Alaska Republicans eagerly join effort to overthrow U.S. government

Alaska’s most radical legislators and Gov. Mike Dunleavy have signed onto the overthrow campaign by backing the idiotic lawsuit filed by a Texas politician who is fishing for a Trump pardon.

Dermot ColeDecember 11, 2020 Comments

Dunleavy decides to join frivolous Texas lawsuit backing Trump effort to overturn will of American voters

That Dunleavy would sign onto this nonsense is an embarrassment to Alaska.

Dermot ColeDecember 10, 2020 Comments

Trump administration sets minimum ANWR bids at bargain basement price

The Trump administration moved Monday to make the entire 1.5-million-acre coastal plain available for leasing by oil companies, hoping to open the bids Jan. 6 and seal the fate of the Arctic refuge before Biden takes office.
Trump has made the proposed lease sale more legally, politically and financially vulnerable by cutting corners and creating openings for additional court challenges.

Dermot ColeDecember 7, 2020 Comments

As statewide health crisis grows, Dunleavy dithers

Dunleavy continues to claim that it’s not up to him to do anything about masks except recommend that people wear them. He has washed his hands of the matter.

Dermot ColeDecember 6, 2020 Comments

With Seattle hospitals not taking COVID transfers, Alaska needs a statewide mask mandate today

Gov. Mike Dunleavy is wasting time arguing with local government officials when he should be leading. A statewide mask mandate is critical.

Dermot ColeDecember 3, 2020 Comments

Dunleavy's mouthpiece downplays COVID-19 hospitalization numbers

Dave Stieren, an anti-government government employee, is a regular fountain of misinformation about COVID-19. regularly spouting off with complete assurance even when he is delivering nonsense.

Dermot ColeDecember 2, 2020 Comments

Tshibaka complains about cost of providing public information; not about $81,277 state spent moving her family

Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka is complaining about the excessive costs of making public documents available to the public, portraying it as an unreasonable burden on a public official.

Dermot ColeDecember 1, 2020 Comments

Bob Penney moves closer to big return on Dunleavy investment

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.

Dermot ColeNovember 30, 2020 Comments

Army Corps had no choice but to reject Pebble mitigation plan prepared with Dunleavy support

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.

Dermot ColeNovember 28, 2020 Comments

State would have set aside 112,445 acres to help Pebble under mitigation plan

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.

Dermot ColeNovember 25, 2020 Comments