by Rigorous Intuition » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:50 pm
STEPHEN DRESCH | 1943-2006: UP's eccentric lawmaker lived to right wrongs<br><br>At the time of his death Sunday, former Upper Peninsula legislator Stephen Dresch had been out of office for 14 years.<br><br>That gave him time to:<br><br>• Investigate a New York City corruption case that led to the March indictment of a former FBI agent accused of helping a mob informant commit murder.<br><br>• Alert federal agents in 2005 to the presence of a weapons cache in Kansas, apparently hidden by convicted Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols.<br><br>• <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Track leads on several continents related to the anthrax terrorism scare of 2001, resulting in, among other things, a starring role in an anthrax murder-mystery documentary called "Death in the Woods."<br></strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>• Cast suspicion on the April 1996 plane crash death of a member of former President Bill Clinton's cabinet, Commerce Secretary Ron Brown. Those suspicions were never fully confirmed but led Dresch to other inquiries involving adultery and theft at the highest levels of the U.S. government.<br><br>There were lots more eclectic and unpredictable endeavors that friend and former campaign aide Jack McHugh said had a common denominator:<br><br>"He was always seeking justice for those who had been victimized by government. Stephen always sought justice. He didn't always get it, but he was always after it."<br><br>Dresch, 62, who ran for office as a libertarian-leaning Republican, died Sunday morning at his home in Hancock following a lengthy illness.<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060808/NEWS06/608080320">link</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=rigorousintuition>Rigorous Intuition</A> at: 9/19/06 7:50 pm<br></i>