Art Chance didn’t waste any time going on the Republican Party unofficial blog to complain about the Dunleavy administration dumping him. Someone is lying about what happened.
Read MoreJohn Quick had a thin resume before he was named to Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s cabinet, but he pumped it up in ways that a simple background check would have revealed.
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Republican activist Curtis Thayer, who has argued for cutting the state budget during most of his adult life, has landed another position on the state payroll, this time as executive director of the Alaska Energy Authority.
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The most honest thing to say about the honest budget plan is that just about every proposed cut will face heavy opposition in the Legislature because Dunleavy hasn’t laid the groundwork for drastic cuts in state or local government services.
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It’s not just that the Senate pays $174,000 a year, far above the average federal worker. It’s that his family connections are out of the ordinary.
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Alaska Department of Transportation Commissioner John MacKinnon has outlined his goals for the state agency, the top two of which have nothing to do with transportation.
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The state could shut down the University of Alaska, close the Department of Transportation, lay off thousands of workers, force the closure of dozens of schools, suspend payments that help local governments cover retirement costs and still not come close to a reduction of $1.5 billion.
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Trump has made lying a part of the presidency and most Republicans, including the Alaska Congressional delegation, tend to look the other way.
Read MoreOne problem with Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s $6 billion plan for the Alaska Permanent Fund is that every legislator with a head for numbers knows that it is reckless.
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Two weeks ago he said government was a “necessary evil” and he wanted it cut. Now he has a government job paying $86,928 a year.
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