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Look how fast the dirty money finds a new taker in Knowles.
With Binkly and Murkowski out of the race, VECO owner Bill Allen needs a new horse to back and it appears to be Tony Knowles.
A few of Bill Allen's closest friends have switched over to back a democrat. Unfortunate for Bill Allen, and unfortunate for Tony Knowles as well, just before the FBI raid, one of Bill's closest associates sent out an invitation for a fund raiser and invited a lot of friends of Ben Stevens, Carl Marrs and Bill Allen, to a fund-raiser for Tony Knowles. See below the invitation to a fund raiser for Tony Knowles at the home of Carl Marrs.
So who is Carl Marrs?
# Carl Marrs is the former president and chief executive of Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI)
# CIRI is one of the companies to which the FBI went, seeking information about VECO and their inappropriate association with certain legislators. (click here to read the story)
http://www.adn.com/news/government/veco/story/8149379p-8041116c.html
# Carl Marrs is a business partner with Bill Allen in a company they co-own with other partners who were also served with warrants and searched.
# While Carl Marrs was president of CIRI, when CIRI paid Ben Stevens $270,000 in "consulting fees."
# Carl Marrs and VECO Owner Bill Allen have a well established track-record of backing the same candidates VECO backs.
See the origional email in PDF form here TonyKnowlesfundraiser.pdf
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Joy Marrs
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:07 PM
*Subject:* Don't forget this Thursday night!
Joy Marrs, Patti McGuire, Rosie Fletcher, Jana Hayenga, Jo Michalski,
Jeanie Penney, Bonnie Swanson and Marty Weeks invite you to join them at
a fundraising reception for Alaska's future Governor and First Lady Tony
& Susan Knowles
*Thursday, September 7, 2006* from *5:30--7:30pm*
at the home of *Mr. & Mrs. Carl Marrs* 2239 Sorbus Way
(From the intersection of Benson Blvd. & New Seward go east on Benson
Blvd. Left on Maplewood. Right at the Woodside East sign on Cimarron.
Left on Shepherdia. Right on Sorbus Way.)
*Please join us in supporting a Governor who:
*~ Works for kids, families and communities.
~ Believes Alaska can and should have the best schools in the nation.
~ Will always defend a woman's right to make her own reproductive decisions.
Suggested donation: $100 - $1,000 RSVP/Questions: 907.562.2006
*If you are unable to attend, you may donate online or call 562-2006.
Maximum allowable contribution per individual is $1,000 per calendar year.*
Paid for by Knowles for Governor, P.O. Box 201663, Anchorage, Alaska
99520-1627
Knowles for Governor
PO Box 201663
Anchorage, AK 99520
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Big deal people! How self-righteous everyone has become! I find it hard to believe how easily people can turn on someone just because they seemed to have a charmed life or a nice house or more money than the rest of us. I see comments in the ADN like "they're living in a mansion and I'm just getting old"....hmmmmm..Why do you suppose that is?
Have you ever made mistakes in judgement or done anything wrong at all in your life? Aren't you glad no one was looking or paying attention! Maybe Carl Marrs is not the most popular person right now, but I remember when he ran CIRI and he alone distributed some of the wealth of CIRI to his fellow shareholders in a way that made a positive impact on many lives. He has always been supportive of his people, but he did so "successfully" by learning how to play the game of politics and big business that had already been in place for a very long time. That's just the way it is and we all had a hand in creating and nurturing it.
I am not rich either. I live paycheck to paycheck like a whole lot of other people, but I don't blame Carl, Ben, Tony, Ted, Bill, or anyone else for that. I don't envy what they have because I am the only one responsible for my own station in life - period and if they had the wherewithall to live their lives the way they did, kudos to them! It is possible to change things without starting a massive witch hunt, but boy - when we do it, we do it big. Nothing good comes of that.
on September 13th
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