Pete Kott Quotes
I had to cheat, steal, beg, borrow and lie….
Kott was indicted for accepting a bribe and Allen agreed to testify for the prosecution in exchange for lighter treatment. However, this illustrated the biggest Alaskan political scandal which involved many of the Republican state legislators, the long serving Alaskan U. S. Senator Ted Stevens and Stevens’ son were also the legislative leaders bribed to kill the tax bill. See {620070}.
Pete Kott, Alaskan State Legislator (Republican), Reporting to Oil Company Executives Bill Allen and Rick Smith on how he was doing killing an oil tax bill, 2006, FBI Tape of Allen’s Hotel Suite
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Allen was so audacious about his bribes that he had the CBC initials embroidered on red baseball hats and he, his fellow officers, and many Alaskan politicians actually wore the hats and joked about their bribe taking.
Henry Wheeler Shaw 1818-1885
This is a common rejoinder of third world country leaders to accusations of Western democracies about corruption. And doubtless it is true. However temptation has never been a good defense of improper behavior.
Franklin was the superstar of his day in terms of popularity—especially in Europe. However, his informal, social style together with his late hours and popularity with the ladies, together with the fact that he seemed on good social terms with even enemies developed a combination of jealousy, frustration and even suspicion by some of his diplomatic colleagues.
- Born: August 29, 1949
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- Profession: Business Owner; Retired U.S. Air Force Captain
Peter Kott (born 1949) is a former Republican state representative for District 17 serving Eagle River, Alaska, in the Alaska Legislature for seven terms, from 1993 until 2007. He was Speaker of the House during his sixth term in 2003–2004.
