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 NE\~S-MINER,

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 ~or Joe Miller, the

Federal Election Commission-registered ncipal campaign

AFFIDAVIT OF MATTHEW JOHNSON 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 ~egislature. 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

AFFIDAVIT OF MATTHEW JOHNSON 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 Murkows~i, 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.

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 MATTH~W JOHNSON Fairbanks Daily News Miner et. al. vs. Fairbanks North Star Borough, et. al.; Case No.: 4FA-10-2886 CI Page 5 of 6

JUL-15-2013 HON 10:02 AM FNBA EAGLE RIVER FAX NO, 1 907 6947306 P. 06

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 AF~ANT SAYETH NAUGHT. DATED this I G day of July 2013.

~~ MatheWJOh sonMk ~

to before me this IS:- day Of Jul y

My Commission

The foregoing was on thie

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David Rubenstein From WikipedJa, rhc free encyclopedia

David M. Rubenstein is the co~foundcr ofTbe Carlyle Group. a global private equity firm. In the 2011 Forbes ranking oftbe wealthic5l Americans, Rubenstein David M, Rubenstein

was ranked 138tb richesl person in the United Slates and 418th in the world with

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I II Contents

1Early life and career 2 Personal life

I J Philanthropy 11 Duke University 4 Quotes 5 References 6 EXlcrnallinks

Early life and career Forum annual meeting in Davos, 2009! Born ! I August I 949!11

RubenSleln grew up an only child in a Jewish family in an exclusively Jewish Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. neighborhood in 8uhimorc_PJ!4~ He graduated from the cnllcge preparatory high

Nationalit) United Stalesschool 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

,1973, where he was an ediLor of the University ofChicago Lati-l Review. From i Alma maier Duke University

1973 to 1975, Rubenstein practiced law in Ne\.. York with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, ! UniwrsilY ofChicago (.W.)Wharton & Garrison. Prior to starting Carlyle in 1987, wllh William E. Conway, JL and Daniel A. f)IAniello, Rubenstein was a domeslic policy advisor to !Occupation Managing Director ofthe President Jimmy Carter and worked in private praclice in Washington, D.C. Carlyle Group

i Nttworth ..53.0 billion (Marcb 1013.PJ Although in 2006 private equity aClivity was booming and larger companies lhan 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 cxpres~ed 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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York and the Alaska Native Arts Foundation. They were married on May 21, 1983y~J 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 centcrP41

Rubenstein was elected as the next Chairman of the Board of the 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 2002~ after which Rubenstein Hall was named for him, In 2009, he donated and additional $5.75 million to the sehool.[231 ' 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'p6] Rubenstein currently serves as Vice Chair, on thc university's Board of Trustt'es.[241

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

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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

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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,

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LOCKED: Soho showplace for Alaska Native art had asked state for $600,000,

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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.

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Etsy: ANAF has teamed up with Etsy.com 10 (emure Inupiat artist Sylvester Ayek. Etsy IS a website that promoles jndj~dua!s who have their QWn unique end handaafied ilems for sale. II is a men.:etpleee for the world to view and 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.

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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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"Alaska: Far and Away, Up Close~ 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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Budget cuts threaten Native Arts Foundation Po"ed: niday_ 5 .. pl~lTIb~r 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 ~'ear for wbich data is availAble. the nonprofit foundation had expenSf'n~ of S94S,OOO, aceording ta its publie1y available tax return.

Foundation ~ecuti ....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 $

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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 ~oo8 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.

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Oespr,e Mi~ drl'-'l:llo Slay Infomlcd. Rubens!ein elso ~lse5 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 g~ some 200 e--mafs daily and respoodslc them aU- (hough he .....dleS \,he resparn;es on e legal pad a~d 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,

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One carlyle insider, Whilc -AgQf()Usly d~endlng 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, the~ think. It'S like their tyslem,"' the WJrce says.

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HOW CARLYLE CREATES VALUE

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Jeffrey W. Ferguson

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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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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.

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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 exofficeholders, 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 ofCarlyle 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 ofThailand. 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 ,,~th 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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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 j online news-magazine Sa10n has compiled a list ofwen~

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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Donald Craig Mitchell I August 10, 2010

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

Cook Inlet wells have a buyer Tenn. firm to buy bankrupt Pacific Energy Resources' Cook Inlet oil and gas operations. Scott Woodham I December 17,2009

Cook Inlet wells have a buyer 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, ~009

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 -------~......--

The Point Hope 8 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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The Point Hope 8 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

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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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UPDATED 8:20 p.m,: Joe McGinniss comes up short in Ebay auction to dille 'Wvith the fcnner governor. Scott Woodham I September 18,2009

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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

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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. Jill Burke I September 21, 2009

Judge voids accused killer's 'eve of trial' marriage A federal judge has voided Joshua Wade's jail-house marriage. Jill Burke ISeptember 4, 2009

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Reader beware: Palin, scurvy and a lemon grove" 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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Alaska's U.S. Sen. Begich's unreasonable response to a miscarriage of

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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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.

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Joe Miller's hunting and fishing license likely violated residency requirement Craig Medred i September 28, 2010

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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 ofLaw 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 ofAlaska 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 Dh~dend. 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 pre,~ous 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

excultiv"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

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~ ____________~_~_resi.dellcy 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,

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and earnmg a master s m econOlmcs that the borough helped pay

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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 ofhis 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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co-workers knew something was wrong when they couldn't log on after lunch.

In the short span of time the employees ~~Il!'=mJitjl' 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

~!'~i;~~~'1~~ he was visiting a professor's website atU 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 ==::====~=::=:::==,~==~offi(:~ 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. Itwould 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 reque~sts 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 ofMiller'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 offas 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 t

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