Weekly roundup: Aloha moderate malarkey flu
It’s still very early in the election season. The sun is still low and coy, objects hidden under the snow haven’t even begun to think of stirring, and most Alaskans haven’t even begun to think about...
View ArticleGroup questions fate of Assembly if Mayor Dan wins lt. governor’s race
United for Liberty-Alaska, a group run by Alaska Libertarian Party chair Michael Chambers, sent out the following “action alert,” in response to the Tuesday Anchorage Assembly elections: We do not know...
View ArticleMcGuire requests Senate Finance re-appropriate tennis-court money
In a rather gutsy move, Anchorage Sen. Lesil McGuire has officially entered into the controversial tennis court debate by requesting that the Senate Finance Committee, which drafts the capital budget,...
View ArticleMayor Dan defends tennis court appropriation
Give Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan credit for responding to stories about his administration. Below is his response to the Friday story on this site about Sen. Lesil McGuire’s attempt to re-appropriate...
View ArticleState suspends grant money that includes funding for tennis courts
Scott Ruby, a director at the Department of Commerce, sent a letter to Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan telling him that disbursements for the $37 million grant which includes funding for Anchorage tennis...
View ArticleAlaska Republican candidates make questionable remarks related to race
Republican candidates have made questionable remarks related to race at two different candidate forums in the last few days, including comparing union membership to slavery. The first one was after a...
View ArticleMore on Alaska’s lieutenant governor forum
Last night I wrote about Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan’s comments about union membership and slavery at the lieutenant governor’s forum on Monday sponsored by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. Below...
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