About 65 written comments and several speakers said the plan would have put the long-term health of the retirement systems at risk. The Dunleavy administration withdrew the plan once its rejection appeared certain.
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Falsely claiming to have found an immediate and painless budget cut, the governor and Revenue Commissioner Lucinda Mahoney want to reduce the annual payments made by the state to fund public employee pensions. They would start by cutting $65 million this year, with a total of $3 billion in reduced contributions between now and 2039.
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“Please take this disease seriously and please support your local healthcare workers. If you want good medical care for your dad’s heart attack, your car accident or your kid’s appendicitis, please for the love of all that is holy, please be part of the solution,” says Fairbanks radiologist Dr. Jessica Panko.
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The decision by Senior U.S. District Judge John Sedwick Friday is a major defeat for Dunleavy and Babcock, who could be personally liable for their actions. The judge refused to go along with the claim of “qualified immunity” on the grounds that Dunleavy and Babcock should have known they were violating the constitutional rights of employees by demanding a loyalty pledge.
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The only reason the state is advertising right now is because it is paid for with “free” federal money. A private company would never do this. The Dunleavy reelection campaign wouldn’t do it either. The TV ads should be stopped and the Dunleavy campaign should pay the bill.
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On a new state-funded podcast hosted by one of two new press agents hired last month, Health Commissioner Adam Crum gave a similar “get the shot if you feel like it” pitch. That’s not what a competent health commissioner would tell Alaskans.
Fairbanks voters rejected candidate Lance Roberts, who said God opposes the wearing of masks, and candidate Patricia Silva, who endorsed many lies and baseless conspiracy theories promoted by QAnon.
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered that the special session take place as part of his re-election campaign. But the Legislature is not going to approve a bigger dividend. The $1,114 payments are set to go out this month. This is grandstanding by Dunleavy.
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One of the big things here is that Dunbar did not raise his voice and did not make the situation worse by responding in kind to Myers. His level of patience in the minutes that followed was admirable and a lesson in leadership.
Photo: Paxson Woelber, Alaska Landmine)
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The trip to the Kenai Peninsula for every state employee involved should be paid for by the Dunleavy campaign, but the governor is portraying it as an official state activity, promoting what he did on a government website.
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