Posted by Jeanne Devon on October 3, 2020 · Leave a Comment
It’s hard to know where to begin these days, but let’s start with something nasty that’s brewing which will directly affect the policy positions of Republican candidates, and tells us exactly what to expect if Republicans manage to take back the majority in the State House this November. HINT: It’s going to look a lot like the horrific beginning of last session only there won’t be anyone to stop it. WHAT AR THEY DUIN? A strained pun is about the best you can get out of the absolute fiscal disaster the Republican Party is cooking up. Remember when Tuckerman Babcock,…
Category Alaska, Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska House Race, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Alaska politics, Alaska Senate Race, COVID-19, Democrats, Election 2020, Elections, Environment, Events, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Headlines, Municipality of Anchorage, Pebble Mine, Rallies and Events, Republicans, TALL TALES from Juneau, Tuckerman Babcock, Voting · Tags Abe Williams, Anchorage, Bart LeBon, Calvin Schrage, Carl Johnson, Christopher Quist, David Nelson for House, Donna Arduin, Dr. Liz Snyder, Evan Eads, Fairbanks, James Kaufman, Kelly Cooper, Lance Pruitt, Lyn Franks, Marna Sanford, Matt Buxton, Mel Gillis, Mike Dunleavy, Nat Herz, Pebble Mine, Robert Myers, Roger Holland, Running debates 2020, Sarah Vance, Suzanne LaFrance, Tuckerman Babcock
Posted by Jeanne Devon on April 11, 2020 · 1 Comment
TALL TALES from Juneau Eyes on the Dunleavy Disaster NEVER LET A GOOD DISASTER GO TO WASTE That’s the hallmark of Republican politics. Remember the Patriot Act that got shoved through during the immediate aftermath of 9/11 – chock-full of provisions to trample civil liberties and violate the Constitution? It was basically ready to go, and waiting for an opportunity. Well, don’t think that COVID-19 isn’t going to have its own set of nefarious legislation that gets implemented during these days of crisis when people are looking the other way. We’ve already seen public money dumped into funding the private…
Category Alaska, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Election 2020, Headlines, Mike Dunleavy, Municipality of Anchorage, Oil & Gas, Republicans, TALL TALES from Juneau · Tags ACLU, Alaska abortion, Alaska coronavirus, Alaska Primary, Alaska Republican party, Jamie Allard, Jennifer Johnston, Kevin Clarkson, Liz Snyder for State House, Mike Dunleavy, Sarah Vance
Posted by Jeanne Devon on April 25, 2019 · 4 Comments
TALL TALES from Juneau Eyes on the Dunleavy/Babcock administration It’s been a week since the marathon joint session convened and voted on Governor Mike Dunleavy’s appointees to boards and commissions – and there have been a few developments with some of the rejected nominees. “EAGLEXIT” First, there was Mike Tovaliero. He was the one rejected from the Board of Realtors for several reasons including: his seeming lack of understanding of which board he was nominated for; his losing interview strategy of being belligerent to legislators and not forthcoming when asked questions; and his problematic Twitter feed which featured both original…
Category Alaska, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Anchorage School Board, Democrats, Headlines, Mike Dunleavy, Municipality of Anchorage, Number crunchery, Republicans, Supreme Court, TALL TALES from Juneau · Tags Dermot Cole, Eaglexit, Governor Mike Dunleavy, Ivy Spohnholz, Karl Johnstone, Laddie Shaw, Sarah Vance
Posted by Jeanne Devon on March 11, 2019 · Leave a Comment
TALL TALES from Juneau Eyes on the Babcock/Arduin/Dunleavy administration Subscribe to TALL TALES here HOORAY! YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE GAY… Kelly Tshibaka, Gov. Dunleavy’s replacement pick for Commissioner of Administration (after first pick, Jonathan Quick, the “yogurt entrepreneur” was found to be lying on his resume) is certainly qualified for the job on paper. Nevertheless, she has some ideological issues which ought to raise serious concerns for someone wanting a position overseeing a very large and diverse government workforce. In 2002, Tshibaka (under her maiden name Kelly Hartline) wrote the following in the Harvard Law Record about “National…
Category Alaska, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Anchorage Assembly, Education, Elections, Headlines, Mike Dunleavy, Municipality of Anchorage, Republicans, TALL TALES from Juneau · Tags Al Wall, Alaska Governor, Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Crystal Kennedy, Donna Arduin, Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy, John Francis, Kelly Hartline, Kelly Tshibaka, Lora Reinbold, Mike Dunleavy, Oliver Schiess, Representative Sarah Vance, Sarah Vance, Sen. Lora Reinbold
Posted by Jeanne Devon on March 7, 2019 · 1 Comment
TALL TALES from Juneau Eyes on the Babcock/Arduin/Dunleavy administration Oh yes, they DID. It’s been a week of face-palm inducing, cringe-worthy, jaw-dropping gaffes and goofs in Juneau and beyond. It’s hard to know where to begin. So, we may as well start with the “beyond Juneau” part. SEN. DAN SULLIVAN The Senate Armed Services Committee recently questioned top generals on President Trump’s “national emergency” declaration along the U.S.-Mexico border. Sen. Dan Sullivan was unsurprisingly supportive of the national emergency. To justify this support, he asked U.S. Northern Command General Terrence O’Shaughnessy how many Americans were killed by opioid…
Category "DC" Dan Sullivan, Alaska, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Anchorage Assembly, Elections, Headlines, Law & Order, Mike Dunleavy, Numbskullery, Popcorn time!, Public Safety, Republicans, TALL TALES from Juneau · Tags David Pruhs, Donna Arduin, Dustin Darden, Kelly Tshibaka, Lance Pruitt, Liz Vazquez, Mary Ann Pruitt, Sarah Vance, Senator Dan Sullivan