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Anchorage property taxes will rise with Proposition 14. Here's why

Mar 20, 2023

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It is the Spring Equinox today. Mar 20, 2023 1:24  pm Alaska Time is when the sun is right over the equator, as the earth tilts on its axis and our long days gallop ahead to summer.

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Proposition 14 will raise taxes on Anchorage residents

You’re not getting the full picture from the language of the ballot proposition. Using the marijuana tax for purposes other than which it was intended is cynical way to move it from under the tax cap, and then raise taxes.

Felix Rivera doubles down on this porn-pushing book for kids

He brought “Let’s Talk About It” into the campaign by saying a graphic book designed for low-reading-proficient youth should remain in the library.

Anchorage Superintendent recommends closing Family Partnership Charter School

The superintendent says the school has been warned repeatedly for violating its charter, but the district will get more money by closing it … so there’s motivation.

No Patient Left Alone Act gets support from Alaskans

But the hospital industry is pushing back hard in committee. Oh, the humanity.

Sexual conversion bill makes things so very confusing

This is a counseling ban, plain and simple. But what if a guy transitions to a gal and is still is attracted to guys? Still gay? There are so many twists with this bill. What is most interesting is dead silence from counselors who are just not coming forward to testify either way.

Downing in the Daily Caller

Sunday’s column by Suzanne Downing is about Deb Haaland’s ice-cold revenge on Alaska.

Positive changes made in ballot handling by Anchorage Election Office this year

They are tightening up procedures that observers have complained about in past years.

Anchorage Assembly in court to get personnel files from Mayor’s Office

They involve former Health Director Joe Gerace, who falsified his resume.

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Veterans Affairs has new mission statement that takes out Abe Lincoln quote

The agency wants to be more LGBTQ friendly to those who take a number and wait for substandard care.

Netherlands farmers win at ballot box against elite climate-change government mandates on nitrogen in farming

The climate change goals of the liberal coalition government were rebuked by voters, who said that farmers need to be able to produce.

Biden requests billions to advance ‘LGBTQI community’ globally

He is spending more on LGBTQI+ than on stopping fentanyl from crossing the border.

Trump says he’ll be arrested this week

But is he just doing it to raise funds for his reelection?

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March 20, 1985, Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

March 20, 2003, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland begin an invasion of Iraq.

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Suzanne Downing: Ice cold revenge of Deb Haaland

She is punishing Alaskans for the Willow Project. Haaland takes back King Cove road land.

Win Gruening: When is a trail a road?

The latest debate over a commercial use permit in Juneau to use city land for a bike tour on the West Douglas Pioneer Road seems overblown.

Alex Gimarc: Parental rights come to Alaska

Will the Legislature ensure that parents are not cut out of the raising of their children?

Tim Barto: Nice guys don’t have to finish last

Conservatives don’t have to emulated down-and-dirty politics of the left.

Judicial Watch: What you need to know about ERIC

The media is condemning officials in Republican-led states for withdrawing from a controversial data-sharing consortium that purports to help manage voter registration rolls and, not surprisingly, the news reports fail to tell the whole story.

Bob Maier: Ballot neglects to tell voters that Prop. 14 will add homeowner taxes

Another $68 in property taxes for an average house.

MULTIMEDIA

Take a video tour inside Alaska’s largest cold-weather shelter

It’s not a place most on the Anchorage Assembly have ever visited (they say it is unsafe), but you can tag along with John Quick as he videos the inside of the Sullivan Arena and talks to the people trying to help the homeless.

Mayor Dave Bronson, extending olive branch to Assembly

John Quick has a heart-to-heart with Anchorage’s mayor. Find out what the buzz is.

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