It’s basically a “hit piece”. Yet even some Freepers are taken in by the headline.
From a link I found;
http://www.alaskaforum.org/2007%20news%20stories/September_2007_News_Stories.htm
Veco routinely paid for candidates’ polling
MURKY LEGALITY: When, why, for whom determine lawfulness.
By KYLE HOPKINS
khopkins@adn.com
Published: September 23, 2007
Last Modified: September 23, 2007 at 03:43 AM
In April 2006, then-Gov. Frank Murkowski’s popularity sagged among the worst of any governor in the nation, and the state waited to see if he would run for re-election.
Anchorage pollster David Dittman — who later became Murkowski’s campaign strategist — said he came up with an idea. While everyone was mad at Murkowski, Dittman would conduct a poll asking people about good things Murkowski had done as governor.
The poll cost $20,000. Dittman said in an interview last week that, as best as he can remember, Murkowski’s chief of staff told him to send the bill to Veco Corp.
Wait. Is that legal?
Thanks much for the link, Rational Thought.