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Acting general manager Stanton Alleyne (right) on his way to a meeting at the National Union of Public Workers headquarters yesterday with his attorney Hal Gollop.
Acting general manager Stanton Alleyne (right) on his way to a meeting at the National Union of Public Workers headquarters yesterday with his attorney Hal Gollop – Source: Nation Newspaper

The recent impasse between the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) and the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) which led to a national strike still has Barbadians fuming. The fact that the Board took the decision to fire General Manager Stanton Alleyne and decided to back away from the decision continues to be the topic of discussion around the office coolers and rum shops. Of concern to BU is the confidence level which must now exist between the Board and Mr. Alleyne, and the ridiculous situation which now sees a senior manager being represented by the same union representing the workers in his command.

Thanks to our sources we are pleased to produce documents which are at the heart of the dispute.

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2
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Exhibit 3
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Exhibit 4
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32 responses to “Documents At The Centre Of The Recent Sanitation Service Authority And National Union Of Public Workers Dispute, Exposed”

  1. Wishing In Vain Avatar
    Wishing In Vain

    This man is a bold faced criminal and deserves to be not at work at the SSA he like Dr Leo Brewster should be put behind bars forthwith.

    I understand that there is more to show with this crook where he instructed a person quoting for work to requote at a higher price and then he Alleyne awarded the contract to the person once the bribe was completed.

    Also connected in this case is the Former Minister Liz Thompson where she benefitted with two 2 houses in Prior Park.

    LOCK THEM UP EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM CROOKS DAMN CROOKS.

  2. Wishing In Vain Avatar
    Wishing In Vain

    NUPW BLASTED
    PROTEST ACTION. About 200 workers at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) staged protest action yesterday and called in the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW). The workers from various departments had complaints about the way the QEH is managed in the absence of chief executive officer Winston Collymore, overtime pay, the improper functioning of equipment in the kitchen, one X-ray machine in the Radiology Department, and no proper office for the Ambulance Service.

    DR DAVID ESTWICK isn’t looking for any friends; at least not from the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW).

    In his usually fiery persona last night, the Minister of Health blasted the practices of this country’s largest public sector trade union regarding its treatment of the board of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH).

    During his 30-minute presentation in the House of Assembly, Estwick, a first-time health minister, focused on the current industrial relations climate at the country’s largest health institution.

    “I am not looking for friends at the hospital. I will do what I have to do to put things right,” Estwick said, noting that the NUPW was giving the impression the Government was trying to railroad employees.

    Last week there was threatened strike action at the QEH.

    “Why is the hospital being put through this continued turmoil all the time?” Estwick asked. “I hope the general secretary of the NUPW is not attempting to get back at the hospital in a malicious way.”

    He also blasted the contract under which the QEH’s chief executive officer (CEO) Winston Collymore was employed.

    “I did not hire the CEO. The CEO was hired by the former administration and allowed to work without signing a contract for almost three years. I have inherited a situation where I have had to ask for legal consultation,” Estwick said.

    According to the St Philip West MP, the former Minister of Health had the DLP Government locked into a position where it would have to pay out Collymore if it wanted to remove him.

    Boggling

    He said such action was the type of human resource “boggling” symptomatic of the QEH.

    Estwick was also quite critical over the modus operandi of the NUPW.

    “What I find to be incredible in this situation is that every trade unionist knows that in order to deal on behalf of any individual or class of individuals, there needs to be a collective agreement in place. There must also be recognition by the organisation, of the bargaining rights of the particular category,” Estwick said.

    “Neither the office of director of medical services nor the director of human resources fall in any recognised bargaining category by the QEH.”

    He said the holders of such posts, “belonging to a top management cadre are excluded from both bargaining agencies. That’s the law”.

    Estwick said he wanted to find out why the NUPW was purporting to represent the interests of the head of human resources at the QEH, when that employee was a senior manager.

    “The NUPW has no authority, no right under the law [to do so].”

    He said the pretended actions of the NUPW and the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners was “ultra vires” to the collective bargaining agreement, and neither had any standing to approach the board on behalf of such individuals.

  3. The scout Avatar
    The scout

    Let me send out a warning to Dr Estwick. He is treading on dangerous ground picking a fight with both the doctors and the unions. This can quickly pull a nation down. It is better to sit and discuss matters in a gentlemanlike forum than to be ranking and raving about it in an effort to gain political points. This issue is too delicate for that. In the end he might have to eat humble pie like the SSA board, even though he may be right in theory.

  4. JC Avatar
    JC

    Scout what gentleman forum.

    Why do you think that the QEH is a mess, because no one had the balls or testicular fortitude to demand the best for Bajans.

    Scout many things need to be ironed out many things!

    I dont have no money or my family and friends. I would want to know that when I go to QEH that I am treated with an ounce of respect at the least, and that I am not scared or sorry that I have to go. I have friends at this point in time who are patients there. You feel I feel comfortable with them being in there!

    I dont!

    I agree with Dr. Estwick for my famuilies and friends sake.

  5. cherry2enpowered Avatar
    cherry2enpowered

    The BLP doen’t seems to be touching this one.

  6. Not Convinced Avatar
    Not Convinced

    So WIV, you have cheques for $1000 dollars (for a 130000 contract) and a letter from a man with a known agenda of outstanding monies owed from the government as the sole basis of your evidence.

    There is more than enough fishiness and reasonable doubt for me to want more evidence.

    I know this proof is enough for you ,you would kill your cat if milk was missing from the fridge, but most of us people with integrity usually need more proof before we condemn someone.

    Thanks for the document though even though it sheds no new light or no new information. Pat yourself on the back and throw another dart at your BLP dartboard for me.

  7. Tell me Why Avatar
    Tell me Why

    The only document that I will make a submission is the one stating he is ‘of sound mind’ dated June 18. 2008. This money was outstanding since 1999 and the gentleman stated he engaged lawyers, met with the then Leader of the Opposition David Thompson and submitted letters to the SSA to no avail. During this time, by his own admittance and his action, he failed to clarify the true reason why those cheques were written although he needed his money. Surprisingly, with the help of a Justice of the Peace he now found strength to state the reason. I doubt the authenticity of this document although it has the signature of a JP.
    I must say that it is just my feelings that I have a fundamental issue with the timing.

  8. Wishing in Vain Avatar
    Wishing in Vain

    Not Convinced you are barking up the wrong tree but not a problem thanks.

    Your problem is that the likes of you and your group is to fuss and create confusion and to try to divert attention from your misdeeds and your fraud.

    People like Alleyne and Brewster will face the court system and be made to explain their actions.

  9. Adrian Hinds Avatar
    Adrian Hinds

    The Bribe and the Bribe taker needs to face the law.

  10. Not Convinced Avatar
    Not Convinced

    Exactly,
    Sir, most people that frequent these blogs know you are a shot first ask later character that loves a good attack and good preaching. meow.

    My post has nothing to do with diverting attention from anything, I simply said proof is proof and we cant trust someone with an agenda to be honest.

    What was your response? was it a intellectual rebuttal to simulate constructive thinking? Nope.. you reference some “group” and the “likes of me” even though you know nothing about me you believe anyone that doesnt fall into line behind you is part of this “group”

    If Alleyne is guilty , which is part from proven then let him face the court. If Brewster is guilty the same applies. Just dont throw the baby out with the bathwater. Guilty must be proven not assumed based of a notion of group affliation.

  11. Adrian Hinds Avatar
    Adrian Hinds

    Not Convinced // July 10, 2008 at 2:04 pm

    Exactly,
    Sir, most people that frequent these blogs know you are a shot first ask later character that loves a good attack and good preaching. meow.

    My post has nothing to do with diverting attention from anything, I simply said proof is proof and we cant trust someone with an agenda to be honest.

    =================================

    Two cheques and a notorize letter stating the intent for issuing said instruments, cheques that were cashed, and you are not convince that this begs for the scrutiny of the laws courts?

  12. Not Convinced Avatar
    Not Convinced

    Adrian, I believe it should be looked into by the law courts , but I dont believe its good enough evidence for mr.WIV to say “LOCK THEM UP EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM CROOKS DAMN CROOKS.”

  13. Tell me Why Avatar
    Tell me Why

    I would never had signed that document. First of all, by so doing, it will incriminate the notary public with the offense knowing this gentleman is involved with legal proceedings. Also, this letter connects the payer with a corruptible act and automatically makes him guilty based on substantial evidence.
    CORRUPTION involves the corruptor and the corruptee.

  14. David Avatar
    David

    This is a blog, not a court of law. Why did Mr. Alleyne receive cheques totalling $1,000.00?

    If it is that it had something to do with his hired car business then he is in violation of a code of conduct and should be disciplined. We are discussing our system and what can we do to reconfigure our statutory organizations and government departments. The old way is not going to work.

  15. Adrian Hinds Avatar
    Adrian Hinds

    Not Convinced // July 10, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    Adrian, I believe it should be looked into by the law courts , but I dont believe its good enough evidence for mr.WIV to say “LOCK THEM UP EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM CROOKS DAMN CROOKS.”
    =================================
    Come one NC people have been convicted in the court of public opinion with far less than the evidence produce here, and even less is required for a DLP diehard like WIV to so do. Even i have no problem calling Stanton a corrupt individual.

  16. Tell me Why Avatar
    Tell me Why

    This is a blog, not a court of law. Why did Mr. Alleyne receive cheques totalling $1,000.00?
    …………………………………………………………………….
    Every thing we do is based on a rules of law. Regardless if it is based on the laws of the land, law based on the laws of parenting, even the laws of right and wrong.
    First let me state that corruption started from the Church when the Pope set up his friends or families to understudy them.
    Let me sum up corruption…”Corruption today is not only a vice but is gradually becoming a way of life in every sector of our society. From political circles to business board rooms to educational institutions to the health and judicial sectors. This vice is literally dismembering the Barbadian diaspora”.

    When will it stop…..Never. What can we do….make sure that we don’t become corruptible.

  17. Tell me Why Avatar
    Tell me Why

    David, the first place we have to start is people dealing with contracts. The best road in trying to removing corruption is take take away the authority from individuals who usually make decision in awarding them. I feel that we should set up an “Office of Contracts” with a Contracts General who will have a committee that will be rotated in the awarding of any contract. This committee should have known individuals from the political divide – say 6 persons per award – who will submit recommendations to the chief. This committee will look into the past performances of the tenders, check financial status and check insurance status for Eventualities. The Minister will receive a file with all the tenders include the approved tender and must have reasons why the winning tenderer was chosen. The Minister will then sign off on the awardee. What I have done is to create active security on the tendering process with active members of the public. That’s what you will call Transparency. Are you satisfy David that I present a solution.

  18. David Avatar
    David

    @Tell Me Why

    People get fired in the private sector everyday and it has nothing to do with law. If an organization has lost confidence in an employee based on factors which are listed in the terms of conditions of employment they usually are shown the door. If Alleyne has received cheques which are derived from activities outside of his work which violates conditions of his employment, he needs to explain.

  19. Straight talk Avatar
    Straight talk

    We have heard that these undisputed cheques were:-

    First of all to purchase US dollars…..a criminal act.

    Secondly, as payments to Alleyne’s thriving car rental business.. in which case they will show up in his Income Tax return, and all is above board.

    Thirdly, we have the affidavit swearing it is a bribe to a public official.

    The case is open and shut.

    Alleyne produces his books to show the cheques were properly accounted for, or if he can’t the man is defrauding Barbados and should be brought to trial.

    What is the fuss all about?

  20. Tony Hall Avatar
    Tony Hall

    Mr. Alleyne is not going to last too long because more information will soon be forthcoming which will dictate that he fades away gracefully.

  21. The scout Avatar
    The scout

    Just remember SEVEN YEARS HAVE PASSED.

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  23. Annon 3 Avatar
    Annon 3

    This is a matter that will certainly be investigated fully. However, please bear in mind that we only have one side of the story at this stage. We do have the hear the other side. Hopefully, as it is a matter of national interest, the investigation will be fully publicized and not carried out in camera. However, there is a lot of explaining to do, one way or another.

  24. Annon 3 Avatar
    Annon 3

    Mr. Hall,

    If you are correct and all the evidence bears this out, then Mr. Alleyne will not fade gracefully away. There would have to be a criminal prosecution – if what you suspect and say is correct. However, I am not entirely satisfied and I want to hear from Mr Alleyne and his counsel, because common sense dictates that $1,000 is a very small amount in terms of a kick-back for a $130,000 contract. It is less than 1% of the value of the contract. Surely the firm tendering would have added a contingency fee of between 10% and 15% to its submission. $1,000 is a very small amount in the circumstances. Think about it.

  25. Bush tea Avatar
    Bush tea

    ..so what is your going rate Annon3?
    How small kickbacks are OK?

    This amount is indisputable because it was via cheques…

    Do you REALLY think that a person who will take $1000 via cheque would refuse cash?

  26. David Avatar
    David

    Anon 3 you just reminded me why I never wanted to be a lawyer :-).

    This case is not ABOUT the quantum or even if he got a kickback. It is about a senior manager in a statutory corporation unable/unwilling to explain why a contractor who supplied services to a public company which he managed was justified in pating Alleyne $1,000.00.

    Until he explains, the speculation as to why he received the cheques will continue. Barbados is a small place! HE HAD THE CHANCE BASED ON REPORTS TO EXPLAIN FOR THE RECORD.

  27. Annon 3 Avatar
    Annon 3

    David,

    I am not disagreeing with you at all. He has to explain, No way out of that. I thought I had made that clear. I have no doubt whatsoever that he will be required to explain now. If there is a kick-back, then he has a problem and I advocate throwing the book at him AND at the person who paid him the kick-back, rather than reporting that one had been sought. However, I want to hear his explanation before I rush to judgment. If it is not one that is satisfactory, then nail his hide to the wall and I will hold the hammer and the nails with pleasure – and even knock a few in myself. I still maintain however that $1,000 seems low for a $130,000 contract.

    Bush Tea, I have never taken a kick-back in my life and I am too old to start now. BUT to answer your question as to what my going rate is, if I had one it would be a hell of a lot more than less than 1% of the contract price. If I am going to put myself, my creditiblity and my freedom on the line, let me assure you that it will cost a lot more than $1,000.

    So, if the gentleman DID take a kickback, he is not only a blasted fool, but cheap as well. So go and get him. But I still want to hear an explanation.

  28. Mapother Avatar
    Mapother

    You private sector gossips are to laugh – $1,000 for a 130-K contract? So what if Alleyne had hired cars? His PR man is on TV every Saturday hosting Double Draw – that is illegal too? Mechanics at the workshop have their private practice; accountants help folk do Income Tax; Police own ZR’s – we do what we must to get by! $400 for Road Tax, more for alcohol, cigs & lottery winnings? Wage restraint? What next?

    Look at the letter, it says “FOR MANAGER”, not Manager (Ag) like now, he had nil influence, even Thomas says he has nothing against Alleyne – it was smoke & mirrors to get money promised by the fmr Health/Environment Min – let her pay Thomas from her pension now!

    Cheques were for private business not SSA duties, you all so desperate to crucify! Since you believe in transparency & accountability, reveal your own TRUE identities!!

  29. Wishing In Vain Avatar
    Wishing In Vain

    Another one bites the dust with the VECO / FBI investigation, I am very happy to see that the FBI continue to gather these scamps and lead them to the prison it is wonderful to know that the FBI are actively going after those that were part of VECO and their fraud and that OWING ARTHUR and HALLAM NICHOLLS cannot rest as they to have questions to answer to our Gov’t and the FBI.

    LOCK THEM ALL UP.

    Cowdery indicted on corruption charges
    Anchorage Republican charged with conspiracy and bribery in Veco case

    By LISA DEMER
    ldemer@adn.com

    Nearly two years after the FBI raided his office, state Sen. John Cowdery was indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges.

    The Anchorage Republican is accused of scheming with Veco Corp. executives to buy the vote of another senator in the battle for an oil tax favored by North Slope oil producers.

    According to the 16-page indictment, Cowdery and others conspired in 2006 to give another senator $25,000, characterized as campaign contributions. The indictment was handed up by a grand jury Wednesday and filed in U.S. District Court on Thursday.

    Cowdery was not arrested. He’s been summoned to appear in U.S. District Court in Anchorage on Aug. 11.

    Cowdery will fight the charges, said his attorney, Kevin Fitzgerald of Anchorage.

    “Senator Cowdery will be exonerated, and this will be exposed for the mistake it is,” Fitzgerald said in a written statement.

    “We believe that in the indictment the government has seriously misinterpreted the few comments made by Senator Cowdery and has exacerbated the problem by presenting short snippets of conversation out of context,” Fitzgerald said.

    Gov. Sarah Palin called for Cowdery to resign.

    “It was disturbing to learn that another public official has been charged with violating the public trust. I urge Senator Cowdery to step down, for the good of the state,” Palin said.

    At 78, Cowdery is the oldest member of the Alaska Legislature. Until January, he was chairman of the powerful Rules Committee. He has been in poor health. He isn’t running for re-election this year.

    The indictment identifies the senator whom Cowdery was trying to influence only as “State Senator A.” Fitzgerald said that person is Donny Olson, D-Nome, who in 2006 was running for lieutenant governor and looking for campaign funds.

    The document describes a series of phone calls as well as a June 25, 2006, breakfast meeting. Olson, Cowdery and Veco chief executive Bill Allen met at the old Sunshine Grill in Anchorage, Olson’s lawyer, Paul Stockler of Anchorage, said Thursday.

    ADVERTISEMENT

    Olson didn’t want to talk about the case against Cowdery in detail on Thursday but said he is cooperating in the investigation.

    “If there is corruption out there, those people need to be held responsible,” Olson said.

    Olson has been cooperating with the FBI and federal prosecutors for about a year, Stockler said. He testified to a federal grand jury in June and has been interviewed maybe a half dozen times about the events covered in the indictment, and confirmed a transcript of the June breakfast, Stockler said.

    Olson has no assurance that he won’t be prosecuted, but Stockler said it appears highly unlikely that he will be.

    “I don’t believe Donny Olson did anything wrong,” Stockler said. Olson never received the $25,000.

    A SERIES OF PHONE CALLS

    Cowdery and Olson are among six state legislators whose offices were searched by the FBI on Aug. 31, 2006, the event that broke into the open a bribery scandal that has shaken Alaska’s political establishment.

    Allen and Veco vice president Rick Smith pleaded guilty to bribing legislators to push through the oil tax supported by North Slope producers, and admitted in court papers that Cowdery was part of the conspiracy.

    Two former legislators, Pete Kott of Eagle River and Vic Kohring of Wasilla, are serving federal prison sentences after being convicted on corruption charges related to the push for the tax. A third former legislator, Bruce Weyhrauch of Juneau, is awaiting trial.

    The new indictment covers a series of phone calls that began in March 2006 and also the June 2006 breakfast. The FBI had wiretaps on Allen’s and Smith’s phones. They are not named in the Cowdery charging document, but Fitzgerald confirmed that they are the unnamed executives cited.

    During 2006, legislators haggled over a new way to tax oil companies that would bring in more state revenue during times of high oil prices. Veco was pushing a 20 percent tax rate proposed by the Murkowski administration to help promote construction of a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope. Others wanted a higher rate.

    According to the new indictment, in a March 30, 2006, telephone call, Cowdery told Smith they needed the support of legislators on the Senate Finance Committee, including Olson. He and his wife were “pretty good friends” with Olson. They could get together socially and talk about where Olson stood, Cowdery told Smith.

    Later, on June 20, 2006, Smith twice told Allen in a phone call that the only leverage Veco had to change votes on the tax was by making campaign contributions and hosting fund-raisers.

    Then, the charges say, on June 22, 2006, Smith told Cowdery “gotta have some votes here.” Smith said company executives would help Olson if he would “step up to the plate,” according to the indictment.

    Cowdery said he had told Olson, “Maybe we can buy some gasoline,” the indictment says. “You know, he’s got planes,” Cowdery told Smith. A doctor and pilot, Olson owns Olson Air Service Inc.

    “Yeah. Yeah,” Smith answered.

    “That’d be pretty easy and clean,” Cowdery said.

    Smith said the company didn’t “have a problem gettin’ some checks to (State Senator A) … if he can come through on this PPT … and the gas line,” according to the indictment. The tax was called the Petroleum Profits Tax.

    Cowdery said he’d tell Olson, the charges say.

    “Okay. I mean this is — you know, I mean this is, ah, come to Jesus time,” Smith said.

    In another phone call, according to the charges, Cowdery told Allen that he had let Olson know he could probably get Olson some campaign money, but Olson would have to vote for the tax and the gas line. Cowdery said that Olson answered that he had no problem with that, the charges say.

    THE BREAKFAST MEETING

    On June 25, 2006, Cowdery, Allen and Olson met over breakfast at the Sunshine Grill, which used to be the restaurant next to the Moose’s Tooth. They didn’t know that a couple of FBI agents were in the next booth with a video camera. Stockler described that scene, based on evidence shown to him and Olson.

    Over breakfast, Cowdery told Olson that he needed to go along with Cowdery and two other legislators. One was identified in the charges only as State Senator B. Fitzgerald said that was then-Senate President Ben Stevens. The other wasn’t identified at all.

    Olson said he needed to get through the primary battle for lieutenant governor, the charges say.

    Allen asked him how much money he needed.

    “I don’t know,” Olson answered, according to the indictment. “I’ve got $100,000 of my own … but I may fall short, and that’s why I haven’t had a fund-raiser because I’ve got all this other stuff I’m trying to organize.”

    “Well, I think the way (company CEO) could do that is by check. Probably the best way for everybody,” Cowdery said, according to the indictment.

    “There are a couple of issues I can certainly help you out on. But I gotta be real careful on some of the other ones,” Olson said.

    “So you need … some money here pretty quick?” Allen asked Olson. Olson nodded that he did.

    Olson then asked Allen, “How much are you good for?”

    “What?” Allen answered.

    “How much are you good for?”

    “Oh, we can probably go 25,” Allen answered.

    “That’s a good start,” Olson answered, according to the charges.

    Later in the meeting, the indictment says that Cowdery told Olson that “I think we can make this work if you vote the way me and (State Senator B) were to vote when we get down (to Juneau).”

    Olson said if they had 11 votes in the Senate and 21 in the House, “I’ll be there with you,” according to the charging document.

    Later that day, Ben Stevens told Allen on the phone that if Olson got money for his campaign, “We might be able to keep him … as a player,” according to the charges. Two days later, Stevens talked to both Cowdery and Olson multiple times, the charges say. Stevens has denied that he did anything wrong.

    Olson lost in the August primary to Democrat Ethan Berkowitz.

    No Veco fund-raiser ever occurred; the money wasn’t pursued after the meeting, Fitzgerald said.

    “Our understanding was that while Senator Cowdery was present at this breakfast meeting on June 25, 2006, more than two years ago, he made more comments about the ham being served than he did about the discussion between Allen and Olson,” Fitzgerald said in his statement.

    LEGISLATORS REACT

    Thursday morning in Juneau, legislators were anxiously trying to get information on the criminal charges against one of their colleagues. Cowdery wasn’t there, although he attended the legislative session on Wednesday. His office was locked and dark.

    Copies of the indictment were made, and lawmakers were seen walking with them in hand.

    The Senate leadership appeared shaken initially, but later Senate President Lyda Green talked about the scandal involving a member of her coalition.

    Green said Cowdery shouldn’t step down. She called him a friend and noted his years in the Legislature, his frail health, his recent absences, the few months he has left to serve. He is part of her leadership team.

    “We have a man who has served many years, at the end of his career. I would just hope people would step back and be very thoughtful about that,” Green said.

    It’s been rare for a sitting state legislator to be charged with corruption in Alaska. Kohring was the third and Cowdery is the fourth.

    If convicted, Cowdery faces a penalty of up to 10 years in prison on the bribery count and a maximum of five years for conspiracy.

    Charges against Cowdery

    COUNT 1: Conspiracy to commit bribery and extortion. Prosecutors allege Cowdery conspired with executives of oil services company Veco Corp. to bribe state Sen. Donny Olson of Nome to keep oil taxes from going too high.

    COUNT 2: Bribery. Prosecutors allege Cowdery offered to bribe Olson in exchange for his vote on the oil tax legislation.

  30. Gapp Avatar
    Gapp

    I say lock them to shite up… To long these people been allowed to bribe honest people and because the dam people what a contract them in got nahh choice but too pay up or suffer … i was very dissapointed, by the SSA Board for backing down .. additionally I felt like just screeming when I heard some people complaining about the garbage.. Stupesss.. This is why people in High Places will always go free for wrong doings and the small people .. the same garbage collectors who strike would go to Dods for doing the same shite… Oh how stupid can we be…

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