Dear Friends and Neighbors, At 117 days, the Second Regular Session of the 30th Legislature adjourned Sine Die after passing a marathon number of bills, including many bills that were rolled into other bills. While we didn’t get everything we wanted – such as a durable fiscal plan that includes a broad-based revenue measure, appropriate funding […]
In life, death at some point is inevitable. While most accept that, many wonder, “Will it be comfortable?” When I was young I would say, “I hope I die in my sleep.” But later as an adult, I found that I no longer needed to settle for simply hoping that I die comfortably. In 1991, […]
Dear Alaskans: All my brother Bill and I have ever known about accomplishing goals is that it takes hard work, long hours and dedication to the cause. As elementary school students we started working construction with our dad. When the 1964 earthquake destroyed our livelihood and the tsunami washed away our building materials, we started […]
Dear Friends and Neighbors: Republicans, Democrats and Independents, many of great intelligence, and sadly fewer with great desires to reach compromise, need to get their act together. Fast. Today’s Alaska is more important than November’s election. And while we’re all tempted to say we are right and they are wrong – this solves nothing. It just […]