The state is going to claim that “new information” has come to light justifying another lease sale press release and burst of publicity. But there is no new information.
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What Dunleavy won’t make clear to Alaskans is what he has made clear to extremist groups Outside—Dunleavy is among the minority of U,S. governors who have pledged to never ever raise taxes.
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The idea is eliminate the need for visitors to “burn” part of a day traveling from Fairbanks or Anchorage to Denali. And have 737-900 flights fly straight to the airport near Denali from Outside destinations. It would be a crippling long-term blow to the future of tourism in Fairbanks.
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The October Nenana land auction schedule has been dictated by the needs of the Dunleavy campaign. It’s a rush job that does not bode well for the long-term future of the dream to get 100,000 new acres of land into agricultural production over the next 30 years.
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Dunleavy and the state employees beholden to him for their daily bread protest that they are doing nothing wrong, but there has been plenty of proof to the contrary since last year.
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The Alaska Energy Authority’s promotion of the Alaska Cargo and Cold Storage project, a venture at the Anchorage airport, deserves a complete and thorough public examination.
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Former State Rep. Mary Peltola ran a positive campaign and managed to win the temporary seat in the U.S. Congress, which will help make her a strong contender for the next two-year term in the fall.
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Sarah Palin is a “super-sharer of unreliable sources,” according to a new study of Facebook posts by candidates for Congress by the Center for Social Media and Politics at New York University.
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She took God’s promise to mean she would be elevated from her job as acting inspector general of the Federal Trade Commission to be named to the job on a permanent basis. She was one of two finalists for the position. The other finalist was Roslyn A. Mazer, a former boss of hers who Kelly had clashed with in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Tshibaka did not get the job. Mazer did.
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy had one of his state-paid campaign workers try to intimidate the Anchorage Daily News and its reporters, deflecting attention from Dunleavy’s unethical practice of using state employees and contractors as “volunteers” on his campaign.
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