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Alaska Congressional delegation silent on Trump's Russia sanctions stalling

Alaska's three-member Republican Congressional delegation had nothing critical to say about Donald Trump's State of the Union address or why he continues to genuflect to Vladimir Putin.

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Dermot ColeJanuary 30, 2018 Comments
The oil industry says I am 'disingenuous' in account of secret tax benefit. Not true.

The relationship of this change in tax law to the impending FERC settlement was kept secret. It is not disingenuous to point that out.

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Dermot ColeJanuary 29, 2018 Comments
Alaska oil tax amendment creates undisclosed bonus for big oil companies
Alaska oil tax amendment creates undisclosed bonus for big oil companies

Anchorage Sen. Natasha von Imhof described it as a "win-win" for the oil industry and the state.I would call it a win-win-win for BP, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, as they stand to save tens of millions.

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Dermot ColeJanuary 27, 2018 Comments
Supreme Court deals Binkleys a setback in battle of Fairbanks tourism giants
Supreme Court deals Binkleys a setback in battle of Fairbanks tourism giants

The Binkley-Reeves family feud over land rights at Gold Dredge No. 8 in Fairbanks is headed for another round in court, after a victory of John Reeves in the Alaska Supreme Court.

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Dermot ColeJanuary 26, 2018Comment
Senate survey of Alaskans is almost a meaningless exercise

It's not a poll. It's not a survey. It's not scientific. It's not reliable. It's political. It means whatever you want it to mean.

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Dermot ColeJanuary 26, 2018 Comments
State gas corporation denies mess up on Port/Point MacKenzie
State gas corporation denies mess up on Port/Point MacKenzie

The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation insists there is no Port/Point MacKenzie confusion or deception, contrary to claims by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. 

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Dermot ColeJanuary 24, 2018Comment
Drop the pretense that the King Cove road is only for medical emergencies
Drop the pretense that the King Cove road is only for medical emergencies

The early campaign for the King Cove road—admitting that it was for economic development and safety—was more honest than the claim that it is all about medical evacuations.

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Dermot ColeJanuary 23, 2018 Comments
Sen. Pete Kelly and the discipline to spend every last dime
Sen. Pete Kelly and the discipline to spend every last dime

Sen. Pete Kelly, a government employee for a quarter-century, is using his government job to wage a holy war against government and taxes.

 

 

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Dermot ColeJanuary 19, 2018 Comments
Alaska senators should heed the call to end silent acquiescence to Trump

I have no doubt that Murkowski is privately appalled by much of what Trump says, but in public she is a model of diplomacy toward the stable genius, a man she once said had forfeited the right to even be a nominee for president.

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Dermot ColeJanuary 17, 2018 Comments
As expected, Murkowski, Sullivan refuse to denounce Trump on racist remarks

The Republican strategy adopted by Alaska's senators and others in the GOP is to pay as little attention as possible to Trumps's words—pretending they are not important—and to focus on what he does. This is the lowest standard for judging presidential behavior in our nation's history.

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Dermot ColeJanuary 15, 2018 Comments
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