Monthly Archives: February 2019

The Weekly Top 3 (2.25.2019)

Posted on February 27, 2019 | Comments Off on The Weekly Top 3 (2.25.2019)

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week — for the week of February 25, 2019.

The Weekly Top 3 is a regular segment on The Michael Dukes Show. I join Michael on the Show each Tuesday from, now 6:20-7am for a discussion between the two of us about the three issues. The Show broadcasts on FacebookLive and via streaming audio from the Show’s website  weekdays from 6-8am.

This week the first two of our Top 3 are focused on the big things missing so far from this year’s budget discussion: 1) a 10-year outlook, which is critical to enabling us to understand the longer term concerns facing us and the options available to us (at 1:53), and 2) a discussion of ALL new revenue options and how they would affect various Alaskans, not just PFD cuts (13:33). The third of our Top 3 is our concern about the growing inconsistency of some around the Senate Finance table (26:58).

The segment is at the YouTube clip above. For those that prefer the audio version, it is available on our Soundcloud page here. For this and other complete podcasts of The Michael Dukes Show, go to the Show’s Soundcloud page here.

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The Weekly Top 3 (2.18.2019)

Posted on February 19, 2019 | Comments Off on The Weekly Top 3 (2.18.2019)

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week — for the week of February 18, 2019.

The Weekly Top 3 is a regular segment on The Michael Dukes Show. I join Michael on the Show each Tuesday from, now 6:20-7am for a discussion between the two of us about the three issues. The Show broadcasts on FacebookLive and via streaming audio from the Show’s website  weekdays from 6-8am.

This week our Top 3 are these: 1) our initial take on Governor Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget (at 1:45), 2) once the smoke clears, what we think the ultimate answer is to the state’s fiscal situation (12:24), and 3) no, oil producers aren’t receiving “$1.9B in unnecessary subsidies” as some legislators claim (27:34).

The segment is at the YouTube clip above. For those that prefer the audio version, it is available on our Soundcloud page here. For this and other complete podcasts of The Michael Dukes Show, go to the Show’s Soundcloud page here.

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The Weekly Top 3 (2.11.2019)

Posted on February 13, 2019 | Comments Off on The Weekly Top 3 (2.11.2019)

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week — for the week of February 11, 2019.

The Weekly Top 3 is a regular segment on The Michael Dukes Show. I join Michael on the Show each Tuesday from, now 6:20-7am for a discussion between the two of us about the three issues. The Show broadcasts on FacebookLive and via streaming audio from the Show’s website  weekdays from 6-8am.

This week our Top 3 are these: 1) our view of what to expect from Governor Dunleavy’s budget and, as importantly, where the #akleg goes from there (at 1:40), 2) why cuts to the University budget are inevitable and completely reasonable (11:02), and 3) the question isn’t if there’s an economic impact from the upcoming budget, but who takes it (23:59).

The segment is at the YouTube clip above. For those that prefer the audio version, it is available on our Soundcloud page here. For this and other complete podcasts of The Michael Dukes Show, go to the Show’s Soundcloud page here.

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The Weekly Top 3 (2.4.2019)

Posted on February 5, 2019 | Comments Off on The Weekly Top 3 (2.4.2019)

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week — for the week of February 4, 2019.

The Weekly Top 3 is a regular segment on The Michael Dukes Show. I join Michael on the Show each Tuesday from, now 6:20-7am for a discussion between the two of us about the three issues. The Show broadcasts on FacebookLive and via streaming audio from the Show’s website  weekdays from 6-8am.

This week our Top 3 are these: 1) Governor Dunleavy’s proposed Constitutional Amendments need some work (at 2:04), 2) a Twitter exchange reveals a critical disconnect in the PFD debate (17:00), and 3) what Governor Dunleavy’s proposed Supplemental Budget rollback tells us about the coming budget battles (24:18).

The segment is at the YouTube clip above. For those that prefer the audio version, it is available on our Soundcloud page here. For this and other complete podcasts of The Michael Dukes Show, go to the Show’s Soundcloud page here.

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