For those who don't know I am the brother and brother-in-law of the Chairpersons of the AIP, Dexter and Lynetter Clark.
No one is mentioning Joe Vogler, the last Head of the AIP, who was torn from his bed in the dead of night, murdered, his body hidden for a good year. It made a LOT of people in the state both deeply sad and paranoid.
I don't understand why THIS is not Important information, considering that everyone is on about Sarah Palin and the AIP.
It's Bizarre. Suppose the Head of the Republican Party had this happen to him, do you think it would be ignored? What would the Reaction be?
Here's part of the story, the rest at link below (google for more):
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Alaskans, with Mr. Vogler as their statesman, approached secession and independence as intelligently and thoroughly as anyone could possibly hope. The cherished cause was carried all the way to the United Nations in Mr. Vogler’s careful arms.
But in the mid-1990s Joe Vogler was shot down, and Alaska worried while a fruitless search was made for his body, then mourned him when they learned the truth. The going would be hard without good old Jim. Too many resources abide in Alaska; the Alaskan Pipeline is a household word; environmentalists don’t want their distant utopian dream to be fouled by "enthusiastic" Alaskan freedom fighters. At the same time, jobs and money go right out of Alaska to other states. Mr. Vogler spoke long and tirelessly about this and other problems Alaskans have to face. We may ask, "But they are just separatists, aren’t they? Rabble-rousers, and obnoxious ones at that! They are ingrates…" These thoughts sound a lot like the British sentiments of the 18th century. In the Electoral College, Alaska has the fewest votes of any state, having the fewest representatives in the House. It seems Alaska has quite the legitimate axe to grind.
Alaskans have proved their worth, and their sincerity. They should at least have the chance that our Founding Ancestors had. What they all really want is what any American wants: security, resources, freedom-- and the right to self-government. Sadly, they have found little of any of those things in the America of today, and they have the courage to say so: Alaskans as American citizens have been betrayed by the United States government.
A man is in jail for the murder of Mr. Vogler. It is said the murder was a burglary gone bad. Very few Alaskans believe it. The former lieutenant governor has said of the murder that "it is the cleanest take-out" job he had ever heard of; and he’s not the only person in high places asking questions. The murder went unsolved for just over a year. Patently absurd? Perhaps. Why would our government approach a self-described "street person" with a rap sheet, to assassinate a 78-year-old man over the Alaska Question? The murderer, Manfried "Cartoon Freddy" West, was sentenced to 80 years in prison for second degree murder;
Jim Vogler, who is missed sorely by many Alaskans, has become the first true martyr in a modern cause for separatism - no matter why he was killed.
http://www.hackwriters.com/Alaskandays.htm****************
I knew Joe Vogler and heard every detail of how he was found to be missing, my brother in law, and sister, Lynette and Dexter Clark are the Chairpersons for the Alaska Independence Party. They were on the scene and demanding investigations, search parties, documenting clues, and talking to everyone that would listen, attempting to solve it as best they could as well.
He was a nice man, with an air of Statesmenship about him, I didn't agree with what he sought for an end result, but admired his forthright attitude.
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