Dunleavy will leave Alaska if Trump offers a top job

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has been fawning over Donald Trump for as long as he’s been governor.

Now he says, he looks forward to working with Trump “to make Alaska great again.”

We’ll soon see whether Dunleavy has said “Trump is the best” enough times and at sufficient volume to qualify for a top job in the second Trump administration.

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State shifts PR focus to sell Alaska as home for data centers. This is not a PR problem. It's a leadership problem.

NEW PROPOSALS FOR Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed $9 million public relations campaign aimed at the leaders of resource development companies and investors are due today.

This is not the job of a PR worker. It requires a miracle worker. Without cheap electricity, Alaska is not a prime location for data centers. It doesn’t have cheap electricity. It has talk about cheap electricity.

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Dunleavy plans $9 million industry public relations campaign, with $3 million identified to pay for it

The Dunleavy administration is trying for a second time to spend up to $9 million on a public relations campaign aimed at executives and investors in mining, forestry, transportation and other industries, having cancelled the first effort because the state was unhappy with the results.

The request for proposals was first issued August 15, with a requirement that firms be at least 10 years old, have “five years or more experience in providing public relations support for Alaskan issues or entities” and three years of “worldwide” experience.

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