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Linda Boyle: The tale of two states’ approaches to Covid shots and treatment this year

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Linda Boyle: The tale of two states’ approaches to Covid shots and treatment this year

By LINDA BOYLE

Alaska and Florida have taken different approaches to the Covid-19 shot.

Although the State of Alaska Department of Health has erased Covid-19 information from its home page, you can still find that information a few clicks further down. You just need to hunt for it.

Most of the information it has is linked directly from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s almost verbatim with no thought as to how effective the Covid shots might be, the possible side-effects, and the severity of the outbreak in Alaska.  

The Alaska Department of Health uses fear and parrots the usual statements that the shots are “safe and effective.”   

The Alaska Department of Health states “People who are up to date with their vaccines are optimally protected against severe illness and death from COVID.” And then it tells you locations where you can roll up your sleeve and get this experimental jab.

In contrast, the free state of Florida’s Department of Health has just published information about the newest Covid-19 shots that are out on the market today. 

Instead of just pushing the jab, as the State of Alaska does, the Florida Health Department reminds health care providers of the need to stay up to date with “vaccines” and “boosters.” Florida provides the necessary information to ensure patients have informed consent.

Florida states on its web page that the most recent booster approval occurred without any “booster-specific clinical trial data performed in humans.” 

 The Alaska Department of Health says the shot is “safe and effective”.  

This newest Covid jab doesn’t protect against the current strain and is mostly for Omicron—the variant not active anymore.  

The now-annual shot does not protect against the current variant that accounts for about 37% of the infections in the United States. And no randomized clinical trials were done to show these shots stop one from being hospitalized or dying.  

The Federal Drug Adminstration approved updated mRNA shots of both Pfizer and Moderna for those people over the age of 12. 

But for those six months of age to 11, the FDA used an Emergency Use Authorization. I wondered how they could do that to our children when President Joe Biden signed a bill ending the Covid Public Health Emergency last year..  

Well I found my answer.

The information from FDA states “the ending of the PHE [Public Health Emergency] declared by HHS under the PHS Act will not impact FDA’s ability to authorize devices (including tests), treatments or vaccines for emergency use. Existing emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for products will remain in effect and the agency may continue to issue new EUAs going forward when criteria for issuance are met.”  

It seems they are more interested in meeting insurance criteria rather than testing to truly determine if the shot is even safe for babies and children. 

It would have been nice for the Alaska Department of Health to at least tell you these shots are still under emergency authorization use.

The Florida Department of Health page states that the government did not provide enough data to support “safety and efficacy of Covid-19 boosters” and then listed some specific problems with mRNA shots:  

  • Prolonged circulation of mRNA and spike protein in some vaccine recipients
  • Increased risk of lower respiratory tract infections, and  
  • Increased risk of autoimmune disease after vaccination

The Florida State Surgeon General, based on this information and the high rate of global immunity, “advises against the use of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.” Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD, is also also a professor of medicine at the University of Florida.

The Florida Department of Health did qualify that providers may need to look at health risks for Covid for those people over 65, or those with underlying health conditions. Florida, home of one of the nation’s oldest populations, further recommends even with this group the provider “should prioritize patient access to non-mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and treatment.”  

Here is the FDH web page that lists the safety and efficacy concerns. And thankfully, the web page recommends getting plenty of Vitamin D and eating healthy.

As conservative author Thomas Sowell so aptly said, “Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true. But many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly—and repetition has been accepted as a substitute for evidence.”.

This tale is of two states and two different approaches. I wish Alaska could take a lesson from Florida and provide the necessary information so that we could make an informed decision about these mRNA shots. This is especially true when it comes to parents making informed decisions about their children’s health.

What can you do to stay informed if unable to find the information on our own state web page?  

You have a golden opportunity to learn the facts about the mRNA shots, their side-effects, and what you can do to protect yourself.

Join us at the “Alaskans 4 Personal Freedom” Conference at the Egan Center on Oct. 26, 2024. It’s just $55 and that includes national speakers and a sit-down lunch. Click here to learn the latest.

Linda Boyle, RN, MSN, DM, was formerly the chief nurse for the 3rd Medical Group, JBER, and was the interim director of the Alaska VA. Most recently, she served as Director for Central Alabama VA Healthcare System. She is the director of the Alaska Covid Alliance.

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Arizona high court rules that those whose citizenship are in question can still vote entire ballot

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Arizona high court rules that those whose citizenship are in question can still vote entire ballot

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that some 98,000 Arizonans whose citizenship documents are not on file can vote in state and local races as well as federal races this November.

The court said that Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer and all other Arizona county recorders have no authority to change the voter registration status of those who are not citizens to federal-only ballots.

An error in a database had allowed noncitizen voters to vote the full ballot for over 20 years after a 2004 Arizona law required residents to provide documentary proof of citizenship in order to vote the full ballot. Those who don’t have citizenship documents on file can only vote in the federal races, according to the Arizona law.

Confusion arose due to how duplicate driver’s licenses are issued and how some drivers, with licenses issued before Oct. 1, 1996, may not have citizenship records.

“This was discovered not because somebody was voting illegally and not because somebody was attempting to vote illegally, as far as we can tell,” Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, said earlier this week. “And this was basic voter roll maintenance, and it showed us that there is this issue.”

“It is my position that these registrants have not satisfied Arizona’s documented proof of citizenship law, and therefore can only vote a ‘FED ONLY’ ballot,” Richer wrote on X, disagreeing with Fontes.

Arizona Supreme Court Justice Ann Scott Timmer explained the court’s ruling: “Fontes and Richer acknowledge that ‘[i]t is possible that Affected Voters have, in fact, provided satisfactory evidence of DPOC [documented proof of citizenship].’”

“This Court has also accepted original special action jurisdiction over election matters in which there is a need for immediate relief based on rapidly approaching election deadlines and where the key facts are not in dispute,” Timmer wrote.

“We are unwilling on these facts to disenfranchise voters en masse from participating in state contests,” Timmer wrote. “Doing so is not authorized by state law and would violate principles of due process.”

Fontes wrote on X, “We won. No voters on “the list” will be made Fed-Only.”

The swing state of Arizona could play a critical role in the presidential race this November, and the additional 98,000 voters may influence the outcome.

In 2020, President Joe Biden became the first Democrat to win Arizona since Bill Clinton did in 1996, and only the second Democrat to win since Harry S. Truman was elected in 1948. Biden was first Democrat to win Maricopa County since Truman. Biden won the state with 10,457 more votes than Trump in 2020. The state has 11 electoral votes.

Also this week, an Arizona judge ruled that even though a petition does not have the required signatures to put a voter initiative on the ballot, it can still be on the ballot for November. That story is below:

Arizona outrage: Ranked-choice ballot measure lacks valid signatures, but can be on Nov. 5 ballot
Alaska Rep. David Eastman tours audit of election results in Maricopa County, Arizona

Gov. Newsom cracks down on memes and deepfakes in politics, a trend that started in Alaska in 2018

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Gov. Newsom cracks down on memes and deepfakes in politics, a trend that started in Alaska in 2018

The use of artificial intelligence in spicy political commentary is all the rage this year. As the general election nears, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed several bills that crack down on usage false images or videos in political ads seen in California. Two of the bills relate to the use of movie star images in memes or artificial intelligence. The target of one law is the “deepfake,” in political commentary. Deepfakes are images or sounds that are so real that people cannot distinguish them from reality.

The new laws took effect Tuesday in California, where it’s now illegal to publish deepfakes that pertain to elections 120 days before Election Day and 60 days after an election.

The use of funny memes in political advertising has Alaska origins. In 2018, the campaign of Mike Dunleavy for Governor used pioneering memes to poke fun of then-Gov. Bill Walker for stealing half of Alaskans’ Permanent Fund dividends. In 2016, Walker had vetoed half of the dividends owed to Alaskans and since then, Alaskans have never received their full statutorily set dividends. Walker was upheld by the courts in his veto, but the question of not following the law is still hotly debated in the state.

An ad from the 2018 gubernatorial campaign that pokes fun at Bill Walker.

Images such as the one above, with Gov. Walker’s head tacked on the body of the obnoxious character Bill Lumbergh from the 1999 comedy film “Office Space,” might be covered by one of the Newsom laws against use of deepfakes. He signed a bill pertaining to film industry and movie actor image rights. This “Office Space” meme has gone around for years in various iterations, with people adding a “helpful” suggestion before the phrase, “That’d be great.”

The new California says that use of deep fakes or likenesses when used for satire or parody is allowed, but it’s unclear how that will be interpreted. Will regulators limit free speech in California when conservatives do satire, but allow liberal satire of conservatives to flow freely? Granted, there’s a saying: “Democrats can’t meme,” which points out a problem Democrats have, which is a lack of a sense of humor. Thus, the new law is likely to impact conservative commentators the most.

The California meme law gives courts power to stop distribution of materials a judge considers over the line and the creator or distributor (Facebook, X) of such materials may suffer civil penalties.

But that big gray line is where the lawsuits will no doubt take place, as social media platforms like Facebook and X will be forced to police content more carefully and make certain these funny fakes are not visible within the borders of California. Also, ads that use AI images must place a disclosure statement on the ads, according to the new law.

It will be up to judges, in other words, to determine how much free speech politically minded Americans can produce and enjoy. It will be judges who decide if something is funny, is clearly fake, or if an image or message is parody or satire.

“Safeguarding the integrity of elections is essential to democracy, and it’s critical that we ensure AI is not deployed to undermine the public’s trust through disinformation -– especially in today’s fraught political climate,” Newsom said in his remarks. “These measures will help to combat the harmful use of deepfakes in political ads and other content, one of several areas in which the state is being proactive to foster transparent and trustworthy AI.”

A meme ad by the Dunleavy campaign used Chris Hanson of the “To Catch A Predator” reality TV show on NBC to troll Gov. Bill Walker and his scandal-ridden lieutenant governor Byron Mallott, who ended up resigning days before the election.

California had already banned the use of manipulated videos and pictures related to elections. Images such as this next one, created by the Dunleavy campaign in 2018, might be covered by the California law because it has Gov. Bill Walker’s head on the body of a video game warrior character. Some may say it’s satire or parody, while others — those who support the candidate — may claim it looks real.

A meme from the 2018 Dunleavy for Governor campaign with then-Gov. Bill Walker’s head on the body of a video game character.

The California law requires social media companies to develop protocols for Californians to report content that has not been blocked or properly labeled or that is out of compliance with the law. Thus, a new regulatory arm covering free speech has been birthed by Gov. Newsom. Candidates who are targeted by such deepfakes can now sue the social media companies that have this material on them, if it can be seen anywhere in California.

In response to Newsom signing the law, many popular accounts on X made fun of the law and exploded the social media site with memes and funny fake videos, many of them pointed at Newsom and all of which could be argued to be parody or satire. A few examples follow:

The new California laws are being replicated by legislatures around the country. In Alaska, a measure was introduced by Rep. Sarah Vance that would have banned “deepfake” pictures, videos, or audio clips that were used to influence an election, unless it was accompanied by a disclaimer. The measure was voted down in the House but may come up again.

Political shakedown: SEC gunning for Elon Musk, seeking sanctions against majority owner of X

Political shakedown: SEC gunning for Elon Musk, seeking sanctions against majority owner of X

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Political shakedown: SEC gunning for Elon Musk, seeking sanctions against majority owner of X

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday it will pursue sanctions against Elon Musk after he did not appear in front of the commission tribunal scheduled for the agency’s investigation into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, now called X.

In a nonscientific poll conducted over two days, readers of Must Read Alaska this week predicted by a large margin (82% to 18%) that if Kamala Harris becomes president, she’ll have the Dept. of Justice shut down X and prosecute Musk for “misinformation” or “hate” speech”? Those readers may have been prescient.

The SEC said in Friday’s court complaint that Musk should be held in civil contempt for not telling the SEC until three hours before a scheduled Sept. 10 tribunal that he would not appear.

The SEC is trying to prove that Musk broke securities laws when he bought a majority of the stocks that make up X. Jack Dorsey, the prior majority stockholder, who supported liberal candidates and causes, has not been investigated for selling the stocks to Musk. He operated the company with a different style, suppressing conservative voices as a business model.

Musk wanted to obtain the majority shares of the company because he said it was not living up to its potential as a platform for free speech.

Musk’s legal team said the sanctions constitute a drastic reaction by the SEC since Musk’s testimony had already been rescheduled for Oct. 3.

Arizona outrage: Ranked-choice ballot measure lacks valid signatures, but can be on Nov. 5 ballot

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Arizona outrage: Ranked-choice ballot measure lacks valid signatures, but can be on Nov. 5 ballot

Liberals gaming the system in Arizona to get ranked-choice voting established have won a key victory.

Although about 99% of the challenged signatures collected to put ranked-choice voting on the Arizona ballot as a ballot initiative were discovered to be duplicate signatures, and the petition lacks the signatures required by law, a judge has said the initiative can be voted on this November.

Some 37,657 signatures were duplicates and thus Proposition 140, to put ranked-choice voting in place in Arizona, has failed to get the proper number of signatures required to be on the ballot.

The proposition is a proposed amendment to the Arizona Constitution that would make Arizona elections much like Alaska’s election system — open primaries and ranked-choice general elections.

In Alaska’s open primary system, the recent result was that a Democrat won Congress in 2022 and a convicted felon is now on the final-four ballot for November’s general election for Congress. Eric Hafner, serving time in federal prison, made the general election ballot as the second Democrat, foiling the plans of Democrats to have more than one Republican on the ballot so that the votes would be diluted by people who choose to not rank candidates but who only vote for one.

“As we knew all along, Prop 140 lacks the signatures required for this measure to even make it to the ballot in the first place, let alone be considered by voters in November,” said Scot Mussi, president of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, which opposes the ranked-choice scheme that is spreading across the country. “Even though they knew about the illegitimacy of these duplicate signatures, the special interests behind this initiative attempted to run out the clock on this challenge through obstruction and delay. They were caught, and now we hope the court does the right thing and enjoin the measure from tabulation in the fall.”

That didn’t happen. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Frank Moskowitz heard arguments on the matter during a Wednesday hearing and said it’s too late, since the ballots have been printed. And so the illegal ballot measure will proceed to voters as if it is legal and their votes will be counted.

In the review of the signatures, it was discovered that at least 250 people had signed the petition five times or more — one person signing it 15 times. All of the signatures were accepted by the Arizona Secretary of State before being challenged in state court and referred to a retired judge who served as the special master.

Read the Special Master Report here.

See an exhibit showing the duplicates of people who signed five or more times here.

Highground, the company that has the dark-money-funded contract to get the act passed said it would sue if that portion of the ballot was not counted.

Early voting starts Oct. 9 in Arizona.

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Bob Bird: Miracles still happen

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Bob Bird: Miracles still happen

By BOB BIRD

This election, if it was honest, should be akin to 1980 and ‘84, when Ronald Reagan blew out the Democrats’ candles. In two elections that had the potential of winning 100 states, he won 94 of them.

Or it would be like in 1994, when Republicans took control of the House for the first time in 40 years, due to the leftist policies of Bill Clinton.

We have pretty much exhausted the political discourse of the obviously stolen election of 2020. The lamestream media still harps about the “false claims” and “election deniers”, but they are part of the machinery of tyranny that is swallowing, not just America, but the world. And while some states have moved to try to clean up the insidious and sophisticated technology that contributes to this, the machinery of cheating need only be effective in key counties in swing states to work its satanic magic again.

Pile on with mail-in ballots, Dominion voting machines that talk to cell towers, millions of illegal immigrants and decaying voter rolls, a ludicrously rigged presidential “debate”, and you will understand while this journalist is pessimistic. 

And I hope I am wrong. I hope I wake up on Nov. 6 with egg on my face.

And Trump still makes mistakes. The Vance appointment was not a home run, he has alienated his prolife base, and he likely has Deep State moles within his staff. How else would the latest would-be assassin, with CIA ties, know to hang out in the bushes for 12 hours?

Most conservatives are sensing this. The empty-headed Harris/Walz puppets are breezing along with smug confidence, and the media will provide them the illusion for “plausible deniability” of a fraudulent election.

And supposedly solid states have election integrity problems. Dave Cuddy, who like me took two cracks at Ted Stevens’ senate seat, recently ran for Congress in a Texas district where he has moved. His two Republican opponents were nothing more than dabblers, like the well-intentioned Gerald Heikes or John Howe, who run armchair campaigns and show up for a few media interviews or chamber-of-commerce forums. Yet Cuddy lost, with a miniscule turnout, giving the far-left Democrat virtually no opposition in the general election.

Cuddy, who ran a sophisticated, conservative campaign, was the only serious Republican candidate, but he just recently discovered that there were 50,000 missing ballots in his Texas primary. The establishment Republican leadership made merely perfunctory investigations into this chicanery. It was obvious that Cuddy was going to be a serious threat to incumbent Greg Casar, and he was taken out with a fence-post candidate, recently moved from California, who has no intention of working on his own campaign.

It smells every step of the way like a fix. Listeners can hear the interview by going to www.radiokenai.com, click on “Podcasts” at the top right, and scroll to The Talk of the Kenai for Sept. 18, hours 1 and 2.

It is going to be a lot harder for the leftist fixers to salvage Rep. Mary Peltola. There are only so many mail-in ballots you can produce in Alaska without raising suspicions, Nick Begich has the momentum, a Trump endorsement and national funding. Begich would be wise to keep a stiff arm’s length away from GOP “experts” who think they know more about Alaska than Alaskans. Nancy Dahlstrom found that out. There are bound to be Deep State moles who might give him bad advice or steer him into some sort of trap.

But let’s look at the “Vote No on 2” ads that are currently running. Truly, RCV is a weapon that leftists want to keep. It should be filed into an archive so future generations can hear and see the most shameless piece of political lying you can find anywhere. They are making tearful, sappy commercials using military veterans. They warn of “Outside dark money” and local “political insiders” running and dictating Alaskan politics, while their disclaimers, now required by law, show them to be exactly that, headquartered in Chicago, Houston and Denver.

This works, because the constitutional convention vote of 2022 was lost, largely because of the $8 million in Soros money that bought similar, fearful commercials, warning of outsiders influencing Alaskan politics.

Miracles still happen. While we must work, contribute and disseminate for truth, we cannot neglect prayer. It is man’s strength, and God’s “weakness”. We are a sinful culture, but the Biblical story of Abraham, found in Genesis 18:16-33, negotiating with Angels of Vengeance, should not be forgotten.

Bob Bird is former chair of the Alaskan Independence Party and the host of a talk show on KSRM radio, Kenai.

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Bob Griffin: Rightsizing the Anchorage School District is essential

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Bob Griffin: Rightsizing the Anchorage School District is essential

By BOB GRIFFIN

There will be 3,000 fewer kids in Anchorage School District facilities in 2029 than there were 50 years earlier in 1979. For the sake of our kids and teachers, we need to stop wasting money on unneeded school buildings and focus those resources into classrooms. 

According to ASD’s Capital Improvement Plan figures, the district is expecting enrollment to decline to 39,281 students by 2029 (down from a peak of just over 50,000 in 2003/04). Of those students, 3,542 are expected to be in homeschool or other programs — not in ASD facilities.

That brings the total expected to in brick-and-mortar ASD schools to 35,739 students in 2029. That would be the lowest number of kids in ASD facilities as far as records are published by the ASD – back 50 years, to the 1978/79 school year when 38,896 students were in Anchorage school facilities.

Since 1981, ASD has increased the facilities footprint from 5.0 million square feet to over 7.8 million square feet. For context, the floorspace added since 1981 is more than 14 time the size of the 200,000 square foot Dena’ina Convention Center in Anchorage – with a decline in student utilization equivalent to eight elementary school’s fewer students than 1979. 

More elbow room for students might seem like a nice luxury – but it comes at a high cost that robs resources from our kid’s classroom operations. For example: Keeping an unneeded elementary school operating takes about 4% per year of the $50 million current replacement value of the typical ASD elementary school in long and short-term maintenance costs, or around $2 million a year.

In addition, each elementary school has a staff of non-teachers who are unique to that facility – costing around $1.5 million year. Utilities cost around $500,000 per year. That means every unneeded elementary school roughly displaces 50 teacher salaries each year. 

ASD accounts for the decline in enrollment due to “lower birth rates”. There is some truth to that, but not nearly to the extent that would account for 22% fewer students (11,000 student decline) compared to 2004, when the overall population was 14,000 lower than today. Low birthrates also can’t account for an overall decline in students below the level when the population of Anchorage had just 180,000 residents in 1979. 

Over the same period, the MatSu School District has seen increases in student populations and is projecting further increases – roughly in proportion to the population growth. It seems families in south-central Alaska, with school age kids, are likely voting with their feet in large numbers and migrating to school programs that are more aligned with their family values. 

Spending money on unneeded schools robs resources from our kids and teachers.  We should be holding the Anchorage School District accountable through tough-love measures — like refusing school bond proposals until the district demonstrates they can effectively manage their inventory of unneeded buildings.

Bob Griffin is on the board of Alaska Policy Forum and served on the Alaska Board of Education and Early Development.

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Passings: Alaskan Kyle Parker, law partner at Holland & Hart, and avid fisherman

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Passings: Alaskan Kyle Parker, law partner at Holland & Hart, and avid fisherman

Anchorage resident Kyle Parker, partner of Holland & Hart, died Thursday after an intense battle with cancer. He was 59.

Parker joined Holland & Hart in 2017, bringing with him a team from Crowell & Moring and launching Holland & Hart’s Anchorage office. “Kyle was a perfect fit for H&H, quickly becoming an integral part of the life of the firm,” the company wrote.

Parker was born on May 6, 1965, the son of David and Carol Parker. His late father worked in the Nixon Administration. Raised in Northern Virginia, Kyle Parker had a front row seat witnessing the political world of neighboring Washington, D.C. His father also introduced him to the beauty and majesty of Alaska as a child, thus igniting a passion for and love of The Last Frontier, its people, its culture and its history, a love that lasted a lifetime.

After graduating from law school in 1991, Parker pursued his dream of living and practicing law in Alaska. He began his legal career as an attorney with the Alaska Department of Law and later joined Gov. Wally Hickel’s Administration.

In 1995, Parker was recruited to private practice with Patton Boggs in Washington, D.C. That move took him back to Washington D.C., where he met his wife, Michelle. Two years later, he and Michelle returned to Alaska, where he opened that firm’s Anchorage office. In 2009, Kyle, along with now retired Holland & Hart partner John Martin, left Patton Boggs to open the Crowell & Moring Anchorage office.

Parker built a wide-ranging law practice, primarily assisting clients with matters involving their Alaska natural resource holdings and infrastructure assets. He defended clients in environmental litigation, from response and cleanup actions, to civil and criminal enforcement.

He earned the trust and deep respect of his clients in his over 30 years of practicing law in Alaska and Washington, D.C. His legal acumen, keen sense of the prevailing political environment, excellent connections, people skills and judgment, as well as his guiding hand are all at the center of infrastructure projects that have resulted in billions of dollars in economic development within the State of Alaska.

Kyle Parker was also a mentor and team builder. Immediately after joining Holland & Hart, he began building numerous client teams, which often included 30 or more Holland & Hart attorneys. He was administrative partner for Alaska in the law firm known as the largest environmental law practice in the country, according to Law360, with 16 offices across the Mountain West and in Washington, D.C.

He loved the great outdoors of Alaska, and fishing was in his DNA. He was an active member of FISHCOM, through which he introduced his colleagues to the legendary experience of fishing at Alaska’s Newhalen Lodge, an annual event which Parker curated for clients, colleagues, and friend. 

At his core, Kyle Parker was a people person who was recognized widely for his ability to connect with everyone. And once you spent any time with him, you had a friend for life, his friends recall. He had a passion for cooking and loved nothing more than to play host to his clients, colleagues, friends and family, which more often than not included a home-cooked meal with his wife, Michelle as co-host.

Video: Activist Keith Fons arrested after freeing his child from North Pole school where students were being held ‘for their safety’ after school by faculty

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Video: Activist Keith Fons arrested after freeing his child from North Pole school where students were being held ‘for their safety’ after school by faculty

On Sept. 18, North Pole High School refused to let students leave the school due to an unspecified “safety threat.” 

Students were held behind the doors of the school and crowded into a fish bowl-like setting near the entry. No information was given to parents about why the students were being held for nearly 20 minutes after school. 

One parent, Keith Fons, was at the school to pick up his daughter and give her a ride home. He went inside with his camera to find out what was happening and why the students were being herded into the entry and not allowed to be released to their parents or guardians. He videoed the events as they unfolded. 

Caution — strong language and emotionally charged content: 

After Fons posted the video on Facebook and TikTok, he brought his daughter home and went back to work. Not long after he left, his daughter called him because there were several North Pole City police cars at his house. 

Fons lives outside the city limits of North Pole. 

Fons returned home and was arrested for assault. He was held for $500 bail, which was quickly posted. The charges were levied by a school district employee who she felt “unsafe” around Fons. The charge is a misdemeanor, Assault 4-Cause Fear Of Injury.

In recent weeks, Fons has been involved in educating the public on issues involving the school board, particularly one school board member whose wife posted a semi-nude picture of him on social media. The arrest may be retaliatory.

Around 3 p.m. in the afternoon, the school sent an email to parents to inform them about an incident that had caused a “sit tight” protocol due to a threat made by a student to a staff member. The situation was resolved and student dismissal proceeded, the email said.

After the Uvalde, Texas shooting at an elementary school, parents are worried when their children are locked inside during an uncertain dangerous situation. Read one mom’s account after she saved her kids from the Uvalde shooting, and felt that police were targeting her.

Fons’ situation was not unlike that Texas woman who just wanted to get to her two children and save them.

https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/mom-who-saved-her-kids-from-uvalde-school-shooting-says-police-are-targeting-her-texas-robb-elementary-gunman-salvador-ramos-law-enforcement-response-angeli-rose-gomez-first-responders-who-is-pete-arredondo-town-square-protests-elementary-school-massacre

Fons discussed the incident on the Michael Dukes show on Sept 19. He had been already scheduled to appear on the show to discuss the Bobby Burgess photo incident and the attempts by supporters of Burgess to de-platform him on social media. 

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There is now a GoFundMe site set up to help Fons with his legal expenses.

North Pole High School is the school that allowed Mary Peltola to do an illegal campaign event on campus during school hours.

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