Dear Friends and Neighbors: As with all laws, the devil is in the details. Laws that sound good are often loaded with special interest provisions. The publicly discussed sound bites – especially on the August 19 vote on repealing the 2013 oil tax rollback pushed by Governor Parnell – don’t help a lot. I wrote an Op […]
Dear Friends and Neighbors: Number of Alaska Foster Youth on the Rise As you know, we’ve spearheaded a volunteer effort with Facing Foster Care in Alaska to get the word out that foster youth face yet another disadvantage in life. Many of them – probably most – don’t have a computer to do school work […]
Anchorage – Today, Representative Les Gara (D, Anchorage) called on four major oil companies to stop misleading Alaska voters. “When you spend over $8 million to dishonor voters by blitzing them with false information, it’s a reflection you have a weak case,” Gara said of the television and radio ads paid for by BP, ExxonMobil, […]
Dear Friends and Neighbors: I’d like a world where people tell the truth during elections. But wishing doesn’t work in this new world where outside corporations and groups are allowed unlimited election $pending. With that money these special interests constantly violate the old adage that you’re entitled to your own opinions, but that you’re not entitled to your own […]