Reinvent 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.
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“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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The distribution of the first $10 billion chunk of money is to be followed by four more years of federal subsidies. Contrary to Sen. Dan Sullivan’s claim that Alaska has a lock on a total of $1.4 billion, however, the uneven distribution will create the potential for a federal clawback when the political winds change.
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I tell myself they are forming millions of new synapses in the time it takes me to open my email or go to the kitchen for a sandwich.
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There are lots of things I could write about today, but I’ve decided to adhere to the KISS theory and just say thanks.
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Attorney General Stephen Cox, who once worked for Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, LLP, gave the Washington, D.C. law firm a $350,000 no-bid contract to review the DigitalBridge investment by Adam Crum.
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Sen. Dan Sullivan, who never criticizes Donald Trump, is sending Alaskans a form letter claiming the demolition of the East Wing of the White House was not demolition but renovation.
Read MoreKelly Tshibaka tried to be the Great Consolidator of state services during her two-year tenure as administration commissioner under Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
The state has now abandoned much of what she did under the so-called “Alaska Administrative Productivity and Excellence” campaign, a venture that included expensive consulting contracts and never worked as advertised.
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Aaron C. Peterson, 44, who may become Alaska’s next federal judge, signed up with the right-wing Federalist Society this year, a late addition to his resume that suggests he realized it was time to join the right club.
Peterson said he can’t imagine why joining the society, which counts a majority of the Supreme Court as members, would be of any help to him, however.
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants a 90 percent property tax cut on gas pipeline facilities for 30 years.
He told legislative leaders last week of his plan, according to this solid report today in the Anchorage Daily News.
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