Conventional wisdom: Alaska GOP meets
And Judge Zeman shreds the fabric of Alaska culture when he says correspondence schools must go ... but he comes up for retention in November
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Conventional wisdom
Alaska Republicans, including the State Central Committee and others who are new and old in the party, are meeting in Anchorage this weekend, and Must Read Alaska’s Suzanne Downing is there to keep track of all the motions and votes, as the delegates elect a new party chair and choose the delegates for the July 15-20 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. The party’s State Central Committee met on Thursday and the big group meetings and training breakout sessions start up Friday morning.
Open primaries: What do Alaska’s split-ticket voters have in common?
It will be no shock to readers of Must Read Alaska. This ticket splitting was by design with Ballot Measure 2 in 2020 — it allowed Democrats to make the choice for the Republicans. The chart shows how they voted.
An Alaska judge just destroyed correspondence education in Alaska. What else did Judge Adolf Zeman destroy?
Correspondence education is in the fabric of the cultures of Alaska. This judge comes up for retention in November.
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Alaska House bill to bar males from female’s school athletic competitions moves along
Meanwhile, in Congress, 17 members write to the NCAA with demands that women’s athletic competitions be preserved for real women. Peltola did not sign the letter.
Murkowski votes ‘present’ on impeachment charge
She was present, but didn’t like the impeachment proceedings and later said they were a waste of time. (That’s not what she said about the Trump impeachment.)
Hamas supporters blockaded roads across the country this week. Dunleavy has a bill for that.
Across the country, airports and bridges were blocked.
FeedSpot: Must Read Alaska Show reaches #1 spot among all Alaska podcasts
We are grateful for the listeners, and grateful for John Quick, our winsome host.
Alaska life hack: How much income does a single person actually need to live comfortably in Alaska?
According to this chart, it’s higher than you might think.
Without comment
Question of the week
This day in history
April 19, 1775, The American Revolutionary War begins with the Battles of Lexington and Concord as the beginning of the armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and 13 colonies of then-British North America.
Columns
Carmela Warfield will represent us well as GOP chair
A Republican women’s club has observed how hardworking Warfield is.
Ryan Sheldon: Alaska belongs to the unified
The District 30 chairman has a message for Republicans as they go into the state convention: Get it together.
We support Carmela Warfield for GOP chair
Three longtime volunteers state their reasons.
Campbell, Treadwell: Mike Robbins is Alaska Republican Party’s most qualified for chair
Two former lieutenant governors state their reasons.
Randy Ruedrich: Alaska must elect the most qualified candidate for Congress. What does that mean?
Take it from an old-timer: You don’t want to start in Congress at too old an age. You’ll never get a committee chairmanship that way.
Alexander Dolitsky: Soviet Socialist realism is coming to America
Editors of newspapers suppress freedom of speech and advocate socialist propaganda.
Linda Boyle: Four years after Covid, the words of warning from Ronald Reagan ring truer than ever
“I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.”
Alex Gimarc: LaFrance and the big union label
Check out all her Big Union endorsements. That tells you everything you need to know about what will happen to your taxes in Anchorage.
Trump put his trust in Jerry Ward, and Alaska GOP can too
Jerry Ward is running for Alaska Republican Party chairman.
Joe Geldhof: Attempt to recall current school board members is misdirected
The people who got us into this mess are not the people now on the board having to clean it up.
David Boyle: Who pays for students and agitators to testify against public school choice?
You’ll be shocked at the answer.
Win Gruening: Twisted logic of Juneau School Board recall petition
The petitions chronicle a litany of grievances stemming from the recall supporters’ inability to convince the board to keep both high schools open in the face of declining student counts and significant budget deficits.
Bob Bird: The RFK interview on ‘Talk of the Kenai’
He will not be the Alaskan Independence Party nominee.
Tim Barto: It’s a gender imperative — NASA must intercept, destroy the binary plaque on Pioneer 10
Satire. Aliens might get the wrong impression. (Some readers surely did.)
Michael Tavoliero: The feds give Alaska the money, feds call the tune
Our congressional delegation has always been proud of the pork, but it comes at a price.
Alaska oil: $87.82
Henry Hub gas: $1.71
Alaska North Slope Production: 482,081
Permanent Fund (principal and earnings reserve): $78,856,800,000
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