What Roberts is doing on the state Local Boundary Commission may make it impossible in the future for any local government in Alaska to amend its boundaries and add territory by annexation. This is because voters in an area to be annexed, who don’t pay the cost of local government, are not going to volunteer to pay taxes for services they already get for free.
Read MoreThere is no legal claim to be staked for back dividends. The state doesn’t owe you a dime. This is consumer fraud.
Read MorePatricia Silva, who is running for the borough assembly in Fairbanks against Savannah Fletcher, has scrubbed her Facebook page of dozens of crackpot claims and lies.
In 2008, when Gov. Sarah Palin was in office, he wrote in a comment online: “The Bible’s pretty clear that women are not to be in authority over men.” He was not just talking about church.
Read MoreOne likely explanation for Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s stubborn refusal to ask Alaskans to get vaccinated is that he is running for reelection and he doesn’t want to offend right-wing zealots like Charlie Pierce and Joel Davidson.
Read MoreWhen Dunleavy launched into his unreasonable North Korea strawman argument, he was responding to reasonable questions from two reporters about how the rising hospitalization numbers show that his “Get a vaccine if you want one” plan is failing.
Read More“If you’ve contemplated getting the vaccine.” “If you’re interested in the vaccine.” These are not the words of a governor confronting the crisis. These are not the words of a governor who understands that this has become a pandemic of the unvaccinated..
Read MoreRoberts quoted a long passage from an essay that says women cannot serve as pastors and be true to the Bible. And he said the reason for the ban is that Adam came before Eve. He said the “scripture is the best interpreter of itself” and listed other passages that back up his opinion.
Read MoreAmong other things, Roberts has long considered himself an expert on freedom of speech, religion, education, families, and the proper roles of men and women in society. Feminism, he says, is a “rebellion against God.”
Read MoreSilva is running for the Borough Assembly in Fairbanks against Savannah Fletcher, who is the reasonable candidate in the race.
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