Judge tosses out Ben Stevens' APOC fine
Published Saturday, May 17, 2008
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Stumble It!ANCHORAGE -- A Superior Court judge says the Alaska Public Offices Commission was wrong to find that former state Senate President Ben Stevens violated state law by failing to disclose the clients of one of his consulting firms.
On May 5, Judge Sen Tan in Anchorage threw out the $5,000 fine assessed by APOC against Stevens last year.
Stevens, a Republican, has been under investigation in the broad FBI investigation of corruption in Alaska.
Ray Metcalfe, a former state legislator, began filing a series of complaints with APOC in 2005, alleging that Stevens failed to properly disclose his private business clients and the work he did for them.
The case involving Stevens' consulting firm, Advance North, grew out of the resulting APOC investigation.
Metcalfe, a Democrat, is now running for U.S. Senate, seeking the seat held by Ben Stevens' father, Ted, a Republican.
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1. The son of a senator got away with violating the law
2. A republican to boot
3. It started with a power play by an opposing politician
4. APOC is a joke
5.Judge Tan's ruling isn't necessarily the final word, and some persons, as of this morning, believe that Judge Tan has misinterpreted the law's intent.
6. Benny ain't outa' da' woods quite yet...
Sounds like APOC is less of a joke than the court...
We don't have the power to vote these judges in, but we have the power to vote them out. I wish more people would use this power.
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