Alaska lobbyist Ashley Reed, who has many clients who pay him a great deal of money to influence the state government on their behalf, gets $5,000 a month from Armstrong to claim that Alaska taxes are too high.
“If Hildebrand takes his money down there, and Bill, we don't have much left, except ConocoPhillips,” Reed said.
Such scare tactics have often worked in the past.
Read MoreThe Trump praise-a-thon was largely a political exercise with little tie to the actual investment of the $100 billion Trump claims the companies will put up. For all their talk, Armstrong and Hildebrand are not ready to risk billions in one of the riskiest places in the world.
Read MoreSen. Dan Sullivan and spokeswoman Amanda Coyne were afraid to say anything to Alaskans Thursday about Trump’s dumb plan to take Greenland, attacking the island if necessary.
This speaks volumes about Sullivan’s lack of political courage.
Read MoreSiding with Trump, as he always does, Sullivan voted to prevent debate on a resolution that would require Congress to approve military action against Venezuela.
Read MoreNorthern Economics completed an “independent” $250,000 economic analysis of AIDEA nearly two years ago and was paid in full, but AIDEA says the report has never been released because the contractor did not finish it. Now comes news that the company has been paid $18,434 more to revise it.
Read MoreFormer Rep. Mary Peltola is likely to run against Sen. Dan Sullivan for the U.S. Senate with an announcement expected this month, the news website Axios reported Tuesday.
Read MoreAs of this writing, the state of Alaska continues to recommend that children get vaccinations that the Trump administration claims, with no scientific evidence, are not necessary.
Read MoreWith scant evidence, the temporary AG claims Alaska Airlines is coddling criminals and making it harder to prosecute offenders.
Read MoreReinvent health care in Alaska? Spend a $272 million subsidy wisely this year when the rules are not written? Create a “brand new system” with lower costs? Not likely.
Read More“I don’t think having troops on the ground in Venezuela is a good idea,” Sen. Dan Sullivan told HuffPost two weeks ago. “Putting pressure, in terms of the sanctions on the oil — a lot of that oil has already been sanctioned, as you know — I think it’s fine.”
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