The fault for abandoning the Chena River State Recreation Site in Fairbanks rests with Gov. Mike Dunleavy, legislators who didn’t question the budget plan and city and borough officials who have failed to call out this mismanagement.
Read MoreDunleavy has never answered the simple question of who in the governor’s office decided to reward Clark Penney with a no-bid contract. Dunleavy claimed he had no idea. Alaskans deserve an answer, especially now that Bob Penney has emerged again as a Dunleavy megadonor, giving $100,000 so far to the Dunleavy reelection campaign. Dunleavy’s brother in Texas, Francis Dunleavy, has given him $200,000 so far.
Read MoreThe truth is that Kelly Tshibaka’s parents were not homeless when they moved to Alaska in 1975, no matter how many times Tshibaka repeats the lie. They were camping.
Read MoreAlaska news organizations have failed to examine Tshibaka’s two-year tenure as administration commissioner and neglected to challenge her robotic assertions that Trump had the 2020 election stolen from him.
Read MoreIt’s no surprise that Sarah Palin swallows Donald Trump’s lies about who won the 2020 election, while Democrat Mary Peltola does not. But Nick Begich has refused to answer the question. He is trying to appeal to those who believe Trump’s lies without ever saying he believes Trump’s lies.
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Anyone in Alaska willing to give that much to Trump’s favorite charity is a candidate for the Golden Oosik Award.
When Sarah Palin performs in public, one of her stock lines is that she “has nothing to lose,” portraying herself as someone who no longer takes offense at what people say about her, a line she has been repeating since her 2008 campaign for vice president. But that’s not what the claimed in court during her lawsuit against the New York Times.
Read MoreBy courting Trump’s support and flattering the former president, thinking it will help their chances at the polls, Dunleavy, Palin and Tshibaka are willing to put their personal pursuit of power above all else, spreading dangerous lies that put our nation at risk.
Read MoreThe state has now sold the ferry Malaspina to political supporters of Dunleavy for $128,250. The pattern of neglect that led to this has not been examined in Alaska.
Read MoreDunleavy’s announcement does not say how or if the state plans to address the conflict of interest created by Rubenstein’s presence on board. Her father’s company manages about $825 million for the Alaska Permanent Fund.
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