There is something in the Alaska Constitution called the “Ineligibility Clause” that must be addressed in Saddler’s case. The question is whether he must wait a year to work in the Dunleavy administration.
Read MoreThe state budget under Gov. Mike Dunleavy is about to be centralized like never before, with power consolidated in the office of the imported slash-and-burn budget shrinker who just got off the airplane.
Read MoreBy giving a good state job to former Sen. Ben Stevens, Gov. Mike Dunleavy has signaled that as far as the Republican Party is concerned, it’s time to forget all about the Veco scandal.
Read MoreThe Dunleavy administration removed two important documents from the website of the state Department of Revenue, reports released Monday about the outlook for state revenues.
Read MoreThe current available balance in the earnings reserve is not $19 billion or $18.8 billion. And no one can say with certainty that it will grow to $20 billion shortly because no one can successfully predict oil prices or investment returns.
Read MoreDuring his inauguration in Kotzebue Monday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said there was a “misunderstanding that I had said something about closing schools in rural Alaska.”
Read MoreThe announcement naming John Quick, who is in his mid-30s, as commissioner of administration for Gov.-elect Mike Dunleavy said one of his “signature achievements” was cutting a $5 million deficit to $400,000 at the Kenai Peninsula Borough in one year “simply by finding efficiencies.” That’s not what happened.
Read MoreA Dunleavy press release said Adam Crum, 34, has managed “large teams and multi-million dollar budgets,” but he has not managed anything approaching the largest department in the state, one with a budget of $3.2 billion.
Read MoreGov.-elect Mike Dunleavy has decided that the best way to cut the budget is to get someone from Outside to lead the charge, though she doesn’t know the state budget or Alaska.
Read MoreThe demand by Gov.-elect Mike Dunelavy and chief of staff Tuckerman Babcock for a loyalty oath from hundreds of state employees who are not part of the political class is a mistake.
Read MoreTuckerman Babcock has been named by Gov.-elect Mike Dunleavy as the chief of staff for the Dunleavy administration, a position in which he ought to set a good example by accepting a salary commensurate with the ideals of a man dedicated to small government.
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