Here’s a textbook case of state overreach by Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Education Commissioner Deena Bishop regarding the power of elected officials in Fairbanks to operate the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District.
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Nancy Dahlstrom, bending to the demands of Sen. Dan Sullivan and the Republican Party, moved to kick Petersburg Dan Sullivan off the ballot Thursday because of his name.
Dahlstrom and Elections Director Carol Beecher have embarrassed themselves with their government overreach and this is likely headed to court.
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The Dunleavy administration, bowing to demands of the Republican Party and Sen. Dan Sullivan, claimed Thursday that Petersburg Dan Sullivan, an Alaska resident for about 45 years, is not eligible to run for U.S. Senate because of his name.
This should be challenged in court. I expect Petersburg Dan will prevail, as he has every right to run for the U.S. Senate.
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Frank and Harmony Tomaszewski, trying to capitalize on a deal they cut with Sen. Robb Myers and hid from the voters, want to be the first married couple in the Alaska Legislature, branding themselves T&T.
T&T claim they would have “twice the dedication” and “twice the commitment,” with Frank in the Senate and Harmony in the House.
They would also have twice the $84,000 legislative salary, plus per diem payments of about $40,000 each, along with $12,000 each in office expenses and maybe $10,000 each for travel and relocation.
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"7.9% of eligible GVEA voters in District 2 have submitted their ballots. We need a minimum of 10% for the election to be valid (another 132 votes). Otherwise GVEA’s current Board will determine the next Director for District 2,” District 2 candidate Phil Wight said.
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The supporters of oil development in ANWR all proclaimed that this massive flop was a victory, refusing to make any mention of why the oil industry boycotted the event.
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On. November 29, 2025, Gov. Mike Dunleavy told Republican supporters in Fairbanks he didn’t want to say anything “stupid,” but the state didn’t have to do anything more to get the Alaska LNG proejct going—the pipeline was looking good, real good.
“Lot of questions about the pipeline. And here’s what I’m gonna tell you,” Dunleavy said to the crowd at a campaign fundraiser for Fairbanks Rep. Frank Tomaszewski at the home of Mike Samson.
“The next two months are going to be some of the most exciting months in Alaska’s history,” Dunleavy said. “I’m not making that up. I wouldn’t stick my neck out to say something stupid.”
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Sen. Dan Sullivan’s real problem with Alaska voters is not the other Dan Sullivan, Chuck Schumer, George Soros or Mary Peltola.
He needs votes from those who have not succumbed to Trumpism, but loses because of his total inability to say anything or do anything of consequence if it means criticizing Trump.
Sullivan’s chronic condition is exacerbated by his need to remain within the warm embrace of Trump, lest the ballroom master turn on Sullivan and cancel his dance card.
Read MoreThe oil industry has no interest in exploring for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
That’s the only real conclusion to be drawn from the federal lease that flopped—as the only bidders were a state-owned entity, AIDEA, and Hex Energy LLC.
Read MoreGlenfarne’s insistence on keeping its numbers secret has not gone over well with the Legislature or the public for months. The patience of legislators ended Tuesday.
By Wednesday, Glenfarne admitted that $46.2 billion “ballpark number” was not a defensible number.
It turns out that Glenfarne was in a different ballpark, one with total costs estimated at $8.3 billion above what Prestidge claimed on Tuesday was a “ballpark” number that he wanted the Legislature to focus on.
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