The media crowd around Kohring (left) and his attorney John Henry Browne. Kohring thanked people and apologized. It was hard to hear - he speaks softly and there was lots of noise. 
The media were waiting in the Federal building waiting for Kohring and his attorney to come through the security for the District Court part of the building (no cameras allowed through the security.)
Here they are clustered around the security exit.
Steve: On behalf of everyone who reads your blog, thanks for all the obvious effort and work you did for the citizens of Alaska. Your reporting skills rival any reporter I have ever read. Because of your reporting I am a more informed citizen and as painful as it was to see members of our legislature on trial I am hopeful that in the long run we will benefit from these trials. I look forward to your future entries.
ReplyDeleteI echo the original posting. Thanks for your insight - Elaine
ReplyDeleteYup. I have enjoyed and appreciated your efforts and commentary. Thank you for wanting to know about blogging by blogging. You are good at it!
ReplyDeleteIt's great that others find some use for my blog. Unlike newspapers, you can't line your birdcages with it.
ReplyDeleteI've learned a lot here. One thing is how hard the 'real' journalists work. They have deadlines, editors, and they can't say, "I think I'll sleep in today and let others deal with it."
We got really good coverage on this and I'd encourage you all to let the publisher of ADN and the powers that be at the various broadcast media that the time and resources they spent on this trial was worth while.
And that they should be reporting on the legislature in more depth so we can expose the existing corruption before it gets this far.
In one sense, it is much easier to go to court and report what the FBI and Department of Justice found out, than to do the investigation yourself.