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Mallot Decries Stifling of Public Voice in Resource Management

By Byron Mallott on Aug 13, 2014   Opinion, Opinions/Op/Ed/Letters  

Recently Alaskans watched horrific images from a tailings dam failure in British Columbia that released a flood of millions of gallons toxic water and sludge into an important watershed, just in advance of the salmon return.  We witnessed the devastated landscape and heartbroken people facing terrible unknowns about the future of their communities, their food, […]

Treadwell’s Periscope Problem

By Max Croes on Jul 22, 2014   Opinion, Opinions/Op/Ed/Letters  

Mead Treadwell is trying to create distance from the nine-figure profits his company Digimarc made by pushing a national ID card scheme to monitor and track Americans saying he “didn’t look into anybody’s window.”  Treadwell is going to have a tough time convincing Alaskans he hasn’t spent years developing new way to monitor Americans after […]

Devil in the Details: Forums on Upcoming Oil Tax Repeal Referendum; November Initiatives

By Les Gara on Jul 9, 2014   Opinion, Opinions/Op/Ed/Letters  

Devil in the Details: Forums on Upcoming Oil Tax Repeal Referendum; November Initiatives

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 […]

Foster Care Numbers Spike, Need for Laptops Rises; Good East High Stadium Progress

By Les Gara on Jun 26, 2014   Opinion, Opinions/Op/Ed/Letters  

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 […]

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