In public comments submitted to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Bob Penney’s group stands alone in supporting a plan by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to stop commercial fishing in federal waters of Cook Inlet.
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It is debatable whether it would have been appropriate for the state to officially “preserve” the 112,445 acres near the Pebble site for at least 99 years. But the Dunleavy administration should not have kept this idea secret and lied about it to Alaskans.
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What’s most striking about the mitigation plan is that Pebble felt secure enough to make all sorts of promises to the Corps of Engineers about future actions by the state to preserve 112,445 acres for 99 years, apparently based on secret assurances from the Dunleavy administration withheld from the public.
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I suspect one reason the mine has kept the new mitigation plan secret is that it may be attempting to protect Gov. Mike Dunleavy and ward off complaints about the lack of public review and what action or agreements the state is considering to help Pebble.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski always operates as if the yellow caution flag is flying, but at last she has called out the efforts by President Trump to steal the election. Sen. Dan Sullivan is quiet in the corner, hoping to ride another one out.
Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka, already behaving like a candidate running for office, has not explained her vision of a 50 percent state budget cut, a reduction that is impossible without wholesale layoffs, and the elimination of many state services and programs.
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One of the dying gasps of the Trump administration is a proposed regulation sought by Alaska’s Congressional delegation that purports to force banks to make loans to support Arctic oil investment even if they don’t want to.
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Despite claims to the contrary by the Dunleavy administration, the state is an active partner with the Pebble Mine in crafting a mitigation strategy like the one revealed on the Pebble Tapes. This may be why the mitigation plan is still a secret.
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This going-out-of-business sale has all the credibility of Rudy’s seminar at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. Add it to the Trump catalog of Pyrrhic victories around the world, all of them as phony as a degree from Trump University.
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s refusal to follow 35 other states and issue a mask mandate sends a strong signal to his supporters that wearing a mask is optional and that he isn’t serious.
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