Matthew Johnson Affidavit and Exhibits Alaska Dispatch Joe Miller Case

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA
FOURTH JUDICIAw DISTRICT AT FAIRBANKS

ALASKA DISPATCH, LLC,
FAIRBl'.NKS DAILY
ANCHORAGE DAILY NEviS and
ASSOCIATED PRESS
And Alaska Dispatch, LLC,
Plaint.iffs,
v.
FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR
BOROUGH, CASE NO. 4FA-IO-2886 CI
Defendant. (consolidated with 4FA-IO-2990)
v.
JOSEPH MILLER,
Intervenor Defendant,
Cross-C:aimant and
Third Party Plaintiff
v.
JIM WHITAKER,
Third-Party Defendant.)

AFFIDAVIT OF MATTHEW JOHNSON
I, Matthew Johnson, being duly sworn upon oath,
deposes and states as follows:
1. I am a consultant for Citizens Joe Miller, the
Federal Election Commission-registered ncipal campaign
Fairbanks Daily News Miner et. al. vs. Fairbanks North Star Borough,
et. ai.; Case No.: 4FA-10-2886 CI
Page 1 of 6
committee of U.S. Senatorial candidate Joseph W. Miller and its
preceding entity, Joe Miller for U.S. Senate, have \-IOrked as
its research director, have personal cognizance of the matters
set forth herein, and hereby verify that the same are tele and
correct to the best of my information and bel f. The exhibits
attached hereto are true and correct copies of print-outs,
Internet search results, and other documents I have cited and
relied on herein.
2. Alice Rogoff is majority o"mer of Alaska Dispatch,
LLC ("Alaska Dispatch"). See Exhibit A.
3. Alice Rogoff personally donated $6200 to Lisa
Murkowski's campaigns for US Senate, $4700 for the 2010
election cycle. The latest was in 2009 before she purchased
Alaska Dispatch. See Exhibit B.
4 . Alice Rogoff ("Rogoff") is marri to David
Rubenstein ("Rubenstein",. Note also that they were once both
high-ranking federal officials: Rubenstein an adviser to
President Carter's Wh House, and Rogoff a high-level
official in the same admir.istration in the Office of Management
and Budget. See Exhibit C.
5. Rubenstein is said by forbes magazine to be among the
AFFIDAVIT OF MATTHEW JOf'NSON
Fairbanks Daily News Miner et. al. vs. "'airbanks North Star Borough,
et. al.; Case No.: 4FA-IO-2886 CI
Page 2 of 6
150 richest persons in The United States, w h a personal net
worth of $3 Billion. In addition, The Carlyle Group of which
Ruebenstein is a founding partner, principle and managing
director, has $156 Billion in assets. See Exhibits D E, and F.
J
6. Rubenstein's Wikipedia entry states that his wife
Rogoff was the founder of both The Alaska House NY, and the
Alaska Native Arts Foundation. See Exhibit E, at "personal"
section.
7. Alaska House NY, a putative philanthropic
organization for Alaska Nat , was reported in the Anchorage
Daily News on July 15, 2010, to have been publicly funded, and
closed down because Rogoff was denied a $600,000 funding
request by the Alaska See Exhibit G.
8. Ms. Rogoff still s s on the Board of the Alaska
Native Arts Foundation. See Exhibit H.
9. The Juneau Empire reported on September 10, 2010,
that the Alaska Native Arts Foundation to be a publicly funded
organization, receiving both state and federal revenue. See
Exhibit 1.
10. Rubenstein's Carlyle Group empire was largely built
by leveraging influence and "insider" government knowledge to
Fairbanks Daily News Miner et. al. VS. Fairbanks North Star Borough,
et. al.; Case No.: 4FA-I0-2886 CI
Page 3 of 6
buy up struggling corporations and reward them with federal
contracts. The Carlyle Group has also capitalized, not
exclusively but significantly, on special tax offsets obtained
in cooperation with Alaska Native Corporations. See Exhibits J,
K, L (at 4), M.
11. Alaska Dispatch has engaged in disproportionate
coverage of Senate candidate Joe Miller, almost exclusively
with a negative slant, versus generally positive and much less
coverage of Lisa Mr. Miller's 2010 opponent during
the time this case was initiated. A search on the Alaska
Dispatch website for Joe Miller returns 40 pages, while an
identical search using sitting senior Senator Lisa Murkowski's
name only results in 24 pages. Notably, Alaska Dispatch has
apparently scrubbed their coverage of the 2010 US Senate race
so that it can no longer be accessed by doing a search on their
website. See exhibits N, 0, and P.
12. During the 2010 US Senate race, there were numerous
instances of Alaska Dispatch engaging in what essentially were
political attacks on Joe Miller, while all but ignoring very
similar (or more egregious) situations with respect to the
other candidates, and specifically Lisa Murkowski. <or example,
AFFIDAVIT OF MATTHE"I JOENSON
et. al.; Case NO.: 4FA-IO-2886 CI
Page 4 of 6
Mr. Craig Medred, a writer for Alaska Dispatch, had been tipped
off that Senator Murkowski's top fisheries adviser was under
federal criminal investigation no later than October 22, 2010.
But it was never reported by Alaska Dispatch until months after
the election. I also include another email exchange in which
the Alaska Dispatch Reporter admits that Joe Miller is one of
the most honest policicians in the state, yet Alaska Dispatch
repeatedly ran headlines highlighting (lies, lying, etc.) one
isolated incident during his tenure at the cNSB. See, e.g.,
Exhibics Q through X.
13. Alaska Dispatch, while a party to this litigation,
wrote (or re-posted) biased articles that dealt with this case
and reporced information they were privy to because of their
involvement in the case. Notably, there was little effort made
to disclose the conflict of interest Alaska Dispatch ters
had in reporting on the story in the first place, a violation
of journalistic ethics. See Exhibits Y through BB.
It is my belief that Alaska Dispatch and its majority
owner repeatedly acted out of a conflict of interest with
respect to Senate candidate Joseph Miller, a candidate that
openly ran on a platform of cucting superfluous federal
AFFIDAVIT OF M A T T H ~ W JOHNSON
et. al.; Case No.: 4FA-10-2886 CI
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spending, eliminating earmarks, ending federal no-bid
contracts, and putting a stop to corrupt crony capitalist USES
of government posed an imminent danger to the personal fortunes
and interests (as well as future potential profits) of Rogoff
and Rubenstein.
FURTHER YOUR A F ~ A N T SAYETH NAUGHT.
DATED this I G day of July 2013.
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David Rubenstein
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David M. Rubenstein is the ofTbe Carlyle Group. a global private
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Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
neighborhood in He graduated from the cnllcge preparatory high
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school Baltimore City College. and then from Duke University magna cum laude
in 1970. He earned his law degree from the University ofChieago Law Sehool in , Ethl1icity Jewish
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1973, where he was an ediLor of the University ofChicago Lati-
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Review. From
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Wharton & Garrison. Prior to starting Carlyle in 1987, wllh William E. Conway,
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President Jimmy Carter and worked in private praclice in Washington, D.C.
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ever before were bought out, insiders fcared the day that it would abruptly end. ISpOUlif!(S) Alice Nicole Rogoff
On two ditTerent occasions David Rubenstein lhis fear. In January . Children .3
2006, he stated: "This has been a golden age for our industry, but nothing i --------------. .. .. ----,
continues to be golden forcllcl",lsl One month later, he emphasizcd this concern more explicitly; "Rlghl now we're operating as if
lhe music's not going to stop playing and the music IS going to SlOp. I al11 mOre concerned about this than any other issue" ,[6} These
concerns proved to be fight as at the end of2007 the buyout market collapsed. This collapse can largely be attributed to the credit
crunch, which significantly increased the cost of borro\ving, As leveraged loan activity eame to an abrupt SlOp, privalc equity llmls
were unable to secure financing for their transactions. As the consequence.. .. of the credit crunch unveUed themselves, many
previously announced buyouts were cancelled.
In May 2008 David Rubenstein Slated: "But once this pedod is over. once the debt on the books of the banks is sold and new
lending starts, [think you'll see lhe private equity industry corning back in what I call the Platinum Age - better than jt's ever been
before. 1 do think that the private eqUity industry has a great future and that the greatest period for private equity is probably ahead
of us. ,[11
Personal life
Davjd Rubenstein's father was a POSt otlice worker earning $7000 annually and his mother a house wife. Tn a speaking engagement
at the University of Maryland, he revealed that his mothcr wanted him to grow up and become a dentist. Rubenstein has stated that
he \Vas once ofiercd to meet Mark Zuckerbcrg before he dropped out of Harvard bill decided against it. This is his single greatest
investment rcgret.
1s1
He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, and is married to Alice Rubenstein (nee Alice Nicole Rogoff), founder oflhe Alaska House New
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David M. Rubellslein at the World Economic
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York and the Alaska Native Arts Foundation. They were married on May 21, They have three children togetherJlOl
Philanthropy
Rubenstein IS among the group of American billlonaires who have pledged to donate more than half oftheir wealth to philanthroplc
causes or charities as part of Tile Giving Pledge.
He has made large giflS to Duke UniversiLY) the John F. Kennedy School of Government ot Harvard University, Johns Hopkins
University. and rhe University of Chicago Law School.
He was elected to the Board of Trustees ofthe University of Chicago on May 3 L 2007.(1IJ
On December 18,2007, David Rubenstein pllrt:hased the last privately owned copy of the Magna Carta at Sothebis auction house
in New York for $213 million, I III He has lent ilto the National Archives in \Vashington D,e[IJ] 1n 2011, Rubenstein gave $13.5
million to the National Archives for a new gallery and visitor'S centcrP
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Rubenstein was elected as the next Chairman of the Board ofthe Kennedy Center, Washington" DC. starting in May 2010, He is
Vice Chaim\an of the Board of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York. and chairman of its fundraising drive. A new
atrium was named for him.115J He is on the board of regents of the Smithsonian lnstitution.
f'6J
In December 20J I, Rubenstein donated $4.5 million to the National Zoo for its giant panda reproduction programP7} The panda
complex was then named the David M. Rubenstein Family Giant Panda Habitat for the Itext five years and conservation biologists in
t.he U.S. and China who are awarded '}lalional Zoo fellowships for their work to save pandas would be named "David M. Rubenstein
Fcllows."Pl!j
In 2012, he donated $7.5 million IOwards the repair of the Washington Monumenc(19)[20J
In 2013 he donated $50 million to the John F. Kennedy Cenler for the Performing Arts which is being used for 65,000 square foot
addition.'ll]
In April 20t3 he donated $10 million to the Thomas Jetlerson Foundation which \viH be used to rebuild at least two buildings in the
slave community on Mulberry Row at Monticello. The funds will also be used to restore Jefferson's original road scheme,. restore the
second and third stories of Jefferson1s home which arc currently mostly empty, and replace infraslruclure,!llj
Duke University
Rubenstein has made sevcral gifts to Duke University_ He donated S5 million to Duke's Sanford School of Public Poiicy in
after which Rubenstein Hall was named for him, In 2009, he donated and additional $5.75 million to the sehool.[
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' n 201 t) he also
domiled S13,6 million to the Duke UniverSity Libraries in support of renovating the univerSity's special collections library, which
was named the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript LibrarypoJ In 2012, he: donated $15 million LO support the
university's Innovation and Entrepreneurship InitiativeY:;4] That same year, he grn-e another $10 million to support Duke Athletics.
(25) In 2013, Rubenstein donated $10 million to fund graduate fcHowships and undergraduate internships Sanford'p
6
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currently serves as Vice Chair, on thc university's Board of Trustt'es.[24
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Quotes
"When history is wrilten and people talk about the grem protests, I don'l think that this will be in that category.,l2?1
--Comparing what in his view were the great civil &<;obC<1ienee efforts of Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King to the
protests by the Working Families Party concerning the lax treatment of private equity firms.
"I analogize [private equity1to sex." You realize there were certain things you shOUldn't do, but the urge is there and you can't
resisL,,{23!-speaking at Harvard Business School about the buyout bubble.
"i think it's important to lell people the good and the had of American history, riot only the things that we might like to
hear.,,(2l}-Speaking about wanting to put a face on slavery with his donation to rebuild slave quarters at Monticello.
References
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2. /I h Forbes: The Worid's Billfonaires David Rubenstein (hHp:/I\\'W\\,.forbes.com/profLle/david-rubenstclnf) March 2013 A
3. Robill Pogrebin (September 30, 2009). "Donor Gives Lincoln Center $10 1\
Million" (hUp:llwww.nytimes oom1200911 010 liarts!OldonoLhtml). The tVell' York Ttmes. Retrieved July 28, 20 J 2.
4. Aaron Leibel (October 7, 2009). "Five local Jc\,.\"$ make Forbes rieilesllist" {hUp:llwashmgwnjcv.:ishweek.com/mauu1sp? A
ScctionlF<4&SubSectionlD=6O&ArticJdD=11567&TM=24272.7}. Washington Jewish Week. JTA News and Features. Retrieved July 28.
2012.
5. International Herald Tribune, Online Version, January 27, 2006 A
6. Reuters, February 22, 2006 A
7. Knowledge@Wharton, University ofPennsylvania, 6, 2008 A
it Mac William Bishop (lune 1,2(11). "'The DealT Missed': David Rubenstein" (http://dealbook.nyllmcs.oom/20 A
missed-david-rubensteinf). The New York Times. Retrieved luly 28,2012.
9, A "D.M, Rubcnstein Wed To Alice Nicole Rogoff'
rogoff.hlml), The Nelli York TmlC..... May 22, 1983. Retrieved July 28, 20l2.
10. A" b Aaron Welborn (August 17, 20J I), "Duke Libraries Receive $13.6 MllIion Rubenstein
Gift" {http;//today.duke.cdu!201 llO&lrubensteinwlibfary). D"keTaria)" Retrieved July 28, 2012
II "David M, Rubenstein Appointed to the Slmthsonian's Board of A
Regents" (http://web-llrellive.orglwcb/20090603192S46/hUp:!lnewsdesksi.edu/releaseslsi_rubensreln_regenthtm).Smithsonian 1 nstitut ion.
May 8, 2009. Afchived from the original (http://newsdesksi.eduJreleaseslsi_rubenstein_regent.htm)on June 3. 2009, Retrieved luiy 28.
2012.
12. "Bonc, James (Decembcr 19, :WOn "Magna Carla bought for $21111 by US
tycoon" (httr:ll\veb.arch l\'e.orglwcbi20081 1211 8 I 30 I/hHp:!/v,'\\'\v.
The Times {London). Archived from the original (http://www timesonline.co.ukllOllnews!woridlus_and_iUllericaslartiele3070798.ece) on
November 21,2008, RctriCYed July 28. 2012,
13. Mike Nizza (Mareh 4, 2008:), "Magna Carta Returns to !\Iational Archives" A
re:turns-to-national-an:hivcsf). The New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
14. National Arcl1iv'es and Records Administration (lw)e 20 II). "$13,5 miUion gift to Foundation". Declarations (603)' 3 A
15. Jacqueline Trescott (March 4, 20 I 0), "Carlyle Group named chairman of Kentlcdy Center A
board" (http://www.washingtonposLcom/wp.dyn/contenVartieleI1010/03103/AR20!0030302588.html). The Washington Pasl. Retrieved
July 28, 2012
16. Ruane, Michael E. (January 18,2012), "Billionaire philanthropist Rubenstein to give millions to help fix Washington A
Monument'"
monumentl2012/01/18/glQAPYmb9P _srory.hlml?tid=pm_localjJop), The Washing/on Post, Retrieved January 19,2012.
17, Ruanc. Michael E. "National Zoo announces $4,5 million gjft to support panda program" (IlHp:!lartides.wllShingtonposu;om120 A
The Washmgton Post. Retrieved I July 2013.
18, Jacobs, Jercon. "Nationall'.oo's Giant Panda Habitat Named for Donor David M. A
Rubenstein" (http://lh'Vow.giantpandazQo
GiantPandaZoo.com. Retrieved I July 2013,
19 "Mak, Tim (January 19.2012). "Billionaire David Rubenstein gives Washington Monumenl repair erroTt S7.5M
boost" (http://www.polilico.eom/ncwsJstories/0112171648.html). Politico, Retrieved January 19,2012.
20. Zonger, Brett (January 19, 20l2). "Wamingtoll Monument GelS S7.5M for RcpairsH A
ABC News. Associated Press_ Retrieved January 19,2012.
21. "KC fum BNIM will help design 1-100 million expansIOn of Kennedy Center" (http:// ......'Vo'Vo.kansascity.com/2013f04/04/4162441Ikcwfirm A
bnim-will-hclp-deslgll.hlml#storylink=cpy). KansasCity.colR Retrievcd 20 13-04-05
22. A b Zongker, Brett (April 20. 2013), "SIOM gift spurs restoration al Jefferson's estate" (hup:llwww.huflillgtonpost.comihuti
wires120 1304201us-monticeHo-resLoratlon-gift!'?utn1...hp_rer-politlcs&iFpOlitics). Huffll1gton Post. Retrieved 20 April 20 t3,
23, Eric Ferreri (October 20, 2009). "Duke trustee donates $5.75 million for public policy A
School" (h ttp J/blogs. ne..'Sobserver. com/cam pus notesl 5 7 5-millionfor -pub] [ c-poli C)'-School). newsobservec com.
Retrieved July 28, 2012,
24, Ad b Michael 1. Schocnreld (May J I, 2(12). "Rubenstein Gives SIS Million for Duke's innovation and Entrepreneurship
Initiative" (h!tp:lltod<ly.duke.edu12012105/rubenstcin-gi(1)_ DllkcToday. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
25 " com120 12/ Owmilhon-duke-athlelies!
26. ''http://WW\\o ,dukechron ide.comfnrti e! es120 13f04130/rubeilstein-donates- 1 O-mi II io i epoll cy
27. ""Carlyle's RUbenstein the subject ofta'( protest" {http://www.reuters.comtarticlefmergersNews/jdUSNl9288533200709 J9). Reuters.
September 18,2007, RetrieVed February 14,2008.
28. A "David Rubenstein; Buyout Bubble Was Like Be"
sex/). The Wall Street Journal. February 2, 2009. Rettie\'ed February 2, 2009.
External links
III Carlyle hiography of David Rubenstein (hltp:/Iwww.earlylc.comfTeamlitem5553.1nml)
U Chicago Chronicle article (h1tp:lfchromele.uchicago.edul070712Iboardofirustecs.shlm!)
David Rubenstein Biography (htlp://www.whartonchina.com/forumI2010Ikeynotcs.php) at the Wharton China Business
Forum where Rubenstein was the openjng keYllote speaker for the 2010 evnt
Retrieved from "http;//en.wikipedja.orglw/indcx.php?title=David _ Rubenstein&oldid""56243 96 t0"
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Arts Scene: 'Stories From the Cemetary: '(title of show),' and antique
NY.'stAlaska House gallery opened loudly, closes
qUie Iy
Published: July 15, 2010
Among the goals of the Alaska House was to boost sales of Alaska Native art and to get recognition
for the artists,
PHOTO COURTESY ALASKA HOUSE
LOCKED: Soho showplace for Alaska Native art had asked state for $600,000,
By MIKE DUNHAM
mdunham@adn,com
The Alaska House art gallery in Manhattan has closed,
The online publication Capital reported on Tuesday that "the doors are locked, the lights are off, and a
large square sign with red lettering advertises 'space for rent: "
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No events were listed on the Alaska House website. Capital contacted Sabrina Smith, a spokeswoman for
the Alaska Native Arts Foundation, who confirmed that the gallery is in the process of closing down.
The gallery in New York's trendy SoHo neighborhood, which also served as a travel service and cultural
center, opened with great fanfare on Sept. 15, 2008. Guests at the event included Gov. Sarah Palin's
husband, Todd, Alaska U.S. Sen Lisa Murkowski and Alaska artists Sylvester Ayek, Perry Eaton and
Poldine Carlo.
Supporters included billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and philanthropist Daisy Soros,
sister-in-law of international money fund mogul George Soros. The gallery and its partner organization,
the Alaska Native Arts Foundation, were founded by Alice Rogoff Rubenstein, former chief financial
officer of U.S. News and World Report and wife of The Carlyle Group's co-founder, David Rubenstein.
"Our goals for Alaska House are several-fold," said Rogoff Rubenstein at the opening. "One, to increase
the sales and sale value of Alaska Native art, to both get the artist the fair market value they deserve, but
also the recognition they deserve."
The broader mission Included drawing attention to problems facing Alaska Natives. The opening's theme,
"Life Without Ice," pertained to the effects of global warming on Arctic regions.
In addition, the center hoped to help Alaska companies market seafood to the East Coast and gave
visitors from Alaska a place to check their e-mail.
In November, Rogoff Rubenstein requested an appropriation of $600,000 from the Alaska Legislature for
"public relations and economic development marketing" for the gallery.
"I can't afford to keep New York open anymore so we're either going to close it or we're going to find
funding for it," she said at that time"
The Legislature did not appropriate the money.
The 3,OOO-square-fool New York gallery operated in conjunction with the Alaska Native Arts Foundation,
Which operates the Alaska Native Arts Gallery in Anchorage, a showplace for contemporary and
traditional work by Alaska Native artIsts at 500 W. Fifth Ave.
As of 11 a.m., Thursday, the Anchorage gallery was open but staff could provide no information regarding
whether the closure of the New York space will affect the Alaska gallery or the foundation.
In a press release received on Friday, Tracy Foster, founding director of Alaska House, New York, said
the enterprise is actively seeking to sublease its 3,OOO-squarefoot gallery and meeting space in SoHo
"while continuing to show the artists work by appointment."
"Alaska House will continue to operate 'virtually,' minimizing overhead by maintaining its inventory online.
The nonprofit will also continue to advocate on issues of importance to rural Alaska, such as natural gas,
Arctic development and climate change," Foster wrote.
Find Mike Dunham online at adn.com!contactlmdunham or call 257-4332
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purchase directly from Ihe artist themselves, Tara Young wtlo is a pa.1 of Iha
communications team at Etsy, made a one-orawkind video about, SyI...es1er.
subsistence and his art, 11 captures his lifestyle and the complexities or
Sylvester's art PIeces.
You can watch the video 'Handmade Portraits: The Bone CaNer' here'
http://M\'WNoutube.C9mlWatch?v;::y e9 KRBEKM
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Please lake a look al Syr ...eSler's Etsy slore:
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Artist Database Project: ANAF is in Ihe process or a two-part artist project
Tha first stell in the project veriryi ng the accuracy of contad and mher vila!
information of the approximately 1,100 a.1i$\$ re:giSlered with ANAF. The:
sacond part 01 the project is making sure that thaI ANAF has an artist
bloglaphy for each 01 artists, Customers are alway" eager to know more
about the artIsts that ANAF represem.s. If you are an Alaska Native artist
please contact Eric 10 update your infoN"f)<:f\ion,
Call 10 Alaska Native Phmographers: Alask.a Nalive Arts FoundatiQr; is
calling Alask.a Native photographers to submit UP to three phmographS 10 be
featured in the downtown gallery for the Novembar FirS: Friday E)lhibit
The FirslFridey even! is November 2, 2012 from 5'00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Anchorage's First Friday Art Walk showcases oyer 25 diverse, creative
venues on a se!flluided lOUI end support a variety of artgalleries and
Sludios, museumlt cultura! venues, restaurants and shops,
ONLY complete ApPlica1ions (Application & PhotographS) 'Will be
considered,
Application deadline Is October 10, 2012,
NotifiCAtion or selected photographs is October 12, 2012.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
September 26: Business Trsining Applica'!ions Due
October 5: Fim Friday fea:uring Yup'iklAMiiQ artist. Jim Miller
- October 10: First Friday for November - Call for Pho!ographs applications due
- October 1617; Business Training, Anchorage
Qdobet 1820; Alaska FederatiOn oJ Natives Convenlion, Anchorage
November 2: Firs1 Foeay fealuring group Phdography Exhibil
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KTUU Channel 2 News came to the Expr.tnd Your Vision: Cultllra/
Expleration with Silver and t:Onducled an interview with the inS'lrvctor,
Nicholas Galanin. Please Check out 1he phdos that KTUU posted!
Writer. Oulrel:1ch to artJsts to update online biographies
Inventory Assistant: Help receive inCOming art and input to online
system
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Percy Avuqiak (!nupiatf'r'up'ikj has been featured for Ihe morrths of June
and July 2012 at the Alaska Native Arts Foundation Gallery. Awgiak ofIen
depicts danee in his paintings, typfClillly in btight, surreal neon colors. He
came 10 hi$ vibrant and sometimes ahSlr8Ct slyle when he lost h:s glasses
while studying art. Anchorage Daily News wrote sboUi Percy's show,
"Dance. Drum, Song and Storytelling", Read about this new up and coming
artiSl'

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ANAF Boan:! Member and artist Mehner has a new solo
exhibition, Finding My at the Anchorage Museum! Click on link for
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"Alaska: Far and Away, Up Exhibit featured at Stonin9fon Gallery in
$aat1le an September I) 2S! Fealured are works by Larry Ahvakana
(I'1uplaq), Kethleen Carle (Afhabascan), Perry Eaton {AJutiiq), Allie High
(TsimshlanIHslda/Aleut). John Hoover (Aleui). Anna Hoover (Alel,lt), Susie
Snook (Siberian YupikJ!nuplaq), Presion Singletary (Tlingi1), \Jawn Wellece
(Aleut) and whalebone and ivory carvers from the Beling Seacoestal villages
and Islands_ For mere info, click on the link:

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011 September 71 Alaskan artists featured are: Julie Decker. Brian. Adams,
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Budget cuts threaten Native Arts
Foundation
Po"ed: niday_ 5 .. HI, 2010
By PAT FORGEY
The puhlicly funded Alaska Native Arts Foundation has had its budget slashed, and it is not
clear whether the org:mi?:ation dedicated to promoling the sale of h"ative art can COlltinue to
operate,
The gm;ernmenL has provi&d $600,000 a year to the fonndation in recent years. In 2008,
the tast for wbich data is availAble. the non profit foundation had of
S94S,OOO, aceording ta its publie1y available tax return.
Foundation ....e director JoneUa Larson White has declined repeated requests to
provide farthcf information about the organization or the impact of the budget cuts.
The Alaska Manufacturing lItension Partnership provide-! the bull; of the fotmdation'$
funding. Partnership E.l1ecutive Director Chris Buchholdt confirnled the funding tut
Thursday, whith he $<lid would be effective Sept, 30.
Foundation board Chairwoman Alice Rogoff, reached on thc East COlLq on her ct:!\ phone,
also dedim:d cOmment
"Yau've got me in NantUl.:ket,M she said "There's a harrieane coming,' she said last
<lnd ended the calL At the time Hurrir-anc Earl WHS approaehing the eastern seaboant She
did Hot an,<;VI-er or return phone cans this wt:ek
The foundation, which buys Alaska Nati\'e llrt from local craftspeople and resells [t at its
Anchorage gallery '-lUd on the Internet, gets most of its funding from. the Alas'-a
Manufacturing Extension f'a:tnership,
That's a jointly funded state and federal effort to increase Alaska's manufaeturing economy.
The partnership considers artists to be "manufaduring" the art they ereate, its website
states.
"Alaska Natiye Art is a manuf<1durcd product Ihat expreSSeS the culture of Alaska Natives.
It IS an industry where Alask1l Natives have a compctitive advantage," aCc-<Jrding In AMEP's
wcbsl!e,
Rogoff told the Alaska legislature in 2007 the fmlndation's philosophy is to p<ly artists
mote for thdr work than others do, and then mark tlms(: prices up hy 100 perecnt to ddray
thc foundation's costs,
, (July 2(13) Your Cltj- If you drive m Your
Rer;i{!1'l YQtld better reao this". Le.lim ..
"1'nt's whj" we're here. This is first-person economic development, ll!> we like to say,'"
Rogoff told the Legislature.
The foundatiou's appropriatiou was eui follo ....ing its loss of half its state funding, AMEP's
Buchholdt said, That loss of funding ettme following a Parnell adminislratiou \'eto.
llu:chhold! sl'lid AMEP', bMni voted 7-3 to elilililHlte the foundation's funding,
"The board made what (tt) felt to be a Lough but fiduciarily responsible decision: he said.
State funding from AMEP bas been the foundation's principal source of N!\'enl,lC, amounting
to $571,000 in 2005, $600,000 each year since then, for nearly $3 miUion in public
funding.
In 2009 Rogoff told the legi.slature that the fouudation h;xi so far purchalfCd $1 million
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worth of Native art for resale, well bel{l'\1.' the $3 million if received,
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The (oundation's 2008 tro: return reported art sales of 522$,000 for the prel.1VUS ycar.
It is nOl clear how many jobs at tile foundation may be at stake. The group's webSite lists
four staff members. Its lax return reported it was paying its then-executive director
$1.0$,000 a year, pIllS benl!fits.
The partnerShip has prm1Dusly listed its support for the foundation as one of Its "suecesses"
00 its website, but just recently removed Native tnt from the liS'!.
Rogoff a!so ran the recently closed Alaska Bouse New York, which operated a gaUer)" in that
city seliing Native art, She sought funding from the Legislature to help subsidize that
gallery, but dosed it earlier :his summer when funding was not lorthcoming.
Contact Pat Forgey at 523-2250 or al patrlekforgey@jllneallempire.{.'om.

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David M. Ruben$l.t!in is exasperat.ed, er.d he 011.111$ $Omelt<lng!.hat 8 qt;jc;j;: look sround the m(lm prows is
(1.jlmge(AJs" 'We're nol," he nearly shou;,s, well ct)tInected;"
Seh1fld him fs a of f<ubensteln "n a plane --.ith lhen-Gov. Geol'gl'! W. Bush. Across the room. a phole 01
Rubenstein""',h!he presidtlnt's father 9I1(J mo:.her, Ne>1 10 !l1a:, Ruben$lein and Mikhail Gorbad1ev.
Rucenstelr'i and Jimmy Carler. On a b:>oktlhetr: Rube'lstein and the pope.
This 11> ('01 some I"cnor d in RL'beruteifl'S tYflCl! ('I'l Pe'lrmyillsnia A"'efllJe, this is his woo:I-par.eled den at
home iii BethMda. The snawois are nearly hidden 8'1\0"9 bOOks and !:rl"kels 8:ld fam:ly photos - the
dlN.'J.ll1!ling of the truly. cieepty connected.
Rtlbem:len, alIer all. is ro-fournler 0: the C81)'ie Group, an ifwe.s!merr. noose lafl'lO'JS as one o! the f1lO.$l well
Wlrn:x.:ted :mo,mles anyv.nere. Fonner p:esidelt GOOI"iJfl H.W, Bush is a Cartyle adl"ser. FOTIet 8I111sh ),}ime
mitli$ter JMn Mat heads (\$ EI,I!'OpI!af' arm. FOi'lTlet of slate James Baker IS.seriO!' OOJI'seio:, lorner
\M'!l;e HttlSe hLdge! cnief Rict.ard I).;Irman is a partner, formel SEC chairman AMur le>lt\ is seriO!'
the list goes or.
Those assooa\,Ol')S Mve brOU",lt.l can:;!e eOOfTl1OOS $ucctl'ss. FtxN'l6ed in 1987 with 55 million, the \Va5hlngtOh
OO$ed merd'lanl bank cornrc.4 ne$l1y bil:l01 in in;oeslmenls, Making it '!he largesilltivale eqlity rnanag&' 10
tl'le wOl1d. II bt.ys and sells wt>oIe CJ)!"'lp,gnies the W'IX'/ some fil'mt> t'<1l:fe shares of sloct.
But Ihe CGnrleclictlS also ha.-e cos! Cal1yle, in ways !hal are hard to measure.!! has deVflloped tI reputa'Jo1 81
lhfl CIA 01 th& buSiness wo.1d _ omnipresent powerllj, I) sinisler. Me:lIa ou'Je;s from the 1Ii!!age Voice to
Business'Ne&k heve depided Carlyle as manipulating the 1t:'Jea 01 government (r00I shadowy bedt l'OO'TIs. "The
Iron Triangle, a book abW the COmp<lny due out next month, promises Iil take readers in::I"a world thai few 01
V$ can Imagine, full of clandestine met!lings [and) quid pro quo deals,"
L8.l!i tSt, Cynl":a McKirYJey (()..Ga.1 even suggested thm Carlyle's ;\.1t1 Bu5h's ties to the
Middle Eas! made SO'Tlef11.lW ccmDi QiW1\ in Ihtl Sept. 1< iet'l'Cir attacKs, y,nUe her-comm(!l'lls were widely
$S it't!SDOnsb'e, the pvbl'.;;ity hlghhghle<! Carlyle's nOl.orious Mp1i'.aUI;I'1, Irtemet sJ!il$ with
he$Q\;nm:. !;ud"l "The Alo:i$ Corpor$'.e E."r' p;rpor.lo lirk. carlyle to e>'e"Ylhing fmrn Enron 10 aI O<lleda.
'VA'!!w adl1altj replaced !he Tnlatetal Commissior\" asll'\e darling cd conspiracy !heMSlS say5 Rutlens:ein
Who INlh be lold, hBppeM lD be a 1TIerrJler of !he Trialerai Comrmssioo
11 dldl\'! help thaI as the 'Ablid Trade Cenler burrlfXl on Sept 11, 2001, the news inloou;rted B CBrl'11e
om1erom:e et the RiLl.- Carlton Hotel here tmer.de:j by a broIherof Osama bin laden. FMnerptesideffi Bvsh, II
fellnw lrweslcr, had been with him 51 the !he
But fiMlr if yoo beieve Iha conspi<acy theorM thai Cao":t! "'minarle:s n oliling slriogs on the W'flI'iany's
behali, there is evidence they hal/en'l heen very good at it htle\y. The o.rrern Bl.I3h ad'ninistrellon I1a$ SIo\,I\t'If!d
off adlrlce frOl"'l eake ealli'1!:; f:lr reslnlim In the Middle as\. whl!!!'e Carlyle t.as irweslQ'S, end from fonr,gr
presidenl Bush 01'1 the need for ca!m 01'1 the Koraan ponintum, whe-e. Ga1yle own;. bank$., ;::efanse sar.rn\a:'y
Donald Rum$feld even cancaled the $11 bIDIOI1 howi!.ler j:l'OQran\ a tnJdal contred for t'1I? Ca'lyle.
Q'M'led Otlfense comJ,l<1ny,
Rubp.11l'1.te1n resents the suggestion that Cartyle's Ijgwigs shape policy for privaie gaXl it's what made
him en:p: ill an interview (!.boul his lack of conned.io:KlS, "Do you really think lhe arrenl president oflhe United
woold ruin his repl.ll8lil:ln af'\d clr.entian'l hurt the Unl:ed Stales because of his fatiler's bwsiness inlerests1
Irs IJdlCfOUS: he seys. "00 ynu rea!ly Vilnk beC3'Jse yoor IT\Bklng speec.t1es in Saudi Arabi" you're goll1g
to lilt U.S, policy ooe way m Ole other? ndictilouli, itt;
Slit he im('l\l.'$ vmy p&ple believe!haI atxYJI Carlyle. He e\l!:ln lakes It'e fo' it "1 failed in
the idea iha! we're no! tiSing!his colTlfXVly in en Inappml:(iate Wfrj," he say$.
Now, hil trj bil:, Ruilenstelnwants 10 dHll'lIf(lM image A year ago he tired hi! fnt publiC !lpecialist.
Then, If1 NOIIember. he replaced fOlTl'la- defaMe secretary FII:mk Ci!rlucci as CalI'f'!e's c."!airman with a dltetent
type of LNs V. Gt!fS\nef Jr" the !t('Il')er chairman Q{ IBM.
II is Cartyle's fvst m<!!lVBe hire from Ire world c{I lnslead at !fi only a Slap, and Garfje
I'm!; B tong way to go::I O'o'lvcome repUU'ltion. But Rubenstein has trarlSformation.
His 0Wfl career took e cunoos M'iSI as RubmSlein t"i1!nstorme:i himselt from a young carler 'Mile Hoose policy
wonl<: 1ft::! 3 tywt.nwhose family safaris witI' 9artxYs 81l:lh.
"HIS Ideology \\.'as co>npa!ib!e w.:t> mine - detflcated to I'lUman righ:s, eMl erWiranmenta/ quallly, bette'
educatiM," Carler says In an inlervie'N. "! ha\"C been truly amazed by whet.!)(Md tas done the WIlle
Hou&.e years."
Carlyle, 1'1 its early days, was a far huml:;jer creature thBl'l II Is no'H, In faet, Ihe comoany's first 'o'OOture
WJnds hke someltlng from a sp!lr:1 Rl.Ibernlein had disco...erad a legalloophoie alkMing NaUl/e
Americat\5 in Alma 10 !neir Ia): IOS!e!I, IiInd he d:d a brief, bisk businesS conrlCcbng Esltimos Wll'1
corporaUtII'IS ir, seardld a W'ite.<tf. Congrct!> qviuly dO$ed the 10000hoIe, and Carlyle moved on In search of
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COITIpa1IeS \0 sn abortive slab at the ChI.chl'S reslilll.ll"1lll'll chili'!. a..o bwgtlll1lfl Clirterair
tn1ernatiooaf airline 1!.Xld r.tf'Iice - putling Gecrge W, Bush on the boal'd bu: tala seHog i: at a hwgt 10$$,
wttole Vef'.fUll was something of a mldllfe crisis for A.i,!llenstein, v.tio had re3d s:.tmewhere thai raroly
start sftar ere in their late 1.h:rlie5. He had been treating water;11 a \"iashingl()n I_office. !Y'!d
ltl:OOlih old (nero Ed \lethias, Inan of Legg Mason, hoolo:ed up With s faw OIher men of sim'iar age Iooong Ie gel
into wmethlng fliiffl.
'Aha! [hey $lartad was a pr,vale equity firm, almlhd at uSiJ\g molley torn 'ir.h Deq:ole or iI'l$llufJcr.5:O buy
C<;lrr;Iamu, run tHem for a v.t1le and sefi them. hopully if. a proM Ga1yle was narnoo [Ofilie swMio:y-sou'ldirg
New '((Kk ho'Iel. but thaI cily's elite derided the IiUle company for beill9 based in" r'l"\8ndal like
W3srotgtor>.
Rubenstein craved leg1limacy, so he pa;d enernh:n e t!fl'l'er law partnef passed on Itte tip ttwl II big name
in government, C8rlvcd, was Broul to leBIIe <trice and was oppr.ttunilies. Rubensle!!l ...OO 10 Me
tim.
"HI!! WillS a pers:Jil of some prominence. 1M! were a l(klefsm fllTll, we Ihougm httIng a perslXl....no WIn belIef
I<r\QrHn tMnwewero might help us. gel o..r calls retumed more. It W/!$ tlOthing rrn,ye oe:'arioos tha11hal. or more
inlel!igerll!han that.. Rvbenstein says
It wm:ed cartueci is one 0/ the wcr1:f!- greal networllers. HI!! got insight lito bu5iness deals all o'lerthe COtlfMy
t"tj se."';"g 00 e long 11m of Wlh his Perllagon backgfOl.,nd, he pushed C<rIyle Ie ruy ae'er.se
al a time when such CC'Tlparies wem (fIJI of l;worv.ilh If'MlS!orS. \\oIlenlhe d$lMstl InOI.I$Vy later
ccnSQlidated, Carlyle minted money by sell'ng its pleces Ie the domlN1l! new corpexaliO!t:t
Cartved became chairma:rt and RubeI'.uein realize(! r.e had hll en a wit'!!li'lg formtAa ff YCIJ put peonle
rm1:to riet. people some 0/ the po.I!ef rub3 off on the rid; gvyt. ill"!O some of the money I\.Ibs off on 1M pcmerfIJ
!l<1Ys. R\Jtlenstein began hiring otnersletesmen like a !colban owner his til:alTI with s:ars. and !he
company steered its IftO go...cmment-regttated indOJslries.
He got Baker, the foonef secretaI)' of slme. In a: twcler\\liih DaIrnan, the formf:f'Wlne BtU'le budge: eireder.
Former FCC chil1f1"\1aO Wiliem Kemafe $Ir;ntd m to Ove'"5ee telecan'TIlZlica:mns end mowa Form!lf
SEC r.ha1rman Le'>iit IS helping Garlyle lind to tluy and ad...,sing en capo'flte ethics, Baker helped
land Bust", wtlClie flxldian;s to give fer CaJtjle tha':: aRrad we!!llhy foreigwrs in places v.here
the fOlTl'1e!' president Is e!lpeciany re.-ereo:!, rom as Mi!e.
Aner Bush 5pCj!ks, "lU'.leNlell'l ale olhers dose in to gellhe Wl'lWed alternlees 10 emrust llem ""Ih their riChes.
The company has rewarded b 1eilhfi.l ....;Ih a 35 Derce<l1 average aJW'AJei rate 01 relur'n. It has dQ'lE! st through
de"'! suctJ as its m:l!ior j'.lI..Ifdwlf' W Magnavo): Electronic Sylteml in 1993, wh c.n il s.:Ad Me years taw fO(
$$10 nilliro. Orils 1997 c1 U'1lte<1 Defensefol $180mIDicn. Four years!aler JuU before Rumsfeld
carlQi!loo 115 Crusade' howitter program Carlyle took Uniled Defense put1it and &dd about half the slod: to(
S5BBmiHiiX"l.
Such deals.are the prr:winee if co-fc:mders Dame! D'Anielo. >M1o runs daily tflerntms. end \/IAlham Como..-ey
W'10 a...ersees \rweslmrmts. Rvbenstein is the people perrot. He travels JOO days a yea'" retruWng irwes:m.
";s.mng employees. W"Mlng for apportlJl1ities. He is a Jew who sips tee In At<tlian paia:;es, the siX"loi e
Ba'timcre postal w()ti(m wtIO buys pinsllipe suits - all alij(e in tCfldon.
His I'de would wggeSl saiTlO' ane Wi!h a tharnber..ol<.anmerce !ifTlM. a two-han:led haoosl"\e'(e. Rvoo!'l$te!'1 is
not thai guy. "'m a p-eny seric.J& pernen." he sa)'s, qltOilaguing the slns ha avoid!'.:"/ don. drink alcohol, I don'!
SMoke, I dam pay golf,"
At 53. he loo!\ boyisr fM.lft enough .'"lis hair has Hs eyebrtNl's ere still mrt.. st;jN} la
Steve Martn, and hi!; mamerisms -the pa!'TIs-up shrug, \he fast tlI:n>;.irJg when he I!'ilIXell a pcinl- eIIOKe a
le$$./"typ$f 'Mlody AU&'!.
One a' the most compl.::.med things abcut Rutmns1.elf'\ is his sense 01 humer,..mien i5 pe!'llasive but 50 oone-cry
<t'1d that Its almost sreaky. Wlen he greets SOfreooe fa-the /irsl time wlll"lli\e Roe "You
were promised ItJ'lCh. but the ll",Jlh is, we da-n a::ujally heve any IU'1d\"the effect is ofj'P'.It1i09 end then
amusing, a kind ofbert.led-W're charm.
Rubensleln alsa IS reterrJe$tJy Being a reporter r:lJS[ be 8 (ascil'!3tir.gjob, he'll say - 'WIth the
excepUCfl of [hill interAew." Pmsidenl Bush wNd no doubllove to have his advice. he deBdpam. "$0 he
get 1I'6oom 10 18 percent' liTe way CW1er did with Rtihe"lSlein'$ help<
He sp<m:.k"eaOs 10 ne....spapers a day end $'); !:locks a wee"'- Arncng the (I\rtter on his corree table ene Satlxday
affert"1OOl"L Gutt magazine, the blX'k 'Wla! went\'*oog. Impad and Mitldle Eastem
RH$pcifI$f!" by Bernard Le.>ris anrllhe LeXlJ'S and the Olive Tree" by New Yon.. Times ooIumnllil Thomas
Friedman.
Oespr,e drl'-'l:llo Slay Infomlcd. Rubens!ein elso 011'1 image as someone l!pw" from Ihe modes of the
day. He haon1 see'1 e !T'Vie "m iI doZen yeers," He cernes a cell prone lor erre-gendes, W dcesl''t KNlW ils
rn.TIIber. He some 200 e--mafs daily and respoodslc them aU- (hough he .....dleS \,he resparn;es on e legal
pad hes an estislant type them inU) the et:mpller.
Rt.benstein's 01fy teal Irn:h..igenc.e is gonil:L which ha uses bOO1 to erc 10 milk his glOtla! nelWoJ1< of big
names. Otherwise. the man has no dlve'slons, WO!1I is h's hobby,
'If I were far.:ed 10 relAX in cor1'o'entOMl ways I'm (;()(lI)nc.ed I'd have a hear! aUAck." he says. "I came from a
'"IeI)' modest backgrcund, w()ti(ed very mud at"!<"l n<:PI I've 2d1ie...eo somelhifig -1IOl a Nobel Peace Prize, 1101 Bill
Getes. b1.f sotnethlog:
Ar only child, it"' a WI:.lI'king.dass JewiSh nelghbo>1lood In Ihe P1kes'>'llle of
BailimOO!, "It was a rigidly by religion:' he Ulyt 9u1e...erything ctnmge<lfor him when he ....ert
to &=llimo'e's enormout City Ctlilege pubUc hlfi1 schooL
There Rubenstein became with 1\ charismatic loolba!1 slat I'18med Kurt &:hmoke, who erIe day would
becune the fll!ll eleded blao>! mayor Baltimore. The two .....ere meMbers of the e dUrl ft;W' boys
!oundtd $l'Id still opefljteQ by relired Ballimtl jUdge Robe'1I.H, HamITl(llT'lQf\
" dldl''t thlnt: Qa:;>id was a leade' in the sense d;(1J!i beL'lg a leader, in the SW'Ise d! tieing of e clan or
presidert 01 a m:tlool," S8j's Ha.'I1mermar:., who recaHs urging thl! teel'18;e Rubcl'l$lein:o believe in ,..
think Qw.1d allhat U'T1e had that in him beCl.l1.l6e he WflS too shy and teo unsl.re ot .. " He Qid nol
haw ml..'dl then. (though; he might leel he etways brislIedYo'!lh t'.c!;/idenc.e, Dl!t:.a'JSe t;e, certainly
bnsUes
Ru'3e<lsteinwen1 on 10 Ow Un'tltetSily and won II scholarshp to me IJniwrslty of Chic.agt"! Lew SctIi"xI!. .AIIer a
IXIUjlIIe tI years wo:Wng al a lawf!I'!TI in New y()ti( Oty, lIigNad on as legal the
catl'!Mgtl of Eirdl Bayh,
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Wten Caner won lhe Oemocmti:: Nesidemia' nominaljon in 1975, won I;l joolT8l'Jng
domest" polley with campaign adviser S(uar; Eizens'.al. two ri)lTl'ltid;! dose working relatio"lsh!p, and aI'Ier
l'le cled,iYl RubeMlein fouJl(l "rlirnsiM II!> 1.Iw IXi!$ident's deputj< domestic pdl!;y advisef 81 ,I'll. age d only ::7,
!ntm;l:;aloo by 1M Job. RUberslein made rrrnsl!tt ItTrugh sh!Jar labor. ''He de<.uted mtXl't
hours to his work in tha lAttite Hoose man anyoo8 0"1 my st8lf, 50 far as I ever krlew: Carta" says. "He was a
re1icenl peflOl1 as 1.- es pYl!lng himsell forward ......e was very modest and never aamed eredt fOf successes
..menthe'j did maleria:i2a Ami he l'Ie\ler betrayed me."
N!fNI'liweek magazine Rlilel'l3tei'l in 1978 as !he prolotypical hypa'"-OOlmritted YO'I.I'Iq policy WO'lk
ea[iI')J diMer from a vending ml'Htllne. an but sieepjrlQ in h:1O office. Aslhe las! one 0I.ll of !I'e Wellt Wng mos!
flights, Rubef'!stein WOIIId J),Jl his arlO EiZenstafs memos at the top of1he pile in the president's private $i1J(Iy,
enslJring Carwr sways k1ew Ihelr'PO$itlons. A jealous sl.atfer with Ihe Off'1Ce of Maoogemenl and 9'..d<;;eI
everrtl..Vtly got a Seael Service &!ie'!t to srlff ot.t leclvlique and pullha! agency's metTle on lep. Ruber$!efn
says.
He likes to odd lhil: he /ian'! speak 10 Pm: slatler loc monIDs, tilE later married her. AJ'ce Rogoff Rube'\51mwenl
(If\ to an sssistanlio Donald Graham, thel' of TheWashingtoo Post m:l laler sper4 eight
years 8$ dli$f Onardal t#,cet 0: U.s. News & \Mlrtd RepOli
Rubenstein also recn..ited his oid friend Sdlmal<:e 13 he mle Hru.se stan. "All the legends aboul him ar.:l how
hard he wooced are al!&!1ulely correct" Schmol:e says:. "'He 'Hat; somebody I nev t\Nrd anybo::ly say
anylhlng Ct e bat! word !'!bout He was always somebOdy concernec about commlJ'lity. ,. He \O.'2S very
M..lCh ll'l\erested in public ooliey concerns, and brQal1 SQl'le!a! iuues."
Then, t.o f<ltIer!stein's sUl'!lnse, carter fa1ed lowin a second lllfTT\.
Who h$d onoo dangled job ol'fern n:m ddo't return Ruben!ittllf'f1'l cat'I$. He hired on at Ple firm
if. Shaw, Pillman, Potts & TWNbridge, bJl found thaI he d;an't really the WM:.. Eizenstat. who It
dose friend, didn't wony abW: Rubens:eir, because 'Ie figured he wcthI rdlow a palh sirrrnartc ttl own
practice Ia.tt, \l,TIte pepe'S for lhink la'li;s, step in ar.d out fA /)emOCflltic admlnlstreuans.
BIt. wailer Mondale'$ ISS 10" in lE64 soured Rubenstein on pd: C$, And as he enll:Y'ed hit late ltirjes, he WIm
re5'Jess for something IotOCWi a'J mtense cnve 1.fH7!. Scmel.hif'lg that might t2,JrI"j a significant payct.eck
So he took the leap snd formed CBI1y1e. Nolloog after Ire firm started up, Rubenstein '!let Judge Hammennan
for lunch At Duke Zeibert'$, "I :ust want you to M:m: h$ seid to hls cAd MenlOI', '1'm not $tdling out."
got his payday, a:rrd Iher, S(I(l'Ie, He has losllrack arMI, r.el WOI'Ih, he says, because Carty\e'&
structure gives tim an 'r'rteresl in eech (j!!he firm's 25O-plus In;oeslm<!nts, and those values n..<;1U$\e. Sur h 5 sele
to SJ he has m<!ny minicns.
The Rut\$teH'l$ remodeled their Georgiar",styfe home in 8ethesrla anened lest yftat at t1.7 rrifior. -lhen
bougM 1)1e next door and reI"'.()IIeted it as e 9JesthouStL They bV'it a 10.D()()..$qUal'&-loot dlale! ir. Seaver
Coea Cao., and e COf1"IP(}oJ(idthat sleeps
Fa" SJ tl\;Jl, Rubftl'ls!em '$p<Ind!> mOll! fA his Ume on tlitpWl;!S or in hotels. He l11\es to poir( out that ha nei:>Jer
skis nor aalls, and II\siw lhuse gel1lway homes mayt>e one week apiece Mer. yesr.
Tm kind (j! fasdrmted W'ith acquisition rt houss5: Arthur the lorme- SEC d1afnMn. '1'm I'I(!l
con\l!l'lOOd 1ha11'1e ikes any {I the5e houses A gregl dee!. , ' . He tatIt$ ebout lI"le-n. buI! cer1airny da'I't ha'iG ll'e
ffil:ng that IlIt! :;ny corwnitmerr, 11} them \'I."ta:soe'il'l."
rid'les, Rubenstein has hung on \0 the pel"SOfla at the earnest staffer laboring 10 make the marquee
lOOk. gOOd. He hates lhe spotlight so much, sal'. he'l rearrange ca'lls at cimerlo get
himseP or. the head lable. B!.Itwhat he's rnar:y doing is pvlliflg big polenliai inY$!ltt:rs nex1.lo the guest af honor,
softeniflg them up.
One INng tIlel has rilanged alla/! Rubenstein his pditic$:. He hasn'llet go if, his root, - hi&Wlfe, AJ:ce Rogoff
ft..tbefl$tein, is on the board or lhe Carter end !he Carters were ovem'\tll guests at :he Rubens!elns'
Nantllcket home this summer. But George er.::I Berbara Bush are mom COITJTlon Ru'oens!eir,'s wife
and three dlildfl!l'lWEln! a10rg on a ,wer. wllh Mrs. Sus1. end the Ruben5teins WEIll:! eMong a $elect group
in";le<l 10 !he fame! first lady's 75lt'H:1irltnay party.
"SDend1'lS lime with lhem has aff'i1(',wC my pditica! views," RubeN,te:in :I.i'I),s, Ralhe: !hen Dem;rnl Of
he r"Cft sees hi'!lself <Hi a O!ICital-C CIllptaUsL And he $&j)'$ he wants 11} position hi$ oompsny 11'1>"

RtJbenstein!wl re/vsed t31e!. C<lfIyfe form 11.'\ CI'M"I poIiUt.a1 2cUon comrr:inee, end he has 111 bit, making
P!'JU:;::aI donaOoM. Slo;:;e 1999 Rubenstein has eo'!t/itMeti a iota, of ebout 12,500 \0 p(iilical ClYTIpalgllS, all
Republican, aCCOfd.'n{; to Ihe Center for Responsive
OOlers &ssodaladl'>ilh cartyla given fer mom. From 1f1)9 10 2000, l':leOPle Wf4,<I\ed with !he flr'm gave
nearly $224,000 10 DemoO'alic candldates.!ifld groups and neariy $248,000 10 scoottll'lg to the
cenlets Carlucci ilnd C(.Nouflder wUiam CQ'1Vj'ay are '!he mosf geoerOJ5 glO'er"
Number5 way down in the posl..pIl:!!iide:!\tli!:l2000 10200; t:)'CIR', $21,350 10 DemOl:J3!s end $8:\.255 to

Rubenstein seys he VOTed /or1he curren! pre;;idenl but: did ro1 raise TOoley for him, "J'!d ma: he h3$ .-isited (his
Bush 'MIle House onlY once, lthim a friend was in"a"sd In a Kennedy Ceo;er evetll.
Crila argue th$llhe CarlYle magi:; carl'! be by sm::h b:'ad slandaros cmcem IS tne innl."8l'lce
!tel Carlyle has that is r.ot a(:!;;Q\.In\able Of monitored so}'s Charles Lewis of'he eerier fer Pl.itAIC Integrity
watChdog gtOOD. "This IS .. wnpeny thel regimer tor tne mOOI pen in :eITM its activities in 'Na5<1illglon.
It dearly er.o:"'frlOlJS lnllt.iUflClil', t mean astonishing "nuence,"
Even Rubensten, foc all 11$ prolests thIT. Cartyle doesnl lobby lhe ccncudes that
"maybe yQ\J Qel IhiJ irfluence by peO))le l'llnklng you have it
Haft' do 'f!AI i!l!Ul$'se the impect. Lewis asks, YkIeo e canpcmy's lop exrot,ive Carlu;;ti - ch$ls at .. codctaR
p3'iy with D::mald Rumsl.e1d about thelrwrntlding days 81 Princeloo? Or whtIn ils top adviseri$ nel. only a iQ'JIlcr
presidett but char.ged ltIe dl$per$ o1lhe aJl'Tenl president?
U's nOliUS: In Wa$htngton II'i.lrt strl\ ql!l!S!iOO$ arise, Last tsar when Ihe Bribh !jO\Ierflf1'l;Y\! decided 10 privat'Ul
itllllCctet technaogy l<Ib IJj se/li'lG s slake to Cflrtyle, nammetVlttn and even some of !he lab's employees
expre$$ed ctJtrage ebOOt \Iw! COIl'ptln'('s Uel to fO'llmf British plime minister Major end iO U.S. fj(NIer broke'S
Also last yea', Carlyle made the Ionowoos purchale of il Hong Kong company lhat is the wOrld's.
bigges1 mal'liJl'actura" of erlifl!la! Christmfl'S Sha."eholciers in lI"lfl Chinese ccmpa'1'f wI10 opposed lhe sale
poif1led QlJll'urtone of its lop Kej'j iii p1d.ure of Major in his ol'flOO, implyiflg the! IXlce again Carlyle'S
conl'lections had gillt!l'l i: an unfair m:'Mlnlage, Exhibit J, 3 of 4
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One carlyle insider, Whilc -AgQf()Usly t"e company's elt"ic.s. Q)flooOes lh!!l there 1$ offen an tn!l3k1
component to overseas dealings in whim certain tYfJes of investors" 'Nill assume Carlyle's big names mean oig
;nfluence. "No matter how 1'I'l'..Ith you try 10 tell them, think. It'S like their tyslem,"' the WJrce says.
Thafs Blsovmy the Il'llemel h:lsls a mbuslstra!n of Carl)1e- bashrng. A Otitish musical act calling itself lhe
Group he;; postl: songs mine wllhtitJes ''Vas: Rlghl.Wng Cmsplrnc)"" and "Bijnded by the Right"
One Wet:! sle offers a "Cat1Jie Casino' slol madline 1121: uses of Bush, Baker and CarllJCCi in rAa<:ll of
therries, beIk am'lbw"$. M the hIIrde fine \41 t'le photos a'ld fond oul m<lking binill$ from lhe WM on
Terror?"
The charudema",,;Q1 41fvrieles some (If CMvle's biggest names, , thafs buijexpletive) IY\d yru can prinl ill
snaps Be!mf. "Scrnel'iOdy WO\lId say, wS), you had ale of lhe bn La:len b"e:thef5 as an inIlCSWt. \ONI. that's
exadly light he says, eOOlnilthsl the bin are Me of the wead,hies! fa'llihes 'I'l the Middle East 81la ha>'e
disawned Diama.
Still:. 10 d?1'Ied c:ribdsm, Rulllmsteitl mlumea ltIe bin laden!' $2 mliTion inv!t$lm?f\t. and aaid thai While Cart-fie
s;iI! hIlS olher itllhe Middle E$SI, Ii !lO longer a.vns aw COfTlPIiIf1les there"
Bt.t evefl peePe who afoot tooki"lg Irlf sir'liS1er oonspltades have Rubenstel!l'r. approaCh witI
::.artyle, Rep. \o1arty Kapjur (D- Ohio) won alee a junktf member of Carter's doI'!\esiic pciley W1ff and is amazed
ay her famer cdeague'$ eareec
" sort 01 saw D<Nid as !he Ik.imllle public servant Hewes so semen He ga1'tl eM II'llt. effort IM/f eU Um period
aI time," she But now he has oecome else: 1 wa'li la VSt;I a cotllj.:nmelltary word here. 1000:1
\'fern to say e shad"""'Y figu-e. 'Kaft.ur !is)'';' "KitId of a lrans/ucerd 'Ilgure."
Usinglormer slate$men fiUt.h A$ Bush Artd Baker 10 pursue privace 9iil1n jusl $Elerns inherertly wror(;. she "
thet using your CI.\'1tect$ to "ggrandize yourself \totten)/D.! leave, . Cleales e 'Jlew \hal !he
publ,e is fa $lil!e.
Rubenstein unClerslanCls the negell'le way .some peoe"';ew Whal he's Me, Democrats, especially, "OI'Iel'l
:xmsir:!e:' tie making 01 money In this kirld of prwate-equity business as net es aocJally as wtn.ing ill a
fOl,nda1io'l IX In Q:o\<errment," he say!," &11 he aryues thaI Cert,1e hilS ..:tlJ'IlJ'ib\lted to Itte soda! good, it has
jobs;n1 gerenr.ed wealth fu ir,vestors thai include !he Califocr,111 Put.ll:c mjjoyees Retirement Syslem
and etoer major pemtiCK! IUnds.
FOTtlet' president Garter says he IInds no bruit in Ca1yle'5 s:atie af sUr'.eS!'!"el'l. "Ith'n" each p..IOOC onida!, oree
leaVIng offlCO, Is as oompletely free ali all oll1er citzens of !he Unite::! Sleteli!O sMpe tnelr wilrln
the bruntls of eliical prof.'I'letles," he says.
But he is qtidl: to adtllhA! cartyle is somelhing in whim, by the 'liNt, I hIM': "levbeen iAllt'Cved aI ail. 1have
never boor: in the CQ'l'lmerOai He at all He did make ene speech at a CarI)'leGOCllerem:e. he lill)'S, bu! ordy If!
Cart.erCtr!W.
Tj'T.es are charl!l''1!l. tho09''I, 1($ no 100gB valid If! essume that Carlyle's golden rQ!I 01 aolOlMlically
OPB'lS dOQ"li i., certain partt 01 tM wa1c, sa,!s 'foussef M, Ibratrm of the C!.lI..Il'I/:!I ro Foreign in New
'fork. ''Geor!le Bush jU'llOr s. klnd af sr.rewing his. :ather up, slowty bIJ: Sllf;rty, i'1 tetmS of 'le)Jllng rwlkYlship& in
the reglO1," Ibrahim Stt'f5 oithe Modea-M- The current suppo1!or IlIttIe!, its hoSl:H1)' t&HWtI Iraq
antl 11.11 rocky dealings wlt'1 SaVlS rOyalla'nily have sO'Jratl business and polfHcai relationmpsl!l;ke, he says.
In tha! tight, 1\ was good liming last year when LeyiU in;rod\.oced Rubenstetn to Ge>Slner. The
legendary IBM executive was plenningto end Rl.obensteln. much as he tlid 15- yellts before 'Nith ;:a1uc.ci,
resolved Lo hire him,
It was paSl time lorCarJyIe \Q WOfk on its image, Rubenstein deader:!. Frustrated by the eOf\!Jpiracy lheaies,
humed by the Sept l1-bln Laden siluaUon, Rubenstein 'lrieo.o;ed tiring Gerstner at the beginning 01 the next
$1age for tis company.
'Maybe fOl. wwd WI)' Its l:l1'\ evcAtrt'on, he says. Political camectians 9"1 them slarted, but now RlA::lenstejn
wovl\i r';ke carly1e to take the next step - becorn'ng 1-*1 QI the bedrnt:k (1/ Americ.an Mllr,stltutiOi'l the!
w,flve$ ilS fOlJnders, the "GoWnan SSdis q private eql,.ity:'
As for his ownMJI'e. RubenMerJ has been Ihink.Ylg aboJt s<Ylleda), geftlrtg his hend bad; inl<l an
Nollls Q staffer Qf ap}lOi1'\loo -thaI wOWd be 100 he SA)'!;. No. Rl.lbeosteln now understands thai if 'jQJ
went 10Qa something 10 afflrd pul:iic pdicy. being the riC'> Mdy of a 'Il!!lng J)"estdentwrud be thewe)' to >::11'1 il
'I'm net QS, W'MrKOO a:!Il oncewa$ when my was dart and I way '27 that;ali public-polley <lchlevements are
aa:t'IJT\pIlshed wlillin QI:MImmern: he says. "I can have In!l:-.Jem::e, it! want to, M lhe oo:!.Ide'
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THE SPEAKERS
Jeffrey W. Ferguson
General CDUnsel & Managing
Direc",r of The Carl)le Group
Paul Bird
Panner, Debcwisc &
Plimpton LLP
Daniel Lennon
Panner,
Latham & Wackins LLP
TO THE READER:
General Counsel are more important than ever in history. Boards of Directors look increasingly to
them to enhance financial and business strategy, compliance. and integrity of corporate operations.
In recognition of our distinguished Guest of Honoes personal accomplishments in his career and his
leadership in the profession, we are honoring Jeffrey W. Ferguson. General Counsel of The Carlyle
Group. Hi., address will focus on the challenges and opportunities for private equity in the new
regulatory and legal environment. The Panelists' additional topics include mergers and acquisitions
and investment management.
The Directors Roundtable is a civic group which organizes the preeminent worldwide programming
lor Directors and their advisors. including General Counsel.
Jack Friedman
Directors Roundtable
Chairman & Moderator
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Thoma. Bell
PartncT
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Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett LLP
2
DIRECTORS
Jeffrey W. Ferguson
General Counsel &
Managing Director of
The Carlyle Group
Jeffrey W', Ferguson is a Managing Director and serves as General Counsel for
The Carlyle Group_ He is based in Washington, D.C.
Prior to joining Carlylc
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Me Ferguson 'W"aS an Associare with the law firm of Latham &
Watkins.
Mr. Ferguson graduated frorn the University of Virginia. where he was a rnernber of
Phi Bera Kappa, He received his law degree also from University ot Virginia, and has
been a member of the bars of rhe District of Columhia and Virginia since 1991,
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JACK FR1EDMAN. A; Ch,imlatl of ,he
Directors Roundtable, I have the opportunity
to speak with Directors reguiarh'. They are
cerned that a. corporation today hardly ever gets
the positive recognition that iT deserves. One
corporation we honored '.\<lS C\'en criTicized
for giving av.'ay {tee milk pov.der to dtildren
in poor countries, The opportunity to ha\'t
top management of major companies speak
with leaders of the business community is very
valuable.
We ale very pleased that Jeffrey Ferguson, our
Guesr of Honor today, is the GClleral Counsel
of 111C Carlyle Group, a renowned private
equity firm. The Cadyle Group has outstanding
businesspeople. who are profession;;tUy and per
sonally active in their communities and g<)I,"(:m
ment; <tOd pial' an lmpottanr role ill working to
impro;'1! society,
We will SttITt with Jeffs opening remarks.
followed by individual comments from the
Distinguished Paneljsts: Thomas Bel! of
Simpson Thacher &. Barrlett; Daniel Lennon
of Latham & Watkins; and Paul Bird of
Debevoise & Plimpton.
TIlere wtll then be a diswssion among the
speakers and questions from the audience,
TIle event will be raped and sent our m about
t50.000 people globaiiy by electronic publica
hon. An important aspeuof [his Honor is that
the recognirion will be projected worldwide,
JEFFREY W. FERGUSON. Thank you,
Jack. It is, Indeed, an honor and a privilege
ro be here, I greacly appreciate the invitation,
and tt's great ro see so many friends al\d col
w
leagues and fom\er colleagues in tbe audience.
So and Thank you for coming. Finally,
dle panel here is very distinguished, and they're
some of my Closest allies, so I hase no reason to
wott)' here - any question, I'm confident they
can answer!
1: think the topic that wenr out in the notice
was to address opportunities aud chiltlenges
in the ptiyate equiry world in rhe currcnr legal
and regubtory environment; <l.nn my cmirc
cilreer, essentially, since l:n., school, has been
working IJtir], The Carlyle Group, either as
outside counsel in <l. law firm Ot, since 1999,
as Counsel. But everything I know
is teally Carlyle. It has been reany my enrirC
career.
So wirh that, I'd like ro stan, (or many of you
in the audience, with just a brief abom:
Carlyle, and 1 think it parallels much of priwte
equity's experience over the last rwo decades.
I would like to start by reminding eyeryone
that the current Great Recession is rhe third
economic dCMuturn in the US or globally
in Carlyle's history, I think history will show
that from Carlyle's experience, each econ.omk
downrurn in the pasr has resulted in some
mnsformarions of Carlyle's bustness and pri
vaTe equity's bu,s.iness tlutr caused privare equity
and Carlyle to be stronger dlat' before. I would
predicr that this economic downn!rll will result
ill the same consequence, that OulyJe and pri
vate equity will [n many W;l.ys transform itself
and. come out stronger rhflo before the Great
Recessioll of 2CC8/1009 and '10, 'It and' 12
or howt;ver long it goes on,
But just back to the history: Carlyle formed
hI 1987, when I v,""a5 still in law school. My
introduction ro Carlyle was really as a summer
associate in a law firm where the founders were
subletting omce space. ThE', people who
C"rlyie h<1d become weary of rht;ir exisring
jobs in the world and decided they wanted to
do something on their own. The law him had
some extra space, so sublet It to the gentle
men who bec.1Hlc the founders of Carlyle.
My first assignment In 1989 was with these
gUy'S who at that time had named their nevi
finn "The Waslungton Company,'" which was
conducting business as a merchant bank. They
were an lntermediary, they were providing
sen"ices for fees. consulring With people. They
were basically setting up transactions where
native companies could sell tax losses to
profitable companies. Working on those trans
actions the beginning of my legal career
and my association wirh Carlyle, or the firm
that became Carlyle. Ler me ::t&5ure you, chose
transacrions were perfectly. legitimate; rhey
were expressly authorized by Stature enacted
by Congress. so there was nothing improper,
Those transactions were ef(ecth ..-e as a meam, ro
give reparations to the A1aslam natives.
In [he early days, seed money was providerl to
Carlyle as a stilrtup organization by four banks
or grOllpSj the Mellon family provided some of
the seed capital; Alex Brown and T. Rowe Price;
and a bank in Califontia J:alled First Interstare
Bank
After a year, tnree of those inveStOrs in Cariyle
dedded (hey "did nor really like the business
model, because Carlvle \.\'3s raising money
deal-by-deaJ from many of their customers
and cHents. At a vcro," cheap price, three of the
four sold out their intereStS [Q the founders of
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The Carlyle Group: ex-government officials cash in
By Shannon Jones
16 May 2001
The incestuous ties between the Bush administration and the corporate world are highlighted by its
relationship ,,"th the Carlyle Group, a leacling private equity firm.
Private equity companies buy undervalued businesses and then resell them for a profit. It is a highly
profitable field open to only the wealthiest players. It has returned an average profit of 34 percent per
year over the past decade.
The Carlyle Group became a major force on the world financial scene by employing prominent ex
officeholders, such as former President George Bush, to provide a foot in the door to government
ministries around the world.
Recent activities of the senior Bush include a meeting last fall with King Fahd of Saucli Arabia. Bush
also met v.ith the prime minister of South Korea and other government officials, paving the way for
Carlyle to acquire KorAm Bank, considered an important prize because of its relatively strong
financial position. Each speech he gives on behalf of Carlyle generally nets the former president
$80,000 to $100,000.
Carlyle's ties to the Bush family date back more than a decade. In 1990 Carlyle placed George W.
Bush on the board of directors of one of its subsidiaries, Caterair, an airline catering company.
Charles Le,,"s, executive director of the Center for Public Integrity, commented, "Carlyle is as deeply
wired into the current administration as they can possibly be. George Bush is getting money from
private interests that have business before the government, while his son is president. And, in a really
peculiar way, George W. Bush could, some day, benefit financially from his own administration's
decisions, through his father's investments."
In addition to the elder Bush, Carlyle employs former Secretary of State James Baker and former
British Prime Minister John Major. The firm's advisory board lists such international figures as
former President Fidel Ramos of the Philippines and the former prime minister of Thailand. Karl
Otto Pohl, former president of Germany's Bundesbank, is also an advisor.
According to a report in the March sedition of the New York Times, "Carlyle has ownership stakes in
164 companies which last year employed more than 70,000 people and generated $16 billion in
revenues. About 4S0 institutions-mainly large pension funds and banks-are Carlyle investors ...
"The California state pension fund invested $30S million , , ~ t h Carlyle, and the Texas teachers
pension fund-whose board was appointed when George W. Bush was governor-gave Carlyle $100
million to invest in November."
Carlyle is reportedly the eleventh largest defense contractor in the US because of its ownership of
companies making tanks, aircraft wings and other equipment. It is also heavily invested in
telecommunications, another field that is strongly affected by government policy.
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Frank Carlucci, a former defense secretary under President Ronald Reagan, who is Carlyle's
chairman, met with his former college classmate Donald Rumsfeld, Bush's secretary of defense, in
February, The two reportedly spoke about "military matters" at a time when Carlyle has billions of
dollars worth of defense projects under consideration by the government.
Carlyle is currently pushing for funding of the Crusader heavy-duty tank, which is built by one of the
companies it owns. Carlyle recently lodged a complaint with the government after another one of its
companies lost a $4 billion contract to make a lightweight combat vehicle.
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legacy
In early 1953. Ted Stevens and his \-rife at the time, Annl were beaded up the bumpy Alaska Highway in their
overloaded Buick Stevens, who was 291 had left Washington, D.C., to take a job \-.rith a Fa1rbanks law firm. But he
wasn't there to kick back and enjoy the \\'ilderness.
Tony Hopfinger 1August 13, 2008
Pipe Dreams: Palin's quest to deliver boom
The 44-year-old governor embodies a growing anti-oil sentiment among Alaskans
frustrated by the industry's lack of progress in building a natural-gas pipeline.
Tony Hopfinger 1 June 1, 2008
How Palin turned on her own party and became governor
In 2006, it would be a supreme irony if the RepUblicans - the old-line machine Republicans - scored a "",in against
themselves this November
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but in some ways they'd only have themselves to blame. Sarab PaHn has so far prevailed
against a11 odds. and against her own party's mainstream, whicb not only is against her but at times lately has seemed
to be trying to dismantle her campaign,
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The Last Frontier for Fatback ultra-biking
Fatback biking isn't just for uitrasport enthusiasts. The National Park Service is
touting the Alaskan invention as a "green" alternative for backcountry touring in the
parks.
Craig Medred I December 29, 2010
Republicans on-record skewering Sarah Palin
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin dismis..;;ed anonymous Republican sources critical of her in 2010, along with the
"limp'" and "'impoteut" reporters who quoted them. Now
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online news-magazine Sa10n has compiled a list
regarded GOP establishment names who aren't afraid to lambaste her publicly.
Eric Christopher Adams I December 27, 2010
Haines' Holly Jolly Follies
A night of offbeat theater in Haines, Alaska provides a dose ofCbristmas cheer for the community.
Heather Lende I December 23, 2010
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Alaska GOP: Time for Joe Miller to end his campaign
As U,S, Sen. Lisa Murkowski arrived back in Anchorage on Wednesday for ber presumed victory declaration at 6 p.m"
the Alaska Republican Party was already declaring her tbe winner in U.S. Senate raee.
Joshua Saul. Tony Hopfinger I November 17, 2010
As u.s. Sen. Lisa Murkowski arrived back in Anchorage on Wednesdayfol' her presumed victory declaration at 6 p.m.,
the Alaska Republican Party was already declaring bel' the ",,'inner in Alaska '5 U.R Senate race.
Joshua Saul, Tony Hopfinger I November 17, 2010
From Mr. Alaska to Uncle Ted: How Stevens became Alaska's most
influential leader
Ted Stevens, who was aboard a plane that crashed Monday nigbt, has been called tbe most influential ,:\laskan in state
history. Heres Uncle Ted's story, as told by Don Mitchell.
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Zen and the art of surviving winter
Small-town Alaska gyms are bright, warm, essential places whether playing for keeps or fun.
Hther Lende I February 28, 2010
An appetite for revenge
A bear so mean it destroyed a plane for fun? Sounds like a tall tale ~ but an eyewitness says it's absolutely true.
Jill Burke' December 20, 2009
The snow dragon eats another generation
Without the dragon) the Christmas parade would look like a chimney fire on Christmas Eve.
Heather Lende I December 1 B, 2009
Cook Inlet wells have a buyer
Tenn. firm to buy bankrupt Pacific Energy Resources' Cook lruet oil and gas operations.
Scott Woodham! December 17, 2009
Tenn. firm to buy bankrupt Pacific Energy Resources' Cook Inlet oil and gas operations.
Scott Woodham I December 17,2009
Tenn. firm to buy bankrupt Pacific Energy Resources' Cook Inlet oil and gas operations,
Scott Woodham I December 17, 2009
Murkowski blasts EPA emissions regulation
"EPA regulation is an awful choice for climate policy," Alaska's senior senator said in a floor speech.
Jill Burke I December 14,2009
Accused hunter's confession will stand
iUthough a judge says troopers used upsetting tactlc,s to obtain a Point Hope caribou hunter's statements, he denied a
motion to dismiss the case.
Jill Burke i December 1, 2009
The bus is a lie
Private jet used for hook tonr, road trip jnst an illusion.
Scott Woodham 1November 30, 2009
Don Young, out in the open
Don Young's uncharacteristic pub]jc appearance at last week's Capitol tea party was cause for concern ... orwas it?
Scott Woodham I November 12, 2009
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State seeks delay in calibou waste case
The prosecutor in criminal cases against men accused of wasting caribou meat during a July 2008 hunt near Point
Hope wants the trials delayed until next year.
Jill Burke I November 6, ~ 0 0 9
Tribes look to international allies for political voice
To some Alaska Native leaders, a visil from the Venezuelan ambassador to the t.:.S. offers bope for a more inclusive
way of governiug.
Jill Burke I November 2, 2009
'Alaska State Troopers' can be salvaged
TIlE CONCERNED: The Alaska Department of Public Safety should seek professional help before the "Alaska Slate
Troopers" sho\... does any more damage.
Scott Woodham I October 29, 2009
Looking to the past to move forward
PART III: "\lith its community under sClutiny and eight local hunters accused of crimes, the Village of Point Hope is
taking matters into its own hands.
JlII Burke I October 23, 2009
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PART II: The state has built cases against eight Point Hope hunters for wasting caribou meat. But the laws the men
allegedly broke float across a cultural dIvide that shapes interpretations. (Published Oct. 22, 2009)
Jill Burke I October 22, 2009
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PART II: The slate has built cases against eight Potnt Hope hunters for wasting caribou meat. But the laws the men
allegedly broke float across a cultural divide that shapes interpretations.
Jill Burke i October 22, 2009
Looking to the past to move forward
PART III: With its community under scrutiny and eight loca1 hunters accused of crimes) the Village of Point Hope is
taking matters into its own hands. (Published Oct. 23; 2009)
Jill Burke I October 18, 2009
Accused hunter's stepbrother aided troopers in caribou waste
investigation
New details in the Point Hope caribou hunting ease show investigators got help from a villager facing alcoholrelated
charges by secretly listening and recording caUs between him and suspects.
Jill Burke I September 27, 2009
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Here's a look at the end of the toughly-contested 2010 battle between Lisa
Murkowski and Joe Miller for a seat in the U.S. Senate.
Alaska Dispatch I February 3, 2011
Photos: Joe Miller, Lisa Murkowski hallot counting
Photos: 2010 Alaska primary elections
The 2010 primary campaign seaSOn featured a heated contest between senate
candidates ,Joe Miller and Lisa Murkowski, plus a lot of other political drama.
Here's a look back at the action.
Alaska Dispatch I February 3, 2011
The 13th Regional, Alaska's 'ghost corporation'
No talk and no action: shareholders ofthe struggling 13th Regional Corp. angry and seemingly powerless - want
anSWers about wbere the money has gone. And 'while the state has confirmed it's investigating the ailing corporation.
it won't say why.
Jill Burke I January 18, 2011
Alaska's current oil tax works for Alaskans and producers
Now that the elections are officially over, let's talk intelligently about "fixing" Alaska's oil tax. ""'by fix something that
isn't broken?
Hollis French, Les Gara I January 1. 2011
Don't ask, don't fold
Sell. Lisa Murkowski says she'll likely vote to repeat the anti-gay military policy. Her
commitment to the current 9/11 Health Care bm is less decisive.
Jill Burke I December 14, 2010
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'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal blocked
Yesterday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she thinks "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is bad J\.:merican military policy. Today, she
effectively blocked its repeal.
Eric Adams I December 9, 2010
Murkowskijoins Begich opposing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Both of..<\laska's senators support repealing the ban on gays in the military knov.'D as "Doo'tAsk) Don't Tell."
Eric Adams I December 8,2010
As U,S. Sen, Lisa MUl'kowski arrived back in Anchorage on Wednesday for her presumed victory declaration at 6 p.m"
theAJaska Republican Party was aJready declaring her the ,"inner in Alaska's U.S. Senate race.
Joshua SaUl, Tony Hopfinger I November 17,2010
As u.s. Sen. Lisa Murkowski arrived back in A ..nchorage on Wednesday for her presumed victory declaration at 6 p,m.)
the Alaska Republican Party was already declaring hertbe winner in Alaska's U.S. Senate r.ce.
Joshua SaUl, Tony Hopfinger I November 17, 2010
Melting Arctic: Think ofthe Bering Strait as the next Panama Canal
On Monday, Sens. Murkowski and Begich ,Yin lead a roundtab1e discussion on howto get Alaskans more involved ill
planning for increased shipping traffic resulting from a melting Arctic.
Alice Rogoff I February 28, 2010
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Throwing it out is a guilty must untH someone comes up \'\'1th a way to tum it into cash,
Murkowski vs. EPA, round 2
Sen, Murkowski taking another tack to limit greenhollse gas ruJes.
Scott Woodham I December 15, 2009
Murkowski blasts EPA emissions regulation
"EPAreguJation is an awful choice for climate policy," Alaska's senior senator said in a floor speech.
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Canada is getting too big for its own Arctic at-itches.
Scott Woodham I December 10,2009
A deep-water Arctic port?
Sen, Murkov.'Ski introduces a bill to study the possibility of building One.
Scott Woodham I December 9, 200S
State to fight 'misuse' of Endangered Species Act
'"The Endangered Species Act is not a land-planning tool," Gov, Sean Parnell said, adding, "we'll take Alaska's fight to
the mat."
Jill Burke I November 1 S, 2009
A successful open season
Alaska can start doing something right now to encourage an auspicious open season next ,July for TransCanada's
AGlA pipeline,
Scott Woodham I November 5, 2009
An overlooked Arctic menace?
THE CONCERNED: Sens. Murkowski and Begich, please don't allow the Arctic Ocean to rum into a colder, grayer
version of the Gulf of Aden.
Scott Woodham I October 1, 2009
Accused killer fights to keep jail-house marriage intact
Earlier this month prosecutors successfully challenged the legitimacy of his jail-house marriagc-by-phone to Lisa
Andrews when a judge ruled in their favor and declared the marriage void.
Judge voids accused killer's 'eve of trial' marriage
A federal judge has voided Joshua Wade's jail-house marriage.
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Here's something Alaska Dispatch received in its inbox about Gov. Palin: scurvy, and Alaska politicians and others
acting badly, We think this "story" perfectiy demonstrates the dangers of citizen journalism, of not verifying faets, and
the use of anonymous sources. It says it's \witten by a Melvin Martin, but we're suspicious. Read \.\:ith caution:
May 26, 2009
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justice ofTed Stevens
In a terse statement today, u.s. Sen. Mark Begich calls the government's decision to
drop its charges against his opponent Ted Stevens "reasonable," What kind of
response is that?
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Palin choses to go to WAR
LOCK AND LOAD: Gov. Palin has named fomler NRA vi"" president Wayne Anthony Ross Alaska's new Attorney
General! VIDE.O; Watch WAR's former client douse war protestors.
Alaska Dispatch I March 26, 2009
Is Palin holding up Alaska's long-sought gas pipeline?
A story by bestselling author Joe McGinniss about Gov. Sarah Palin's quest to deliver Alaskans a natural-gas pipehne
is slated to appear in CondA Nast Portfolio later tbis week, and already a Palin spokesman isn't happy about it.
Tony Hopfinger I March 16, 2009
Oil-price crash: Are dark days ahead for The Last Frontier?
Tony Hopfinger J December 4, 2008
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(Editor's note: Earlier Tuesday Craig Medl'ed looked at whether Joe Mille.' illegally obtained Q stale
/ul11lin9 al1dfishing liceme, This is an updated version qfthat story, with more comments from Miller's
spokesman.)
One of the first things candidate for U.S. Senator ,Joe Miller might have done in Alaska after graduating
from Yale Law School in 1995 \Vas illegally obtain a state hunting and fishing license, but his spokesman
Tuesday insisted that if the candidate did so it was only by accident.
Miller "moved here with the intent to stay here," said Miller spokesman Randy DeSoto. "He moved; he
fulfilled all of the residency requirements in '94."
Only Miller didn't fulfill the residency requirement for a hunting or fishing license that year. After a short
stint as in intern for the Alaska Department of Law from late summer into the early 'winter of 1994, "he
returned to Yale to finish his (law) degree," as Anchorage writer Michael Carey summarized it. Miller
graduated from Yale Law School in the spring of '995. He then moved permanently to Alaska.
Miller has never c1isputed that, or at least has not c1isputed it until Tuesday. DeSoto said Tuesday that
Mmer never really returned to Yale; he merely put in enough "face time" there to appear to have returned
to Yale.
"He waS back and forth to Yale," DeSoto said. Miller, his spokesman said, might have spent as little as 60
to 90 days at Yale.
DeSoto couldn't imagine that would c1isqualify the canclidate from status as a resident for hunting and
fishing purposes. But the state of Alaska has in other cases held that 60 to 90 days Outside is enough to
break the one-year string oftime Alaska requires citizens to spend here before obtaining a resident
hunting and fishing license.
Miller c1id not break the current state law requiring hunters and fishermen be "physically present" in the
state for 12 months before obtaining his first resident hunting and fishing license; he did, however, break
What Was the existing law at the time. The law on residency' was amended in 1998.
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When Miller bought his first resident hunting and fishing license in 1995, state law (ASI6.05.940(26))
said this: "'Resident' means a person who for the preceding 12 consecutive months has maintained a
permanent place of abode in the state and who has continually maintained a voting residence in the
state... "
Miller and his wife, Kathleen, bought a house in Anchorage in 1994. Joe established his voting residenL'C
in the state on Sept. 16,1994. He would have become a legal resident of Alaska for hunting and fishing
purposes on Sept. 16, 1995.
On July 31, 1995 he claimed to be a resident in order to buy a S5license available only to indigent
residents ofAlaska. The license was available only to those "ith a gross income under $8,200. Miller has
not disclosed his gross income for the period in que.stion.
There was no such cheap license for nonresidents. Nonresidents were required to pay $300.
key words here are "physically present." Others have
cited for illegally obtaining resident hunting and
fishing licenses in Alaska after doing exactly what Miller
And there have been some cases in which people
have been in the state II straight months ....;thout
soioulrns Outside have been cited because they did not
the final month before getting such a license.
don't think you understand the law," DeSoto said. "His
. lived here. He arrived in '94. He lived here all
months from July to January. He only spent weeks
a time there (at Yale) ... I'm not sure he even spent a
13()-d"y stretch there."
Miller, DeSoto insisted, had to have qualified as an
Alaska resident when he bought his first resident hunting and fishing license, although the spokesman
subsequently admitted, "I haven't looked into the law ... They have to primarily have heen here the full 12
months?"
Yes, that is pretty much how law enforcement autl10rities in Alaska have interpreted state rules.
In one notable case earlier this year, a Yakutat fishing guide who had come north to fish for 21 years, who
had legally qualified for Permanent Fund Dividend checks, who had long before registered to vote as an
Alaska resident, who had a Alaska driver's license, and who had often spent 10 or 11 months per year in
the state, was threatened with 60 days in the Juneaujail, more than $21,000 in fines, and a lifetime ban
from the Permanent Fund dividend for obtaining a resident hunting and fishing license before doing 12
L'Onsecutive months physically in the state.
Guide Ron Pelissier said Alaska State Troopers were very clear in explaining the law to him. He said a
trooper sat across from him and his living rOOIn in the tiny coastal village explained that he was in big
trouble because he hadn't had his butt on the ground in Yakutat for 12 straight months.
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''They didn't have no sympathy," Pelissier said at the time. "I don't understand. I have a lot offriends here
who leave for the winter. The trooper said, 'Yeah, but they were there for 12 months consecntive once.' I
didn't know you had to be chained to the house. It's not like I just abandon the place. My heater runs 12
months a year. My refrigerator is full year round. I qualified for the Permanent Fund I spend
$360 a month for heat."
Miller, as portrayed by DeSoto, would fit in pretty much the Same situation as Pelissier. He was sort of an
Alaska resident for those 12 months before he bought a special resident hunting and fishing license for
indigent Alaskans. The Am:horage Daily News broke the story of the indigent license Monday, reporting
that after Miller returned to Alaska in the summer of '95, having earlier purchased a home in South
Anchorage and starting working as an attorney, he obtained a resident low-income hunting and fishing
license. The legality of that act is now being debated by Alaskans.
Alaskans making more than $8,200 per year aren't supposed to qualify for the special license, but DeSoto
said the family met the guidelines for the 1995 licenses. DeSoto told the Daily News that Miller had been a
full-time law student at Yale on a merit scholarship the years and his wife was taking care of their
children, with family expenses paid through loans.
Californian who hasn't been here long, DeSoto in an
illtlerviiew admitted to being a bit confused by Alaska
and hunting rules and all the fuss made about
by Alaskans. DeSoto is a former assistant to senior
ex cultiv"s with Walt Disney in California and a onetime
clerk with Universal Studios, who would have no
to know that Alaska troopers don't care when
aU'VOI.e moved to the state. What they care about is
makirlg sure someone has spent a full year physically in
state before buying a resident hunting and fishing
lie,mse.. DeSoto also did not know that the cheap license
available only to state residents. Miller had to claim
____________ to qualify for the that license.
All of this might seem like nonsense to many Outside, but residency for hunting and fishing is a big deal in
the 49th state. Alaskans take the requirement seriously, and enforcement of it nets the state tens of
thousands of dollars in revenue every year. How many tens of thousands is unclear. When Alaska
Dispatch earlier this year queried the state Department of Public Safety for a count on the number of
citations written in connection ,,-jth the law and the dollar value of the fines collected, an agency
spokeswoman countered that it would be too time consuming to try to go through the many cases.
Alaska Wildlife Trooper press releases often report a litany of citations for this offense. Troopers are
sticklers about enforcing the residency requirement of" 12 or more consecutive months of residency" to
which Alaskans swear when they buy their fishing or hunting license. One ease in point from earlier this
year:
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On Thursday April 15, 2010 Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted Benjamin Moser, age 27 from Anchorage
reference the purchase of his resident 2008 Alaska fishing license. Investigation revealed Moser
purchased a 2008 Alaska resident fishing license in May 2008, only eight months after moving to Alaska.
Moser was issued a citation with the bail set at $310.00.
Despite having come to Alaska in 2007 and having proved his intent to stay in the state by staying, Moser
was cited in the spring of this year because someone had ratted him out for buying a resident sport fishing
license two years earlier when he was 25 years old and relatively new to the state, although he'd endured a
,,-inter which one would think might qualify someone for Alaska residency.
UPDATE: This story has been corrected to report a change to Alaska state law made in 1998. An earlier
version incorrectly repoIted that Joe Miller appeared to have violated current state law.
Contact Craig Medl'ed at craig(at)alaskadisputch,com.
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V.S, Senate candidate Joe Miller was at times stressed, paranoid
and deceitful during his employment ,,"ith thc Fairbanks North
Star Borough, according to records released under conrt order
Tuesday afternoon,
When he got caught doing something wrong - using his
colleagues' computers to advance his own political interests -- he
lied about it repeateJJy and at one point suggested it was his
colleagues, not him, who had in fact broken borough policy, the
records show,
Miller's personnel records
- E-mails, memos wld other rt..."t..-ord...
Miller worked at the borough from 2002 to 2009 as a palt-time
detailing Miner's cthicallapscs and
attorney, Many records show he was a high performer -
punishment,
achieving pay increases and exceptional performance reviews,
, " -- List of flu.: documents
and earnmg a master s m econOlmcs that the borough helped pay
al' I"' , , I' al ' f th - Alaska l)i,;qurtch (.'{lflllllaint
fOr. He was mstrument In ItlgatlOn lllVO v1ng v uatlOn 0 e "".
trans-Alaska pipeline, which carries more than 10 percent of V.S.
"I d . H d' f h h' I Who's JocMiller?
domestJC 01 pro lichon. e was so goo ,In act, t at IS va ue to
Glance through coverage of Joe
the case spared him the embarrassment of being fired when he
Miller.
broke the borough's ethie..., code, according to former borough
Mayor Jim Whitaker.
But while Miller's public achievements may have been
rm;y, newly obtained records show a much different
scenario was playing out behind the scenes, The story;s
woven thrOUghont dozens of pages of his borough
personnel file and e-mails involving Miller, documents
that were released by the borough Tuesday after first
Alaska Dispatch and then other news media went to
court to force their disclosure.
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who is locked in a tight three-way (Read "Joe
'It'W'il/'T"dmits to lying but do 11/aslwns care?') race for
ISenate with incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski and
ID :m()Cf<lt challenger Scott McAdams, has been stalling
release of the records and last week fought their
disclOSUl:ein a public records case flied by news media.
did not respond to a request for an interview for this
March 2008, Miller was placed on administrative
9!llemre for 15 days and suspended without pay for three
after getting caught using co-workers' computers in
__an effort to influence Republican Party politics. He was
also required to undergo mandatory counselling.
Miller has long been a political crony of former Gov. Sarah Palin, and in March 2008 was assisting in her
effort to get Randy Ruedrich booted as the Alaska Republican Party's chairman -- a political takeover that
ultimately failed.
Palin and Ruedrich had been at odds before, famously in 2003 when Palin, then an Alaska Oil and Gas
Conservation Commission commissioner, discovered that Ruedrich, also a commission member while
state GOP chair, was condllcting Republican business out of his state office. She exposed Ruedrich's
ethical lapses -- forcing him to resign and resulting in a $12,000 state ethics fine -- and then used her
reputation as a cormption fighter to bootstrap her way illto the governor's office.
Miller's personnel file includes documentation and a more serious view of the actions Miller has described
in recent weeks, including on national1V as "petty" and irrelevant to the issue of who is best suited for
office.
Miller: 'I was an ass. I was beyond stupid.'
Just dsys before the Alaska Republican Party's :2008 convention, Miller was hosting a poll on his personal
website, joemiller.tls, that was aimed at ousting Ruedricb. On March 12, while other employees were at
lunch and Miller was alone in the office, he used three oEhis co-workers' computers to vote in his own
poll. He tried to cover up the deceit by clearing the caches on the computers, the records show.
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Miller's scheme was revealed by his own
attempts to COVer his tracks. When he
. erased each computer's cache he also
erased important passwords and IDs
that the other attorneys needed to
access legal research websites. Miller's
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co-workers knew something was wrong
when they couldn't log on after lunch.
In the short span of time the employees
were hying to get to the bottom ofwhat
.-..11"0 happened, Miller lied no less than four times:
told them he'd had to use another computer because
couldn't access the website he needed to get to on his.
Cla.llU,eU he had to clear tbe cache or the website
his access.
initiaJlydenied being on more than one computer
he was visiting a professor's website at
U of Alaska Fairbanks.
a written account of events offered by One of Miller's
Icc,-w'orlker's -- identifed in an earlier records release as
l"emj:,lol,ee 3" but now known to be Jill Dolan, Miller's
,;l"CUII1!l supervisor at the time -- Dolan states that the
staff felt none of what Miller was saying made any
sense and that he was acting bizarre.
Miller had also been talking about threats he had recently received, but wouldn't offer specific
details. Dolan aIso didn't trust his slories about the computer use because he had, SOme time earlier, been
asking a lot of questions about accessing the computer servers and wanting to make sure they were safe
from hackers.
He insisted his colleagues were "overreacting" and even attempted to shift the blame to them.
"He maintained the whole time be did not violate the computer use policy and that actually all of us did
for not securing our computers," Dolan wrote.
Miller was immeiliately placed on administrative leave and notified that an investigation would ensue.
Unhappy about that prospect, he indicated he would rather resign than undergo that process or face being
fired, accoriling to notes in his file made by his supen1sor.
Miller eventually came clean.
"I was an ass. I was beyond stupid," he said according to notes in the file. It was a "lapse of judgment" and
a "total screw up."
He had "too much on his platter" and was ha,ing problems with his wife because he was "too flipping
busy," according to the notes.
In a March 17, 2008 e-mail to one of his supenisors, borough attorney Rene Broker, Miller formally
admitted to the allegations against bim:
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"Over the lunch hour this past Wednesday, 1got on three computers (not belonging to me) in the office.
All of them were on and none of them were locked. I accessed my personal website, for political purposes
(participated in a poll), and then cleared the cache on each computer. 1did the same thing on my
computer. Jill asked the office what happened. I lied about accessing all of the computers. I then admitted
about accessing the computers, but lied about what 1was doing. Finally, 1admitted what 1did."
"I acknowledge that my aceess to others' computers was "Tong, participating in the poll was "'Tong, and
there is absolutely no excuse for any of it," he added.
Nine days later, the borough disciplined Miller for inappropriate conduct and inappropriate use of
computer and network resources.
"You accessed three Legal Department employee computers for a non-borough purpose and then you
were dishonest both about your conduct and the reasons for your conduct," wrote Broker in a memo
outlining Miller's punishment. "It has been apparent in the last several months that you are under
significant stress and it has affected your judgment as evidenced by your actions on Mar. 12,2008."
When asked in early April how he was doing, Miller indicated he had to find a way to be less busy. "I'm
fine but need to slow down," he told Broker in an c-mail.
According to then-borough mayor Jim Whitaker. who earlier this month publicly revealed Miller's
politicking after Miller refused to discuss it himself, the incident was far from minor.
, not petty, particularly if you are an attorney and if
have potentially broken laws in the course of your
bm;in.!ss. That is not petty," 'IVhitaker said in a recent
Int"",,,vv. "I think there is a pattern of deceit"
blood is boiling'
a year and a half after Miller was in trouble for
politic:kirlg, employees would again report behavior they
felt w"s b,izarreand deceitful. It would be the end of the
for Miller, who ended up resigning without notice
disagreements "'ith his boss and others in the
"My blood is boiling at his continued misrepresentations," wrote Dolan to Broker in an e-mail Sept 1,
2009, the same day the borough accepted Miller's resignation.
The reference comes in an e-mail string discussing Miller's planned time off -- and his looming departure
from the borough.
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In latc August 2009, Miller wrote a detailed letter to Broker resigning his position effective Sept. 23. He
cited a declining office relationship stemming from disputes over cases, outside attorneys, cancelled time
off for hunting trips with bis sons, and concerns over the way a potential conflict of interest was handled.
Still, be said, be wanted to use leave time during some of his remaining month, for a medical procedure.
Broker appears to have been unsympathetic to Miller's r e q u e ~ s t s for personal time off Sbe'd already
rejected leave to go elk bunting later in September and bear hunting in October. The office needed him to
be on-hand, she indicated, and only the medical leave would be approved.
Although he had been approved to take three and a half weeks off for medical leave to undergo an
unidentified procedure at the Veterans Administration facility in Anchorage, Miller apparently cancelled
the appointment after arriving in Anchorage, yet refused to return to work as directed, Broker later
concluded the urgency of Miller's medical issue may have been overblown.
The records don't reveal what medical condition Miller may have been seeking treatment for; medical
terms have been redacted in compliance with the judge's order.
On Sept. I, the borough attorney's office was notified by the VA that Miller had cancelled the medical
appointment. When he failed to show up at work that day, supervisors discussed, via e-mail, what to do.
His time off 'would no longer be consider medical leave.
They asked him to be in the office by 2 p.m. He refused and resigned immediately.
Miller called the line drawn by tl,e borough over the technicalities of his time off as a "retaliatOlY act due
to our differences," but Dolan refused to budge.
''You cannot obtain leave on the basis that you need [redacted] immediately and keep the leave wheu that
circumstance changes significantly. Instead you did no! show up to work today and when requested to do
so you resigned effective immediately. What exactly am I missing bere," she "Tote in an e-mail to Miller
about two hours after accepting his resignation,
By that time, Miller's supervisors were already wary of the part-time attorney who clearly was on his way
out E-mails in his personnel file show colleagues and other outside attorneys had been told not to copy
him on documents or correspondence having to do ,,;th what was once hi, biggest case -- the trans-Alaska
oil pipeline valuation matter,
When he failed to keep his medical appointment and
then refused to come to work, that was it.
"So do we just oonsider him to have quit ",,,thout notice
today then?" Dolan wrote to Broker.
'That's how I read it," Broker replied.
His personnel file includes the notation that he is not
eligible for re-hire for at least three years.
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Miller's quest to
protect his records
Since June, Miller has been at the center of a public records fight aimed at finding out mm-e about his
background, particularly the seven years he spent as a part-time attorney for the Fairbanks North Star
Borough. Former state legislator and political blogger Andrew BaJero, who is supporting Murkowski in
the Senate race, first suggested on his website that Miller was fired from his borough job or forced to
reSlgu.
The borough, citing a local ordinance that keeps personnel files confidential unless the employee agrees to
their release, refused to discuss Miller's work there or release any records.
Miller initially showed Alaska Dispatch and other media his resignation letter -- which was heavily
redacted -- but refused to let them take a copy. In mid-July, the borough released about 150 pages of
documents from Miller's personnel file, including a less-hea,11y redacted copy of Miller's resignation
letter, which showed he quit over a disagreement on a case and because his vacation plans -- he was going
to take his sons elk hunting -- had been cancelled by a supervisor.
At the time, Miller insisted he would be happy to release all of his personnel file if the borough would
waive attorney-client privilege. He implied it was the borough that was blocking the release of the file.
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But on July 15, assistant borongh attorney Jill Dolan sent a letter to Miller essentially asking him what he
was talking about. The borough didn't think his file was covered by attorney-client privilege and wanted
Miller to point to records he thought should be kept secret for that reason. Miller never responded to the
borough and coutinued to asselt to the press aud on his campaign website that he'd like to make the
records public so people could know his background.
Anchorage attorney D. John McKay, who represents the Dispatch in the public records case, said Miller's
view that the borough was preventing him from talking to voters about his past was "absolutely false,"
"In fact, bar counsel specifically issued a "Tilten opinion that he was free to talk about this even ifthe
borough didn't want bim to, and the borough confirmed that that was their understanding too," McKay
said. "It's unfortunate that he's hiding behind that and sort of creating a cloud of confusion in a matter
that the public might generally not be really familiar with,"
The personnel records standoff continued through the summer and fall, while the media continued to look
into Miller's history in other ways. In late August, after Miller who been largely unknown in Alaska
politics eeked out a primary victory over the veteran Lisa Murkowski, figuring out who Joe Miller was
became a top priOllty for reporters.
In September, Alaska Dispatch reported on farm subsidies that Miller had received on land he'd owned in
Kansas, this after he'd spent much of the campaign arguing that federal handouts and government
entitlement programs were wrong. He also used a state agricultural loan fund intended to promote
farming in Alaska to buy 1,000 acres of land near Delta ,Tunction that he's never farmed.
The stories about farm subsidies were soon followed by other revelations that seemed to contradict
Miller's public policy views. It turned out he'd received state-subsidized health cate for his family in the
mid-I99OS, he'd claimed indigency in order to get a state hunting and fishing license for a much-reduced
fee, and his "ife had received unemployment benefits after he fired her as his office assistant when he was
a part-time magistrate in the rural town ofTok.
He was also months late filing financial disclosure reports required for people running for tlle U.S. Senate.
Media outlets, "ith an eye on the fast-approaching Nov. 2 general election, stepped up efforts to pry loose
the public records that existed on Joe Miller - his Fairbanks North Star Borough employment file.
Miller: I'm not going to answer
In early October, McKay, working on behalf of Alaska Dispatch, wrote a letter to the borough asking
officials to reconsider t.heir refusal to releaBe the personnel file, He argued that it was important for voters
to know as much about a candidate as possible, and he produced state Supreme Court rulings that agreed,
His letter prompted the borough to write its own letter to MlIJer, asking him again to allow release of his
file and chastising him for continuing to make it seem like it WaB the borough that was blocking the
release.
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Meanwhile, people who had worked ,,1th Miller at the borough were grolA1ng frustrated with what they
saw as Miller's obfuscations. They staTted talking quietly at first, and then some of them pubHcJy, about
Miller's troubles at the borough.
The Dispatch pnblished a story OcL 10 reporting that Miller had apparently used borough computers for
poHtieal purposes having to do IA1th trying to get Ruedrich removed as GOP party chairman.
On Oct. II, the Dispatch filed a lawsuit seeking to force the release of the personnel file. The Fairbanks
Daily-News Miner later filed suit, as well as the Anchorage Daily News and The Associated Press, which
join the consolidated cases as intervenors.
Miller, caught by questions from local and national media about the accusations, changed his political and
media strategy. Instead of insisting -- as he'd been doing for months -- that he wanted the records
released and it was the borough that was resisting -- he cried foul, saying his family was being attacked
and that SOmeone in the borough had illegally leaked his private and personal information to the media.
__''!""_''!'IStill, he decided it was time to ignore the local media,
speak only to national repOlters and in particular
working for conservative-leaning media, like FOX
have dra'wn a line in the sand," he told Alaska
Jre:norters on Oct. 11 at a press briefing foUov"ing a
lcandid"te"s debate at the Dena'ina Center. ''You can ask
about background, you can ask me about personal
I';UC., I'm not going to answer. I'm not."
prompted former borough mayor vVhitaker to
the allegations repOlted by the
- saying he was coming forward because Miller
was refusing to tell the truth about the incident. "It did
make me angry," Whitaker said after Miller's pronouncement that he would no longer be answering
qnestions. He said Miller was nearly fIred for the misuse ofpuhlic computers, but that he was needed on
the big pipeline tax case.
More recently, Whitaker said he thinks Miller engaged in "a pattern of deceit" while working for the
borough.
'There's a pattern of deception, a pattern of irreconcilability wilh the truth, and that's troubling,"
Whitaker said.
He said that in discussions IA1th Miller's supervisor at the time, Borough Attorney Renee Broker, it was
clear that it was a seriolls situation and Miller's supervisors had concerns that some crimes may have been
committed.
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For his part, Miller has accused Whitaker, the Fairbanks NOlth Star Borough, and the media of
committing crimes over the release and publication of confidential information. He has also claimed that
his personnel file was leaked, although no proof has been offered that this actually occurred. Miller later
blamed that inaccuracy on an overzealous campaign staffer.
Whitaker wasn't the only one astounded by Miller's thumbing of his nose at the media -- and by extension
the public. By the end of the week, reporters were attending evel)' public event Miller and trying
to get him to change his mind and talk about his employment record at the borough.
Handcuffs and admissions
On Oct. J7, Alaska Dispatch editor Tony Hopfinger tried to ask Miller about whether he was disciplined as
Miller chatted with people just after a town hall at Central Middle School in Anchorage. Miller walked off
without answering, and his private security team detained and handcuffed Hopfinger, accusing him of
trespassing and assault. Anchorage police rejected the "private pers(JIl's arrest," and the municipal
prosecutor refused to file charges against Hopfinger or the security guards.
The arrest of a journalist by a Senate candidate's private secnrity team captmed the attention of the
nation, and Hopfinger was interviewed by dozens of newspaper, broadcast and Internet outlets
throughout the country. More than ever, the press wanted to know what had happened with Miller at the
Fairbanks borough and how could a candidate for high public office simply refuse to tell voters abont his
background.
ne.xt day, Miller went on CNN and acknowledged
questioning that he was disciplined for the ethical
., He downplayed the affair, saying it was during his
,I".,m... honr and that it had nothing to do with why he
evemtually left the borough more than a year later. On
24, at a debate on IITUU Channel 2, Miller seemed
'Il-P.,tivto talk more freely about the incident, des(:ribing it
"petty," and blaming "naIve" and inexperienced
JC2lmIJai!ll1 staffers for ad,ising him to clam IIp abont it in
first place.
JIMiller, who ollce called his past beha,iors "irrelevant,"
also tried to portray himself the victim of a media
"itch hunt. That can be an effective campaign technique,
noted Peter A. Bro"l1, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute in New York.
The Institute specializes in tracking what it considers "battleground states." Alaska has become one of
those this year with Murkowski, once considered a shoo-in for re-election, in the fight for her political life
against Miller and McAdams. The drama of that battle has attra<:ted Fox News, CNN and MSl'iBC to
Alaska once again.
Contact Jill Burke atjill(at)o/ask(Jdispatch.cu111 and Patti Epler at patii(at)alaskadispatch.c()ln.
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Fairbanks North Star Borough records released hy
<court order revealed Alaska Republican
, Senate candidate Joe Miller to have lied when first
confronted about his misuse of borough computers,
; but pollsters tracking the state's contentious three-way
; battle between the Fairbanks attorney, incumbent
, Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Democratic challenger Scott
McAdams weren't sure it would mean much come
Election Day.
Polls have put Miller and Murkowski, a "Tite-in candidate who lost the primary, in a dead heat for the
seat with McAdams laggingjust behind. None are expected to win a majority of votes in the Nov. 2
election.
"I think someone will win in the high 305," pollster Ivan Moore said Tuesday. A respected CNN poll
released Oct. 20 found Miller and Murkowski tied at 37 percent among '1ikely voters." In the poll with a 3
percent margin of error, Murkowski led 38 percent to 36 percent among "registered voters," but the
difference is so small as to be statistically meaningless. McAdams trailed at 23 percent with only 3 percent
of the electorate undecided.
Moore said other polls seem to indicate Miller has a lock on 30 percent of voters. Pollster Dave Dittman
generally agreed. And both expected that 30 percent to remain with Miller come hell or high water, wbich
appears to put the election ill the hands of that seven percent with a few lingering questions about Miller
and some Democrats heavily courted hy Murkowski, Nobody seemed sure on Tuesday where they might
go.
Everything, Moore said, would appear to hinge on public perceptions of Miller's behavior while a part
time attorney for the borough, and that is hard to judge. Some ofthe reactions were, however, predictable.
Competitors' campaigns react
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"I know Joe has been trying to do"nplay this, but quite frankly, this is pretty shocking," said Murkowski
spokesman Steve Wackowski. "The fact is that, in his own words, he admitted lying, covering it up,
again, and then admitting to the whole thing.
''I'm a captain in the Air Force Reserve. I took the same oath he did. Quite frankly, I'm stunned. I would be
kicked out of the military for something like this."
Murkowski has tried to make an issue of Miller's seeming abandonment of the "gentleman" part ofthe
"officer and gentleman" training ingrained in graduates of the U.S, Military Academy at West Point.
While McAdams has attempted to stay out of the mudslinging, deputy campaign manager Leslie Ridle
said questions like those being asked about Miller are legitimate.
__!""I"'Do they accept a piece of land for less than the market
or do they use their eo-workers' computers
",ithO'llt permission?" Ridle asked. "It goes to character,
you do in your personal life gives voters an idea
=1'11'" how you would act in your professional life, including
the Senate. This is a job interview. If that's the kind of
I'''''''' l"U heard from references, you might think twice
hiring someone for ajob."
lMud:ow'ski was in 2006 accused of engaging in a
land deal with a family friend for property
',,,,.,d'UV"5 the Kenai River. She bought the land at the
but ended up selling it back to
businessman Bob Penney after questions were raised
about how she got land for assessed value when it would have been worth far more on the open market.
Murkowski has come under attack for the deal (which she continues to defend as fair) off and on ever
since. And now Miller is under fire for his behavior, which has leaked out bit by bit.
Records were released by court order
The records released by the borough Tuesday in response to a lawsuit filed by Alaska Dispatch and joined
by other uews organizations add weight to allegations that surfaced this fall about Miller having found
himself in hot water while working for the borough. A lawsuit became necessary after Miller backed away
from public expressions of desire to release the documents,
"1 lied about accessing all of the computers," Miller confesses in one e-mail contained in 60 pages of
docnments ordered released by a Fairbanks court. "1 then admitted about accessing the computers, but
lied about what I waS doing,"
What Miller was doing in 2008, according to his admissions, WaS getting onto the computers of co
workers, going to the Joe Miller website, and then voting as others on a Miller poll on whether the
Republican party should dump state chairman Randy Ruedrich. Miller, then-Gov. Sarah Palin and others
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were trying to oust Ruedrich but failed. After former Fairbanks borough mayor Jim Whitaker first
revealed Miller was involved in "proxy voting" on Ruedrich's fate, the party chairman defended the
candidate, saying Vvnitaker's claim had to be mistaken because there was no vote taking place, Asked
Tuesday about Miller's online poll, Ruedrich said, "I think tbat's characteristic of all electronic polls;
they're pretty meaningless. It's what everybody does. They try to kite the results."
Whether the voters care is yet to be decided,
Dittman, an Anchorage pollster who began working for Miller a few weeks ago, doesn't think the latest
bad news for Miller is going to move his supporters much.
"In fact," Dittman said, "it could make voters more sympathetic to Miller, as if the media won't let it go
and is pounding him."
Miller has tried to portray himself as a victim of the media, He accused reporters of to bury any
discussion of the "issues" ,,'ith investigations into his past and then said he wouldn't talk to
them anymore, After one of his security force manhandled and then handcuffed an editor tl)ing to
question Miller following an Oct. 17 tOWll hall meeting in Anchorage, the candidate almost immediately
launched another offensive, claiming he and his family had been victims of "assaul!." But Miller has since
softened his stance. This week he an Anchorage television station into his Fairbanks home to
record an
.Imlmllllgthe media is a strategy the can prove effective,
Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac
Institute, but "it works bcttcr in the
"",,Ulom;illl primaries than in the general election. It
der,en(is on the candidate. It depends ,.. on the media
how they're perceived."
Effect on Miller's campaign remains uncertain
Perceptions on all fronts were still fOiming in Alaska Tuesday.
Dittman estimated they could affect a key 15 percent of voters who could yet tilt the election in favor of
any of the candidates, There are certain blocks of voters that aren't going to be moved, said Jean Craciun
of Craciun Research, but there are some still weighing issues.
"Some follow these candidates and the issues from A to Z," Craciun said. "Those are the last to decide."
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Some Alaskans, she added, are confused by a Senate race that has becn fraught accusations, dcnials,
cross accusations and more than a little weirdness. Few familiar with politics in the 49th state have
mtnessed candidates accom panied to town hall meetings by security forces, let alone members of the
military sporting earpieces.
"I know people who are desperate to understand what's going on," Craciun said. "And if those people are
paying attention (to Miller), they understand that there were clear violations. And they might ask
themselves, if someone is going to go on someone's computer, is that a clear violation? The answer will
probably be 'Yes.' Can I vote for someone who would violate someone's privacy?"
Cracinn was of the opinion Miller might be in a better position today if he had come out mth the full story
when first confronted "'ith the questions about his borough joh back in June. In late June, blogger and
former state legislator Andrew Halero repOlted Miller had been fired because of misbehavior. Miller told
the Dispatch on July 12 that those accusations were untrue. '''/hat followed was a continuing debate about
whether he had been fired, quit under threat of being fired, or quit of his own volition. The documents
indicate Miller quit after a disagreement "ith his supervisors. Craciun said MEller might have been
advised to make that clear early.
"The ethics of today" she said, dictate that "Uyou did it, call it out and admit it immediately."
Miller lied, then admitted wrongdoing
Miller might have wanted to keep secret other information in his personnel file. His 2008 admission of
using co-workers' computers to vote in the joemiller.us poll is damning not only because he did it, but
because afterward he made a mess of their computers. To cover his tracks after voting, Miller cleared the
browser caches on those computers, deleting stored websites and passwords and alerting co-workers to
the fact that something was amiss.
He later apologized for that, saying "I did not clear the cache to cause harm to anyone and was not aware
of the impact that would cause to my fellow employees. I now understand that dearing the cache also
cleared out passwords and IDs for various websites that people were using and was very hurtful."
He then threw himself on the mercy of his
"I acknowledge that my access to others' computers was wrong, participating in the poll was wrong, lying
was wrong, and there is absolutely no excuse for any of it.
"I accept whatever pushing you feel is appropriate."
He was put on administrative leave for 15 days and
suspended mthout pay fol' three days. How the voters
react remains to be seen. Some seem to be sticking mth
Miller.
"I think we should be talking about what's coming up in
Alaska instead of all this drama crap," said 66-year-old
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one of us has made mistakes.
Ga1110rdHerman after watching Miller at a debate in
d01Nnl:ow'nAnchol'age Tuesday. "r see Miller made a
mi"take. He owned it, he owned it to his bosses. Every
you're looking for mud, if you're looking for
sornethinlg to stick on the waH, that's what you're going to
on. It shows where (Murkowski) is coming from."
CNN poH found Miller's strongest support is among
voters over the age of 65 -- 39 percent -- and
'I!hose who e>.'Press support for the grassoots Tea Party -
percent. The latter tend to ,iew the media as weH as
all sitting politicians as part of an "establishment"
that needs to be overthrown. Painting the media as the
new Communist threat could help Miller there.
Contact Craig Medred at craig(oi)a/askodispatch.eom, Joshua Saul at jsaui( ot)alaskadispatch.com, and
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Alaska Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller, an
outspoken critic of federal funding, has in the past
obtained federal farm subsidies in the amount of more
, than $7,000 for Kansas farmland, an Alaska Dispate.h
investigation has revealed.
, Farm subsidies became an issue in Miller's campaign
i last week when an Alaska blogger ineOlTectly reported
, that he'd collected thousands of dollars in connection
, with a I,ooo-acre plot of land near Delta Junction that
Miller himself describes as "overgrown." Miller and his staff denied those <1ccnsations to Alaska Dispatch.
Until Monday night, the campaign had also dodged questions as to whether Miller had received federal
farm subsidies for land in Kansas, where he once lived,
After Alaska Dispatch received Miller's farm subsidy records under the Freedom of Infonnation Act and
told the Miller campaign about them on Monday, Miller's staff confirmed he received federal payments fol'
140 acres of cropland he o....'lled in Kansas betweell1990 and 1998.
"Like the vast majority of farnlers in that region, Joe received payment from the USDA in exchange for
managing his crops according to government standards," said campaign spokesman Randy DeSoto in an
e-mail Monday night.
Dispatch had earlier linked a Joseph W. Miller -- Miller's legal name -- to farm subsidies for land in
Kansas sent to a post office box in Anchorage when Miller was working in the city as an attorney. Miller's
campaign was asked last week whether the candidate was the Joe Miller who got those funds but refused
to answer until late Monday. Since the question was asked, Alaska Dispatch linked candidate Joe Miller to
that address- P.O. Box 112926 in A.ncnor"ge.
Tnis is the Anchorage address at whieh tne attorney and his family received Permanent Fund dividend
checks; it is the address Miller used on his state hnnting and fishing licenses; and a Freedom of
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Information Act request has now revealed it is the address to which the U.S. Department ofAgriculture
mailed 61 fann subsidy checks worth a total of $7,235 from 1991 through 1997
The subsidies ranging from $2 to $1,621 -- were for sorghum and wheat deficiencies, an agriculture
conservation program, disaster assistance, and production flexibility on wheat on sorghum, according to
payment records from the Department of Agriculture.
When he filed a disclosure form with the Alaska Public Offices Commission in 1997 as he was taking a job
as a state magistrate, he said he owned a farm in Geary County, Kan. The APOC fonn does not disclose
how much money Miller was getting from the government at the time, but in reporting sources of income
more than $100, it does note income from the U.S, Department of Agriculture, which disperses farm
subsidies through its Farm Services Agency.
growth of stimulus programs, the growth of
Da"lClllllygovernment bailouts 10 industries that are
. it's not the American way," Miller told Real Clear
Politi"searlier this month, "It's not the free market way.
it's killing the competitive edge."
subsidies are a federal stimulus program started
the Great Depression to help failing farms.
CitizellS Against Government Waste has for years been
almost exactly the same tlling about fann
sul).5iclies that Miller now says about other federal aid
""",,.,,--------,,-The Miller campaign had tried to duck the question of
whether the Sarah Palin- and Tea Party Express-backed
eandidate ever received any such payments. On Monday afternoon, DeSoto continued to evade the issue.
Asked whether Miller had ever gotten any federal money in the form of farm subsidies, DeSoto repeated
neither Miller nor anyone in his family has ever received any farm subsidies for their land in Alaska.
Pressed about land in Kansas, he said he did not know if Miller ever received farm subsidies for land he
owned there. DeSoto said he would try to find out
That answer came from DeSoto after yet more questions from Alaska Dispatch Monday evening.
"Joe owned cropland in Kansas from approximately the years 1990 to 1998," said DeSoto in an e-mail,
declining further comment. "Before moving to Alaska, the total amount of cropland was roUghly 140
acres. He sold a portion ofthat land when he moved in 1994 to Alaska and sold the rest by 1998."
According to Citizens Against Government Waste, farm subsidy costs to the American taxpayer "are
particularly indefensible since the myths used to justifY the continuation of farm subsidies -- that they are
needed to preserve small family farmers -- are laughably far from the truth. The arguments that have been
used to perpetuate these policies never held much water, but they are less valid now than they ever were.
The truth is that farm subsidies don't help small farmers, but instead help the wealthiest farmers get
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richer, enabling them to expand their operations and gobble up more farmland, and turning the small
towns of rural America into ghost towns. Subsidies hurt poor people in America and poor farmers in
developing nations, all at an exceedingly high cost to u.s. taxpayers."
A Yale-educated attorney, Miller, 43, himself wouldn't have had much time to work the land when he
collected most of the money. He was attending law school, and later was working as a lawyer in Alaska,
more than 2,800 miles north of Kansas.
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,Jill Burke I October 4, 2010
U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller confirmed Monday night that his "ife
-- once hired to work as a part-time clerk for the same Alaska court in
which he was selVing as a U.S. magistrate judge -- went on
unemployment after she left the job.
Miller is running on a self-described constitutional conservative
platform, arguing that the nation must return to the principles and
powers penned by the founding fathers to save it from bankruptcy.
Putting an end to entitlements on a national level and empowering
states has been a key message in his campaign.
In the weeks leading up to the admission about his wife's
unemployment history, Miller has finessed his message on unemployment benefits, saying he's not
opposed to them but that they should be managed by the states -- not the feds.
On Monday, in response to a blogger's post and questions from reporters, the Miller campaign issued a
statement detailing bow his wife -- Kathleen Miller -- worked for him while he was serving as a part-time
U.S. magistrate judge in Fairbanks. Prior to moving to Fairbanks, the couple lived 200 miles away in
the rural Alaska town ofTok where i l l e r worked as magistrate for the state court system. (Clarification:
A prior version of this story incorrectly stated that the Millers'federal court service took place in Tok.)
Miller held t1le magistrate position for tlle District Court out of Fairbanks {TOm June 21, 2002 through
June 1, 2004, earning a total of $71,418. Kathleen Miller worked as a part-time clerk for him from June
2002 to December 2002, according to a resume she submitted to the state last year when she pursued an
appointment to the Alaska Judicial Council.
After she left her clerk job, she briefly went on state unemployment, Miller acknowledged in a statement:
My wife, Kathleen, did workfor me as a magistrate judge clerk/sec:t'etary while I was a part-time
FederalMagistratejudgefrom 2002 to 2004, Before 2004 there was a long-standing practice, both
in Fairbanks as well as other areas in the United States, that due to the time commitments ofbeing
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Who's Joe Miller?
Glance through coverage of
Joe Miller,
Kathleen and.)'& Miller celebrate after the
Republican primary election Aug. 24.
plans to have information available Tuesday.
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a lawyer and a part-time Federal Magistratejudge the same individuals that worked in your
private law offices also worked in your federal magistmte office - many of those being family
members. Before even applying for the Fairbanks Magistrate judgeship I spoke with members of
the federal cowt concerning the employment of Kathleen. It waS confirmed that she could workfor
me in my office. After leaving my office Kathleen did receive unemployment benefitsfor a shott
period of time.
-'-'-'Miller's statement carne after local blogger Andrew
Halero -- a supporter ofwlite-in candidate Sen. Lisa
Murkowski -- brought up the issue earlier Monday.
Alaska Dispatch has been working to obtain
:confirmation about Joe and Kathleen Miller's work
'history ,,1th the U.S. District COUlt since early last week.
While employment records exist for Joe, they were not
immediately available for Kathleen, who was not listed
.OUM';; the court's former employees, according to an
Oct. 1 e-mail from Richard Carelli, a spokesman for the
U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. Carelli said he
Carelli has since explained that "part-time magistrate jndges often use employees from their law practice
to do court work, and that those employees are compensated by the magistrate judge's court."
Halcro and other Miller critics have suggested Miller was forced to fire his wife, calling the couple's
working relationship a form of nepotism prohibited by court policies at the time.
Miller -- taking an open shot at Murkowski -- appears fearless in addressing the issue and any ethical
questions it may raise.
"1 welcome any and all discussion on nepotism when it pertains to all of the candidates of the U.S. Senate
race," he said in his statement.
Murkowski came under fire for nepotism in 2002 when her father, Frank Murkowski, appointed her to fill
his U.S. Senate seat, which he left after being elected Alaska's governor.
Anti-centralized government
In July, Miller suggested in a video interview that the U.S. Constitution doesn't r o \ ~ d e for unemployment
benefits. And on Monday, he was again sticking with his anti-centralized-government theme, telling ABC
News and Politico that he opposes the federal minimum wage. As with unemployment, minimum wage
should be a state decision, Miller believes.
"The state of Alaska has a minimum wage which is higher than the federal level because our state leaders
have made that determination," he said. 'The minimum level again should be the state's decision."
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Still, in recent weeks, Miller -- also an opponent to Social Security and Medicare has acknowledged
utilizing federal programs, including subsidies, over the years. In the 1990S, he received more than
57,000 in federal farm subsidies for land he owned in Kansas, where he grew up. In 1999, he applied for
and was granted" statc loan to buy 1,000 acres in Delta Junction under a program aimed at
promoting the development of Alaska agriculture.
Miller and his campaign have fired back at critics who have called him a hypocrite, saying things like the
farm subsidies were long ago and do not reflect on his positions today.
"If you suggest that anybody that has received federal payments is excluded from the dialogue on where
we are at today as a federal government, then (that means) nobody can participate," Miller said in an
Alaska Dispatch interview last month.
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Message-
From: c medred Imailto:cmedred@gmaiLcomj
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 6:41 PM
To: Randy DeSoto; Eric Adams; Tony Hopfinger
Subiect: Re: Retraction Miller Move Could Prove Costly"
Randy:
The story never said Joe Miller "illegally received a
It indicated only that he received a low-income license
That is a fact.
\i"vhelher he gol it legally Of nol, I do not know. If you would sefid a
copy of his 1994 tax return, though, we could clear this up. Absent
thaI infonnalion, aU I know is that Mr. Miller qualified for a
$92,000 home loan in 1994, the year in which it would have been
ner.essary for him to make less than $8,200 10 quality for the 1995
license. These two facts are at odds with each other. People making
under $8,200 a year do not qualify for $92,000 loans.
As 10 the lack of charges, you can believe all you want that
"obviously, he was never marged because it's transparent 1hat Joe
committed no offense," but that doesn't make tnrtl1 of such an absurd
statement. The lack of a cI1arge does not mean innocence of an acL At
Ihis very second aa over America there ate people violating speed
limits: the fact that most of them are not getting (fcketed does not
mean they never commItted the offense.
The problem Joe has here is {hat we don't know. This, unfortunately,
i 1S not a case of "as you well Joe fully qualified for the
license that he received;" this is a case of WE DO NOT KNOW, Mr.
Miller may have quatified tor the license that he received. I hope
: that he did. It might also be tha1 he lold a little fib. People do
: that all the time, too, 1conSider Mr. Miller more honest than most
1but that doesn't mean he's perfect.
His tax return for 1994 would. of course. clear this up once and for
: all. Until then. it's just an interesting fact that a fUlUre candidale
, for the Alaska Senate apparently had to gel an indigent hunting and
: fishing license so he could feed himseff when he first arrived in
: Alaska_ That's righl up there with Wally Hickel showing up in Alaska
: with but 37 cents in his pocket. Alaska is a land of opportunity, I'm
glad to see \'IiL Miller found SOme success. I'm sorry he lost the
election. I'm deeply troubled, too, that his campaign was "Infiilrated
by a federal undercover agent. I'd love to talk to Mr. Miller about
i that, but instead you want to worty about this nonsense,
i Poor M:, Shipley did what Mr. Miller did and got in trouble for It
: Show a little compassion, Poor Mr. Shipley may be every bit as
innocent as you believe Mr. Miller to have been. For aU we know. Mr.
Shipley might just have marked the wrong box on the paper form and
thought he was getting a bargain on a license purchase. Me Miller's
license problems became because he decided to inject himself
into the public eye by running for office. Poor Mr. Shipley's became
news because the Alaska VlJild!ife Troopers are now in the practice of
, ouling anglers. hunters and others (or almost anything,
Craig
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Matt Johnson'" mdjohnson.ak@gmail.com>
email to you 10/22 first reporter inquires in writing about the investigation
into Lisa's fisheries aide who is under investigation by NOAA.
1 message
AI Stein'" bug3di@comcast.net> Fri, Ju112, 2013 a13:50 PM
To: Mati Johnson <mdjahnson.ak@gmail.cam>
Begin forwarded message:
From: Alan Stein <bugadi@comcast.net>
Date: October 22,20104:19:33 PM PDT
To: al al stein <bugadi@comcast.net>
Bcc: matt@joemillerus, Randy DeSoto <randy@joemiller.us>, Walter
Campbell <drcampbell@arcticchiropractic.com>, Joe Miller
<joe@joemiller.us>, Robert Campbell <caliberlawgroup@gmail.com>
Subject: first reporter inquires in writing about the investigation into
Lisa's fisheries aide who is under investigation by NOAA.
for my memoir, memo to me
I now know that many people in Juneau know about this.
There are alleast two other reporters working it
One has called. I have heard nothing from DC which has known since this am.
this is very big news.
Craig took less than two hours to get on this
Since he is not asking Arne or Lisa yet, how seriously does he want to get her in hot water? I
assume not very much. I will be able to show after the election how reporters did or did not
pursue this with vigor
Maybe the Tea Party will run with this. If only I knew who is the head guy there.
for the file.
Stein
From: Alan Stein <bugadi@comcast.net>
Date: October 22, 20104: 13:03 PM PDT
To: craig@alaskadispatch.com
Subject: Re: so craig do you want to investigate allegations of
illegal acts by one of Lisa's staff members. have not seen a
reply. please let me know in a couple of hours
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THERE ARE olhers working this craig, I cannot make sure you will not get
scooped. this is 100 big to sit on.
I know more. Noaa is investigating.
you could ask Usa's press secretary too. or you could ask the subject of the
investigation.
adfg will know nothing. it is not within their jurisdiction unless the violation
occurred within state waters.
and I do not think they have jurisdiction over long line fish that are IFQs.
On Oct 22, 2010, at 3:16 PM, craig@alaskadispatch.com wrote:
NOAA said it wouldn't say. People who I know in ADF&G who
would be likely
to know didn't know about any investigation underway. I'd expect
them to
know if it was the feds or the state, but it is possible DPS has
something
going or that, indeed, NOAA does and is that NeverNeverLand of
federal
where "we can neither confirm or deny .... "
i'li keep on the list, but there's other sluff going on now that has
priority.
HER FISHERIES ADVISOR ON HER STAFF IS
UNDER INVESTIGATION BY NOAA
ENFORCEMENT DIVISION FOR CRIMINAL
FISHERIES VIOLATIONS
YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONFIRM WITH
FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT NOAA
On Oct 22,2010, at 1:11 PM,
craig@alaskadispalch.com wrote:
I haven't seen any allegations.
what you got?
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Matt Johnson < mdjohnson.ak@gmaU.com>
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10/25 Matt another smoking gun re Alaska Dispatch criminal activity murk's
staff
1 message
AI Stein <: bugadi@comcastnet> Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 4:05 PM
To: Matt Johnson <mdjohnson.ak@gmail.com>
From: Alan Stein <bugadi@comcast.nel>
Date: October 25,20101:14:11 PM PDT
To: maia@alaskadispatch.com
Subject: criminal activity murk's staff
Just want to make sure your guy is working the story about allegations of criminal activity by
one of Murk's staff that she knows about and apparently did nothing.
The case is being investigated by NOAA Depositions were taken last spring.
I have given most of the details to one of your staff and assume you know.
This is not a goose chase, but for real and a huge story just before the election.
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Amanda Coyne I June 19, 2012
Failed Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller declared ~ c t o r y in his long legal battle with the Fairbanks
North Star Borough on Tuesday, the day that he was supposed to provide information to the court about
how he was paying for his lawsuit.
On Monday, Miller accepted a 85,000 judgement against the borough and former Fairbanks Mayor Jim
Whitaker. The judgement was offered by the borough.
The borough mayor, Luke Hopkins, said it offered the judgement because it was in the "taxpayer's best
interests to put a stop to this litigation and legal expenses with this low monetary offer."
Hopkins was also surprised that Miller accepted, given that he initially said that he would do so for
$50,000, and then 825,000. He originally claimed that he had over S160,000 in damages.
In a press release, Miller acknowledged that the judgment is "minimal." However, he said that this was
"never a case about money. Rather, this case was about getting at the truth and setting the record straight.
There is now a permanent record doing just that."
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In a press release, however, the borough took issue with that statement. "This case confirmed that Miller
engaged in misconduct at his work, lied about his misconduct, and was disciplined."
The borough said that the judgement should not be "construed as an admission of fault in any respect."
The dispute sprang from Miller's years as a part-time lawyer for borough, evolved into a lawsuit involving
journalists, including the Alaska Dispatch, and begat a debate over the First Amendment rights of
bloggers.
It started in 2010, when Miller ran against U.S. Sen. Lisa Mmkowski, R-Alaska, in the GOP primary.
Miller's work experience was conspicuously missing from his employment history, an omission that was
quickly noticed by media. For a while, Miller fielded questions about it. But the more reporters demanded
explanations, the more the candidate dug in and refused to talk openly.
The first to push the point was citizen blogger/reporter Andrew Halcro, who, during summer 2010, posted
a two-line blog entry -- "Say it ain't so Joe" -- which read: "U.S. Senate candidate Joe MilicI' was fired from
his job as an attorney for the Fairbanks North Star Borongh. Why?"
The rumor floated in Halem's blog piqued the media's interest, and it wasn't long before Millel"s
campaign was trying to dis]Jel the firing myth.
Eventually, the press corps, led by Alaska DispatclI, sued the borough for the release of these public
records and won. (The Dispatch was a party to the suit until earlier this month.) The records showed
Miller, against borough policy, had sneaked on to the computers of colleagues working at the borough,
used the access to pad a political poll he was involved in, then lied about it to try to co\'er up what he had
done. (It was at this time, too, that Miller became convinced that Alaska Republican Party Chairman
Randy RuedriclI was plotting to kill him. According to his colleagues at the time, Miller talked about plots
against his life, computer hijacking, a bug in his office, and even reqnested that the mayor hire a security
detail to protect Miller.)
Miller was not fired, as Halero's blog claimed. He was, however, barred for three years from re
employment at the borough beC<1use he didn't give enough notice prior to his departure.
After Miller lost in the general election to Murkowski's write-in campaign, he sued the borough, claiming
that SOmeone in the office illegally leaked information about Miller's time at the borough.
The judgement admits to none of this, however, and for all the time and money involved in the case, the
only salient fact that seems to have emerged is that the former mayor of the borongh, Jim Whitaker, had a
meeting with Renee Broker, Miller's supervisor, about Miller's time at the borough and what could be said
to the press about that time.
When deposed about the meeting, Broker claimed attorney-client privilege, even though Whittaker was no
longer the mayor. Whether or not Broker and Whittaker conld claim suclI privilege was scheduled to be
argued in front of a judge next week.
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The borough contends the law is very specific that former mayors can seek advice about events that
occurred while they were in office.
Miller still believes that someone at the borough leaked the infonnation, his lawyer John Tiemessen said.
"But every case has a point of diminishing returns," he said. "Maybe you haven't beaten under every bush
and overturned every rock, but you've done enough that you have a pretty good idea of what's going on,"
he said.
Miller sought legal fees, but he refused to provide information about whether or not he or his leftover
campaign coffers were footing the bill for those fees. He had said that until January 2011, his lawyers were
paid a flat fee of $10,000 a month. Since then, however, he's denied that his campaign has paid for the
legal fees.
The judge ordered him to provide such information by Monday, but he accepted the judgement instead.
CORRECTION: This story was updated June 18,2012. It has been corrected to describe the judgment
as ajudgment, not a settlement.
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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner columnist Dennot Cole report, an interesting tidbit from court documents
in the long-running lawsuit involving the borough personnel records of failed Republican U,S, Senate
candidate .Joe Miller,
Attorneys representing the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the matter say that Miller secretly recorded
conversations with borough employees, including Borough Attorney Rene Broker.
In Alaska legal circles, Miller has had a reputation of being in the habit of recording conversations with
other parties, whether openly or not.
Cole reports that attorneys for the Fairbanks North Star Borough on June 13 filed a "Motion to Compel
Discovery" of all records of secret audio recordings Miller made of conversations with borough employees,
as well as with reporters, senior campaign staff and political advisers,
In a letter dated May 13, Greg Fisher, an attorney for the borough, said that Miller secrelly recorded
conversations willl Borongh Attorney Rene Broker and by doing so Miller "breached fiducimy duties he
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owed the FNSB by secretly taping another la"''Yer discussing FNSB Legal Department subjects and by
failing to disclose those tapes (which are public records under law)."
In the June 13 motion, the borough was to recieve from Miller "A complete copy of any recording you have
made of another party, party representative or witness to this litigation."
Miller was also to provide a copy of any recordings he or anyone working on his behalf made ofAlaska
Dispatch reporter Jill Burke "or any other reporter or journalist during the 2010 U.S. Senate campaign."
Miller was scheduled to be deposed on July 31, hut the case has been settled, and the deposition won't
occur.
much, much more from Cole, here, and for the
round, read what Miller spokesman Bill Peck had
say to Cole, here.
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Former Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller's long-l1ll1ning lawsuit against the Fairbanks North Star
Borough has come to a close after a disagreement over the meaning of a judgment signed earlier this
summer. In the settlement, the borough agreed to pay $5,000 to Miller to end a costly legal battle over
whether someone ",ith the borough illegally leaked information about Miller's time working there. The
judgment, signed by both parties in June, denied any admission offault on the borough's part. Yet Miller
went on to argue that, by its nature, a judgment admits fault
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that Superior Court Judge Stephanie Joannides issued a fomlal
judgment in the case that has finally ended the issue. Without much elahoration, she cited the signed
judgment as the final word on the issue.
"The Offer of Judgment disclaiming any fault by Fairbanks North Star Borough and Jim Whitaker was
accepted on June 20, 2012 by Intervenor Defendant, Cross Claimant and third Party Plaintiff Joseph
Miller," Judge Joannides wrote.
Borough Mayor Luke Hopkins told the News-Miner "My view is that it's done, and I guess it's goodbye
Joe."
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Joe Miller Miller, 46, was backed as the Tea
Party favorite in 2010, when he ran against
incumbent Republican Sen. Usa Murkowski.
Stephen Nowers Pfloto
With his eye on a possible 2014 U.S. Senate run, Alaska Tea Party politico Joe Miller has been dealt a
financial blow after losing a legal fight with the media, stemming from his last attempt to win a Senate
seat three years ago.
On Friday, Alaska Superior Court Judge Stephanie Joannides ordered Miller to pay more than $85,000 of
Alaska Dispatch's attorney fees and costs stemming from the news organization's 2010 lawsuit to make
public Miller's employment records during his time as a part-time government lawyer.
Alaska Dispatch had already won tlle suit, arguing that Miller's records -- which detailed episodes of
misconduct for which he was punished and barred from rehire for three years should be available for
Alaska voters to review. At the time, Miller was a Republican candidate in a three-way race for the U.S.
Senate, In the wake of the election, Miller -- a Yale Law School grad -- dragged out the litigation for nearly
two more years.
"Miller's conduct, which included taking inconsistent positions, failing to disclose information during
discovery, and his procedural filing, which the record did not support, all caused unnecessary delay and
costs for both Alaska Dispatch" and the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the judge wrote in her ruling.
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Reached via email Sunday, Miller spokesman Bill Peck said Miller and his staff had yet to see the judge's
ruling.
In seeking the release of Miller's records, Alaska Dispatch spent more than $112,000 in legal fees and
costs, expenses Dispatch sought to recover from both Miller and his former employer, the custodian of his
employment records -- the Fairbanks North Star Borough. Miller and the borough eachnow owe the news
site some level of reimbursement, though Miller's share is much higher.
John McKay, a longtime Alaska media attorney who represented Alaska Dispatch throughout the quest to
release Miller's employment records, called the judge's award an important vindication for news
organizations and ordinary citizens seeking to enforce their rights to access public records.
"The fact that Mr. Miller was not allowed to keep these records secret from voters before the election was
the most important thing," McKay said. "But it is also critical to send a message that government agencies
and individuals fighting disclosure can't make the public bear the entire financial burden of opening
public files to the light of day."
Dispatch's total fees were $112,375. Other costs
to $2,309.
IBE,ca11seJoannides found Miller's dragging out of the
lawi5uit and his otber conduct in the ease to be in bad
and vexatious, she ordered him to pay 7S percent of
fees and 50 percent of the costs, for a total of
The borough must pay 10 percent of the fees
50 percent of the costs, a total of $12,392.
amount of the award -- nearly $100,000 combined
is among the highest ever assessed in Alaska in a suit
wrongful withholding of public records, McKay said.
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When a patty wins a lawsuit in Alaska state courts, they
are generally entitled to recover 20 percent of their legal fees. Unique circumstances allow a judge to
award a much higher amount,
"Mr. Miller unreasonably ran up the cost of this litigation for both the Dispatch and the Borough," McKay
said. "After we got the records released, he refused to let the Dispatch out of the case unless it gave up its
rightful claim to fees as the winning party and made the Dispatch incur marc and more unnecessary fees,
using this as leverage, The judge correctly rejected this tactic, and the Dispatch should be credited for
setting an example by resisting such intimidation."
For Miller, the unfavorable ruling comes at a time when he's exploring allOther run for U.s. Senate, this
time against Democrat Mark Begich, who is up for reelection next year. First, Miller could face in the
August 2014 Repnblican primary Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell, who, like Miller. has launched all
exploratory comlllitte. to consider a run against Begich.
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But will the drama of Miller's last run for office ,- drama that continues to cost him money -, taint his
political ambitions?
Miller, 46, was backed as the Tea Party favorite in 20)0 when he ran against incumbent Republican Sen.
Lisa Murkowski.
A West Point graduate, decorated Gulf War veteran, and Yale Law grad who also holds a master's degree
in economics, Miller fashioned himself a reformer "ith core conservative values who was ready to help
save the nation from conuption and bankruptcy.
The primary election unfolded in late August 20)0, as much of Alaska was still in shock after a plane crash
killed former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens a couple weeks earlier. Miller toppled Murkowski to the surprise of
many from the Last Frontier to the Washington, D.C. Beltway.
But what happened next would in many ways cast doubt on Miller's political future.
_.D1Jtitll! the lead-up to the 2010 general election, Miller
railed against government entitlements and
IoverSpeJlding. Yet, a review of his past showed he'd
rec.;ivedstate farm subsidies, and his wife, whom he'd
to work for him when he was a U.S. District Court
magisitralte, had taken unemployment when she stopped
"I"uwkin,v that job. Meantime, Murkowski had jumped
- ...... into the race as a write-in candidate. Records would
surface that showed Miller had abruptly left the
U""U'" d' court gig in order to try a run for local political
:... '.ofifice and t.hatthe chief judge continued to hold a
of him during tile 2010 deliiol1 cycle
: much so he had to recuse himself from overseeing
Miller's election-related lawsuits.
Between unflattering revelations of Miller's past, the illegal handcuffing of Alaska Dispatch's editor at one
of Miller's tm."" hall events, and boastful pre-November tweets about shopping for a house, office
furuiture and a name plaque in Washington, Miller's D.C. dreams began to evaporate in the last weeks
before the election.
Sneaking onto co-workers' computers
During all of this, Alaska Dispatch wanted to review his records from when he worked as a part-time
attorney for the Fairbanks North Star Borough. The borough would not turn over the record, unless
Miller was "illing to make them public. And Miller never gave the go-ahead for a full release. He did allow
some records to come out, but kept the damaging ones shielded, and refused to openly discuss his past in
its entirety "ith the media.
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Alaska Dispatch, which was joined hy other media, led the charge to successfully convince a state judge
that the public's right to fully evaluate Miller's employment records was more important than the privaL'Y
of a candidate seeking one of the nation's most powerful political offices. The judge also found that
someone seeking such a high office should expect their past to become public.
When the records came out, the picture of a job tainted by stress, lies and politics emerged from the paper
trail.
It was revealed that while serving as a government attorney, )JiIler had snuck onto his co-workers'
computers to vote in his own online straw poll on who should be the new head of the Alaska Republican
Party, The bizarre episode had unfolded in 2008 when Miller -- along ",ith his ally, then-Gov. Sarah Palin
-- was in a pitched battle to unseat Randy Ruedlich, then-chairman of the state GOP,
Though this was not a nail in the coffin for his work INith the borough, the relationship ultimately
deteriorated to a point that he chose to walk away trom his job rather than get fired.
'Active political force'?
In the years since 2010, Miller has reinvented himself as a political pundit and online publisher.
He describes himself as "an active political force," citing his speaking appearances at Tea Party gatherings
and his chairmanships of the state-federal political action committees Restoring Liherty. As of March, his
federal campaign committee, Citizens for Joe Miller, held more than $425,000,
In an open letter on his website, Miller speaks of why at he hasn't let go of his Senate aspirations:
"We need a candidate in 2014 who will join reformers like Rand Paul, Mike Lee, and Ted Cruz to contront
President Obama, not one who will cut a deal to negotiate the terms of our surrender to his radical
socialist agenda."
Miller has 30 days to appeal Judge Joannides' decision,
C0l1/a,ct Jill Bu,.ke at jill((Jt)alask(Jdispatch.com
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