Legislators are accustomed to those who give answers without answering, deflecting and distracting by stringing random sentences together long enough to make everyone in the audience start thinking about lunch. The future of the university is too important to Alaska to accept that.
Read MoreSometime after the election the governor decided that he wanted to squeeze up to $15 million more out of Pioneer Home residents who are not already indigent.
Read MoreEnding dairy inspections won’t harm public health in Alaska, the Dunleavy administration says. Why? Because the one dairy still in business won’t be permitted to sell milk to consumers as soon as inspections end.
Read MoreUAF chancellor Dan White says, “we are actively looking at ways we can manage our budget that are consistent with how we want to position ourselves for the future.”
Read MoreDunleavy’s attack on higher education in Alaska presents a “clear danger that UA’s reputation would be so damaged that it would never fully recover.”
Read MoreThe state has a $2 billion backlog of neglected maintenance work, a problem that goes unacknowledged until the plumbing fails, the roof leaks or the heating system calls it quits. The Dunleavy budget pretends this problem is not a big one.
Read MoreFormer Sen. Hollis French disclosed a priceless state secret, perhaps the ultimate state secret, with an unforgivable breach of security. He did no such thing, but that was one of the charges against him as chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
Read MoreHere is a consumer guide to Dunleavy promises to not cut the ferry system, public schools, the University of Alaska, the Pioneers Home, the court system, the prison system, state Troopers and Power Cost Equalization. It also includes his promises to increase spending on education, the courts, Troopers and prosecutors.
Read MoreIt is misleading to subtract short-term job gains from long-term job losses and present the result as a single category. The conservative “walking around number” of 17,000 jobs at risk should alarm every Alaskan.
Read MoreThe idea that the Dunleavy Disaster is going to stabilize Alaska’s budget, prevent a population decline and attract a lot more economic growth is ludicrous.
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