CONTACT:
Jim Gottstein
907 274-7686
jbg@alaskabldg.com
Governor Walker Called On to Line
Item Veto
Anchorage Legislative Information
Office Appropriation and Request a Criminal Investigation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 4, 2015
Anchorage, Alaska
Late last Friday, Alaska Governor Bill
Walker was delivered an
Open Letter from Alaska Building owner Jim Gottstein calling on him to use
his line item veto authority to eliminate the FY 2016 appropriation for the
controversial Anchorage Legislative Information Office (LIO) lease or reduce it
to at least 10 percent below market rental value as required by law. The
Open Letter also states it appears a crime has been committed and calls on
the Governor to ask Attorney General Craig Richards to investigate.
Part of a
lawsuit Alaska Building, Inc., filed at the end of March charges the
so-called "lease extension" is illegal because the rent is not at least ten
percent below market value as well as not being an extension as required by law.
Mr. Gottstein, stated, "It should not be left to me to correct this
obviously illegal lease," continuing, "The Governor should veto the
appropriation and the Attorney General should investigate this blatant
corruption that appears to constitute a crime."
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