The Alaska Legislature met in joint session on Tuesday to vote on resolutions denying Gov. Mike Dunleavy several executive orders that would have dismantled some bureaucratic layers of government.
Dunleavy made 12 executive orders, listed here, in January. They went to the Legislature, where many of them were met with skepticism from special-interest groups. Midwives didn’t want to dismantle the board certifying midwives, and barbers and hairdressers wanted their board kept in place. Massage therapists also wanted their own board.
Of the 12 advisory boards on the chopping block, the Legislature only agreed to dismantle only four: The Recreation Rivers Advisory Board, the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board, the Criminal Justice Advisory Board, and the Safety Advisory Board were disbanded.
The other eight were preserved by the Legislature, including an order to split board of the Alaska Energy Authority away from the board of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, so it would have its own dedicated energy board. Right now the two agencies share a single board.
“The purpose of the executive orders was to check the growth of government and improve efficiency. Therefore, the Dunleavy administration will continue to forward executive orders that streamline government and make it more efficient,” the Governor’s Office said in a statement.
Good call for ACEMS. Ancient relic from
Our EMs past that needed to go…. A good say
Time to get rid of the entire Boards & Commissions division. They are self serving and have their own little fiefdom.
Dunleavy demonstrates that he despises citizen oversight and the boards’ advice to government function, even when it costs next to nothing, as these boards do.
Smaller government, too many “boards” and “committees”. Need to smack these hands away from the cookie jar.
Is it he despises over site, or is so neutered he doesn’t know what to do with it?
Either way, a sad commentary.
How better to evaluate a massage therapist then to get a free massage and then finish the day with a free haircut?
I’m sure bureaucrats are really good tippers too.
Remember, they only spend other peoples money.
This exemplifies the problem with the bureaucratic tyranny that has taken over our government. Supporters of the elitist legislators are given paid positions in government to expand government bureaucracy. Government has become an entity unto itself that has zero representation of the private citizen.
To claim his reasons for wanting to make all these changes “for government efficiency” is disingenuous for a Governor who has impeded legislative efficiency for several weeks with his threat to veto SB140. We’ll see what happens tomorrow, won’t we?
His proposals also would have limited involvement of people with “skin-in-the-game.” Do we really want that kind of a “government by the people?”
Dunleavy’s EO regarding the Wood-Tikchik State Park Management Council showed either he has an insufficient knowledge of the effectiveness of that council or, as has been rumored, he is eliminating obstacles to a mining proposal.
Well! We can’t have a governor reducing the size of government. It will upset the whole balance of nature.
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