What mischief does the Anchorage Assembly have in store?
What mischief does the Anchorage Assembly have in store?
Disemboweling the Election Commission, dismantling the hydropower supply to city
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Tuesday: Anchorage Assembly to get an earful from pro-Hamas guy
A Marxist denouncing aid to Israel and supporting terrorists who kidnap and rape women will have his say at the microphone before the Assembly on Tuesday, asking them to formally condemn Israel. It’a all part of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and its support for Hamas. The Assembly may want to beef up security.
Fox, meet henhouse: Anchorage Assembly cutting Election Commission out of ballot challenges
While the public is not paying attention, due to holiday parties and such, the Election Commission about to be handcuffed by the Assembly. The commission is the third party to which observers can take complaints. With this change, the Assembly will lock in its control of elections in Anchorage.
Anchorage Assembly to ask Legislature to support dismantling Eklutna power supply to Anchorage
And if making elections less secure is not enough, the Assembly wants Anchorage to disconnect from Eklutna hydro. Then, on the next page they ask the Legislature to help them get more power to the community. You can’t make this stuff up.
Mat-Su schools says parents have a way to approve books their kids check out
This is not how they do it in Anchorage, where it’s hide-and-seek with parents. It’s respect for parents and guardians in the Mat-Su.
Sen. Sullivan visits his alma mater Harvard, is shocked by what he sees
He was harangued and hounded by radicals who support Hamas, while inside the library. The university has become a hotbed of hate, not a place of tolerance.
Watch: Civil War movie trailer paints picture of America splitting in two
The movie will be released in late April, in the middle of a testy election season.
Fur tannery burns, explodes in Fairbanks
Al Barrette’s operation, housed in an historic hangar, burned to the ground.
Caucus room: Men having sex in Senate Judiciary, making porn videos
On the desks in the place where Supreme Court nominees have their hearings, one man tapes himself getting a rogering. This is your government.
Staffer gets the shaft: Sen. Cardin says he is no longer employed
Republican PAC picks Dahlstrom
The PAC is getting involved in Alaska’s Republican business.
Watch: White House Christmas cabaret; no baby, manger, or wise men
There are some who are offended by the crass nature of the Biden holiday video.
Howard Weaver practiced point-of-view journalism, despised Trump
The Left revered him, but conservatives had a different memory of his legacy in Alaska. But no one says he wasn’t influential.
Who has filed
Jeremy Bynum files for House for Ketchikan
He gave it a try two years ago, and is willing to step up again to challenge Ortiz.
Rep. Vance gets Republican challenger for House
With ranked choice voting, there are two conservatives in the Homer race now.
Question of the week is taking a break until January.
Canada’s new law: Men’s restrooms must provide menstrual products
Canada’s new gender-bender law went into effect on Friday.
On the move
H. Robin Samuelsen has retired as founder and executive director of Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation, a job he has had for 31 years. He will continue on as vice chair.
Koniag President Shauna Hegna is the new chair of the ANCSA Regional Association Board of Directors.
Spotted at Turning Point USA in Phoenix, Kelly Tshibaka, Anchorage Mayor Dave and Deb Bronson, Young Republicans Ryan McKee and Rose Larson, consultant Mary Ann Pruitt, and businessman Brandon Spoerhase.
Spotted at Safari Club International Christmas banquet, congressional candidates Nick Begich and Nancy Dahlstrom, both Republicans, and not a single sign of Rep. Mary Peltola.
This day in history
Dec. 18, 1865, the United States abolished slavery.
Columns
Michael Tavoliero: Elon Musk’s observation of ‘looking good, while doing evil’
Alex Gimarc: Alaska Railroad acts like Chinese Communist Party on rights-of-way matters
Downing: Starlink bridges rural digital divide, but Biden’s FCC is stuck on stupid
The vindictive FCC wants to go backward, when in fact, redundancy is so important in internet security. But he’s got it in for Elon Musk.
Kelly Tshibaka: Fighting for justice at the Justice Department
Matthew Whitaker has written a book about what the Justice Department deep-staters tried to do (and did) to Donald Trump.
Election integrity analyst says Alaska voter rolls are least accurate
Alaska has more registered voters than adults eligible to vote.
Michael Brown: To accuse Israel of genocide is scandalous
If Israel wanted to take out all Palestinians, it could do so. What Israel is doing in defending itself is not genocide.
Alexander Dolitsky: Israel, homeland of Jewish people for 3,500 years
Pro-Palestinian and anti-Semitic protests in our country are shocking. But it also has been predictable: The same protests have been occurring in Europe for years, as immigrants become violent and are reluctant to assimilate with the host country.
John Morris: Why Alaska healthcare community sued state
A doctor explains how insurance companies keep jacking up the rates, and then pay doctors less and less. The lawsuit is complicated.
Alaska oil: $78.31
Henry Hub gas: $2.39
Alaska North Slope Production: 484,033
Permanent Fund (principal and earnings reserve): $78,097,500,000
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