One Gauge of a Person is How their Kids Turn Out.
Tom and Theresa Obermeyer have been active Alaskans and taken a lot of abuse from The Beautiful People and Entertainment News* media, but their story of how AK Courts operate is relevant today. Local Spenard entertainer, Mister Whitekeys performed a mean-spirited skit about the Obermeyers over at least two years in the mid-1990s as the Obermeyer children were growing up in East Anchorage. The Obermeyer family was defamed relentlessly by Anchorage Daily News when previously owed by McClatchy Newspapers between 1993-2003.
[1] *What is Entertainment News Good for?, DONN LISTON August 10, 2023
https://donnliston.net/2023/08/demise-of-the-fourth-estate/
Today this Family is the Picture of Survival
And Obermeyer urges a ”NO” vote on retention of all 19 AK Justice/judges in the November 5, 2024 election.
The Story of how AK Courts have Always Operated
is Relevant Today.
Over 60 Alaska winters this writer has seen a lot of people just here for what they could steal and leave, while some interesting characters have stuck around even at great personal cost. One of those interesting people, Dr. Theresa Obermeyer, could have been paid off by University of Alaska and left after a short stay 1978-79. Her story–of being locked out of her office in retaliatory non-retention by typically entrenched AK State workers–was an ominous start for her now distinctive 46-year Alaska career of public service.
Tyrant Bosses Create Problems
From the start, instead of backing down Obermeyer stood her ground. She and four other likely over-qualified new professional employees from the Lower 48 were hired in Fall 1978. The other four took the money and ran.
[2] 1975 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, Major: Education, Area of Concentration: Urban Affairs; Ph.D.
Alaska Was About to get RICH!
On June 30, 1979 They called each of us in separately and they literally had printed forms on which they checked off how much they were going to pay each one of us, explained Obermeyer by videoconference October 24, 2024. The other four got about $5,000-$7,000 each ‘presumably for moving expenses” to leave Alaska.
After trying to resolve her outrageous treatment informally for two years, Obermeyer sued in U.S. District Court in October 1981 as Statute of Limits were running out. This resulted in “Not for Publication” Theresa (Nangle) Obermeyer v. University of Alaska No. 85-3826 DC Civil #A81-448 for which Obermeyer received an order December 32, 1986 REQUIRING HER TO PAY $17,161.75.
[3] District Court Decision
Having come to the Alaska Frontier from a civilized nation, Obermeyer believed that doing the right thing would result in her future fair treatment, but that’s not how it worked out. Weak Management Jackals are everywhere in Alaska public institutions, sometimes laughing like hyenas eating protected species Whale Fat, because they get away with almost anything.
The Threat of Competence
Prior to her civil lawsuit Obermeyer had been a successful college administrator in three previous positions; 1) Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO, 2) Loyola University, Baltimore, MD, and 3) St. Louis Community College, Florissant, MO. Obermeyer has 35 professional references on file at Interfolio, Inc., Washington, D.C., today from her employers, yet she ran into a UA buzzsaw at Anchorage Community College.
In fact, we know today University of Alaska has a long history of extensive litigation that has made select attorneys rich with public funds. In the end Obermeyer had to pay for her insistence on professional consideration at a hick community college evolved less than a decade from being a night school at West High.
A Survivor Spirit!
“I, sir, am a college administrator with a PhD,” declared Obermeyer indignantly. “If you’ll forgive me, I don’t want to be egotistical, but I come from a very prominent family, and I still cannot believe any of this could have been possible. I will never forget when I got the first document, United States of America v. Theresa Nangle Obermeyer in 1994, which was the criminal charge after *I* was assaulted in a courthouse!
Liston had to leave Alaska from threat to his life before the lawless AK Court.
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This Had to be a Set-Up of Obermeyer
As an elected member of the Anchorage School Board Obermeyer had been invited to a meeting of the Joint Federal-State Court Gender Equity Task Force on June 29, 1994.
The meeting went bad.
Obermeyer: At one point I was surrounded by three giant (Male Gender) Security Guards called by Chief Justice (Female Gender) Dana Fabe. That was only the FIRST time I was physically attacked in a public venue.
Assaulted on three separate occasions, Obermeyer was knocked unconscious and required stitches to her scalp, at one of them.
I was acquitted in State of Alaska v. Theresa Nangle Obermeyer 3AN-S98-2111 CR, 11-10-98. This was a seven day jury trial prosecuted by Hollis French, former State Senator and Gubernatorial Candidate. Jon Dawson, partner, Davis Wright & Tremaine, Anchorage, who sat in that courtroom all seven days. The judge was Stephanie Joannides. My Alaska Defense Attorney was Rex Butler. I have had three claims with the Alaska Violent Compensation Board over my three assaults for which I have three transcripts (listed in References).
What Must THAT have cost the State?
[4] Obermeyer claims before Alaska Violent Compensation Board.
Instructional Overview
I understand why people do not want to go into our courts; nobody wants to go where they are not welcome or invited, said Obermeyer. But if you’ll forgive me, I OWN MY COURTS! Yes, sir, I will go to my courts, even though I was assaulted there at the courthouse. It’s all scary. But people must be careful–make friends. I understand why people are really afraid of judges and lawyers. That’s worrisome–because most are first generation Alaskan attorneys. They don’t know how to be attorneys. I’m not trying to be disparaging, but I’ve watched this my entire life and I understand courts of law and justice well.
Daughter of a Longstanding USA Judge
My middle (maiden) name is Nangle. My father was Judge James F Nangle of the circuit court in St Louis, Missouri, continued Obermeyer. He was on the bench until 1977. I am one of 12 children. We used to say, “enough for a jury box.” I have six brothers and five sisters, although now, half of them are deceased. Five of my brothers are attorneys, but my father didn’t think his daughters should go to law school. Today, the offspring of my father includes 20 living attorneys all over our great nation.
Obermeyer believes in the courts and the American legal system, but Alaska has been a great disappointment because caliber of so many people here for their Alaska Adventures and endemic corruption. She has tried to inform the public of this corruption and continues to try to bring attention to Alaska Bench and Bar today.
What Politician Might Use Courts to Gain Notoriety?
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has now taken three cases to the US Supreme Court at a cost of millions of dollars each. He has lost two but has hundreds of attorneys at his disposal to make political hay. Obermeyer speculates that these cases are nothing more than grandstanding to appeal to Donald Trump as likely next president of USA.
Obermeyer: Dunleavy has allowed some Alaska Boards and Commissions to hire their own Counsel–Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority and others–they’re all from the lower 48 firms so I hope Alaska Bar members are getting sick and tired of this. Dunleavy also has filed up to 10 or more “Amicus Briefs” in courts all over our great nation and has about 600 Assistant Alaska Attorneys General to do his bidding.
[5] Three US Supreme Court Cases
Who Knew when Dunleavy Ran as a Law & Order Candidate?
[6] Anchorage, Where EVERY Officer Involved Shooting IS Justified, DONN LISTON, August 29, 2024
AK Crime is out of Control
Obermeyer: An elected Attorney General would be a good ethical starting point, and might cause a domino effect to clean up the system over time.
[7] Live link to Facebook Group Elect Alaska Attorney General 2026 is in References.
The Unholy Relationship Between Gov’s AG and AK Courts
From the Referenced story:
Commissioner, and Legal Counsel to the governor (and all other departments of the state), are EACH more than full-time jobs any place but ALASKA.
The Attorney General position has existed since the early days of the Territory of Alaska, though it was an elected rather than an appointed position prior to statehood.
[8] Alaskans Deserve to Elect Our State AG, DONN LISTON June 2, 2024
As an educator Dr. Obermeyer takes a measured view of what must happen to wake Alaskans over the coming years. She hopes before the next election to inform Alaskan voters through any means possible to change the AK Attorney General responsibilities from Henchman for the (Imperial) Governor to ELECTED State Attorney for the people.
Obermeyer has stood her ground as an intelligent Alaskan at great personal cost to herself and her family. This writer has observed the frequent occurrence of other accomplished professionals running into the Buzzsaw of public employee incompetence when coming to Alaska, after successful careers elsewhere. I am amazed that Obermeyer even today has an abiding faith in the law, but it is tempered with a profound criticism of how it is applied in the Alaska frontier.
Service in Public Education
Obermeyer served on ASD Board of Education 1990-1994 at a time of chaos.
[9] Anchorage School Board 1990-1994; Member, Anchorage School District, Anchorage, Alaska Public Office, seven member body elected at large throughout Municipality of Anchorage, 135,000 registered voters, three and a half years term of office
ASD has about 43,000 students or about 42% of the public school K-12 students in Alaska, Obermeyer said. There was a Recall of four Anchorage School Board members December 15, 1992 for which $2 Million was spent.
School Boards are supposed to be the last vestige of grass roots politics, continued Obermeyer, dedicated to long range planning for children. They should not be subject to recalls after recall while our Alaska U.S. Senators and Representative seem to be in office for life. New School Board members are elected every three years! We should be spending money on our children’s education not conducting election spectacles.
Obermeyer was an ASD teacher at McLaughlin Youth Center for 6 ½ years and has a current AK Teacher Certificate.
[10] McLaughlin High School – Anchorage School District 1984-90, Secondary Teacher,
This story does not report on Obermeyer’s longstanding feud with the Alaska Bar Association regarding inability of her husband Thomas S. Obermeyer to pass the AK Bar Exam although he passed the Missouri Bar Exam and is refused reciprocity. The known antics of the ABA Cartel, and Judges who make their own laws at the expense of good Alaskans, are already known to anybody who has been here even a short time. Suffice it to say smart people are leaving Alaska if they can while the legislature and governor continue to pass unsustainable budgets likely aimed at cashing out the Permanent Fund to buy more unaccountable State and Local government.
Permanent Fund Monitor
Between 2001-2015 Obermeyer paid cost to post on a website Alaska Permanent Fund Board Confirmation Committee
She has been long concerned that the Alaska Permanent Fund Board (APFB) is only a gubernatorial appointment and NOT confirmed by Alaska Legislature. Obermeyer alleges past APFB members have enriched themselves-while on the board, especially Willam G. Moran, Jr. who increased the value of his two privately held banks, First Bank Ketchikan and Community Bank, Joseph, Oregon by 330% in the first three years he was on APFB 2006-2009. Obermeyer retains copies of the 3,375 pages of the archived website., APFBoardconfirmation.org. This website received almost 24,000 hits.
Some Know What Happened
[11] Our Permanent Fund Inspiration for Others, DONN LISTON December 2022
From the story:
Some 38-years after establishment of the deal between the State of Alaska and Oil Companies producing our oil, Gov. Sarah Palin and the Alaska Legislature arbitrarily changed the deal to what they initially called Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Share (ACES), increasing the tax to 75 percent, causing the goose to wonder if an ax was hidden in Palin’s bloomers.
We The People Did Not Ask for this.
Grandstanding Palin abandoned her hotseat as Governor of Alaska to join John McCain on an ill-fated run for vice president of the United States of America. It was a laughable spectacle. Her Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell was left to pick up the pieces of her also laughable and ill-fated oil and gas policy.
More recently Alice Rogoff bought Anchorage Daily News from McClatchy in 2014 for $34 Million. In 2017 she announced she was giving up control of the paper and it would reorganized under Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Previously Rogoff had been Chief Financial Office of U.S. News and World Reports 10 years but she was unknowledgeable of the newspaper business in Alaska. Ultimately ADN was sold to the Binkley family for $1 million.
[12] Unsupervised Youth in Anchorage, DONN LISTON, September 14, 2017
Alice Rogoff’s daughter Gabrielle “Gabbie” Rubenstein was appointed to the APFB by Gov. Dunleavy in June 2022. In August of 2024 Rubenstein was forced to resign because of conflicts with the staff and because her father’s investments in the Fund were a conflict of interest for her.
Gov. Dunleavy Should have Known This
“Gabbie’s’” father is David Rubenstein, founder of Carlyle Group, a private equity company, whose personal wealth is about the same value as Permanent Fund (about $81,000,000,000). Mr. Rubenstein’s wealth is private but allows him to buy newspapers or whatever else he wants for undeserving women in his life.
Dunleavy has yet to replace this position vacated August 1, 2024. He must be waiting until after the election to bestow this plumb.
I closed this website out because I needed to pay tuition for my children and could not get enough other signatories to form a non-profit to investigate this Permanent Fund that Alaskans are all supposed to own, said Obermeyer.
Someday in the future offspring of the Alaskans who benefitted so greatly from the Prudhoe Bay discovery and oil development we have witnessed will be able to find answers to what happened to the endowment they are entitled to after it is pissed away.
From this story:
“I think initial estimates of production from the North Slope were 8-9 Billion barrels of oil,” explained Gary Lillo, from the comfort of his home overlooking Eagle River Valley. “By the time I left after 30 years I believe they were already up to 14 Billion barrels from that reservoir.”
From the August 27, 2019 BP company press release:
BP today announced that it has agreed to sell its entire business in Alaska to Hilcorp Alaska, based in
Anchorage, Alaska. Under the terms of the agreement, Hilcorp will purchase all of BP’s interests in the state for a total consideration of $5.6 billion.
[13] Why British Petroleum left Alaska DONN LISTON 01/17/2023
Don’t expect AK Judges or Public Officials
to be Held Accountable
Obermeyer: “Alaska is one big personality conflict. Everyone is petty, jealous. I mean, can we stop? So many are here to rip us off. So many just want to make their greenbacks and go back home. I’m not that way. I could never have imagined that. I do have children that live here, and I want things to go better for Alaska.”
Addendum:
“MANIPULATION OF MISSOURI COURT PLAN IN ALASKA RETENTION ELECTION 11-5-24”
The Missouri Court Plan in the Missouri Constitution, Article V 25(c)(1), states: … Each judge appointed … shall hold office for a term ending December 31 following the next general election after the expiration of 12 months in office …
Alaska Supreme Court justices’ retention elections are held at the first general election more than three years after appointment.
Alaska Court of Appeals judges’ retention elections are held at the first general election more than three years after appointment;
Alaska Superior Court judges’ retention elections are held at the first general election more than three years after appointment; and
Alaska District Court judges’ retention elections are held at the first general election more than two years after appointment.
Because Alaska justices/ judges are not retained based on Missouri Court Plan as established by the founders, VOTE “NO” on all 19 justices/judges on the ballot Nov. 5.
References:
[1] What is Entertainment News good for, DONN LISTON
Demise of the FOURTH ESTATE 08/10/2023
https://donnliston.net/2023/08/demise-of-the-fourth-estate/
[2] 1975 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, Major: Education, Area of Concentration: Urban Affairs; Ph.D. Dissertation: “St. Louis Comprehensive Drug Treatment Center: A Case Study, 1974” which is an analysis of the multi-modality drug treatment approach, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, dissertation on file Alaska Section Loussac Library
https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055550/http://home.gci.net/~obermeyer/theresa.html
[3] Court Decision on appeal
[4] Obermeyer claims before Alaska Violent Compensation Board.
1.) Claim #95-069 Alaska Court Gender Equality Task Force Meeting in Judge Singleton’s Chambers on 6-29-94 regarding my invitation by Teri Carns, Alaska Judicial Council, to the meeting having written a proposal to be their consultant. At the end of the meeting, I asked if there was “Public Comment” at which time later Chief Justice Dana Fabe called the court security on me. When my non-jury criminal trial was held both at the time Anchorage Superior Court Judge Dana Fabe and at the time U.S. District Court Judge James K. Singleton testified against me. They flew another life appointed Federal Judge William B. Enright to Anchorage from San Diego to hold this trial. It was phony and orchestrated, a prostitution of both Fabe’s and Singleton’s Oaths of Office. I was jailed and my first fabricated non-jury federal criminal trial was planned, i.e., United Staes of America v. Theresa Nangle Obermeyer No. 94-30368 D.C. No. A 94-00074-WBE CR; Hearing Officer Patrick Conheady (deceased) and Nola Capp, Alaska Violent Crimes Compensation Board 3-6-95.
2.) Claim #96-077 When I tried to attend an advertised, public meeting in the U.S. District Court Anchorage 8-16-95 with Senator Ted Stevens and Senator Kit Bond, Missouri, at which time I was assaulted and jailed in the Federal Building again. I had called the Anchorage Federal Security Staff the day before letting them know I was coming. I thought that letting them know would assure my good treatment. Instead, it was a set up. I retain pictures to prove I had bruises all over my body; Hearing Officer Larry A. McKinstry and Nola Capp, Violent Crimes Compensation Board 3-13-96.
3.) Claim 98-365 When I had been invited to Hilton Anchorage 2-20-98 by Bob Southall, General Manager, to discuss Mitch Gravo’s Alaska Law License. I was treated very rudely by Mr. Southall so I decided to leave when Mr. Bill Rodasky, Hilton Security, followed me and knocked me out cold. I woke up in a pool of blood requiring seven stitches in the back of my head. Then, I became the trespasser and assaulter at the Hilton. I was acquitted in a seven day jury trial 11-10-98. I asked Alaska Violent Crimes Compensation Board to at least side with my after I had been acquitted. Money would have been secondary. Hearing Officer Paul Stockler and Susan Browne, Aleska Violent Crimes Compensation Board 1-26-99. In this case, Mr. Stockler did not even agree to my acquittal in a jury trial as an officer of the court. He prostituted his oath of office as an Alaska attorney.
[5] Dunleavy’s three US Supreme Court Cases
[5A*] U.S. Supreme Court decision kills controversial Alaska union dues plan for now
[5B] An unusual request from Alaska to skip the lower courts and directly litigate EPA’s Pebble mine veto in the Supreme Court was among many cases that landed in the justices’ rejection pile Monday.
[5C] Alaska lawsuit claims federal government owes state $700 billion for quashing Pebble mine
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/03/16/state-lawsuit-claims-federal-government-owes-alaska-700-billion-for-quashing-pebble-mine/
[6] Anchorage, Where EVERY Officer Involved Shooting IS Justified, DONN LISTON, August 29, 2024
https://donnliston.net/2024/08/alaskas-institutional-corruption/
[7] Elect Alaska Attorney General 2026
[8] Alaskans Deserve to Elect Our State AG, DONN LISTON June 2, 2024
https://donnliston.net/2024/06/why-alaskans-deserve-to-elect-our-state-ag/
[9] Anchorage School Board 1990-1994; Member, Anchorage School District, Anchorage, Alaska Public Office, seven member body elected at large throughout Municipality of Anchorage, 135,000 registered voters, three and a half years term of office
[10] McLaughlin High School – Anchorage School District 1984-90, Secondary Teacher, McLaughlin Youth Center, a juvenile detention facility, teacher Language Arts, History, Geography, General Education Diploma, computerized program of instruction, typing, etc.; election by 20 building level teachers to Representative Council, Anchorage Education Association 1987-90; Delegate Assembly, NEA-Alaska, 1988, 1989
[11] Our Permanent Fund Inspiration for Others, DONN LISTON December 2022
https://donnliston.net/2022/12/our-permanent-fund-inspiration/
[12] Unsupervised Youth in Anchorage, DONN LISTON, September 14, 2017
https://donnliston.net/2017/09/unsupervised-youth-in-anchorage-anchorage-daily-news-on-the-brink/
Why British Petroleum left Alaska DONN LISTON 01/17/2023
https://donnliston.net/2023/01/why-is-bp-leaving-alaska-2019-donnliston/
