There will be a lot to say about this report, but I think the recommendation for independent audits to get a better handle on AIDEA’s situation is essential. AIDEA claims it already has audits, but those deal only with the math questions, not with the essential policy questions about value to Alaska that have never been addressed.
Read MoreSen. Dan Sullivan is begging the Washington Post and the New York Times to report on Alaska’s hypocrisy about federal disaster relief. He’s not putting it that way, of course, but that’s what he’s asking for
Read MoreThe Legislature, which has long ignored a state law that requires it to prepare an annual operating and performance evaluation of AIDEA, should be looking into the turnover rate and how much is related to the pandemic and how much to management issues.
Read MoreOn May 31 the public learned that Gov. Mike Dunleavy had quietly given a no-bid $50,000 state contract to his friend Brett Huber, who was working to reelect Dunleavy. Huber and Dunleavy defended the no-bid deal as legal and a bargain for the state. But Dunleavy’s lawyer now says the contract was cancelled the same day the administration was claiming it was necessary to promote “statehood defense.”
If so, why was Huber paid $8,000 nearly a month later for providing consulting services to the governor’s office?
Read MorePublic relations woman Mary Vought of Arlington, Virginia, who claims to be a fiscal conservative, has collected more than $100,000 in public money from Alaska with no justification and no competitive bidding.
Read MoreFormer 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.
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