Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy today filled Alaska Superior Court judgeships in Sitka, Bethel and Juneau. The judges were selected from a group of individuals nominated by the Alaska Judicial Council.
Dunleavy’s judicial appointments are:
Amanda Browning has been appointed to the Sitka Superior Court. Judge Browning has been an Alaska resident for 12 years and has practiced law for more than 18 years. She graduated from Roger Williams University Ralph R. Pappito School of Law in 2005 and is currently a district court judge in Palmer.
William Montgomery has been appointed to the Bethel Superior Court. Judge Montgomery has been an Alaska resident for 12 years and has practiced law for 11 years. He graduated from William Mitchell College of Law in 2010 and is currently a district court judge in Bethel.
Larry Woolford has been appointed to the Juneau Superior Court. Mr. Woolford has been an Alaska resident for over 52 years and has practiced law for more than 25 years. He graduated from Seattle University School of Law in 1998 and is currently in private practice in Juneau.
Interesting that there are two that have been residences for the same about of time. Came up during the Obama era; did Obama place them up here for this period of time? What is the story on them all? Are they left-leaning? I have never heard of these folks.
Is Any of these Judges “BONDED”…. I will give you the Answer NO! Why because a Statute denied / violated SCO 412 allows a 1/2 Million Dollar deductible Insurance Policy as a ” good & adequate substitute” My ASS! People of Alaska you all should be calling your UnBonded Elected Officials about this. Will you get any response? Please let me know because I could use your answers if any when I go to a Grand Jury with that same question next month…. Liberty Ed Martin 907-252-7857
Ed is right! It turns out many of our elected state officials are defying state statute which says they MUST BE BONDED. Not ‘insured’ as they try to tell you. Insurance protects ‘them’ from you, the citizen. Bonds protect YOU from there malfeasance.
Why are they allowed to break the law?? We citizens must get bonding and Grand Juries back in use as it was designed. That would allow We The People to get our govt under control again.
As Ed Martin Jr. points out, the matter of “Public Official Bonding” is being ignored by our state government. It appears to be a convenient abrogation of responsibility to Alaska citizens. The state insurance policy is no substitute for fidelity bonds posted by public officials. This widespread impropriety needs to be corrected.
Ed Martin is right.
Ask Ed to send you his power point presentation on Alaska Official Bonds and the Alaska Statutes. Ed says it all!
Without proper bonding these officials have no skin in the game
It is worse- any legislator without a proper, personal bond is a usurper (look it up), an imposter or interloper who is unjustly occupying an office, and taking monetary benefits for which they do not have the legal right to claim.
Any legislation enacted by legislators without proper, personal bonds is not legitimate law; nor is it binding on the citizens. I don’t know how to dislodge them from office, however. It might take just focusing on one legislator, and filing a civil suit in federal court against him or her. Any takers??
Even the grand jury functions at the state court system level. I personally think that route is a dead end.
Even some twenty years ago, when I started looking into this issue, none of the elected officials had any personal bonds. They claimed to be covered under a state insurance policy, even back then.
So I got my hands on the policy. It just covers the State of Alaska against “employee misconduct,” which was limited to embezzlement of state funds. No protection for citizens, at all.
The personal bond that legislators are supposed to pay for is intended to be a performance bond. If a legislator violated his/her sworn oath of office, any aggrieved citizen could lien the bond of the officeholder, and the insurance company would have to pay up.
At that point, no bonding company would underwrite any future bond for that person. Because that person was now “unbondable,” he/she was disqualified from running for office again. So personal bonds were a way to keep officeholders more honest and mindful of their Constitutional limitations.
The lady who knows a lot about the difference between the corporate STATE OF ALASKA and the sovereign State of Alaska, could definitely contribute to this conversation. She posts to this website occasionally. Where is she when we really need her??
You have to know which STATE or State these legislators are elected to represent. Just for grins, just try to pry loose a certified copy of the state seal. Keeping the seal safe, and providing a copy upon request, is one of just two duties of the Secretary of State. Just very and get one.
This issue is important because Alaska is running under two seals- one for the corporate STATE, and a different one for the sovereign State. Problem is, the legislature passed a statute providing for only one seal.
The second seal is as bogus as any legislator without s personal bond passing statutes.
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