Mike Dunleavy's office was given detailed talking points, ghostwritten letters and advice on lobbying strategies by Pebble Limited Partnership executives, emails show. On February 21, Collier emailed a draft statement to Dunleavy's office. Shortly after Dunleavy took office, Pebble invited Huber to a "party to celebrate the holidays" at the Anchorage home of Collier, according to an email. Still, Pebble personnel have repeatedly thanked the Alaska governor's office for helping the project get as far as it has. "You and the Gov could not possibly have been more supportive of our project," Pebble's CEO Tom Collier wrote in an email to a Dunleavy adviser in July.

Source: CNN December 20, 2019 04:18 UTC