The damage started by Dunleavy and his GOP backers has touched off academic infighting that could cause the University of Alaska to implode. It has to stop.
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With this contract, AG Kevin Clarkson is sending a message to conservative lawyers that he is willing to use state resources to give them extra business, even though it features the “Alaska discount” that deprives them of an extra $350 an hour.
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Now that she is the former temporary budget director, it’s time to assess Donna Arduin’s failure to understand anything about Alaska politics and Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s failure to demand a more responsible approach.
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The Anchorage Daily News editorial board, led by company CEO Ryan Binkley, is wrong on all of this except for the statement that the Dunleavy administration will fight the recall effort all the way.
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants to cut Medicaid spending by $700 million over a couple of years. He has been unable to define the level of reduced services this would require or which Alaska health care institutions might survive the bloodletting.
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The 2017 Republican tax law, which Congress approved without a hearing, was going to include a provision to collect about $70 million a year from cruise ship companies that don’t pay federal taxes. But Sen. Dan Sullivan led the charge to sink the ship tax.
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AIDEA Executive Director Tom Boutin told the governor’s press secretary to pretend that he did not know about the no-bid contract with Clark Penney, valued at up to $441,000. Was this to divert attention from the obvious questions about whether this contract was a political gift for the oversized role that Bob Penney played in helping Dunleavy win the election?
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What we know is that an unnamed person or persons in the Dunleavy administration bestowed a no-bid contract on Clark Penney, the grandson of a major Dunleavy donor, and prevented competitive bids on a contract worth up to $441,000.
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The state would be better off if the governor focused on improvements to education, both K-12 and the university, to try to better prepare young Alaskans to compete for the demanding jobs of the future, which won’t be in gun factories or casinos.
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Attorney General Kevin Clarkson will try to assemble a case against the recall of Gov. Mike Dunleavy. He will be tempted to reject or ignore the work of his predecessors in analyzing election law, which would be a mistake.
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The recall campaign has proven to be the most effective way to capture Dunleavy's attention, the healthy start of a statewide conversation about Alaska’s future.
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Tuckerman Babcock had a lot to do with the mistakes and bad policy calls that created a growing statewide recall campaign aimed at ending the Dunleavy administration. It’s not clear how much the recall had to do with Babcock’s removal as chief of staff or his “retirement” letter three weeks later.
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