Rep. Chuck Kopp makes bank as a private consultant with his Winfluence Strategies political consulting company that he co-owns. In fact, his biggest check comes from the AFL-CIO — up to $200,000 in the past year.
So it’s no surprise that he is also carrying water of the same union that has been pushing for the restoration of defined pensions for State of Alaska and other government workers.
Kopp’s Public Officer Financial Disclosure shows:
House Bill 78 is Kopp’s passion. It’s why he got elected over fiscal conservative Craig Johnson for the south Anchorage House seat. HB 78 would recreate a set pension for public employees — similar but not exactly like the one that the state discontinued in 2006, after it began bankrupting the state. This time, he promised it will not.
Kopp himself is a beneficiary of the former pension plan, as he is a 100% vested recipient of the Tier 2 Public Employee Retirement System.
On the floor of the House on Monday, he spoke at length about how this time, it will be different and it won’t lead the state to insolvency.
His House campaign account is filled with donations from Democrat donors like Mark Begich, Zack Fields, and soft Republicans like Sen. Lisa Murkowski, as well as major donations from unions.
In my book Mr. Kopp is a criminal.
DIRTY. KOPP.
Has he declared a conflict and been excused?
Defined Benefits is the anvil that will break the States financial spine. Enjoy suckers.
A good time to remind all y’all that the current billion dollar annual giveaway to the oil companies was brought in by 2 Senators who worked for the oil companies.
Legislators are allowed to have private work-they do not even have to disclose what they do beyond the generic, like “consulting.” All that is required is information “sufficiently detailed that a reader of the disclosure can ascertain the nature of the association.”
MRAK readers who think that is bogus should think long and hard to decide which candidates have had the guts to stand up to the industry in Alaska that has the deepest pockets. The self-named Corrupt Bastards Club revealed how cheaply a legislator could be bought for…
And even if a legislature finds a backbone passes laws against the desires of the oil companies they will find themselves out of office pretty quickly with unlimited donations from individuals to candidate and unlimited donations from corporations to advocacy groups.
Shocked? Shouldn’t be?
I’d love to see just how much unions pump into “Republican” candidates.
Another stupid RINO. Bed down with the Devil, and you don’t get out of bed again. There are no sunrises. Kopp is finished.
What is the definition of insanity that everyone jokes about? This is a slap in the face to all the legislators who had common sense years ago. We saw the handwriting on the wall and knew defined benefits couldn’t work in perpetuity. I thought Bryce Edgmon was an arrogant **** but it sounds like Chuck Kopp belongs in the same boat. Why don’t these very rich guys have any sympathy for the rest of us? I thought they were Democrats, the party of love and compassion?
Knopp. Kopp. Both losers.
Crook.
Corruption.
RINO.
Scum.
Shame.
Kopp looks like he finally passed the gas that Giessel never could. What kind of food do they serve in the Capitol?