Yearly Archives: 2020
Seattle political consultants get CARES cash to work on Alaska Democrat campaigns
Blue Wave Political Partners, a large liberal Seattle company that has contracts with Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is also being paid...
Kenai Assembly overrides veto of vote-by-mail
NOW, NORM BLAKELY PLANS TO TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS
Norm Blakely, an Assembly member in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, wants voters on the peninsula...
Anchorage mask mandate on Day 10, cases remain steady
The mask mandate by Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has been in effect since 8 am June 29. By now, the community should be seeing...
Lynn Gattis wins support from Alaska Family Action
In a race where conservative credentials are everything, former Rep. Lynn Gattis has won the endorsement of the Alaska Family Action group, the political...
Who got what federal aid? Oil tax guy Robin Brena and partner Gov. Bill Walker
OR 'BRENNA,' AS HE SPELLED IT ON HIS APPLICATION
Millionaire Robin Brena and his partner-millionaire former Gov. Bill Walker received hundreds of thousands of dollars...
LeDoux encouraging voters to switch parties to pick her in Republican primary
Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux is no rookie candidate. She knows how elections work in Alaska, and she knows how to win her Anchorage House district,...
It all started with Dr. Spock
By ART CHANCE
I find myself becoming mired in the “slough of despond.”
If you’re under about 60, you don’t know what I’m talking about because...
Affidavits show oil tax signatures were illegally gathered, but what’s the remedy? Court will decide
All sides gathered -- by teleconference -- in an Anchorage courthouse Tuesday to argue about whether people collecting signatures on ballot petitions can get...
Anchorage Assembly chair says CARES Act money must address racial inequality
Anchorage Assembly Chair Felix Rivera says that CARES Act funds that the city will be doling out to businesses and nonprofits cannot be color...
‘Double-down Dunbar’ says he was misquoted, then runs away from his statement on constitution’s racism
BLAMES 'RIGHTWING BLOGGER'
Mayoral candidate and Assembly member Forrest Dunbar tried to explain his remarks made on the record in June, when he said that...