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Earlier this month I announced that I intend to spend up to $200,000 of my own money in an independent expenditure effort this fall directed at 3 – 5 legislative races. A copy of the initial press statement outlining the effort is here. Continue reading
A friend this morning asked for closing arguments from a few of his on Proposition 1. This was mine: Continue reading
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Sometimes when you believe in what you say you need to back it up. This is one of those times for me.
The following is the text of a press release that was distributed earlier today. A copy of the release is available here or by clicking on the picture to the left. Continue reading
I have been playing with a new logo for this page and elsewhere and am beginning really to like this one. Feel free to copy … or comment if you have other ideas. Continue reading
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Publisher’s Note: From time to time as we approach the coming election I intend to offer various candidates who are focusing on the issues relevant to this blog — Alaska oil, gas and fiscal policy — the opportunity to post guest columns on these pages.
The first of those is below, from J.R. Myers, The Alaska Constitution Party candidate for Governor. Surprisingly given the importance of each to Alaska’s future, Myers is one of only two candidates for Governor that is currently supporting both the retention of SB 21 and the adoption of sustainable budgets (the other is Libertarian Party candidate Carolyn “Care” Clift). Continue reading
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Sometimes I think I am in a unique position. I don’t have a state job or contract and don’t want one. I have never asked the Alaska state government to fund a pet project or cause because I believe those are private (not state) responsibilities, and so, contribute my own funds and if it is bigger than me, invest my time to raise the remaining funds privately from others. Continue reading
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Click on icon above for podcast (starting at 10:05)
Over the past few years I have done a number of radio — and even television — interviews on Alaska oil policy, and as it was being formulated and after it passed, SB 21, Alaska’s current approach to oil taxes.
In all that time, however, I don’t recall doing a better, more focused and succinct interview on the topics than this past Tuesday with Chris Story on 700 AM KBYR, News and Talk of Alaska. A podcast of the interview is available here (starting at 10:05, running to 30:40). Continue reading
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After listening to Jimmy Carter ramble on inaccurately again about some issue during the single Presidential debate of 1980, Ronald Reagan turned to him, smiled, shook his head a little in the way that only Reagan could and said simply to Carter, “there you go again.”
That moment came to me the other day as I was reading yet another press release from Governor Parnell’s office claiming success in keeping “Alaska’s fiscal future strong.”
Clearly, Sean Parnell has become the Jimmy Carter of our time. When it comes to the state’s fiscal position, Parnell, like the Carter of old, seems capable only of repeating over and over again the same old, tired — and completely inaccurate — mantra. As President Reagan would have said to Parnell when reading his most recent press release, “there you go again.” Continue reading
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As mentioned in Amanda Coyne’s column Friday, Governor Parnell has been sending out campaign material and otherwise taking credit for exercising sound fiscal policy during the last legislative session. As I was doing some calculations this morning, I thought a look at the Governor’s real fiscal record might be helpful when evaluating his claims. Continue reading
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Keithley lays out Independent Expenditure effort …
BY BRAD KEITHLEY
Earlier this month I announced that I intend to spend up to $200,000 this coming fall in certain key legislative races. The reason I am doing that is simple. Continue reading →
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