Voices from the Flats – Orwellian Juneau and Sean Parnell’s $2B Oil Tax Rollback
By Rep. Les Gara (D-Anchorage) The slick oil tax ads are starting. And when political ads begin, you start to wonder whether telling a fib is cheaper than telling the truth. Well, because political ads cost lots of money, and they tend to be more fib than truth. So, fibbing must be cheaper than telling [...]
Tweet of the Day from Sarah Palin
Yes, I follow Sarah Palin on Twitter. It’s my guilty secret. Most of the time I can ignore it, because gone are the days of the three-part tweets about grizzly mamas and fireweed, and hockey scores, and misattributed quotes from Roman philosophers. I used to love that. But here’s one that floated by in [...]
Lost ‘Horizon’ and the Price We Really Pay for Oil.
Alaskans are watching the news, like the rest of the nation watched us after the Exxon Valdez slammed into Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound more than 20 years ago. Helpless. Far away. Filled with grief. We look at our screens and monitor a growing black sheen of oil spread and we can’t do anything [...]
Alaska Legislators Help the Needy – Big Oil.
It’s Christmas morning! (Yes, I know it’s January, but this is my story and you’ll have to humor me) It’s Christmas morning! It’s snowing outside, just like it should be on Christmas morning. Our boots make a nice little crunch, crunch, crunch when we walk, big puffy flakes get stuck in our lashes and we [...]
Rep. Les Gara Says It’s State Sovereignty vs. Exxon in Alaska’s Pipeline Politics.
By Rep. Les Gara (D) I might lose my honorary Mudflats Fan club membership over this one. But I really need to say this. The future of an Alaska gas pipeline, and whether this state cedes its sovereignty over our natural resources to the Exxon’s of the world, depend on it. How do I say [...]
