Food Security Scam Hurts Alaskans

And AK Judges SHOULD Care

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Bill Borden and Greg Giannulis were in high spirits after announcement in November 2021 that the only USDA-Certified slaughterhouse in Southcentral Alaska had been sold. Spirits changed when Giannulis learned Borden had cut himself a 14% interest in the company making the purchase offer, without revealing this personal interest to Giannulis. Borden arranged LEASE of the former State money pit to an Alaskan farmer, but today it still belongs to Gianullis--lock, stock, and barrel.

Upon purchase of the plant from the State of Alaska for cash in 2017 Giannulis removed all state-subsidized Department of Corrections workers and inmates. As one of Alaska’s premiere businessmen, Giannulis invested in upgrading the facility and complied emphatically with all laws, regulations and government requirements in a quest to build a commercial agriculture base for in-state red meat production.

The next annual lease payment for this plant is about to come due in early November–and Alaska Meat Packers recently announced it will no longer be excepting animals for processing.

Who hasn’t heard of a real estate huckster finding a way to sell a property, knowing the purchaser cannot afford it, hoping to pick up that property on the bounce for pennies on the dollar?

It happens…

AK News Source Story

The Setup

Earlier in 2021 **Greg Giannulis** showed the various parcels of land worth an estimated $3.5 Million available as listings for **Bill Borden** (with pig tail) and ***High Caliber Realty, Inc.*** (sic) Alaska Manager **Ken Peltier,** in the conference room of ***Mike’s Quality Meats.***

Borden publicly professed to sell the Mt McKinley Meats & Sausages Palmer slaughterhouse in a ceremony with Gov. Mike Dunleavy in attendance, including a lot of associated hoopla by the Alaska Farm Bureau.

In fact, it now appears Borden set up to fail Alaska Hog Farmers, Todd and Sherrie Elsberry. They, and the recent Farm Bureau apologist, speaking to Alaska News Farce in the above Television report, blame closure of the plant on cost of animal feed. Nobody expects this news source to check beyond the bullshit it is told before regurgitating it to the public as Entertainment News.

[1] What is Entertainment News Good for? DONN LISTON August 10, 2023

One online listing for the business ***Elsberry Farms.*** (https://www.manta.com/c/mmj98m8/elsberry-farm)

Giannulis hands off keys to the plant he leased to **Todd Elsberry**. As Alaska has become notoriously lawless–with judges willing to reward Outside scammers over honorable Alaskans–crooks and con artists see opportunity.

Alaskan grown beef processed at ***Mt. McKinley Meats and Sausages*** prior to lease of the plant. Production capacity here is a pittance of what is needed for **Alaska Food Security**. Alaskans know elected officials are fed well by ***Seattle Special Interests*** in Juneau.

Are Alaskans Being Set up to Fail?

Watch now for Alaskans of goodwill, under the banner of Food Security to ask Gov. Dunleavy and the AK Legislature to use State of Alaska resources to bail out Borden’s scam. This is much easier than dealing with the no-nonsense approach to successfully producing meat for Alaska consumers without Task Force group-gropes. Under pressure to DO SOMETHING, expect elected officials to create another money pit for hobby farmers as was previously run by Division of Agriculture Central Committee. In private ownership THIS FACILITY made a profit four years, with a capacity of 300-750 animals per week, without state subsidies. Before the pandemic Giannulis reduced costs of some meats for Alaskan consumers below Seattle prices.

FOOD INSECURITY:

Alaska Food Prices and Availability are Controlled by Seattle

This writer witnessed **Greg Giannulis** climbing the sides of the truck he owns that had just arrived at Giannulis’ **Rocket Ranch** with some 40 beefs from Delta. To approach minimal AK Food Security would require commercial agriculture operations handling dozens of trucks like this making delivery to processing plants every week–as currently occurs all across Northern Canada. Instead AK Consumers send $2-4 Billion/year to Seattle for meat.

Early in 2021 Giannulis had appealed to elected officials in Juneau at the beginning of session with this letter asking them to start addressing public policies required to make commercial agriculture viable in Alaska. The state is unable to grow enough livestock for food security because of ag land policy which limits business viability.

This request was mostly ignored and nothing has changed.

From a previous story on this site:

Feeding Alaskans is not a State of Alaska Priority

When the Covid-19 emergency was declared in Alaska local grocers limited meat purchase for Alaskans while Mike’s Quality Meats had two full warehouses of meat ready for consumption. Owner Greg Giannulis dared not reveal this stock for fear of a rush on it. Gov. Michael Dunleavy formally announced there was no shortage of meat but he didn’t say where meat was stashed. This writer learned this when he interviewed Giannulis about Alaska food security needs in late May, 2020.

[2] How Can Alaska Gain True Food Security? DONN LISTON, June 5, 2020

Borden and Dunleavy both Love Grandstanding

[3] Legislative Task Force to Assure AK Food Security, DONN LISTON, Feb 27, 2024

Returning to a Failed Business Model

Expecting Different Results

From the Alaska Meat Packers Facebook Page:

Under the Dunleavy Administration the business model for this food security asset has returned to rehabilitation of prisoners AND THEY STILL CAN’T MAKE IT PROFITABLE. Probably time for another Task Force to study and report why.

[4] AK Dept of Corrections response to Public Information Request by DONN LISTON, RE: Renewed STATE subsidy of Alaska Meat Packers

Don’t Expect the Governor’s Henchman AG to Care Either

Bordens are long-time best friends with Dunleavys. A variety of criminal acts by Bordens, including well-documented acts directly against this writer, have been rewarded by AK Judges. Liston is alive and well in exile in a first-world nation today because he took Borden threats to his life more seriously than third-rate AK Judges took them.

[5] Alaskans Deserve to Elect Our State AG, DONN LISTON, June 2, 2024

From that story:
The AK Court System has always portrayed itself as sacrosanct, but as we witness the national politicization and weaponization of courts all the way to Atlanta and New York City, Americans recognize a new reality. Alaska History will show Gov. Mike Dunleavy was the latest of many to prove why the AG should no longer serve as henchman for the governor.

Public outcry from SB 91 caused legislators to hold events to hear constituent concerns about increased crime in Alaska. Mike Dunleavy first ran for governor on Law and Order but the problems have dramatically increased in nearly eight years of his feckless tenure. Also, an Eagle River legislator who voted for SB 91 and lost re-election was given employment and political sanctuary in the Dunleavy Administration until enough people forgot his impotence in office, so he could be re-elected.

[6] No more Excuses for Dan Saddler, DONN LISTON mARCH 28, 2023

From that story:

SB 91 began as a 21-page omnibus bill that

even McGruff the Crime Dog could love.

Now everybody is kicking it.

**Today Alaska Crime is Out of Control while the AK Legislature and Gov. Dunleavy have installed Record-level Budgets for a State in decline and losing population.**

[7] Anchorage: Where EVERY Officer-Involved Shooting IS Justified… DONN LISTON, August 29, 2024

Alaskans Today are at the Mercy of Criminals, homeless misfits and a corrupt justice system. Food Security is no more than a political hobby horse and endemic problems of West Coast Trawlers vacuuming up fish before they can make it to Alaska rivers is impossible to address because AK Courts are not independent of the SOA Executive Branch. EXAMPLE: When a Superior Court judge made an unpopular but correct decision according to the AK Constitution–regarding funding correspondence schools in lieu of traditional public education money pits–Gov. Dunleavy made sure the status quo is protected no matter the cost for bottom of the nation academic outcomes. He did this by politically whipping up his Supreme Court and throwing them a hot potato.

[8] Alaska Supreme Court rules in favor of Dunleavy administration on homeschool case,, Iris Samuels, ADN, June 29, 2024

AK Courts are a Pig-in-a-Poke and Judges Benefit from This

CALL TO ACTION:

Vote them all out, every single judge.

This list is not all-inclusive. Read more.

Here’s why:

Alaska Lords-At-Court

Alaska judges are State Employees, retained after that very special political appointment under what is known as the Missouri Plan–according to a specific schedule requiring all to first stand for election after more than three years service. After that the schedule for standing for retention is varied by court.

Alaska Supreme Court appointees stand for retention election every 10 years after their first election. Two AK Supreme Court judges are up for retention in the current election: 1) Dario Borghesan was first appointed in July 2020 and this retention election will be after more than four years, 2) Jennifer Stuart Henderson was appointed July 2021 and her first Retention Election this year comes after more than three years. If these two judges are retained in this election they will each serve 10 years before having to run again for retention.

This writer has been critical of the Alaska Supreme Court, three (soon 4) members of whom have been appointed by Gov. Dunleavy from a list provided by members of the Alaska Bar Association cartel. This requirement is designated by the Alaska Constitution. This court has been selective in what parts of the AK Constitution it will adhere to, in a system dedicated to protecting judges from meaningful accountability–even given wrongdoing found by an AK Grand Jury.

RELEASE THE KENAI GRAND JURY REPORT ON JUDGE MARGARET MURPHY!

This court has actively circumvented certain provisions of the AK Constitution with SCO 1993, neutralizing direct appeal for public official misconduct to the AK Grand Jury.

Result is a state hamstrung by unaccountable bureaucrats mostly on their Alaska Adventures.

Alaska Court of Appeals appointees serve eight years after their first retention election. 1) Marjorie K. Allard was first appointed November 2012, her first retention election was 2016. This election will give her eight more years. 2) Timothy W. Terrell was first appointed December 2020 and this will be his first retention election after more than three years service.

Superior Court Judges are up for retention election every six years after the initial three. 1) Rachel L. Ahrens was appointed in December 2019 and this will be her first retention election after almost five years. 2) Bride Siefert also was appointed in December 2019 and hasn’t stood for retention in almost five years. 3) Herman G. Walker, Jr. was first appointed in July 2015 and had his first retention election in 2018 after three years and stands for retention again after six years in 2024. 4) Adolf V. Zeman, was appointed April 2020 and stands for retention for the first time in 2024.

District Court Judges must stand for retention every four years after the initial three. The chart below details the various judges standing for retention including District judges.

NONE SHOULD BE RETAINED

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Having personal experience with several AK Judges after being violated in a confidence scheme set up by Bordens at the darkest time of my life–because I refused to be part of their GA plantation after kidnapping–this writer has been greatly disappointed at the inability of AK Judges to recognize documented harm done by scammers. I presented evidence of crimes against myself in numerous hearings pro se. My extensive pleadings were written in journalistic style–telling an Alaskan’s truthful story of criminal acts–as well as companion stories online as longtime Alaskan PRESS (https://donnliston.net). But even when the court ruled in my favor they allowed the same issues to be brought before the court again and again, or simply refused to enforce the signed order. My Constitutionally protected right to privacy was violated by Bordens with submission of illegally stolen REVENGE PORN to the court. The court didn’t see this as the prima facia crime it was, although numerous persons are witness to this crime including MatSu Sen. Shelly Hughes.

Liston may have to elevate this whole matter to federal court given incompetence and disregard by AK Judges. If so, several known persons including elected officials can expect to be called on to provide testimony of their response to Borden felony crimes by subpoena if necessary.

[9] College Professor Wins $30 Million Settlement

How Can this Treatment be Called Justice Under the Law?

After many months of waiting for a decision following a 2-1/2 hour hearing, Judge **Pamela Washington** issued this order and refused to enforce it. (10 days meant NEVER) Superior Court Judge **Josie Garton** ruled against Liston in a separate case brought against him by Bordens fraught with fraud. The court awarded Bordens for breaking into Liston’s home, into Liston’s computer platform, causing malicious damage besides stealing some $15,000 of his property. Theft of the *RING Security System* at Liston’s exclusively owned home–after having violated him in so many ways with impunity–caused Liston to leave Alaska for fear of his life with little more than the clothes on his back.

But My Faith in God is Unwavering

Liston had previously been falsely accused of criminal Domestic Violence with the same evidence before three courts before it was fully dismissed by the Anchorage District Attorney as unfounded. Liston broke no laws and told the truth explicitly. But AK Judges don’t care.

AK Judges Just Have to Make it to Retirement.

[10] Why I Dare Not Take MY Case Before the Alaska Supreme Court, DONN LISTON January 29, 2024

Liston will continue to tell this story in exile–

after having lost everything but his voice

Who Cares?

Waneta Borden took this selfie from a hospital bed and submitted it to the AK Court as evidence of Domestic Violence she alleged happened in January, 2022. Goal of Bordens, dba High Caliber Realty, Inc. (sic) was to steal the Eagle River home Liston’s owned since 2010. This photo was false evidence submitted to multiple courts and distributed to defame LISTON after revelations of Bill’s fraud in sale of the Palmer slaughterhouse. Alaska judges were not phased by an honorable 65-year senior Alaskan on fixed income being accused of such a heinous act by Outside scammers represented by bought AK Bar Association cartel attorneys.

This is how vicious these people are,

and how out of touch AK courts are

[11] How Scammers Prey on the Elderly, DONN LISTON June 26, 2024

I regret what Alaska has become. Anyone wishing to cause change in this trajectory must VOTE TO NOT RETAIN all AK Court System judges in this election. They must be held accountable for the crisis they have allowed our state to descend into.

Final AK Meat Plant Fiasco

Notice to State Employees and DOC Inmates at the

USDA Certified Palmer Meat Processing Plant:

Time to Move Along…

The state of Alaska

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References:

[1] What is Entertainment News Good for? DONN LISTON August 10, 2023
https://donnliston.net/2023/08/demise-of-the-fourth-estate/

[2] How Can Alaska Gain True Food Security? DONN LISTON, June 5, 2020
https://donnliston.net/2023/04/how-can-alaska-gain-food-security/

[3] Legislative Task Force to Assure AK Food Security, DONN LISTON, Feb 27, 2024
https://donnliston.net/2024/02/legislative-task-force-to-assure-alaska-food-security/

[3] AK Dept of Corrections Public Information Request by DONN LISTON, RE: Renewed STATE subsidy of Alaska Meat Packers

[5] 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/

[6] No more Excuses for Dan Saddler, DONN LISTON March 28, 2023
https://donnliston.net/2023/03/eagle-rivers-born-again-legislator/

[7] Anchorage: Where EVERY Officer-Involved Shooting IS Justified… DONN LISTON, August 29, 2024
https://donnliston.net/2024/08/alaskas-institutional-corruption/

[8] Alaska Supreme Court rules in favor of Dunleavy administration on homeschool case, Iris Samuels, ADN, June 29, 2024
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2024/06/28/alaska-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-dunleavy-administration-on-homeschool-case/

[9] College Professor wins $30 Million Settlement in New York Revenge Porn lawsuit
https://www.newsnationnow.com/video/college-professor-wins-30-million-in-new-york%E2%80%99s-first-revenge-porn-lawsuit-morning-in-america/9457117/57117/

[10] Why I Dare Not Take MY Case Before the Alaska Supreme Court, DONN LISTON January 29, 2024
https://donnliston.net/2024/01/how-alaskans-are-rolled-by-the-alaska-court-system/

[11] How Scammers Prey on the Elderly, DONN LISTON June 26, 2024
https://donnliston.net/2024/06/how-scammers-prey-on-the-elderly/