Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer took time out from guarding the state seal to have someone on the state payroll create a fairy tale about the Dunleavy campaign.
Read MoreDoes he want to close the Anchorage campus? The Fairbanks campus? What programs would he eliminate? He wants to dismantle the system, but he won’t take any responsibility and he hides behind his surrogates.
Read More“Alaska faces a bleak future if Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s vetoes become law.” The Daily News-Miner editorial is right.
Read MoreAn independent review of Dunleavy’s vetoes says to expect the elimination of about 4,200 Alaska jobs in the short term. But the losses could be a lot worse over the long term and it will take years to see the full impact, according to a new study by two Alaska economists.
Read MoreThe Dunleavy administration and its apologists continue to try to downplay the impact of a 40 percent cut in state funding to the University of Alaska, claiming it is only 17 percent, repeating an inaccurate statement from temporary budget director Donna Arduin.
Read MoreThe University of Alaska estimates that the total cost of the Dunleavy veto, if the Legislature does not find the 45 votes to override, will be close to $250 million, with the expected loss in tuition revenue and federal grants.
Read MoreWith the veto of funding for the voter-approved Ocean Ranger program, Dunleavy is doing a big favor for the cruise ship industry. The state claims the industry didn’t ask for it.
Read MoreAs a candidate, Mike Dunleavy promised nothing but easy fixes, though most of the news coverage of the state budget debacle has skipped this key point. Amnesia is Dunleavy’s strongest political ally.
Read MoreDunleavy, who likes to claim the state is “open for business,” wants a large part of the University of Alaska to go out of business.
Read MoreMissing from the Dunleavy veto package is any mention of what he made the centerpiece of his campaign to reduce state spending—the elimination of 2,000 vacant but unfilled state jobs that would save the state $200 million. He made up those numbers.
Read MoreOn his list of dubious achievements, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of $2.8 million for arts programs merits a prominent place. Eliminating arts programs was never part of the Dunleavy fiscal fantasy.
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