Foster Youth Volunteer Training
OK, this will be short. Really. I’ve spent the week writing a detailed document on how the oil giveaway passed last year requires nothing from oil companies in return for their billions in Alaska tax breaks.
Oil Companies Sponsor Misleading Push Poll
ANCHORAGE: Opponents of Proposition 1 are running a misleading push poll designed to confuse Alaskans about the upcoming referendum. In contrast to the push poll, the only unbiased poll shows most Alaskans support Proposition 1, which would repeal the Oil Giveaway. Public support for Proposition 1 is strong despite an unprecedented, oil-funded ad campaign featuring […]
OP/ED: Parnell Presides Over Fiscal Disaster
Today, Governor Parnell will release his budget for Fiscal Year 2015.
OP/ED: Time to Act on the Indian Law and Order Commission’s Recommendations
The bipartisan Indian Law and Order Commission recently presented its findings here in Alaska. The Commission, which is composed of experts from across the political spectrum, found that the Parnell Administration’s record on rural law enforcement is “fundamentally on the wrong track.â€
OP/ED:State Invents New Numbers On $ Loss From New Oil Tax Law
Too much spin makes one nauseous. If you ask the public, in politics it either makes you nauseous, or not care. What's the saying? You can fool some of the people some of the time, but…..well, someone help me with how that one goes – folksy sayings aren't my strength.
OP/ED Michelle Obama, Jill Biden: 'Joining Forces' with you on Veterans Day
Over the past five years, the two of us have had the privilege of traveling across America and around the world to visit with our extraordinary troops, veterans and military families — and time and again, we have been awed by your service and sacrifice.
OP/ED-Arctic Ocean 2013
Both the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas face imminent developmental threats in 2013 and 2014 through planned exploratory activities and eventual development. Multiple huge offshore seismic explorations are staging now for massive activity in several regions of the American Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.
If Senate Bill 21 is not Repealed it will Soon be Goodbye Dividends, and Hello Income Tax
The money Senate Bill 21 gives back to BP, ConocoPhillips, and Exxon will leave Alaska with about the same amount of income Alaska had from oil in 2002 when the discontinuation of dividends and re-imposition of the income tax was the primary issue of the 2002 Governor's Race.
OP/ED: Good, Bad, and Ugly on Oil Bill, Education, and Housing
Well, in my view this session has been a disaster with glimmers of good. I wish I could put a true and happier spin on this, but I can’t. I’m including two press releases, one good and one bad.