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Alaska needs credible traffic enforcement, not phantom force of Troopers

My wife and I drove north to Fairbanks on the Parks Highway Monday from Cantwell and while we never saw any signs of the Alaska State Troopers, we saw plenty of reckless drivers hitting 80 mph or 90 mph, expressing their conviction that no one would stop them for speeding.

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Dermot ColeSeptember 4, 2018 Comments
McCain targeted pork barrel spending in Alaska like no one else

At one point Sen. John McCain wondered aloud about how Alaskans felt about being put on welfare as the recipients of unwarranted federal earmarks.


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Dermot ColeSeptember 1, 2018 Comment
Begich's brother responds to pandering charge. This needs discussion.

Sen. Tom Begich, brother of gubernatorial candidate Mark Begich, responded to my post complaining about the failure of both Begich and Republican Mike Dunleavy to offer a sensible fiscal plan.


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Dermot ColeAugust 30, 2018 Comments
Dunleavy and Begich share a penchant for pandering

Former Sen. Mike Dunleavy and former Sen. Mark Begich have this much in common—both are pandering to the public about the Permanent Fund Dividend and paying for government services.

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Dermot ColeAugust 29, 2018 Comments
ACLU, Dunleavy shadow campaign seek to overturn anti-billboard law, legalize illegal signs

The ACLU and the Dunleavy shadow campaign are seeking to have a judge overturn the state law against billboards enacted by voters in 1998.

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Dermot ColeAugust 23, 2018 Comments
Sullivan says he hasn't thought about investigating Trump's campaign finances

Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan is one of eight GOP senators questioned by Vox who isn’t interested in digging into the allegations against President Trump made by his former attorney, Michael Cohen. No surprise there.

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Dermot ColeAugust 22, 2018 Comments
Donald Trump and his elitist attitude

On the day that his former campaign manager and his former lawyer became felons, the leader of the Republican Party ranted about exploding windmills and pipelines and a great deal of other nonsense.

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Dermot ColeAugust 22, 2018 Comments
Interior Gas Utility needs to find a way to make natural gas fuel of choice

With solid backing from the Fairbanks City Council Monday, former Sen. Gary Wilken has been confirmed as the newest member of the IGU board.


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Dermot ColeAugust 21, 2018Comment
Sen. Pete Kelly denies climate change while seeking university vote

His attack on the life’s work of climate change scientists produced laughter and groans from the audience, but Sen. Pete Kelly continued to claim fraud. "There is hysteria about it, but the science is bad."

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Dermot ColeAugust 20, 2018 Comments
Dunleavy's Texas brother donates more to shadow campaign than Alaskans gave to 'real' Dunleavy campaign

Continuing the pattern that began at the start, the biggest donations in the Alaska governor's race over the past couple of weeks have come from Texas, home of former Sen. Mike Dunleavy's rich brother.

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Dermot ColeAugust 19, 2018 Comment
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