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Dear Friends and Alaska Neighbors

By Les Gara on Oct 18, 2020   Op/Ed and the Editor  

Dear Friends and Alaska Neighbors

  Dear Friends and Alaska Neighbors:   We don’t have to accept Governor Dunleavy’s decision to oppose needed revenue to run our state. He has been clear that he wants to keep cutting schools and the things that matter to our future. We can take that decision away from him on the November ballot. Here’s […]

A Fair Share for Our Oil Will Help Fix Alaska’s Self-Inflicted Deficit

By Les Gara on Sep 24, 2019   Op/Ed and the Editor  

A Fair Share for Our Oil Will Help Fix Alaska’s Self-Inflicted Deficit

Dear Alaska Friends and Neighbors,   Governor Dunleavy has presented Alaskans with a false choice. He claims we have to pick between our seniors, schools, university, construction jobs (the state’s construction budget has been slashed during this self-inflicted deficit crisis), and economy, or a larger PFD. This false choice ignores obvious solutions. We can sidestep […]

Wrong Mine, Wrong Place: Comment Before the Deadline

By Les Gara on Apr 26, 2019   Op/Ed and the Editor  

Wrong Mine, Wrong Place: Comment Before the Deadline

  Some politicians are dancing around the Pebble Mine. There’s nothing to dance about. While I can say the short truth – that this is the wrong mine in the wrong place – you might want some additional facts as you write your public comments. They are currently due by May 30. So far, our […]

Monday: I’d like to Thank You; Zack Wants to Hear Your Ideas

By Les Gara on Jan 6, 2019   Op/Ed and the Editor  

Monday: I’d like to Thank You; Zack Wants to Hear Your Ideas

  Dear Neighbors: I hope you can join me Monday so I can thank you for sharing your ideas, and letting me represent you these past many years. We’ll have Special Guest Zack Fields there too, so he can meet and hear from you. And as always, we’ll have pizza. Join us at the Fairview […]

Holiday Foster Youth Laptop & Gift Drives; Earthquake-Hit Local Businesses

By Les Gara on Dec 10, 2018   Op/Ed and the Editor  

Holiday Foster Youth Laptop & Gift Drives; Earthquake-Hit Local Businesses

  Dear Friends and Neighbors: I hope you are well after a week of very unwelcome house and building shakes. I haven’t been a big fan of them, but now I know where my flashlights are! I’m very happy about how well our neighbors, teachers, public safety personnel, health care workers (zero hospital patient injuries […]

Employee Resignation Request Wrong, Offensive, Likely Unconstitutional

By Les Gara on Nov 27, 2018   Op/Ed and the Editor  

Employee Resignation Request Wrong, Offensive, Likely Unconstitutional

Dear Friends and Neighbors: I, like many of you, was unhappy to hear of the memo from the Governor-Elect’s Chief of Staff asking for hundreds of resignations of employees who are not political appointees, and whose personal politics are irrelevant to their work. I’ve posted about this, and want you to know how serious I […]

Rep Gara Earns National Award from Federal Government for Foster Care Work

By Les Gara on Sep 27, 2018   Featured, State  

Rep Gara Earns National Award from Federal Government for Foster Care Work

Anchorage – Next month, the United States Department of Health and Human Services will honor Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage) for his career of work to improve the opportunity and lives of foster youth and families. Rep. Gara will receive a 2018 Excellence Award during a ceremony in Washington D.C. In being chosen for the award, […]

Brett Kavanaugh Not “An Inspired Choice” for the Supreme Court

By Les Gara on Sep 22, 2018   Op/Ed and the Editor  

Brett Kavanaugh Not “An Inspired Choice” for the Supreme Court

Dear Friends and Neighbors, I believe in a United States Supreme Court that does justice, not one filled with biased party loyalists. And especially at this time in American history, I do not believe in a Supreme Court justice appointment process that sides with a man who may have committed a horrific attempted rape. That […]

Don’t Forget To Vote Tomorrow (Tuesday): Alaska’s State and Congressional Primary Election

By Les Gara on Aug 20, 2018   Op/Ed and the Editor  

Don’t Forget To Vote Tomorrow (Tuesday): Alaska’s State and Congressional Primary Election

Dear Friends and Neighbors: Don’t forget that tomorrow (Tuesday) is our state and federal Primary Election. I scheduled a fishing day tomorrow – and almost forgot! So I’m about to go vote now at an early voting station. And remember, unlike Anchorage city elections, which are now vote by mail, you vote in person at […]

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