At the invitation of Daniel Hamm, on Tuesday evening of this week I spoke to the regular monthly meeting of the Alaska Republican Assembly on the current status of the Alaska budget in this legislative session. The title of my presentation was “How to Finish This Session with a Sustainable Budget (and economy).” A more detailed introduction to the presentation is here.
Daniel went to the effort of filming (and perhaps the much greater effort of editing and uploading) the presentation and the Q&A session after. He has my most sincere appreciation for the effort. The full video is about an hour and a half; perhaps more importantly, the Q&A session begins at about the 53:00 minute mark. The YouTube is below and I have provided another copy of the slidedeck I used below that if you want to follow along.
Last Tuesday afternoon I was sitting in my home office in Anchorage (working on taxes, actually) when I received a call, telling me that HB 311, this session’s version of a bill first introduced by Rep. Charisse Millet in 2013, was up for hearing before the House Finance Committee at 8:30am the following morning. The bill, which requires the Governor to submit as part of his annual budget the “sustainable budget” number calculated consistent with the “Goldsmith/ISER” approach, had received two hearings in the prior legislature (2013-14) (
It was a busy week with Michael Dukes; we did two sessions.
When I started this website several years ago I largely viewed it as a one-stop shop where I could collect my thoughts on various topics and, using RSS feeds, have a place quickly to scan and, if I wanted a deeper dive, have links to current industry news stories. Over time I shared a link to the website to various friends and business associates who had similar interests, and from there it has continued to develop a somewhat broader audience, but at its core I still view it mostly as a place that I can go quickly in the mornings or during the day to catch up on things that I find important.
Thoughts on Alaska Oil & Gas 
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