Pete Kott

Infobox State Representative


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name = Peter "Pete" Kott
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state_house = Alaska
district = 24th
term_start = 1993
term_end = 2003
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state_house3 = Alaska
district3 = 17th
term_start3 = 2003
term_end3 = 2007
preceded3 =
succeeded3 = Anna Fairclough
speaker = 23rd
state_house = Alaska
term_start2 = 2003
term_end2 = 2004
predecessor2 = Brian Porter
successor2 = John Harris
birth_date = August 29, 1949Alaska Legislature. (2006-04-25). [http://web.archive.org/web/20060506011603/w3.legis.state.ak.us/house/24/KOT.php "Representative Pete Kott" (biography).] Retrieved through Internet Archive on 2007-05-24.]
birth_place = Flint, Michigan
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party = Republican
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children = Peter, Pamela
residence = Eagle River, Alaska
alma_mater = Florida International University, B.S., Masters Public Administration
occupation = Business owner; retired U.S. Air Force captain
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Peter "Pete" Kott (born 1949) is a former Republican state representative for District 17 serving Eagle River, Alaska, in the Alaska Legislature for seven terms, from 1993 until 2007. He was Speaker of the House during his sixth term in 2003-2004. On May 4, 2007, Kott was one of three former or current legislators (the others being Bruce Weyhrauch (R-Juneau) and Vic Kohring (R-Wasilla)) arrested and charged with bribery, extortion, and other corruption-related charges involving allegations of soliciting and receiving money and favors from VECO Corporation executives in return for their votes on an oil tax law favored by the VECO.Burke, Jill. (2007-05-04). [http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=6471456 "Kott, Weyhrauch and Kohring arrested for corruption."] KTUU Channel 2 News, Anchorage. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.] Kott pleaded not guilty to all charges.Mauer, Richard, Lisa Demer, Sabra Ayres, and Kyle Hopkins. (2007-05-05). [http://www.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/story/8857057p-8757597c.html "Federal authorities charge three legislators: Kohring, Kott and Weyhrauch plead not guilty to extortion and bribery counts."] "Anchorage Daily News] . Retrieved on 2007-05-24.] On September 25, 2007, a federal jury found Kott guilty on three of the four charges brought against him. He was acquitted on the charge of wire fraud. On December 7, 2007 he was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $10,000. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7135848,00.html Ex-Alaska Lawmaker Sentenced in Oil Case | World Latest | Guardian Unlimited ] ]

ee also

* Alaska political corruption probe
* Public Integrity Section
* Alaska Legislature
* VECO Corporation

Notes

References

* " [http://www.adn.com/static/includes/alaskapolitics/kottweyhrauch.pdf United States v. Peter Kott and Bruce Weyrauch.] " Indictment. Case 3:07-cr-00056-JWS-JDR. Filed May 3, 2007 in United States District Court, District of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.

External links

* [http://www.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/ "Alaska Political Corruption."] Continuing coverage on the corruption scandal from the "Anchorage Daily News".
* [http://www.adn.com/news/politics/veco/ "Veco."] Continuing coverage about VECO Corporation from the "Anchorage Daily News", with particular emphasis on VECO's connections to the corruption scandal.

Persondata
NAME = Kott, Pete
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Kott, Peter
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Alaska state legislator, business owner, retired U.S. Air Force captain
DATE OF BIRTH = August 29, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH = Flint, Michigan
DATE OF DEATH =
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