6,339
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Against the Pebble Mine in Alaska (2008): fix refs (one unavailable)
AJS' push for Pebble Mine came under scrutiny after the upswell in ad dollars spent in Alaska and prompted the Alaska Public Offices Commission to fine the group $20,000 and issue a report stating, "Americans for Job Security has no purpose other than to cover various money trails all over the country."<ref name="MIKE">Mike McIntire, [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/us/politics/24donate.html?pagewanted=all/ "Hidden Under Tax-Exempt Cloak, Political Dollars Flow"], ''New York Times'', September 23, 2010.</ref>
The Pebble Mine would be the largest open pit mine in the world and has been actively supported by international mining companies who donated more than $8 million to Ballot Measure 4. <ref>Elizabeth Bluemink, [https://web.archive.org/web/20091125180641/http://www.adn.com/election/story/507096.htmlMeasure 4 failing by large margin] , ''Alaska Dispatch News'', August 27, 2008, archived by the Wayback Machine November 25, 2009.</ref> Many argued it was weird that AJS would oppose the project , but Stephen DeMaura group President said in a ''Daily News Miner '' story “We , "We believe the Pebble Mine is bad for the commercial fishing industry in Alaska,” DeMaura said. “We’re We're going to continue to engage in that discussion for as long as it takes.” "<ref>[http://www.newsminer.com/news/2008/jul/31/groups-spend-more-76-million-clean-water-campaigns/Groups Spend More than $76 Million Clean Water Campaigns](no longer online), ''Daily News Miner'', July 31, 2008.</ref>
===="Stealth PAC"====
