The timing a year ago was no accident. Had the Republican group waited three more days to move the $3 million, the election reform measure approved by Alaska voters would have kicked in. And that measure would have required identification of the real donors of the money—those who laundered it through the RGA to try to reelect Dunleavy.
Read MoreMcKinley Capital Management, which made the investment with Permanent Fund money, says “Astra is one of the most high-profile success stories in Alaska’s emergence as a strategic location for the new space industry.” On Thursday, an Astra rocket launched at Cape Canaveral failed to deliver four small satellites into space.
Read MoreKinross Gold, which wanted to see the resolution die, was mighty pleased with the obstructionist tactics of Tammie Wilson, Jimi Cash and Frank Tomaszewski.
Read MoreNebari, a recipient of an undisclosed amount of public money, has an Alaska connection, but the company is not based in Alaska, contrary to the claim by Barings and the Permanent Fund. That the public has been misled about this simple detail is cause for concern.
Read MoreIt should not be up to the recipients of state cash to decide if such investments are to be revealed to the public. And it should not be up to the recipients of state cash to decide that they’d rather keep the dollar amounts secret. This is public money and the public deserves disclosure.
Read MoreRight-wing Anchorage Assembly member Jamie Allard brought up the Rev. Tshibaka to stand in the back of the flatbed pickup in the Cabela’s parking lot to give a speech and lead the assembled in prayer. This was not long after the crowd chanted “Let’s Go Brandon,” which means “Fuck Joe Biden.”
Read MoreIn his full-throated defense of a distorted definition of “freedom” that has led to needless suffering and death, Sen. Dan Sullivan showed no hint that he understands any of the life-and-death questions raised by the pandemic.
Read MoreThe Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation continues to claim that it is up to the recipients of the $200 million in state funds to decide what information, if any, should be released to Alaskans. The corporation refuses to say exactly how much is invested with each company, repeating its flawed interpretation of a state law enacted four decades ago.
The Legislature hasn’t done much in 2021 or 2022 to really examine the weaknesses in oil tax law and fix them. Now that oil is close to $90 a barrel and the state is paying the maximum in oil tax credits to the oil companies, this failure is striking.
Read MoreIt was a publicity stunt, one that allowed Dunleavy to claim in his publicity campaign that 17 new Trooper positions are in his budget, including 10 Troopers for Palmer and Wasilla. Until $5 million is added to the budget, the positions are imaginary.
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