Rig, that is one of the anomalies of Alaska politics. It's kind of embarrassing. Seems like if you're going to be crooked you might as well as make it worth your while. Might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb, as they say.

Instead, we have a passel of political varmints either already in jail or awaiting trial and most of the charges are paltry amounts. Even just hundreds of dollars. And yet, we have seen Vic Kohring on FBI videotape eagerly holding out his hand to VECO's Bill Allen for the greenbacks.

As I said, it's embarrassing!