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The old switcharoo in municipal election

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ELECTION OFFICE TRANSPARENCY FAIL

Democracy is whittled away in small bites. But this one is a rather big bite. It’s hard to explain, and it’s school board politics, but give it the old college try:

SWITCHAROO: One of the dirties tricks candidates pull is to make everyone think they are running for a seat, then coordinate with someone who shares their philosophy and pull a last-minute switcharoo right at the filing deadline.

But how can you do that when someone like David Nees, the Anchorage election bird dog and candidate for Seat E on the Anchorage School Board, is watching every day to see who filed?

You create a parallel system.

In this case, the Municipal Clerk opened a second election office down in the Ship Creek area, and let everyone know they could file either at City Hall or Ship Creek.

That’s not the problem, however.

The problem is no one imagined the Clerk would also keep two sets of logs for who had signed up or withdrawn their candidacy for the April 3 municipal election. Each set would have different information. If you went to City Hall, you’d see one thing, Ship Creek would have another, and online would have other information.

School Board member Tam Agosti-Gisler deftly used that system to pull out of the race for her school board seat at the last minute, and put Deena Mitchell in her place.

Meanwhile, school board candidate David Nees, who did not originally file for Agosti-Gisler’s seat because he knew he could not beat her, asked the assistant clerk why someone’s name was missing in the book, although their name was listed on the Election Office web site. She had no idea.

David Nees

When Nees went back into the office on Friday, she told him that she had the answer: There were parallel books being kept. They didn’t reflect each other.

HOW IT WENT DOWN: Mitchell, a liberal and member of Great Alaska Schools, was running on Tuesday against school board incumbent and conservative Elisa Snelling. That’s how it appeared Wednesday downtown.

Deena Mitchell

By Friday, Mitchell withdrew from that race, filed in Agosti-Gisler’s race, and Agosti-Gisler withdrew. The deadline went by safely before David Nees could discover there were two books.

In 2018, it’s hard to imagine why this information isn’t posted online so everyone can see in real time. But even in the old days, it was never acceptable to carry two sets of books and deny the public the transparency it deserves.

As for Agosti-Gisler, she said in a letter to the board that she coordinated the swap with Mitchell and is supporting her candidacy. And now, she’s off to Switzerland for a couple of years. Her letter was dated Feb. 2, the deadline date for filing:

To: School Board
Cc: grant_katy; Hayes_Janet; moffitt_kathy; stock_mark; Graham_Michael
Subject: Big decision I made

February 2, 2017

Dear Superintendent Bishop and Board Colleagues,

After careful deliberation and with much vacillation even up to today, I have made the decision not to pursue a third term on the Anchorage School Board. I have just returned from the MOA where I withdrew my name from the candidate pool.

You may be aware that my husband, Hans, is retiring from the MOA in March.  You may have also heard me quip that he has supported my “School Board habit” for the past six years, allowing me to dedicate my full attention to board service.   I must now seek employment to supplement our income.  We have decided to move to his home country of Switzerland this fall for various reasons: 1) There are positions available for employment teaching English as a foreign language. 2) We will live in a bilingual town fulfilling my dream of becoming fluent in his native Swiss-German and he in French. 3) We have talked about living in Switzerland for the past several decades but careers and family always supplanted the idea, yet we aren’t getting any younger!  4) Hans is the youngest of 9 siblings, the eldest who just turned 80.  He has lived here in Anchorage for 39 years and this time in Switzerland will allow him to reengage with his family.

 We plan on staying in Switzerland for two years and then will return to Anchorage.  Alaska will always be home.  I may choose to seek reelection to the Board in a later year.

I chose to run for the Board 6 + years ago because I intuited that the ASD was in for tumultuous times as we transitioned to 21st century learning and faced diminished funding.  I felt my skills and passion for education could be of service.   I am confident that we now have the right Superintendent, the right team, and the right direction for this district to continue on the appropriate path to best serve our students.

I spoke with Deena Mitchell today and told her of my decision.This afternoon, she signed up to run for the seat I am vacating and I am supporting her candidacy.

With respect,
Tam

Ms. Tam Agosti-Gisler
President
Anchorage School Board

Alyse Galvin: What is she? Democrat? Undeclared? Independent?

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EXHIBIT A: DIVISION OF ELECTIONS TWISTS A JUDGE’S RULING LIKE A PRETZEL

(Corrected version: Alyse Galvin is listed with Alaska Division of Elections as an “Undeclared Democrat.” An earlier version in the Monday Newsletter stated the listing was at the Alaska Public Offices Commission, a separate agency).

Democrat Alyse Galvin filed with the Division of Elections as an “undeclared” candidate against Congressman Don Young.

She did so with the open and full support of the Alaska Democratic Party, which is providing her with all her campaign needs.

When Galvin filed her candidacy, the State designated her as an “Undeclared Democrat” (see filing below).

http://elections.alaska.gov/Core/candidatelistprim.php#Representative

But her Federal Elections Commission filing lists her as an “Independent.”

In Alaska, there is no such thing as an Independent. There is an Alaska Independent Party, but nothing that is simply Independent.

https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00665711/?cycle=2018&tab=summary

So which is it? What does party-bender Galvin identify with today and how are voters supposed to know what she stands for — Independent? Undeclared? Democrat?

How does the Division of Elections allow her to list herself as both Undeclared and Democrat when Judge Philip Pallenberg ruled that a person’s affiliation must be absolutely clear to voters?

[Read: Judge rules Democratic Party can run ‘nonpartisans’ in their primary]

Galvin may wish to correct her email address, as seen in the official record below, so people can ask her directly what party she identifies with on a day-to-day basis:

“The State is challenging Judge Pallenberg’s decision in Supreme Court, but meanwhile, allowing Undeclared Democrats to file is confusing and not allowed under current law,” said Tuckerman Babcock, chairman of the Alaska Republican Party. “Isn’t this the kind of confusion that Judge Pallenberg warned the state not to engage in?”

Look, up in the sky! It’s Air Force Two!

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TWO CHANCES TO SEE SIGNATURE AIRCRAFT

Vice President Mike Pence will stop in Anchorage this afternoon. Air Force II will be landing at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson at approximately 5 pm, as the vice president and his wife Karen make their way to Japan and then South Korea for the start of the Winter Olympics.

Typically, the aircraft is accompanied by F-16s. Airspace in the area will have temporary flight restrictions (TFR) and Merrill Field is likely to be affected.

After landing, Pence will take in a Northern Command briefing with aerospace and missile defense leadership and then tour the Alaska Command and Control Center.

At 6:45 pm, the vice president’s plane will depart for Tokyo, Japan before heading to PyeongChang for the opening ceremonies, which start Friday.

Pence will lead the US delegation to the winter Olympics and play the part of America’s top dignitary present to celebrate American athletes.
But his visit to South Korea comes at a time when North Korea has been increasingly hostile to the United States, and the symbolism of his trip will be the fodder for much media coverage.
Pence has in the past visited the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas. His father served in the Korean War and was awarded the Bronze Star.
Temporary Flight Restrictions are in effect:
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THE SKY
The Air Force 2 is a custom version of the Boeing 757-200 commercial intercontinental airliner.
The C-32 body is the same as the Boeing 757-200, but it stands taller, for security reasons, allowing the Secret Service personnel to view all around the aircraft.
Length: 155 feet, 3 inches (47.32 meters)
Height: 44 feet, 6 inches (11.02 meters)
Wingspan: 124 feet, 8 inches (37.99 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 255,000 pounds (115,668 kilograms)
Range: 5,500 nautical miles unrefueled range
Ceiling: 42,000 feet (12,727 meters)
Speed: 530 miles per hour (Mach 0.8)
Load: 45 passengers
Unit Cost: Unavailable
Crew: 16 (varies with mission)
Date Deployed: June 19, 1998
Inventory: Active force, 4
The passenger cabin has four main areas, according to the U.S. Air Force:
1. The forward area has a communications center, galley, lavatory and 10 business class seats.
2. The second section is a fully enclosed stateroom for the use of the primary passenger. It
includes a changing area, private lavatory, separate entertainment system, two first-class
swivel seats and a convertible divan that seats three and folds out to a bed.
3. The third section contains the conference and staff facility with eight business class seats.
4. The rear section of the cabin contains general seating with 32 business-class seats, galley,
two lavatories and closets.

 

Dunleavy first Alaska gov candidate with Super Bowl ad

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(Corrected version: Bob Richards in 1986 ran a Super Bowl ad, “A new day is dawning.”)

Rarely before has a gubernatorial candidate in Alaska had an ad in the Super Bowl. One ran on Sunday night for the first time since 1986.

“Dunleavy for Alaska,” the independent expenditure group chaired by Terre Gales, bought a 30-second spot at the end of the third quarter of the game between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles.

The ad was “voiced over” by Mike Porcaro, longtime advertising agency owner and broadcaster in Anchorage. He said in his 52 years of advertising work in Alaska, he’d never seen an ad promoting a gubernatorial candidate.

“I think we got across the message we wanted,” Porcaro said, after the game ended. “It was a good game, and a good spot.”

The group “Dunleavy for Alaska” is different from the candidate’s actual campaign, “Alaskans for Dunleavy.” It operates under its own election rules and is not allowed to coordinate with the campaign, so it was likely that candidate Dunleavy saw the ad for the first time himself on Sunday, as he and his wife watched the game from their farm house.

But parts of it would have looked familiar to him, as imagery was lifted from his previous campaigns for Senate District E.

The ad started out with Dunleavy walking out of a barn, and the message focused on getting oil out of the ground, protecting the Permanent Fund dividend, and “Mike’s been Juneau’s loudest voice for a balanced budget….We just need a governor who will get us there.”

He was filmed brushing one of his dozen mules that he owns on his farm in the Mat-Su Valley, and then the usual set of oil and budget imagery followed, with upbeat music in the background. The ad ended with the usual required disclosures.

The ad buy cost the group $19,000 and was seen by Super Bowl viewers in Anchorage and Fairbanks media markets.

Dunleavy for Alaska has also purchased television ads for the Olympics from Feb. 9-24, with a spend of $36,000.

The group’s radio buy that starts Monday morning and runs through the end of the month will burn through $9,000, according to FCC records.

Porcaro Communications is the group’s Agency of Record for ad placement, according to the FCC filings.

A longer version of the ad is running on Dunleavy’s Facebook Page.

Walker needs $92 million more for Medicaid expansion

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The Walker Administration needs an additional $92 million for the 2018 fiscal year to cover the extra costs resulting from his Obamacare Medicaid expansion.

That’s on top of the additional $100 million more he needed as a supplemental for his 2017 budget, and the $30 million supplemental needed for the program’s inaugural year, 2016.

 

There’s an explanation, said Valerie Davidson, Health and Human Services commissioner. More people enrolled in Medicaid than the she projected. But that was largely due to Alaska’s weak economy, she told the Senate Finance Committee.

ABNK: ABLE-BODIED, NO KIDS

In 2015, before it grew, Alaska’s Medicaid program covered 120,000 low-income children, pregnant women, and people with disabilities in what is considered by the industry as Cadillac health care coverage.

The Obamacare expansion, signed by executive order by Gov. Bill Walker in 2015, was to cover about 20,000 more.

These expansion enrollees are able-bodied adults without children making less than $1,707 per month for single adults, or $10.66 per hour,  about a dollar more per hour than Alaska’s minimum wage. The income cutoff is $2,303 per month for a couple.

FUN WITH NUMBERS

In 2016, the Walker Administration claimed that 45 percent of the 20,000 expansion adults were employed Alaskans.

But in 2018, the Administration is telling a different story: The Department of Health and Human Services told Senate Finance that 60 percent of enrollees were already employed, a third more than it said were employed in 2016.
The estimate may have changed in response to some legislators are talking about creating a work requirement for Medicaid expansion recipients — able-bodied adults without children.
In fact, there’s a movement around the country to do just that, with 10 Republican-led states studying the change.

But the Walker Administration is not open to that work requirement option, according to spokesman Clinton Bennett, even though the Trump Administration has opened the door for requiring able-bodied recipients to either get a job — any job — or enroll in job training.

“The Department of Health and Social Services is not considering such changes to Alaska’s Medicaid program at this time. A majority of Alaskans enrolled in Medicaid are children, retirees, disabled individuals, or are living in working households,” Bennett said in a statement.

WORKING IS A LIFESTYLE CHOICE

In 2015, critics warned that the Obamacare Medicaid expansion would create a tax cliff, where earning one single dollar over a set amount would plunge lower-income workers into owing several thousands of dollars for mandated Obamacare insurance.

The concern expressed back then was that expanding Medicaid would diminish the incentive to work and would hurt the economy.

In Alaska, it was predicted that 4,000 able-bodied adults might drop out of the workforce entirely, if they were able to enroll in the Medicaid expansion. They might decide that working part-time and using Medicaid is a better option than working full time and having to pay for insurance.

That calculus has changed now that Obamacare’s individual mandate has been rolled back by the Trump Administration and Congress. People are no longer forced to buy insurance if it isn’t offered by their workplace.

He’s out: Zach Fansler resigns

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He’s out: Zach Fansler resigns

SPEAKER EDGMON SAYS CIRCUMSTANCES ‘UNFORTUNATE’

Rep. Zach Fansler of Bethel had one year and one month of service in the Alaska House of Representatives.

He has resigned.

Fansler was the subject last month of an accusation by a Juneau woman that he had slapped and hit her so hard that it ruptured her eardrum.

A police investigation is still underway and it’s believed that several of his Democratic lawmaker friends will be or have already been interviewed by police regarding Fansler’s drinking and other actions on the night of Jan. 13, when the beating of the woman was alleged to have occurred.

[Read: Fansler: Marching for women by day, smacking them around at night]

Fansler’s letter of resignation was on Twitter this morning.

He said he needed to devote more time to personal matters and that District 38 deserved someone who could “advocate on matters of great import to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Unfortunately, I am unable to do so at this time.”

His resignation becomes effective Feb. 12, and according to Associated Press reporting, he has been paid legislative per diem in advance to Feb. 11.

The Juneau Empire was the first to break the story about the night of drinking and misbehavior from the 38-year-old Fansler, who had been handpicked by the Alaska Democratic Party to bump off family man Bob Herron for the District 38 seat.

Fansler’s resignation comes five weeks after Democrat Rep. Dean Westlake was forced out of office for harassing women in Juneau.

[Read: How Fansler came into office, as told by Politico]

During his time in office, Fansler was a reliable Democrat, even going to far as to publicly condemn Rep. David Eastman for statements made about abortion and rural Alaska women.

‘UNFORTUNATE’ CIRCUMSTANCES DEFENDED

Speaker Bryce Edgmon announced the resignation this morning, but nearly apologized for being forced to ask for Fansler’s removal:

“Calling for Rep. Fansler’s resignation was the right thing to do given the severity of his alleged actions, but that does not mean that it was an easy thing to do because Zach was a committed and effective legislator for the people of House District 38. I also considered him a valuable member of our Coalition,” said Speaker Edgmon.

“The circumstances that warranted Rep. Fansler’s resignation were unfortunate and show the problems in our state with domestic violence and alcohol abuse. I want to thank Rep. Fansler for his service. I also want to thank all of the victims who have braved so much in coming forward. We can all take heart in their bravery.”

“Our Coalition has shown a steadfast resolve to hold our members to the highest standards of conduct because that’s what the people of Alaska expect from their elected representatives,” said House Majority Leader Rep. Chris Tuck (D-Anchorage). “While Representative Fansler was well liked and respected, his actions were counter to our shared values. We felt the decisive action of calling for his resignation had to be taken to maintain the public trust. We are all accountable to the people of Alaska, and I want to thank Rep. Fansler for stepping up and being accountable to the people of his district. He always wanted to do the right thing for his district and Alaska. Rep. Fansler’s decision to resign further proves it. I would like to let the people of the Yukon-Kuskokwim District know that your District 38 office is still conducting business and staff remains available and working on your behalf.”

Heads and Tails: Sullivan meets with Pence; Keith Meyer is platinum traveler

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SULLIVAN, THE LIFE AND TIMES

Sen. Dan Sullivan had quite a week. Enroute to a Republican retreat in Virginia, he was on the train that collided with a garbage truck. Later in the day he met with Vice President Mike Pence to brief him on our state’s strategic military importance to the nation.

That meeting was a briefing for Pence ahead of his scheduled visit to Alaska later this month.

“In what I have called ‘Alaska’s Three Pillars of Military Might,’ I detailed to the Vice President how we are the hub of combat air power for the Asia-Pacific and the Arctic, the cornerstone for U.S. Missile Defense, and a strategic platform for expeditionary forces. I also made sure to remind him how incredibly proud we are of our Alaska-based military men and women and the many missions they serve,” Sullivan said.

Pence will be in Alaska on a fueling stop during his trip to the Winter Olympics in South Korea. The games begin on Feb. 9. Normally the movements of the president and vice president are kept under wraps, but Anchorage area residents might search the skies for Air Force Two on Feb. 8.

TRAVEL REPORT – THE WINNER IS KEITH MEYER

The half-million dollar man, Keith Meyer, who heads of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, flew to Asia a lot last year. His tab for travel was $138,543 and he went to Beijing, Heishi, and Shanghai, China; Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and several trips to Juneau.

The report is incomplete — surely Meyer is not the only one who traveled for AGDC. But he’s the only one included.

Jim Johnsen, president of UAA, provided what is the most transparent travel report for 2017, several pages long in exacting detail. His travel cost $64,167, about the same as the governor’s.

FIRST RADIO AD OF THE GUBERNATORIAL RACE HITS MONDAY

Dunleavy for Alaska is launching its first radio ad in Alaska this month. The group says it is planning to spend big for the 60-second ad that will be heard across the state, with a budget of $50,000. Dunleavy for Alaska is an independent group, not coordinated with the Mike Dunleavy for governor campaign. Terre Gales is chair.

Scott Hawkins for Governor started its social media video ads last week with what looks to be a big buy.

 

FANSLER STILL MISSING

Rep. Zach Fansler hasn’t resigned, but also hasn’t shown up for work. Presumably the Bethel Bad Boy is still on payroll as a legislator, and collecting per diem. He was spotted driving through Juneau with a man who resembled Juneau Democrat kingmaker Bruce Botelho. Negotiations are underway.

ANCHORAGE UNEMPLOYMENT, SIX-YEAR HIGH

Anchorage unemployment has reached a six-year high, according to the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation’s 2018 Economic Forecast. The city lost 2,100 jobs in 2017 and the agency expects another 1,000 jobs to disappear in 2018.

In the previous annual presentation, the group said Anchorage had lost 2,700 jobs in 2016. Our math says that’s 5,800 jobs in three years.

Unemployment rates would be higher in Anchorage, except that so many people are heading for the exits as soon as they lose their jobs. The city’s population has dropped from 300,880 in 2013 to 297,483 in 2017. Those people who left after losing their jobs are not counted as unemployed.

Nationally, unemployment is at a 17-year low.

[Read the full report at AEDC]

NEW REGIONAL PUBLISHER AT ALASKA GATEHOUSE PAPERS

Joseph Leong replaced Deedie McKenzie as senior group publisher for GateHouse Media’s Alaska newspapers — the Juneau Empire, Capital City Weekly, Kenai Peninsula Clarion and Homer News. He was vice president/chief revenue officer for the Albuquerque Journal.

Wanted in connection with murder, and now robbery

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Wanted in connection with murder, and now robbery

Aarron Settje was already a wanted man. He had five outstanding felony warrants last month and as of Feb. 1,  he has six.

Settje is wanted in connection with the Jan. 13 East Anchorage shooting death of 33-year-old Kortez Brown, who died of a single bullet wound.

Brown fought for his life for 12 hours before bleeding out. The second “person of interest,” Carleton Tarkington, turned himself in. Settje has been on the lam, something that is becoming a way of life for him.

Now the 32-year-old career criminal is wanted for a shoplifting incident that turned into a robbery at Sportsman’s Warehouse on Old Seward Highway.

So is his presumed brother Stephen James Settje, age 27. He goes by the nickname “Penchy,” and sometimes his name is spelled “Stephan.”

On Tuesday, Jan. 30, police say the Settjes went to the sporting goods store, and Aarron took some merchandise, while Stephen waited in the car. The store security personnel confronted Aarron outside the building, and Aarron yelled to his accomplice in a nearby vehicle.

That man was Stephen, police say. He got out of the vehicle and threatened the security guard with a pistol. The two drove off and no one was hurt.

Stephen James Settje

Aarron Settje has had a string of run-ins with the law. In mid-October, he was charged with Class C Felony theft, and earlier that month he was charged with causing fear of injury with a weapon, also a Class C felony, as well as criminal trespass. He has an association with the Soldotna-Kenai communities and may have worked as a laborer at an asphalt company.

On Facebook a few years back, he was joking about how bad his spelling was and revealed too much information about how much dope he smoked:

“Yes yes I had much better things to learn growing up like how to roll a blunt with one hand lol or every combo for every player on mortal combat deadly alliance lol forgot them all thanx to the blunts but shit happends lol.”

Stephen has his own list of priors that go back several years. Add to them “Robbery 1- Armed with Deadly Weapon (Class A Felony), which is what he’s being sought for now.

When caught, both will be run through the risk assessment tool now being used by the courts and corrections system. If they score a 1-9, they’ll be released to await trial. Only if they score a 10 will they need to cool their heels in jail.

With their combined string of reckless disregard for the law, corrections officers could be forgiven for just awarding them a 10 and keeping them away from the rest of Alaskans. But first things first, they are armed and dangerous; do not approach them. Call Police Dispatch at 786-8900 (press “0” to speak with an operator). To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 561-STOP or online at www.anchoragecrimestoppers.com.

Least approved governor: Walker honeymoon ended

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Gov. Bill Walker is the least popular governor running for re-election in the nation, according to a new poll conducted by Morning Consult.

  • Walker’s net approval  is -26 percent.
  • Walker posted the largest net slide in approval of any governor in the fourth quarter. His approval fell 19 points compared to the previous quarter.
  • Walker is the 6th least popular governor overall.
  • Fifty-five percent of registered voters in Alaska disapproved of his work in office
  • Twenty-nine percent of registered voters in Alaska approved.

A LONG HONEYMOON, THEN ABRUPT SLIDE

The early days of the Walker campaign showed a strong resilience, even as the bad news piled on: He proposed taxes, he bashed and trashed oil companies, he fixated on a gasline, took half of Alaskans’ Permanent Fund dividends, and ignored rising crime. It wasn’t until July of 2017, when voters starting catching on.

Here’s the history:

May – November, 2015

  • Approve 64, Disapprove 21
  • Spread +43

January – May, 2016

  • Approve 62, Disapprove 21
  • Spread +41

May – September, 2016

  • Approve 50, Disapprove 41
  • Spread +9

January – March, 2017

  • Approve 43, Disapprove 53
  • Spread -10

April – July, 2017

  • Approve 42, Disapprove 48
  • Spread -6

July – September, 2017

  • Approve 40, Disapprove 47
  • Spread -7

October – December, 2017

  • Approve 29, Disapprove 55
  • Spread -26

[Read the Morning Consult report here.]

Must Read Alaska asked gubernatorial candidates to comment on the poll results.

Scott Hawkins: It surprises me not one bit that Walker’s approval ratings have plummeted to among the nation’s  lowest. He earned those low ratings by turning the dividend program into a political football and putting forward nonstop tax proposals, rather than get serious about cutting the state’s huge operating budget. This year he introduced an operating budget several hundred million dollars higher than last year.  To say that is politically “tone deaf” is an understatement.  Alaskans are beginning to see that Gov. Walker is leading this state in exactly the wrong direction.”

Mike Dunleavy: “Everyone in Alaska knows who the governor is, and everyone knows what Gov. Walker has done. That’s why his ratings are so low. The people of Alaska are not confused about him. They know he is a totally different guy than the one who campaigned for governor.”

Mike Chenault: Those poll results are not surprising. The governor has ignored or simply forgot his many campaign promises from four years ago and instead has tried to implement a tax and spend agenda, one that I and many Alaskans don’t support. The governor lacks in leadership skills and does not know how to engage not only the Legislature, but the public in trying to promote his goals and plans. Having just a business perspective and background and very little or no other political experience failed in the Sheffield era and is failing in Walker’s administration.

 

 

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