Yearly Archives: 2020
Out-of-control Assembly of excessive progressives
By CRAIG E. CAMPBELL
A few weeks ago I wrote a column asking where was the Anchorage Assembly at providing the checks and balances expected...
Mat-Su Fall Festival
The summer send-off fling in lieu of the Alaska State Fair takes place at the Palmer Raceway in the Butte Aug. 28-30, 2020 from...
White House senior counselor Kellyanne Conway leaves for family reasons
The president's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway has announced that she is leaving the White House to attend to family matters.
It came shortly after her...
Fungibility: The way the city can use CARES money for homeless hotel project
It is getting so that we are afraid to leave town for a few days because of what we might find has happened while...
Slow walking it: Muni Clerk says repeal request on Assembly member Zalatel can wait a month
The Anchorage Municipal Clerk now says she has 30 days -- not 10 -- to tell the sponsors of a recall application against an...
Kenai Borough opens rec center for kids shut out of ‘red zone’ Peninsula schools
Schools won't open for in-person learning on the Central Kenai Peninsula as scheduled on Monday, Aug. 24, but the North Peninsula Recreation Service Area...
First Day of GOP Convention has Sean Parnell as speaker
NO, NOT THAT SEAN PARNELL...
Alaskans tuning into the Republican National Convention on Monday will see a lineup of speakers that includes several familiar names.
One...
Anchorage Assembly violates letter and spirit of Alaska Open Meetings Act
A MUST READ ALASKA EDITORIAL
For weeks, the business of the people of Anchorage has been conducted in what can be fairly described as a...
Oops: Gross admits on private call he’s with the Democrats all the way
The problem with lying to voters is that eventually they'll find out. They always do. In this case, Alaska Senate candidate Al Gross found...
In the nicest terms possible, Pebble Partnership says POLITICO got it wrong
A story in a leading political blog says that the Trump Administration is about to put a dagger through the heart of the Pebble...