Koch Brothers-backed political group pulls ads after Alaska refinery shutdown

[Blue_In_AK]

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20140218/koch-brothers-backed-group-pulls-political-ads-after-alaska-refinery-shutdown

Americans for Prosperity, the conservative national group backed by the wealthy Koch brothers, last week suddenly yanked more than $100,000 worth of political ads it had planned to run on TV stations in Alaska. The move prompted speculation that the brothers are lowering their profile in the Last Frontier after Koch Industries announced the closure of the Flint Hills Resources Refinery in North Pole earlier this month.

That’s the suggestion from the campaign of Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, who faces a strong Republican field in his bid for re-election in November and was targeted by a previous Americans for Prosperity ad for supporting Obamacare. That ad was noted in the state as being decidedly un-Alaskan, with a Maryland actress doing the bashing from a high-end kitchen.

"I guess it took two weeks for the billionaire Koch brothers to finally realize Alaskans don't appreciate them firing 80 Alaska workers and closing a refinery while at the same time funneling over $100,000 to Outside political attack groups for misleading ads against Senator Begich,” said Max Croes, spokesman for the Begich campaign. “Alaskans just aren't going to buy what they're selling."

Calls seeking comment from Americans for Prosperity, based in Arlington, Va. and backed by billionaires David and Charles Koch, were not returned prior to this article's publication.

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[babylonsister]

1. Obviously too late for the Kochs to disappear-good! nt

[raven mad]

2. And the next to open the refinery

and it will open - will be Koch backed, I'll bet.

[Blue_In_AK]

3. You're probably right.

I'm so sick of Koch-suckers in Alaska's government.