The prepared statements from Murkowski and Sen. Dan Sullivan about Trump’s insurrection provide a real contrast—Murkowski displayed leadership and size up Trump for what he did to try to overturn the results of the election. Sullivan played word games, hiding behind another in the endless series of term papers his staff produces when he tries to cover all of his political bases.
Read MoreGov. Mike Dunleavy’s plan for giant $5,000 dividends, with no fiscal plan, would set a course to wipe out the Permanent Fund earnings reserve, ending future dividends. He is the king of bad-faith arguments.
Read MoreThe Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority did not want to hear from the public about the plan to spend $35 million in state money on pre-construction work for the proposed Ambler Road. It succeeded.
Read MoreThe confusion created by the deceptive Dunleavy press release, the lack of disclosure by AGDC and the misleading coverage by Alaska news organizations has to be cleared up if Alaskans are to avoid fooling themselves once more about the financial challenges of any pipeline.
Read MoreThe state Department of Administration does not need to be spending $88,400 to put a right-wing political campaign operative in place as a “communication specialist” for the next year.
Read MoreGov. Mike Dunleavy has been paying a Washington, D.C. public relations consultant $4,000 a month to promote his image in right-wing media circles.
Read MoreWilliam Consovoy, the Virginia lawyer who claimed President Trump could kill someone and not face prosecution as long as he remained in office, has collected nearly $600,000 from the Dunleavy administration to pursue the failed anti-union crusade, now under its third attorney general.
Read MoreGiven his improper efforts to interfere with the independent judiciary two years ago, Tuckerman Babcock doesn’t belong anywhere near the Alaska Judicial Council.
Read MoreThere is no Dunleavy fiscal plan other than unsustainable spending—which won’t last long because the easy money is almost gone—a story that belongs on the front page of every Alaska newspaper and in every newscast.
Read MoreIt’s not even a plan. It’s a press release straight out of Bizarro World asking the feds for billions in subsidies. The news coverage of this debacle ought to make that clear, but I doubt it will happen.
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