Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund President Rodger Schlickeisen released the following statement today in response to news that Richard Pombo is considering running for
Congress in California's 19th district:
"Voters should remember that Richard Pombo was booted out of office by the voters because he was repeatedly rated one of the most corrupt members of Congress. He was the stereotypical 'pay to play' representative, taking large campaign contributions from special interests and then doing their bidding in Washington. He was linked to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He even leased a Lincoln car and took his family on an RV vacation to national parks, all at taxpayer expense. And that's to say nothing of his atrocious environmental record which included, among other things, an-ill-fated proposal to sell off national parks, and his promotion of oil drilling off California's coast."
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The following statement from Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund President Rodger Schlickeisen is in response to the resignation of Alaska governor, Sarah Palin:
"Governor Palin's surprise resignation comes at a crucial point for wildlife and wild places in Alaska. In the just two and a half years of her term, she has made a series of decisions that prove she had absolutely no interest in being an environmental steward of the unique natural treasure that is Alaska. "