This is very good reporting by the Dispatch.   Exposing this kind of soft corruption is important for Alaskans trying to understand why their elected officials often throw Alaskans under the bus.

Certainly nothing is worse for Alaska than the unconstitutional SB-21 which gives away our oil, or the corporate welfare credits that will consume the $700 million stolen from Alaskans' dividends this year.

Nat. Herz gets bonus points for reporting on the hundreds of thousands ConocoPhillips injects into the Hawker household annually.

In a perfect world people like Hawker would be in prison.