It’s a clear misuse of public funds and a violation of the state ethics act, which prohibits using state money for partisan purposes.
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Notably absent from the legal blather that the PCE fiasco isn’t Dunleavy’s fault is the clear political origin of the policy under Dunleavy, Arduin and Clarkson in 2019.
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A federal court tossed Alaska’s political campaign contribution limits Friday, but the court decision points to a corrective open to the Legislature—raise the maximum per person donation from $500 to $1,500 or $2,000 and index the amount to inflation.
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At a time when hospitals are sounding the alarm about unvaccinated Alaskans becoming seriously ill, Dunleavy sounds like a combination of Big Bird, Smokey Bear and the Crash Test Dummies.
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The Dunleavy administration and the mental health trust have tried to keep the Ester Dome plan quiet, probably to avoid generating opposition. This strategy will backfire.
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The News-Miner falsely claims in an editorial that Justice Craig Stowers found no legal justification for the recall and that the Supreme Court majority’s action “was an overreach and a breach of the Alaska Constitution.” That’s not accurate. Stowers agreed with the majority on two grounds for the Dunleavy recall.
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The hush-hush approach generates political opposition to the trust, which harms its beneficiaries. Legislators, governors and board members of the trust, past and present, bear responsibility for defining the legal obligations of the trust land office too narrowly.
The blame for failing to protect 84,000 rural Alaskans from extreme power costs rests entirely with the big guy. The news coverage of the suspension of the Power Cost Equalization payments as of July 1 has failed to present Dunleavy’s actions in context.
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One of the takeaways from a legislative hearing on the disorganized grab-bag that makes up the state tax picture is that the mining tax is overdue for review. Whether it will receive it, is another matter.
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After a two-month news blackout, Alaska Public Media and KUAC became the first Alaska news organizations to cover the debacle. But the report Wednesday did not deal with the financial scandal in Canada or the extent to which Alaska political leaders have been duped.
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The Ester Dome property is along Henderson Road and Ester Dome Road, mostly on the south side of the dome. There is also property south of Murphy Dome Road included in an area covering 4,157 acres. There are also 5,000 acres on Cleary Summit and Pedro Dome and 991 acres north of Fox along the Elliott Highway.
For the moment, Dunleavy’s ghostwriters are praising the PCE savings account because Dunleavy is trying to buy the vote of Sen. Lyman Hoffman with his scheme to put the electric subsidy payments into the Alaska Constitution along with the Permanent Fund dividend.
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Former Rep. Les Gara could be the first serious challenger to incumbent Gov. Mike Dunleavy in the 2022 race for governor. Gara said he formed a committee to consider running for the state’s top job.
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy was shocked, shocked that the $525 dividend ended up on his desk because Republicans in the House did what he asked them to do.
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In 1959, Maurice R. “Mike” Gravel toured the nation dressed as Paul Revere for the Junior Chamber of Commerce, warning Americans about the threat of growing taxation.
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On Thursday, July 1, Dunleavy told Alaskans that he had vetoed the $4 billion transfer. He was apparently unaware that he allowed the transfer to take place by mistake the day before.
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A majority of legislators approved funding for the scholarships, but a super majority was needed and House Republicans—with encouragement from Gov. Mike Dunleavy—blocked the funding because they want larger Permanent Fund dividends.
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There are also the social impacts of gambling that Dunleavy has refused to analyze. Pretending there is no downside to casinos and big-time gambling is a fool’s errand, but the state hired a Colorado gambling consultant for nearly $400,000 to sketch plans for big-time gambling in Alaska.
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Dunleavy has not offered a clear financial or policy plan for the state or a vision for Alaska’s future. Constantly yapping about the Permanent Fund Dividend seems to be the only part of his job that he has mastered.
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The Alaska Public Offices Commission took a small step to combat the financial disclosure scam used by some public officials who claim they don’t know and cannot find out how much their spouses make and from where—even though officials are required by law to disclose the details.
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