Instead of claiming to be bold, Parnell and Begich should give Alaskans a clue of what they are talking about. The hard part of this is not saying, “Let’s start handing out lotsa cash!”
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Their continued cautious-lawyer silence about Trump’s lies is a disservice to the country.
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No one who claims that he did “not fully grasp the severity of this crisis” 13 days ago should be representing Alaska in Congress.
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AIDEA should not be using an emergency meeting—announced Tuesday and scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m.—to act on a $35 million decision that in no way qualifies as an emergency and has nothing to do with the coronavirus crisis that is creating enormous problems for businesses and workers across the state.
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It’s not an exaggeration to say that any step that keeps a hospital bed vacant could mean the difference between life and death for a family member, friend or neighbor. The health crisis is here. It won’t take much for the system to be overloaded.
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.”We physicians have done everything we can to prepare and educate our families and patients. The next step can only be done through your exercise of executive power. Alaska needs a shelter in place order and a mandated travel ban which are enforced. The time to act is now,” hundreds of Alaska doctors said in weekend letters to Dunleavy.
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This is a time for the Dunleavy administration to focus on the needs of Alaskans and to cut waste in state spending wherever it is found, starting with the $600-per-hour lawyers in Washington, D.C.
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Young’s message that Alaskans should “go forth with our everyday activities” may be the most irresponsible thing an elected official could say at this time.
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The Dunleavy drive to privatize API, which began a year ago with a flawed process to turn over the hospital to Wellpath under a no-bid contract, remains a dubious undertaking that should be halted.
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Either the law about secret oil tax documents needs to be changed or the attorney general’s office needs to be changed so that one hand can ascertain what the other is doing.
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