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Dick Randolph's 'insulting, ill-advised, ignorant and inconsistent' missive
Dick Randolph's 'insulting, ill-advised, ignorant and inconsistent' missive

I wasn’t sure how to respond to Dick Randolph’s newspaper column in which the State Farm insurance agent accused my brother, me and “Barry” Sanders of crimes against humanity.

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Dermot ColeApril 14, 2019 Comments
DEC commissioner did not rewrite mission statement, but website skips pollution policy
DEC commissioner did not rewrite mission statement, but website skips pollution policy

Jason Brune, the commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, has removed the words "control water, land, and air pollution” from a policy statement on the DEC commissioner’s page.

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Dermot ColeApril 14, 2019 Comments
Dunleavy wants advisory vote because we already know the answer to oversimplified PFD question
Dunleavy wants advisory vote because we already know the answer to oversimplified PFD question

If we’re serious about engaging Alaskans, Gov. Mike Dunleavy and other elected officials need to admit that when the state asks voters the equivalent of “Do you want a bigger check?” there is no point in printing the ballots because we already know what the results will be.

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Dermot ColeApril 13, 2019 Comments
State decision to relax drinking water pollution standards draws little notice
State decision to relax drinking water pollution standards draws little notice

The story in the Daily News-Miner Saturday doesn’t go far enough to explain that the policy change by the Department of Environmental Conservation means drinking water deemed unsafe last fall and summer will now be classified as safe.

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Dermot ColeApril 13, 2019 Comments
Dunleavy acts as if the red pen stunt is a grassroots campaign
Dunleavy acts as if the red pen stunt is a grassroots campaign

The photo used by the governor on Facebook and Twitter shows at least a couple of people may have responded to Porcaro’s pitch to “click the picture” and buy 100 red pens from Amazon.com for $19.99 and have them sent to Dunleavy.

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Dermot ColeApril 12, 2019 Comments
Attorney general concocts flimsy budget claim, hoping to give Dunleavy veto material
Attorney general concocts flimsy budget claim, hoping to give Dunleavy veto material

The memo is a weak attempt to give Dunleavy leverage in forcing the Legislature to advance his constitutional amendments. Holding schools hostage will do harm to Alaskans. It will do nothing to boost the governor’s plan.

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Dermot ColeApril 11, 2019 Comments
Internal memo shows how state could have informed public about pollution levels
Internal memo shows how state could have informed public about pollution levels

The state has implemented a double standard on providing drinking water to Alaskans living in areas where PFAS pollution has been detected.

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Dermot ColeApril 11, 2019 Comments
Dunleavy administration signs off on higher pollution levels in drinking water
Dunleavy administration signs off on higher pollution levels in drinking water

The state Department of Environmental Conservation says that it will now measure pollution levels from only two PFAS chemicals instead of six, meaning that the state will accept higher pollution levels in drinking water. Bad move by DEC Commissioner Jason Brune.

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Dermot ColeApril 10, 2019 Comments
State Farm Insurance agent Dick Randolph insults Cole Brothers, defends Koch Brothers
State Farm Insurance agent Dick Randolph insults Cole Brothers, defends Koch Brothers

What follows is the attack that State Farm Insurance agent Dick Randolph wrote about my twin brother and myself in the Daily News-Miner today. Dick’s insults don’t bother me. They encourage me.

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Dermot ColeApril 10, 2019 Comments
Dunleavy changes story again on radical budget Senate GOP rejected two years ago
Dunleavy changes story again on radical budget Senate GOP rejected two years ago

At a press conference Tuesday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy changed his story once again on his 2017 plan to cut $1.1 billion from the budget. The fiscal fantasy show goes on.

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Dermot ColeApril 9, 2019 Comments
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