JUNE 09 2007
Birmingham News reports Toby Roth's claim that Simpson's affidavit was
"sour grapes" over a lost contract. Harper's comments on the failure of
Birmingham News to research the intimate connection of the Riley team
to Casino Jack Abramoff.
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Abramoff in the Heart of Dixie
by Scott Horton Harper's 6/09/07
The really fascinating thing about the Birmingham News story consists of
the facts which are strangely missing.
In the Birmingham News story this morning, there is a failure to mention
that Roth is one of an entire platoon of Riley staffers who departed in
order to take up work for Indian gaming interests. Others are: Michael
Scanlon, Dan Gans, Dax Swatek, Twinkle Andress. Roth went to work
with former Trent Lott chief-of-staff John Lundy at a Jackson, Mississippi-
based lobbying firm named Capitol Resources. Among the firm’s principal
clients are the casinos owned and operated by the Mississippi Choctaw
Indian, whom they represented jointly with Jack Abramoff.
<link to Harper's>
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Siegelman advocates bitter about losing contract
Kim Chandler and Mary Orndorff The Birmingham News 6/09/07
Former Riley Chief of Staff Toby Roth said he believed the lost contract
was a factor when the two people signed statements accusing Riley's
advocates of engineering the case against Siegelman, a Democratic
rival. Roth said. "This has got a sour grapes aspect to it."
<link to Birmingham News>
Birmingham News reports Toby Roth's claim that Simpson's affidavit was
"sour grapes" over a lost contract. Harper's comments on the failure of
Birmingham News to research the intimate connection of the Riley team
to Casino Jack Abramoff.
...............................................................................................................
Abramoff in the Heart of Dixie
by Scott Horton Harper's 6/09/07
The really fascinating thing about the Birmingham News story consists of
the facts which are strangely missing.
In the Birmingham News story this morning, there is a failure to mention
that Roth is one of an entire platoon of Riley staffers who departed in
order to take up work for Indian gaming interests. Others are: Michael
Scanlon, Dan Gans, Dax Swatek, Twinkle Andress. Roth went to work
with former Trent Lott chief-of-staff John Lundy at a Jackson, Mississippi-
based lobbying firm named Capitol Resources. Among the firm’s principal
clients are the casinos owned and operated by the Mississippi Choctaw
Indian, whom they represented jointly with Jack Abramoff.
<link to Harper's>
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Siegelman advocates bitter about losing contract
Kim Chandler and Mary Orndorff The Birmingham News 6/09/07
Former Riley Chief of Staff Toby Roth said he believed the lost contract
was a factor when the two people signed statements accusing Riley's
advocates of engineering the case against Siegelman, a Democratic
rival. Roth said. "This has got a sour grapes aspect to it."
<link to Birmingham News>
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| * Excerpt From Affidavit May 21, 2007 “Rob Riley asked about Siegelman being a problem in the future... but he was told by William “Bill” Canary not to worry about Don Siegelman that “his girls would take care of him...” that he had already gotten it worked out with Karl and Karl had spoken with the Department of Justice…” |
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