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adn.com Connected to Don Young Page 1 of 4 adn.coni [ Print Page ]( Close Window Anchorage Daily News Connected to Don Young (07/06/08 02:25:06) Rick Alcalde Potomac Partners lobbyist. His father, Hector Alcalde, is also a lobbyist and longtime friend to Young. His clients include Michigan developer Daniel Aronoff’s real estate firm, the Landon Companies. Disclosures show he was paid by Landon specifically to lobby on Young’s transportation bill. Young obtained a $10 million earmark for a study of a Florida interstate interchange that promised to benefit Aronoff, Who had raised money for Young. Young said he obtained the earmark at the request of local residents and Florida Gulf Coast University, which Alcalde also represented. Potomac Partners 2008 clients include: Landon Companies; MJM Enterprises; Shinnecock Indian Nation; National Assn. of Mortgage Brokers. Levon Boyagian Former Young legislative director who now lobbies for Dutko Worldwide. Clients include Wal-Mart, which benefited from a $35 million earmark for widening a road in front of its Bentonville, Ark. headquarters. Dutko Worldwide 2008 clients include: American Hospital Assn.; FedEx Corp.; Wal-Mart stores; Target Corp.; Los Angeles County; Miami; New Orleans; Duke Energy; Sprint Nextel Cohn Chapman Young’s chief of staff before leaving in 2003 to become a lobbyist 2008 clients: American Trucking Assn.; Doyon Ltd.; L-3/Geneva Airspace Randy DeLay Lobbyist and brother of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas. 2008 clients: Brownsville Navigation District; Motorcoach Industries International Billy Lee Evans A former Democratic congressman from Georgia who lobbied against a proposed wind farm off tried kill. Lobbies for Kessler and Associates. Cape Cod — the same wind farm that Young to Kessler and Associates 2008 clients;ASTAR Air Cargo; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Henry H. Kessler Foundation; Sanofi-Aventis; Sisters of Mercy Healthcare; Sunoco Inc.; Wheat Governmenl Relations; Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 1 -- -r/.’rwntirJctnrv/4691 6.html 1011/2008 adn.com) Connected to Don Young Page 2 of 4 Jack Ferguson Former Young aide and lobbyist who was longtime treasurer of Young’s Midnight Sun Political Action Committee. Jack Ferguson Associates 2008 clients include: AT&T Inc.; Alaska Air Group; 13th Regional Corp.; Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.; Icicle Seafoods; Matanuska-Susitna Borough Douglas Fuller Lobbyist who was an aide to Young and Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens. He lobbies for Birch Horton Bittner Cherot. Birch Horton Bittner Cherot 2008 clients include: Aleut Corp.; Chenega Corp.; Kinross Gold USA; NANA Regional Corp.; Feld Entertainment; Lockheed Martin; International Snowmobile Manufacturers Assn. Duane Gibson Former aide to Young and Stevens who left to lobby for Jack Abramoff’s lobbying firm, Greenberg Traurig. He now has his own firm. Gibson’s 2008 clients: Alaska Miners Assn.; Alexander Creek Inc.; Colorado Railcar Manufacturing; EAA; ERA Aviation; John Trautner; Livingston Group; Pebble East Claims Corp; St. Regis Mohawk Tribe; Valdez Fisheries Development Assn. Michael Henry Former Young aide who lobbies for the Alpine Group. Alpine Group 2008 clients include: BP; National Mining Assn.; Burlington Northern Santa Fe; El Paso Corp.; BG Group; Freddie Mac; American Cable Assn.; National Corn Growers Assn. Graham Hill Former Young aide who now lobbies for Ice Miller Strategies Ice Miller 2008 clients: Auto Research Center; Energy Systems Group; General Atomics; Moog Inc.; Oldcastle Inc.; Quickset International; Roche Group; Speedway Redevelopment Commission; Vulcan Materials Jim Lexo Former Young aide and campaign manager who is chief executive officer of Integrated Concepts and Research Corp. Peter Loughlrn Lobbyist and former House transportation committee staffer. Founder and consultant for American Moving Forward, a transportation advocacy group. 2008 client: Koch Industries Mary McGuire tvIQtnr,/4S(-Q]6 html 10/1/2008 adn.com Connected to Don Young Page 3 of 4 A consultant, lobbyist and longtime donor to members of Alaska’s congressional delegation 2008 clients: Cook Inlet Region Inc.; Falcon Waterfree Technologies; Metro Water District/Southern California Steve Silver Lobbyist and former Ted Stevens aide 2008 clients: Alaska Forest Assn.; Alaska Knik Arm Bridge & Toll Authority; Alaska Ship and Drydock; Calista Corp.; City of Coffman Cove; City of Craig; City of King Cove; City of Kotzebue; City of Wasilla; Coeur; Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council; Federal Admin. Law Judges Conference; Four Dam Pool; Inter Island Ferry Authority; Kenai Peninsula Borough; Ketchikan Gateway Borough; Ketchikan Public Utilities; Matanuska-Susitna Borough; Mirabel Medical; Municipality of Anchorage. Bill Simmons Former Young aide who lobbies for Dutko Worldwide Dutko Worldwide 2008 clients include: American Hospital Assn.; FedEx Corp.; Wal-Mart stores; Target Corp.; Los Angeles County; Miami; New Orleans; Duke Energy; Sprint Nextel Duncan Smith Former Young aide, now principal in Blank Rome lobbying firm. Blank Rome 2008 clients include: Carnival Corp.; Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.; Chugach Alaska Corp.; Knik Arm Bridge &Toll Authority; Shell Oil; Union Pacific Corp.; Municipality of Anchorage Frank Young Washington, D.C., lawyer and friend of Young’s. C.J. Zane Young’s former chief of staff, principal of Blank Rome lobbying firm Blank Rome 2008 clients include: Carnival Corp.; Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.; Chugach Alaska Corp.; Knik Arm Bridge &Toll Authority; Shell Oil; Union Pacific Corp.; Municipality of Anchorage Jay Dickey Former congressman from Arkansas, now a lobbyist. Has raised money for Young and lobbied for road construction in Arkansas for clients like Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel and Citizens for Arkansas Infrastructure. 2008 clients: Affiliations Unlimited; Jefferson Regional Medical Center Daryl Owen Former chief of staff of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee who is now a lobbyist Ii ttn- /Iwww iHn cnm/news/oo1itics/fbi/young/v-printer/story/4569 1 6.html 10! 1/2008 adn.com Connected to Don Young Page 4 of 4 2008 clients include: Bechtel Group; City of San Francisco; Duke Energy; Rio Tinto Group; Spectra Energy; TECO Energy Rob Jennings Professional fundraiser who has raised money for Young and other members of Congress Thomas Pyle Former staffer to California Rep. Richard Pombo, now a lobbyist 2008 clients: Civil War Preservation Trust; National Petrochemical & Refiners Assn.; Nau, John L III Alan Mintz Van Ness Feldman lobbyist 2008 Van Ness clients include: Alaska Federation of Natives; Arctic Slope Regional Corp.; North Slope Borough; Princess Tours; TransCanada Corp.; American Electric Power Brian Miller Former Young staffer who is now in-house lobbyist for BP Curtis Thayer Former Young staffer, now director of public affairs for Enstar, the Anchorage natural gas company Dan Feliz Potomac Partners lobbyist 2008 Potomac Partners clients include:Landon Companies; MJM Enterprises; Shinnecock Indian Nation; National Assn. of Mortgage Brokers Rick Agnew Former Young aide, now lobbyist for Van Ness Feldman North 2008 Van Ness clients include: City of Bellingham; Doyon Ltd.; Arctic Slope Regional Corp.; Slope Borough; Princess Tours; TransCanada Corp.; American Electric Power Sources: Center for Responsive Politics; Daily News research Print Page J T Close Window (www.adn.com) Copyright © Wed Oct 1 16:47:26 EDT 20081900 The Anchorage Daily News 6html 10/1/2008 Hon. Don Young (Alaska - at large) Press Release Page 1 of I Don Young NEWS RELEASi [or -1 ii A i(lSk(i • 2111 Rayburn House Office Building • Washington1 DC 20515 202-225.5165 . http:lldonyoungilousl July 29, 2005 CONGRESSMAN YOUNG CHAMPIONS THE PASSAGE OF LANDMARK HIGHWAY LEGISLATION Washington, D.C. — Alaska Congressman Don Young today voted in the House of Representatives on agreement to the Conference Report of H. R. 3, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportatioi Equity Act - A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA LU). H.R. 3 provides $286.45 billion in guaranteed fun over six years for federal highways and transit programs, as well as highway safety and motor carrier sa programs. This legislation will strengthen our country’s ability to move people and freight. The bill pa: by an overwhelming margin of 412 to 8. SAFETEA-LU increases funding for constructing and improving our nation’s highways by 30 percent o TEA 21. This legislation improves transportation project delivery by ensuring better coordination arnor state departments of transportation and federal permitting agencies. It improves the rate of return and s for donor and donee states that have minimum growth of not less than 19 percent over TEA 21. It impn highway safely with a new program designed to increase safety belt use. In the area of transit, this bill creates the new freedom initiative to give more mobility for the disabled and increased transit funding o TEA 21. “This is a truly momentous day for the users of our nation’s transportation infrastructure. This bill is ii result of a great deal of extremely hard work on the part of many people including the leadership of the House and Senate, our committee members, all the other committees ofjurisdiction, and our great staff. This legislation has been a long time coming and because of the hard work and dedication of this colle body, we can report a victory. “This is not the funding level that I wanted, but this funding level will help boost our economy. This is jobs bill that will put America back to work and begin the process of repairing and building this nation’ great infrastructure. Alaska is positioned to receive over $596 million in funds. These funds will help t curb our ever growing congestion problems and meet the need of some of our infrastructure challenges, Congressman Young. ### -1-i 1 . T,,,TTh=1 czl 9/11/2008 adn.corn Obscure Florida road leads Young into controversy Page 1 of 4 adn1coiii Print Page j Close Window Anchora8e Dady News Obscure Florida road leads Young into controversy EARMARK: $10 milbon put in 2005 highway spending bill is coming back to haunt him. By ERIKA BOLSTAD [email protected] (04/21/08 01:16:42) WASHINGTON -- Last week, the U.S.