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Toby Roth
Alabama Governor Riley's Former Chief of Staff
Roth put himself in the Siegelman Case spotlight when he tried
to discredit the Simpson affidavit by claiming that Jill Simpson
was just a disgruntled person who sought a government contract
from the Riley Administration and did not get it. The charge was
completely fabricated. Simspon had not sought any contracts.
She was an attorney for people who sought contracts. In fact
that was her business, so her clients won and lost contracts all
the time. [1][3]
Toby Roth is Capitol Resources' only Alabama representative
and served Alabama Governor Bob Riley as his chief of staff, a
job that was the culmination of a very long engagement in
Alabama GOP politics. The Capitol Resources LLC is a
Mississippi based, full service lobbying firm that represents,
among other clients, Mississippi Casino interests. Previously,
Toby Roth worked with William Canary and Karl Rove to drive
the transformational 1990's campaign to convert the
Democratically held Alabama court to a Republican held court
(just as Rove had done in Texas.)
When the Dana Jill Simpsn affidavit became public in CNN/Time,
Harper's, and the New York Times Roth stepped forward in
another New York Times article to discount the affidavit by
Simpson, claiming it was "sour grapes."
- Why would Toby Roth discredit Ms. Simpson? Toby Roth is a
former chief of staff for Governor Riley for one. But also tucked
at the bottom of his GOP resume was a client named Harold
See, a candidate for the Alabama Supreme Court. The third
man who together with Canary and Rove drove the pivotal
campaign featured in the Atlantic’s groundbreaking story was
Toby Roth.
- Where exactly did Toby Roth go when he left Governor Riley’s
service? Roth is one of an entire platoon of those Riley staffers
who departed in order to take up work for a firm whose principal
clients are the casinos owned and operated by the Mississippi
Choctaw Indian, whom they represented jointly with Jack
Abramoff. When you consider the fact that the Siegelman
prosecution springs out of the promotion of an education lottery
(gambling) initiative, that’s a very curious fact when juxtaposed
with what we know about Mr. Abramoff’s commitment to trying to
suppress Alabama gambling interests to benefit Mississippi
Casinos by stirring up the “yahoos” ** to vote against gambling.
Another of the Abramoff fortes was using his lobbyist position
with the casinos to stampede money into the coffers of
Republican candidates for office. Indeed, looking at this Bob
Riley campaign staff it becomes apparent: they’re all names that
have appeared in connection with the Abramoff investigation –
widely considered the “mother lode” of modern political
scandals. Indeed, it is clear that this story and the Abramoff
story intersect, and the point of intersection is Toby Roth.
*Others are: Michael Scanlon, Dan Gans ( who oversaw the Baldwin
County Voting Precinct where a "computer glitch" after midnight made Riley
Governor by a narrow margin in 2002) , Dax Swatek, Twinkle Andress.
** Abramoff emails referred to anti-gambling citizens of Alabama as
'yahoos'.
[1] Harper's No Comment June 9 2007
[2] Capitol Resources Website 2007
[3] Harper's No Comment Oct 14 2007
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| photo: Hubbard Website Twinkle Andress |
| Photo: Capitol Resources Website Toby Roth: the Alabama representative of Capitol Resources LLC; It is a Jackson, Mississippi based lobbying firm that represents the Mississippi Choctaw Indians. ........................................................... TOBY ROTH 12 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP ROLES IN ALABAMA GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS: >Chief of Staff for Alabama Governor Bob Riley >Campaign Director, 2002 Bob Riley for Governor campaign >Vice President for Advancement, Business Council of Alabama >Executive Director, Alabama Citizens for a Sound Economy >Finance Director, 1996 Harold See for Alabama Supreme Court campaign <link to source> ............................................................. |
| photo: Reuters Abramoff and Toby Roth worked together to raise money from gambling interests for Bob Riley |