The News-Miner falsely claims in an editorial that Justice Craig Stowers found no legal justification for the recall and that the Supreme Court majority’s action “was an overreach and a breach of the Alaska Constitution.” That’s not accurate. Stowers agreed with the majority on two grounds for the Dunleavy recall.
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The hush-hush approach generates political opposition to the trust, which harms its beneficiaries. Legislators, governors and board members of the trust, past and present, bear responsibility for defining the legal obligations of the trust land office too narrowly.
The blame for failing to protect 84,000 rural Alaskans from extreme power costs rests entirely with the big guy. The news coverage of the suspension of the Power Cost Equalization payments as of July 1 has failed to present Dunleavy’s actions in context.
Read MoreOne of the takeaways from a legislative hearing on the disorganized grab-bag that makes up the state tax picture is that the mining tax is overdue for review. Whether it will receive it, is another matter.
Read MoreAfter a two-month news blackout, Alaska Public Media and KUAC became the first Alaska news organizations to cover the debacle. But the report Wednesday did not deal with the financial scandal in Canada or the extent to which Alaska political leaders have been duped.
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The Ester Dome property is along Henderson Road and Ester Dome Road, mostly on the south side of the dome. There is also property south of Murphy Dome Road included in an area covering 4,157 acres. There are also 5,000 acres on Cleary Summit and Pedro Dome and 991 acres north of Fox along the Elliott Highway.
For the moment, Dunleavy’s ghostwriters are praising the PCE savings account because Dunleavy is trying to buy the vote of Sen. Lyman Hoffman with his scheme to put the electric subsidy payments into the Alaska Constitution along with the Permanent Fund dividend.
Read MoreFormer Rep. Les Gara could be the first serious challenger to incumbent Gov. Mike Dunleavy in the 2022 race for governor. Gara said he formed a committee to consider running for the state’s top job.
Read MoreGov. Mike Dunleavy was shocked, shocked that the $525 dividend ended up on his desk because Republicans in the House did what he asked them to do.
Read MoreIn 1959, Maurice R. “Mike” Gravel toured the nation dressed as Paul Revere for the Junior Chamber of Commerce, warning Americans about the threat of growing taxation.
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