Bill Walker continues to lead Sean Parnell in a tight governor’s race, leading 42/41 in the latest public poll. More Alaskans continue to disapprove than approve of Parnell, while Walker has strong net-positive support from voters. Independents overwhelmingly favor Walker, who also has substantial support from Republican voters. “I’ve always said this race is about […]
Governor Parnell, Monday, issued a statement after learning of BP’s announcement that they would be laying off a nearly a fifth of their workforce less than one month after voters took to the polls to defeat ballot measure 1. That ballot measure would have repealed Senate Bill 21 that would have taken back tax cuts given to […]
On September 2nd, the joint independence ticket of Bill Walker and Byron Mallot was announced at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage. The unprecedented move on Tuesday took place after days of negotiations. The ticket said in a press release yesterday, that the decision to move forward in a joint ticket was “to advance an administration […]
Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage) said today the public should know the Parnell Administration never revealed a special interest provision in Senate Bill 21 that nets Alaskans nearly no production tax value, or even a negative worth for Alaska’s oil. “Negative or zero oil tax value on all future oil fields, and all fields after 2003, was never […]