Gov. Mike Dunleavy continues to ignore the state law that prohibits the use of “state funds, facilities, equipment, services or another government asset or resource for partisan political purposes.”
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Dunleavy directed the attorney general not to appeal the court decision that struck down the state law, but his office never revealed that it was his call to drop the case. Attorney General Treg Taylor even filed a document with the federal court which contained the lie that the state dropped the appeal because it was possible the state would lose the case.
Read MoreWhat they base this announcement about the value of the premium on is anyone’s guess, as they appear to have done no research on the topic and the column is on a level with a bar-room blather or campaign jabber.
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Dunleavy is hoping the Senate will kill any legislation that sets reasonable limits on campaign donations, using the bogus excuse that there is no time to write a bill. That would allow Dunleavy to avoid vetoing the bill and facing direct political consequences during the campaign.
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As the Alaska Public Offices Commission staff put it, “until the Alaska State Legislature takes action on this issue, there are no longer any individual-to-candidate; and individual-to-non-political party contributions limits for Alaska’s state and local elections.”
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U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka has a habit of embellishing the stories she tells, improving on the facts for campaign purposes. This results is a series of lies, half-truths and exaggerations that she continues to repeat.
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While it may be too late to sell Russian stocks without huge losses, this is not just a matter of politics. There is also the question of economics and whether our investment managers should have acted in advance and unloaded Russian holdings when there was something to unload. Balancing and holding onto a long-term vision is made more difficult when parts of the world are collapsing.
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With current oil prices we are paying close to the maximum in per barrel credits to the oil industry, a billion-dollar-plus scheme that has never been vetted or justified. It’s way past time to do something about that.
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Had Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted against Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in committee, the nomination would have still gone to the Senate floor for a vote. In the end, Sens. Murkowski and Dan Sullivan voted for Haaland, as did Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins and all the Democrats present last March. The Senate confirmed her 51-40.
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The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly officially asked the Army Corps of Engineers to hold a hearing on the proposed Kinross gold trucking plan, a sensible decision.
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