.state.ak.us
465-4947
Bettye Davis (D) Senator_Bettye_Davis@legis.state.ak.us
269-0144
Lyda Green (R) Senator_Lyda_Green@legis.state.ak.us
376-3370
Lyman Hoffman (D) Senator_Lyman_Hoffman@legis.state.ak.us
269-0269
Gary Stevens (R) Senator_Gary_Stevens@legis.state.ak.us
486-4925
Gary Wilken (R) Senator_Gary_Wilken@legis.state.ak.us
451-5501
John Cowdery (R) Senator_John_Cowdery@legis.state.ak.us
269-0222
Representatives:
John Coghill (R) Rep_John_Coghill@legis.state.ak.us
488-5725
Nancy Dahlstrom (R) Rep_Nancy_Dahlstrom@legis.state.ak.us
622-3783
David Guttenberg (D) Rep_David_Guttenberg@legis.state.ak.us
456-8172
John Harris (R) Rep_John_Harris@legis.state.ak.us
269-0129
Ralph Samuels (R) Rep_Ralph_Samuels@legis.state.ak.us
269-0240
Bill Stoltze (R) Rep_Bill_Stoltze@legis.state.ak.us
376-4958
Peggy Wilson (R) Rep_Peggy_Wilson@legis.state.ak.us
747-4665
