On Saturday, Trump returned to another version of the ANWR creation story at the Conservative Political Action Conference in a two-hour talk-a-thon. Any poor man who gave that performance on a street corner would be hustled off to counseling.
Read MoreThe false claim fits the unfortunate pattern of the Dunleavy administration in misusing statistics to promote its radical attack on K-12 public schools and the University of Alaska.
Read MoreThe new argument from Republican mouthpiece Suzanne Downing, which echoes what economist Ed King of the Dunleavy administration has said before, is that North Slope oil production is increasing even though it is decreasing. So oil is down, but it’s up, a Jedi mind trick.
Read MoreGov. Mike Dunleavy should cease and desist with his plan to start charging some Pioneer Home residents $15,000 a month. The regulations now in the works for this bone-headed move should be canceled by the governor.
Read MoreI think it was a bad move by Fairbanks Mayor Jim Matherly, made with one eye on his re-election campaign.
Read MoreAnchorage Sen. Tom Begich has proposed what he is calling a “real budget plan.” While it is not the Dunleavy disaster, it is also not realistic. An income tax is needed.
Read MoreThere is nothing immoral, unconstitutional, reprehensible or destructive about taxes. They are a way to provide and preserve livable communities.
By Larry Persily
Read MoreTo end the fantasy and make this real, Dunleavy has to talk taxes and recognize that Alaskans find it irresponsible for him to try to gut education, health care, the ferry system and a variety of other programs.
Read MoreContrary to his expansive plans discussed at AFN, the budget proposed by Dunleavy would reduce spending on education throughout the state by 25 percent, with major reductions in rural Alaska.
Read MoreHis plan to gut the University of Alaska, double class sizes in schools, eliminate the ferry system, close rural hospitals, increase health insurance rates, end cash payments to poor old people, raise rates in the Pioneers Home, and confiscate hundreds of millions in local property taxes is about the worst thing any politician has done.
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