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King Cove Road land swap is a ‘go’

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The Washington Post reports today that a land swap will be signed this month to allow a one-lane gravel road to be built between King Cove and the all-weather airport in Cold Bay, Alaska.

But no one in an official capacity in Washington is saying anything. The Department of Interior has kept mum, and the Alaska delegation in D.C. hasn’t issued comment.

That is highly unusual. For good news on improvements for Alaska they have worked hard to achieve for a decade, one would expect a press release, if not a champagne bottle being popped.

But nothing.

Even Gov. Bill Walker, who often gets ahead of the delegation in announcing good news, has remained tight-lipped.

At this point The Post based its story solely on an interview it had with King Cove City Administrator Gary Hennigh, who said the land exchange was agreed to but not formally signed.

And there was probably a leak from a lobbyist somewhere along the way to the Post.

Now that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been opened for oil exploration in the 1002 area, the road from King Cove to Cold Bay would be another big deliverable for the team of Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Congressman Don Young. The three, who are aligned on most issues for Alaska, have made the road one of their top priorities.

The official silence leads Must Read Alaska to believe something positive is happening on the King Cove Road and MRAK has received information from Washington sources that the president has taken an interest in getting the King Cove Road built. The land swap agreement could be just weeks away.

The history of the battle for the King Cove road goes back a decade. After several people died in airplane crashes in King Cove, Sen. Murkowski crafted legislation that would add 56,000 acres of state and tribal lands to the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in exchange for allowing King Cove to build a single-lane, gravel road to the airport.

Murkowski’s legislation was signed into law in 2009, but Interior Secretary Sally Jewell refused to act on the land exchange.

 

[Read the Washington Post story here]

[Read: King Cove Road moves out of committee]

Police arrest 10, including notorious Kirlin brothers

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Police arrest 10, including notorious Kirlin brothers

What a haul.

Anchorage Police Department’s new Investigative Support Unit arrested 10 people over a 24-hour period last week.

The arrests started at about 6:45 pm on Thursday with felony warrants on Joe McMasters, 25, and Matthew Irwin, 37. The charges related to theft and vehicle theft.

An hour later things got interesting. Officers stopped a car in the parking lot of the Dimond Mall and found that all the people in it had outstanding warrants.

Two of the occupants were well-known to law enforcement because they had once been the victims of a horrific kidnapping and attempted murder in October of 2016: The Kirlin brothers.

ONCE SHOT, LEFT FOR DEAD

In 2016, Kevin Kirlin, 23,  and Keeton Kirlin, 24, (then 22 and 23) had been kidnapped, assaulted, and left for dead on the Palmer side of Hatcher Pass, where a passerby discovered them severely beaten and shot multiple times. They were wearing only underwear and t-shirts.

While recovering in the hospital, they told police that they had gone to an apartment in the Mountain View neighborhood in Anchorage to look for a missing pinky ring that one of them had lost while purchasing meth at the apartment a week earlier. They got into a fight with two men at the apartment over a stolen wallet.

Kevin and Keeton were pistol whipped by three men, bound, and dumped out of that Thompson Avenue apartment window into their own 2005 Subaru. Their armed assailants drove them to Hatcher Pass, where the brothers were shot and left along the side of the road. They tried to flag down drivers, they said, but four drivers passed them without even stopping. Finally, a driver discovered them at 4:30 am and called 911.

The arrest and trial of their kidnappers were widely reported in 2017 by the news media.

[Read: Brothers kidnapped, shot, left for dead]

SLOW LEARNERS

Between October 2016 and Thursday night, evidently the Kirlin brothers were recovered from their gunshot wounds and were back in business and getting into trouble. By now they each had a long rap sheet, but they were like a two-man “Allstate Mayhem guy,” stealing hub caps and anything else that wasn’t nailed down.

When officers stopped their car in the Dimond Mall parking lot, they had outstanding warrants. Kevin was wanted on charges related to Robbery 1 and Assault 3. He had been out on bail for Class C felonies, including, “causing of fear of injury with a weapon,” and Class A felony, armed robbery. And he failed to show up in court.

Keeton, also known as Keeton Mutch, pled guilty in 2016 to drug charges, and at the time of his arrest last week had a misdemeanor warrant for failing to stop at the direction of an officer.

Others in their vehicle on Wednesday were also wanted by the law: Corrina Steinman, 27, had a felony warrant for a probation violation and drug charges. Cody Mitchell, 29, was on parole for Theft 2, and was arrested for a parole violation. Roseanna Baehm, 24, gave officers a fake name, pretending to be her sister. When they discovered she was lying, they also found she had a felony warrant for her arrest from a 2015 drug case.

Police found drug paraphernalia in the car and the vehicle was impounded. All occupants went to jail. It’s unknown how many of them have been released.

ANOTHER KIRLIN

But then another Kirlin was arrested that night.

At 9:30 pm, officers stopped a car at a gas station on West Dimond Blvd. Christopher Kirlin, 31, who is a brother of the Kirlins who were arrested earlier in the evening.

Police said he was arrested on a felony warrant for violating parole in regard to drugs and forgery. He was listed as a “red flag” “assaultive” offender and has a history of felony assault.

In fact, while officers were arresting him, he tried to consume some drugs that appeared to officers to be opioids.

He was also charged for misconduct involving a controlled substance. The passenger of the car, Lindy Bowie, 28, had a misdemeanor warrant for her arrest.

HEROIN, METH AND PIPE BOMB

On Thursday afternoon, officers learned that a person they’d been searching for, Patricia England, 49, was at Providence Hospital. They had been looking for her and Mona Galliher since last November as part of a long investigation into a heroin and meth ring.

England had a warrant for six counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance, weapons violations, theft, and promoting contraband. The England and Galliher cases are related to a major heroin and meth drug ring in the Anchorage area.

That case began in December, 2015 with heroin purchases by undercover detectives, leading to a year and a half investigation, multiple searches, and the discovery of heroin, marijuana, digital scales, repackaging materials, $200,000 in cash, hundreds of prescription pills that includes oxycodone, nearly a dozen firearms, and a pipe bomb.

The Investigative Support Unit was created last October in an effort to assist detectives and patrol officers. The unit is not tied to calls for service, but conducts long-term investigations. Since its creation, the team has arrested more than 60 for various charges.

Rep. Tammie Wilson calls for House Rules Chair LeDoux to step down

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LEDOUX FAILED TO TAKE ACTION ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Rep. Tammie Wilson of North Pole today called for the resignation of House Rules Chair Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux for failing to meet the requirements of her position and placing legislative staff safety at risk.

Rep. Tammie Wilson of North Pole

Rep. Wilson said she refuses to go along with “the dog and pony show currently being put on by House leadership.”

[Read: LeDoux: Take training or your staff is fired]

Since March a sexual harassment complaint from a staffer accusing a sitting legislator of wrong doing sat neglected by Rep. LeDoux, whose role includes protecting legislative staff. Her inaction in that case — whether she was complicit in the cover-up or simply was kept out of the loop by her own House majority leaders — very likely allowed more individuals to be victimized.

Just recently Rep. LeDoux announced sexual harassment training would be required for all staff and legislators, in an apparent attempt to deflect attention from the House majority scandal. She went on to threaten Rep. Wilson and others legislators that if for any reason they chose not to participate in the training then she would fire their session staff.

“Its disingenuous to hear the Rules Chair say sexual harassment is a priority, when for months nothing was done about a case involving their own,” said Wilson in a press release. “I support sexual harassment training. What I cannot support is using training as an excuse for disregarding duties as Rules Chair.”

In December, Wilson sent a request to LeDoux requesting a third-party investigation to review all sexual harassment complaints, which would include the neglected case from March.

“All employees who have filed a complaint of sexual harassment must be assured that we have a process in place whereby sexual harassment allegations are taken seriously and investigated swiftly, thoroughly, justly, and, after the review they are not stigmatized or retaliated against,” Wilson said.

Wilson wants the past victim vindicated and the cover up investigated. She also raises questions about what consequences there will be for those who covered-up these allegations? What recourse can victims take against those whose inaction allowed them to be violated?

“Rep. LeDoux failed to do her job to protect staff and continues to allow the cover-up of the Democrat led leadership of the House,” said Wilson. “It’s time for her to resign.”

LeDoux is not the only woman in the House Democrat-led majority to not hold leadership accountable. Representatives Geran Tarr, Ivy Spohnholz, and Louise Stutz have remained silent on the apparent concealment of a complaint by a staff member of Rep. Scott Kawasaki’s, who lodged a sexual harassment complaint last March but was ignored by Speaker Bryce Edgmon, House Majority Leader Chris Tuck and, it would seem, Rules Chair LeDoux.

The woman eventually quit working for Kawasaki and finally went public with her complaint in December.

In addition to Wilson’s request for LeDoux’s resignation, Rep. Colleen Sullivan-Leonard, Mike Chenault, and House Minority Leader Charisse Millett have requested an independent investigation of the possible cover up and apparent collusion.

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Paid for by Vote Edie Grunwald, P.O. Box 896, Palmer, AK  99645

Paid for by Vote Edie Grunwald, P.O. Box 896, Palmer, AK  99645

Applicants for District 40 seat revealed

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Applicants for District 40 seat revealed

 

The following people in District 40 have submitted their names to Alaska Democrats for consideration. The seat vacated when Rep. Dean Westlake was forced to resign will ultimately be chosen by the governor, but Democrats will offer three names from this list for Gov. Walker’s consideration :

  • Sandra J. Shroyer Beaver, Kotzebue
  • Timothy E. Gavin, Jr., Buckland
  • Rosie Hensley, Kotzebue
  • Leanna Mack, Barrow-Utqiagvik
  • Lewis J. Pagel, Kotzebue
  • Patrick Savok, Kotzebue
  • Eugene S. Smith, Kotzebue
  • Nicole N. Stoops, Kotzebue

The party received the name of Richard J. Frank, but rejected it, without specifying a reason.  Must Read Alaska has learned the party received nine applications. They must offer their final recommendations to the governor no later than Jan. 15.

Army Corps accepts Pebble permit application as complete

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DETAILS EMERGE

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced todtay the permit application submitted by the Pebble Limited Partnership has been accepted.

This formally begins the permitting process under the National Environmental Policy Act review process and other permitting efforts associated with the project.

Pebble’s application incorporates more than a decade of extensive third-party environmental research.

The application and supporting documentation can be viewed via the USACE website:

http://www.poa.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Public-Notices-Section-Homepage/

Pebble Partnership CEO Tom Collier said the Pebble team has taken great strides in recent years to re-design its project in response to stakeholder concerns.

The project is substantially smaller than previous proposals, and presents significant new environmental safeguards, including:

  • a development footprint less than half the size previously envisaged;
  • the consolidation of most major site infrastructure in a single drainage (the North Fork Koktuli), and the

    absence of any primary mine operations in the Upper Talarik drainage;

  • a more conservative Tailings Storage Facility design, including enhanced buttresses, flatter slope

    angles and an improved factor of safety;

  • separation of potentially acid generating tailings from non-PAG bulk tailings for storage in a

    fully-lined TSF;

  • no permanent waste rock piles; and
  • no cyanide usage.

“These are very substantial improvements that we have made over the past few years in response to issues and concerns raised by project stakeholders,” Collier said. “We believe that as Alaskans become more familiar with our proposed project design and the environmental safeguards it incorporates, there will an increasing degree of support for the project, and the significant economic potential it represents for the State of Alaska.”

THE PROJECT

The Pebble Partnership is proposing to develop the Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum porphyry deposit in southwest Alaska as an open pit mine, with associated on and off-site infrastructure, including:

  • a 230 megawatt power plant located at the mine site;
  • an 83-mile transportation corridor from the mine site to a port site on the west side of Cook Inlet;
  • a permanent, year-round port facility near the mouth of Amakdedori Creek on Cook Inlet; and,
  • a 188-mile natural gas pipeline from the Kenai Peninsula to the Pebble Project site.

Following four years of construction activity, the proposed Pebble mine will operate for a period of 20 years. This includes 14 years of mining using conventional drill-blast-shovel operations, followed by six years of milling material from a low-grade ore (“LGO”) stockpile. The mining rate will average 90 million tons per year, with 58 million tons of mineralized material going through the mill each year (160,000 tons per day), for an extremely low life-of-mine waste to ore ratio of 0.1:1.

Mine Site Facilities and Operations

  • Mine site facilities will include: an open pit; a TSF; a LGO stockpile; overburden stockpiles; quarry sites; water management ponds; milling and processing facilities; and, supporting infrastructure, such as the power plant, water treatment plants, camp facilities and storage facilities.
  • The open pit will be developed in stages with final dimensions of ~6,500 feet in length, ~5,500 feet in width and depths between 1,330 and 1,750 feet. A total of 1.2 billion tons of material will be mined, including 1.1 billion tons to be processed through the mill and 100 million tons of waste rock.
  • Non-PAG waste rock will be used as a construction material for on-site roads and TSF embankments. The minority of waste rock considered PAG will be stored in a lined LGO stockpile until mine closure, at which time it will be back-hauled to the open pit for permanent sub-aqueous storage.
  • Mineralized material will be processed via conventional froth flotation. On average, the process plant will produce ~600,000 tons of copper-gold concentrate each year, containing ~287 million lb copper, ~321,000 oz gold and 1.6 million oz silver, and ~15,000 tons of molybdenum concentrate each year, containing ~13 million lb molybdenum.
  • A single TSF located in the North Fork Koktuli drainage will store 1.1 billion tons of tailings generated over 20 years of mine operations. About 88% will be non-PAG bulk tailings; the remaining 12% will be pyritic (PAG) tailings, which will be stored sub-aqueously in a separate, fully-lined cell within the TSF.
    A total of four TSF embankments ranging from 600 (main embankment) to 60 feet (east embankment) in height will be developed, with center-line or downstream construction methods used for all external embankments, and a conservative 2.6:1 (horizontal:vertical) slope applied to ensure safety and stability under all operating conditions (including maximum possible flood and seismic events).

    Transportation Corridor

  • Pebble has proposed an 83-mile transportation corridor from the mine site to a port site on the west side of Cook Inlet. The proposed road corridor has been designed to minimize impact on wetlands, minimize stream crossings and avoid areas of known subsistence and recreational use.
  • The transportation corridor includes: a 30-mile private, 30-foot wide gravel road from the mine site to a ferry terminal on the north shore of Lake Iliamna; an 18-mile crossing of Iliamna Lake using a custom- designed ice-breaking ferry; and a 35-mile private, 30-foot wide gravel road from the south shore of Iliamna Lake to a port site at Amakdedori. Spur roads will connect the Pebble transportation system to the villages of Iliamna, Newhalen and Kokhanok.
  • Daily transportation of mineral concentrate, mining equipment and supplies will require up to 35 round trips by truck each day, and one round trip by ferry.

THE PORT

  • A permanent, year-round port facility constructed at Amakdedori on the west side of Cook Inlet will facilitate the direct loading of mineral concentrate onto Handysize bulk carrier vessels, as well as the delivery via barge of mining equipment and supplies.
  • The port will include shore-based facilities to receive and store containers and fuel, as well as two two- megawatt natural gas power generators, associated infrastructure and facilities. The port’s marine component will include a causeway extending out to a marine jetty in 15-feet on natural water depth to facilitate roll-on/roll-off barge access and a separate berth for Handysize vessels. A dredged channel will be required to access the berth for Handysize ships.
  • Port operations will facilitate up to 25 concentrate shipments via Handysize bulk carrier vessels each year, and up to 30 marine barge loads of mining equipment and supplies.

    Power Plant & Natural Gas Pipeline

  • To meet the mine’s power requirements while providing sufficient peaking capacity and N+1 redundancy, a 230 megawatt power plant utilizing a high-efficiency combustion turbine or reciprocating engine generators operating in a combined-cycle configuration will be built at Pebble. Waste heat from the power plant will be used to heat mine buildings and supply process heat to water treatment plants.
  • The mine site power plant, as well as smaller generating facilities at the port site and ferry landing sites, will be supplied by a 188-mile pipeline to connect with existing natural gas supply infrastructure near Happy Valley on the Kenai Peninsula.

From Happy Valley, a buried steel pipeline will travel south for nine miles to a compressor station near Anchor Point, which will feed a 94-mile subsea pipeline across Cook Inlet to come ashore at the Amakdedori port site. From the port site, the natural gas pipeline will traverse 81 miles to the mine site in three sections. It will be buried in a trench adjacent to the road prism on the south and north sides of Iliamna Lake, and run under Iliamna Lake for a distance of 18 miles between ferry landing sites.

WATER MANAGEMENT

  • Pebble has proposed a comprehensive water management plan to provide sufficient water for mine operations, to minimize the volume of water diverted from natural flows, to discharge surplus waters captured at the mine site in a strategic manner to optimize downstream habitat conditions for salmon and other species, and to ensure water quality is maintained in all local streams.
  • The Pebble mine will employ two water treatment plants to ensure that surplus water discharged into nearby streams meets applicable water quality standards, and is properly conditioned for aquatic life. Sufficient water storage, pumping capacity and treatment plant redundancy has been incorporated into the design to ensure that water management goals can be achieved under all operating conditions.

RECLAMATION AND CLOSURE

  • The Pebble Project has been ‘designed for closure’, in order that facilities can be removed and land reclaimed in such a way that it can be returned to a stable and productive state.
  • Reclamation and closure activities will include: removal of mill and other facilities not required in the post- closure period; hauling of PAG waste rock into the open pit for sub-aqueous storage; recontouring of disturbed areas and placement of overburden for revegetation; installation of water management features to provide for long-term water quality monitoring and treatment.

Prior to commencing construction, a Project Reclamation and Closure Plan must be approved and an associated financial assurance mechanism be put in place to ensure that the required financial resources are available at all time to fund costs associated with physical closure of the project and long-term post- closure monitoring, water treatment and site maintenance.
By regulation, Pebble’s Project Reclamation and Closure Plan must be updated every five years to address any changes in closure and post-closure requirements, and associated financial obligations.

WORKFORCE

The Pebble Project will directly employ ~2,000 workers during its four-year construction phase, and ~850 workers during its 20-year operations phase.

The Pebble Deposit is an important statewide economic asset, located on State of Alaska land designated for mineral exploration and development. The area was acquired by the State of Alaska in 1974 via an historic land exchange with the federal government and Cook Inlet Region, Inc. With the growing worldwide consumption and dependence upon technical products powered by critical minerals such as copper, the expanding demand for renewable energy technologies, and the development of projects with strategic national significance, the Pebble Deposit has the potential to generate hundreds of millions in annual economic activity for Alaska, as well as significant revenues for state and local governments. It will also create high-wage, year-round jobs and training opportunities in Southwest Alaska, and supply and service contracts for local businesses.

Quote of the Day: ‘I have no intention of resigning’

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Quote of the Day: ‘I have no intention of resigning’

“I have no intention of resigning because I have done nothing wrong. I welcome the national conversation about sexual harassment in the workplace and will use every power at my disposal to ensure that harassment is not tolerated in the Alaska Legislature. This is not an issue that should be politized, but that’s exactly what Rep. Wilson is doing. Rather than playing politics, House leadership is responding forcefully to the issue of harassment by updating our policy, and encouraging anyone who has been the victim of harassment to come forward.” – Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, in response to a call for her resignation made earlier today by Rep. Tammie Wilson of North Pole.

LeDoux is the Chair of the House Rules Committee, which has jurisdiction over legislative staff during legislative sessions. In that role, Rep. LeDoux has made the upcoming sexual and other workplace harassment training mandatory for all lawmakers and staff. This comes on the heels of her ignoring the complaint of a staff member of Rep. Scott Kawasaki last year, who in March submitted a letter to House leadership complaining about Rep. Dean Westlake. Westlake has since been forced to resign.

[Read: Lawmakers call for outside investigation]

[Read: Take the training or your staff is fired]

[Read: Rep. Tammie Wilson calls on LeDoux to resign]

 

Eagle River man gunned down defending property

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Eagle River man gunned down defending property

An Eagle River man who went outside his home on Regency Drive to check on a possible prowler was shot and seriously injured by a man parked in a vehicle nearby. The incident occurred at about 3:30 am on Thursday. The gunshots were heard throughout the neighborhood.

Anchorage police say the victim had confronted a suspected prowler, who is described as a white male, about six feet tall, wearing a gray hoodie and jeans. The person who is believed to have shot the victim drove off in a red compact vehicle, which also may be maroon in color and may be a Dodge 4-door sedan.

Police responded with K-9s and searched the area.

Talk show host and Anchorage Assembly member Amy Demboski asked that residents in the area check their home security cameras to see if they can spot such a vehicle. She said it appears the prowler was checking car doors and may have done so throughout the area, and the driver may have been his accomplice. If so, the pair may show up on surveillance cameras.

Anchorage police are asking those with helpful surveillance video of the suspects call APD Dispatch at 786-8900 (press “0” to speak with an operator).  To remain anonymous you may contact Crime Stoppers at 561-STOP or online at www.anchoragecrimestoppers.com. The case number is 18-488.

The victim was rushed to the hospital, underwent emergency surgery and is in the intensive care unit with extensive abdominal damage. He is expected to recover.

The incident marks the first time a resident has been shot while investigating a prowler situation in Anchorage or Eagle River. It is not known if the victim was armed or just checking on a suspicious sound.

“We can’t let the criminals win. We clearly are in a war for our city, yet most politicians refuse to say it,” Demboski said. “Stay vigilant, know the law, and be ready.” On Thursday afternoon, she was heading out for her round of community safety patrolling.

A community town hall is scheduled for Saturday at Eagle River Town Center from 2-4 pm, and a safety seminar sponsored by Rep. Lora Reinbold will follow, from 4-6 pm, with information on crime and personal safety, community patrols.

New Ted Stevens Airport manager to start January 22

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New Ted Stevens Airport manager to start January 22

SZCZESNIAK OF CHICAGO’S WINDY CITY SILKSCREENING LANDED THE JOB

A former Deputy Commissioner for Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway International Airports is the new director of the Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage. His start date is Jan. 22, Must Read Alaska has learned.

Jim Szczesniak, who visited Alaska last month to complete the interview process, has been running his family’s t-shirt and silkscreen company since 2008, when he left the employment of the Chicago Department of Aviation, where he had worked for many years.

Between 2006 and 2008, he was the deputy commissioner for aviation planning, policy, environment, real estate & commercial development. His resume says he “conceived and implement projects and policies that are critical to the airport system’s future growth. Spearheaded the planning, environmental approval, bid process, and lease development for a $200M, 920,000 Sq. Ft. air cargo complex on O’Hare’s former military base. This project is projected to provide the airport with over $400M in rent revenue over the life of the lease, produce 1,200 construction jobs, 1,200 permanent on-site and 10,000 regional jobs. The project achieved LEED Silver certification.”

He was also responsible for O’Hare’s $4.1 billion, 20-year capital improvement plan and the numerous terminal, landside and airfield improvements associated with the plan. He was in that position with what some call the most corrupt airport in America for two years.

[Read: Corruption scandal loosening Mayor Daley’s grip]

[Read: Is the mob cleaning up at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport?]

Before that, he was director of aviation planning for O’Hare and Midway airports, in a role that lasted two years. He also worked as an airport operations supervisor for the airports.

Szczesniak has recently been running Windy City Silkscreening for 10 years.

He was educated at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale and has a bachelor of science in aviation management, and a master of business administration degree from University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Szczesniak replaces John Parrott, who was released from service by Gov. Bill Walker without explanation, other than an official statement from the governor’s press office that said the Walker Administration was continuing the “progression of his administration.”

Parrott had been in charge of airport operations for 10 years.

The job is a politically sensitive one, and the next governor could appoint his own choice to run one of the biggest enterprises in the state.

[Must Read Alaska’s report on Szczesniak’s candidacy on Dec. 5]

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