Former Gov. Bill Walker opposes a constitutional convention, supports the ranked choice voting system, would consider taxes as a part of a complete fiscal plan, accepts the science that humans contribute to climate change and believes that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election.
Read MoreI want to commend four of the state’s major news organizations for agreeing on written questions to ask the candidates for governor, but complain about their decision to wait until the end of the month to release them.
Read MoreTwo months ago, Gov. Mike Dunleavy refused to answer simple written questions from news organizations, claiming that he has answered every important question in the past and people can look up public statements of his online.
Read MoreThis is 100 percent pure campaign fodder, fresh from the barnyard. It’s aimed at growing the voter supply for Dunleavy. The easiest thing in the world is for a politician to say he wants “food security” and to announce bold plans to study the matter.
Read MoreDunleavy ducked another opportunity to discuss real issues Wednesday at the Southeast Conference. Dunleavy had a state underling claim that his participation at the ground-breaking for a solar project in Mat-Su Wednesday morning kept him from taking part in the forum Wednesday afternoon electronically.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreWhat 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreDunleavy 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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