The story shouldn’t end with Clarkson’s resignation. The actions and inaction of Gov. Mike Dunleavy deserve examination. The biggest questions are why Dunleavy kept Clarkson’s suspension a secret and why he wasn’t fired months ago.
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Cara Griffith of Seattle, who last year worked as a subcontractor and a volunteer for the state, is to make $500 an hour under the Dunleavy plan to outsource state jobs, collecting $532,000 over the next six months.
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The real record of the past 18 months shows that the campaign to put the Alaska Psychiatric Institute in private hands with a no-bid contract was flawed from the start, driven by ideology. The Dunleavy administration has wasted money and time hiding its mistakes. And no one has been held accountable..
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The handling of the proposed state contract by the Department of Administration with Tandem Motion makes a mockery of the state procurement process.
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For the Alaska Congressional delegation, the bypass mail program is among the most treasured features of federal policy. Trump’s postmaster general blindsided them with his plan to eliminate the program.
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Republican candidates promoting completely unworkable schemes and giant Permanent Fund dividends are hardly conservatives. Many of those who did well against incumbent Republicans promoted some version of the fiscal fantasy that Gov. Mike Dunleavy championed in 2018.
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With this bad legal advice, Dunleavy is free to keep insisting that there is no need for any unpopular statewide mandates on masks and crowds and commerce. Local governments can handle all unpopular mandates, allowing the governor to stay above the fray.
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Both contracts would outsource state jobs under the guise that the pandemic makes these moves necessary. The plan would shift work now being done by state employees to private workers.
A Fox News host tried to toss a bewildered Trump a lifeline regarding his administration’s announcement approving oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Monday, but Trump didn’t recognize the name of the place.
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The three of them can’t find any reason to get angry at Trump for trying to limit voting by mail and force the post office into insolvency.
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