Even GOP legislators will understand that accepting the Donna Arduin slash-and-burn budget will require them to find new opportunities in the private sector.
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There are no House committees yet, so Chair Carpenter had as much political power as the chair in which he was seated, but no one told him.
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The Anchorage Daily News story on the privatization of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute downplayed the privatization part.
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The temporary Alaska budget director from Michigan, still developing the secret plan to cut $1.5 billion from the state budget, has pushed private prisons elsewhere, which seems to be why this idea may be inflicted on Alaskans.
Read MoreIt turns out the state education department does not have $139,000 in its budget to pay for the newly created “assistant commissioner,” a position to be filled by a lawyer and co-pastor from Washington, D.C. But the money will be found in other departments.
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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.
Read MoreState 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.
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