The state doesn’t have a dime to spare, but Gov. Mike Dunleavy refuses to give up on the excessive contract with President Trump’s lawyer that has already cost Alaska more than $500.000, pursuing an anti-union crusade that is failing in the courts.
Read MoreIt’s about time that the Alaska election division, supervised by Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer, found out how other states are able to be more prompt in reporting vote totals and what steps they take to keep the process secure.
Read MoreIn Ketchikan, editor Sid Charles made the same mistake in 1948 that the Chicago Tribune did. He published the immortal headline, “Dewey Next U.S. President.”
Read MoreInadequate management by the state of Alaska—thanks to the political tradition of not caring about the election process for more than a few hours once every two years—means that the review and counting of absentee ballots in Alaska is delayed. The delay in counting the votes of more than 110,000 Alaskans is a serious failure.
Read MoreGov. Mike Dunleavy has refused so far to call a special session to extend key provisions of the COVID disaster declaration beyond Nov. 15, keeping up the pretense that it’s not his problem.
Read MoreAlaska’s U.S. senators, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, have mostly stayed quiet in the corner during Trump’s reign, allowing him to destroy the credibility of one institution after another, all for the greater glory of Trump.
Read MoreThe oil companies, spending $25 million to tell Alaskans how to vote, are claiming that defeat of Ballot Measure No. 1 will “save jobs and the PFD.” If Ballot Measure No. 1 is defeated, that is a PFD promise to remember.
Read MoreOn March 9, two days before Rep. Sara Rasmussen took a trip to Utah, House Speaker Bryce Edgmon advised legislators to not travel Outside Alaska because of the growing COVID-19 crisis. She ignored that advice and missed the most important votes of the 2020 session. It’s only natural that her opponent, Stephen Trimble, has made it an issue in the campaign.
Read MorePity the four Alaska politicians have done nothing to pressure Trump to stop his incessant lying about the threats to the health and wellbeing of people in the United States and Canada. Or to call on Trump and his cronies to be concerned with something more than the election.
Read MoreIt is a lie, whether spread by preachers or pundits, to portray a reasoned and thoughtful legal decision—written by another judge—and approved unanimously by the Supreme Court, as evidence of Judge Susan Carney “stealing your PFD.” That the pastors have signed onto this lie is a disgrace.
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