The pieces of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s so-called fiscal plan that he revealed Friday are not the work of a governor who is serious about a fiscal plan, which is in keeping with his dismal track record on these matters since he took office seven years ago.
Read MoreWhat Sullivan has not found time to comment on in any way is Trump’s Greenland delusion and the damage it has done to the United States standing in the world. Trump has attacked and belittled our NATO allies and gone out of his way to court Putin and other dictators.
Read MoreGov. Mike Dunleavy, taking a cue from Trump’s Soviet-style cabinet meetings, gathered with his commissioners so they could praise his leadership and his vision, reciting what they consider Dunleavy’s accomplishments.
The state plans to print a booklet soon of his accomplishments.
Read MoreUntil or unless Dunleavy says that Republicans better vote for new taxes or else, the taxing part of his alleged plan is going nowhere. Years of Dunleavy’s claims that the state needs no new taxes are fresh in the political memory.
Read MoreThe law firm hired by the Dunleavy administration goes to great lengths to excuse Gov. Mike Dunleavy and his staff for failing to stop Adam Crum’s scheme to take $225 million from the Constitutional Budget Reserve and make long-term investments with it.
The administration paid $350,000 to an Outside law firm and received a report that blames the entire episode on Crum, absolving the governor and his staff.
Read MoreIt didn’t take a $350,000 contract with WilmerHale to determine that Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum failed to conduct “rigorous due diligence” when he decided to take up to $225 million in short-term money and make long-term investments with three giant companies he chose on his own.
Read MoreI would not be surprised if the Pentagon move to prepare Alaska troops to deploy to Minnesota is a ruse to cover for preparing an attack on Greenland.
Either action would be crazy, I know. And shameful.
Read MorePete Hegseth, who calls himself the war secretary, has handed Mary Peltola a powerful campaign weapon to use against Sullivan in the months ahead. The opponents of Nick Begich the Third should also send Hegseth a thank you note and flowers.
Read MoreSen. Dan Sullivan, who has mastered the art of kissing up to Trump, hopes that Alaskans won’t notice because his kowtowing goes unreported in Alaska.
Read MoreIn a fitting capstone to the bungling of state finances that has marked Dunleavyland, the state has dumped the $50 million long-term investment made by former Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum at a loss of nearly $860,000.
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