Archive for the ‘Alaska Governors Race’
Honoring Veterans shouldn’t depend upon an election cycle
I was pleased and privleged to attend “The Gathering of Veterans” on Saturday out in Palmer. As I discussed in a previous post, this event is put on by Veterans Aviation Outreach, an organization started by my friend Mo Bailey to help veterans living in rural and far-flung areas have access to their federal benefits. [...]
Caribou Ken Sues the Feds!
By Shannyn Moore My dear Alaskans, sadly Caribou Barbie has been replaced with Caribou Ken. Tuesday, Governor Sean Parnell and Attorney General Dan Sullivan announced plans to sue the federal government over health care reform. Every GOP/Republican dog whistle was blown during the press conference. Parnell was partisan, pathetic and pure pander. Governor Parnell had [...]
Voices from the Flats – Ethan Berkowitz
Ethan Berkowitz served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1996 to 2006 as a Democrat. Eight of those years he served as the House Minority Leader. He ran for Lt. Governor with Tony Knowles in 2006, and for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008. As a state legislator he won national recognition for [...]
Voices from the Flats – Bob Poe on Corporate Citizenry
The Corporate Citizen – Really? By Bob Poe I’m a business guy. I have an undergraduate degree in finance and a master’s degree in business, and I got them in the late 70’s, when there were still relatively few MBA’s running around. I like business, I find it fascinating, I like doing it, I like [...]
Diane Benson to Run for Lieutenant Governor!
No, not even a blizzard could keep me away from the Bartlett Democratic Club luncheon today. Diane Benson was going to be “announcing her intentions,” which means she decided to run for something, or not run for something, and I wanted to be there to see which it was. She ran against Don Young 2 [...]
Photos and Fun at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention
The Alaska Federation of Natives convention is in town, and Anchorage takes on a whole new character. I love when AFN happens, and enjoying the happy feeling of those who gather. Even though sometimes the topics can be serious, and even sobering, there is an abiding sense of community and closeness. The AFN is like [...]
Tiffany Tosses Pebble
I’d been trying to find a copy of this ad, and finally did. This is the ad that Tiffany & Co., put in the October issue of the trade magazine National Jeweler. The text reads: PLEASE ASK YOURSELF WHY WOULD TIFFANY & CO. WHOSE LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON MINING, BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PEBBLE MINE AND [...]
This and That – What’s More Fun?
Wasn’t There a Song? Meet the new Legislator….same as the old legislator. It was something like that. John Coghill, one of the few remaining Palinbots in the legislature has been slated to replace Senator Gene Therriault who is now a Parnell policy advisor. And Lt. Governor Craig Campbell who replaced Sean Parnell after Sarah Palin [...]
What Would YOU Ask the Candidates?
~(L-R) EthaBerkowitz, Hollis French, Bob Poe I listened yesterday to Bob Poe on “Studio 1080″ on KUDO 1080am, and then I listened to Ethan Berkowitz on Dan Fagan’s show on KFQD 750am. Then Sean Parnell announced his plan for a huge scholarship program. Then Rob Rosenfeld stepped out of the race. I’m getting all kinds [...]
And Then There Were Eight…
I just got a Facebook message from (now former) gubernatorial candidate Rob Rosenfeld. Dear Friends: I am writing to inform you of my recent decision, regarding the run for the Democratic nominaion for the position of Governor of the State of Alaska. A great deal has changed since I announced in January. Sarah Palin has [...]
Bristol Bay Doesn’t Want Pebble Mine.
It’s always nice when a poll backs up what you know, and proves that there are still things out there that aren’t even close. Nor should they be. What we found out today is that the residents of the Bristol Bay watershed don’t want the Pebble Mine. They think that clean water, and wild fish, [...]
Voices from the Flats – Donald Craig Mitchell
The following is an op-ed by Donald Craig Mitchell, an attorney and historian who lives in Anchorage. He is the author of Sold American: The Story of Alaska Natives and Their Land and Take My Land Take My Life: The Story of Congress’s Historic Settlement of Alaska Native Land Claims, which in 2006 the Alaska [...]
Pop, Ooze, Dung, and the Alaska Personnel Board.
Lots of good stuff floating around the internets. Here’s a little smorgasbord of tasty treats you may have missed. POP! Gubernatorial candidate Bob Poe wrote an excellent compass piece for the Anchorage Daily News that begins like this: I support equal rights for all people. And I support banning discrimination in Anchorage due solely to [...]
Netroots – Turning Red Districts Blue: Organizing for Change
One of my favorite panels at Netroots Nation was the panel discussion entitled Turning Red Districts Blue: Organizing for Change. Panelists were David Atkins (moderator), Darcy Burner, Adam Lambert, Democracy for America’s Arshad Hasan, Matt Browner Hamlin, and Eden James. Matt Browner Hamlin spoke about his time as Mark Begich’s online communications director in [...]
Sarah Palin – On to a “Higher Calling”
It’s Quittin’ Time here in Alaska. Yes, according to our almost former executive-in-chief, we’re yesterdays news. Tossed like an old banana peel on the compost pile of past political ambition. Cast off like an old peep-toe pump with a broken heel. Jilted. So, why are we so happy? It’s kind of like being dumped [...]
