I hope there is no nefarious link between this and Gov Palin. I hope this is just Republicans rewarding Republicans because they could.
But the Alaska Native Corporations have used their special preference to bust the door down.”
No-bid contracts awarded to ANCs ballooned from $508.4 million in 2000 to $5.2 billion in 2008, according to an analysis of the 19 largest ANCs prepared by McCaskill’s staff
Nothing would surprise me at this point, given how many politicians we’ve seen embroiled in scandals surrounding “pay to play.”