A husband and wife from Washington, D.C. with extensive government and church experience have taken leading positions in the Dunleavy administration. Her job is clear. But his job description is not.
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State budget director Donna Arduin is making $195,000 a year, which puts her at the top of the salary list for the first wave of employees hired by Gov. Mike Dunleavy in December.
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The lack of vetting by the Dunleavy administration of its appointees, obvious in the debacle last week with John Quick and Art Chance, strikes again.
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The past two years have shown that Sullivan will think whatever Trump wants him to think, believing that the way to win re-election in 2020 is act like Sen. Obsequious.
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The newest member of the University of Alaska Board of Regents said of former First Lady Michelle Obama: “That high horse Michelle is on makes her ass look big.” It’s one of many hyper-partisan comments on Twitter from Tammy Randolph.
Read MoreArt 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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