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Take the PFD, quickly and now. No income tax thereafter until we see how they do with that cut. If more revenue is needed at that point, a sales tax on no-essentials (like food, and WIC or TANF, or other assistance) is the best idea. Seniors who are exempt, and those on assistance will not have to pay sales tax on t...
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The right people in the right place at the right time. Many thanks to the players and coaches for their quick response. Well done.
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"Monday, Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, said: “My personal goal is well over half of the budget gap this year.” Clearly progress has stalled. The governor wants a 'complete solution," not half measures from legislators more concerned with their own reelection, than passing a sustainable fiscal plan.
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Alaskans get the Legislature they deserve by not bothering to vote. The numbers of Alaskans going to the polls is truly pathetic - less than 30% is the normal turnout. But with the angry mood today, both in-state and nationally, maybe it will motivate more people to vote. It is up to each of us to be a part of the cha...
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Nobody is saying they are ok with the negative aspects of colonialism. What they are saying is that having a restaurant that serves food from a certain ere, and making that clear in its name, does not equal glorifying other non-food aspects of that time.
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I'm proud of what my representative is doing in the Capital and hope he continues to represent my wishes of no income taxes without continued cuts in the state budget.
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Sorry...duplicate
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With the ready availability of on line reporting there's no reason F&G not require mid season reporting to ensure we don't over harvest the resource.
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You republican have some serious soul-searching to do. You keep voting for people who think it's OK to pay our more in tax credits than we get in production taxes. You support politicians who don't have the courage to deal with our fiscal problems because it's an "election year". You keep putting ideology ahead the Ala...
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The following presentation is based on a true incident, in Oregon. The names have been left out because I don't remember them. In a rural school district in Benton County, some years ago, there were rumors of a student/teacher romance. The male teacher was 21 or 22 and the female student 16 when the rumors began. She w...
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Mr. Persson, I think the majority of Alaskans are A-OK with their representation, that's why they keep getting elected. I think what they don't like is the talk of taxing only half the people in the state as opposed to everyone. :) Mr. Civility
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Careful about suggesting that viable option. Just last night I was driving behind a Ridesource bus on 6th Ave. and watched it change lanes twice without the driver signaling. As I went by it before whoever was behind the wheel could twitch again, I peeked inside to see who was driving. He could have passed for Betty Ta...
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I agree with everyone who has commented here. In fact, I have no opinion of my own, but merely an amalgam of the fine and upstanding people who so succinctly opined. They call me Mr. Average. I like warm milk. The only things I ever get excited about are Protecting the Environment, and Diversity (within a narrow range,...
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Instead of serious consideration of the Governor's proposals, or ideas of their own, what we get from the legislature is evasion of reality with the idea that if they somehow get government to the "right size" there would be no need for new revenue. Given the huge increase in oil reserves, increased use of alternatives...
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I was thinking more along the locusts and bubonic lines. But you've got it covered also.
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You have the concept of Free Riding confused with Freedom.
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There is nothing inherently wrong with colonial food. It is a real thing. See the Le Colonial restaurants in SF, NYC and Chicago. You can leave your opinions on gentrification out of this, but I will note that you seem to ignore the many net positives that the neighborhood and its residents have experienced from incr...
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Great story of Alaskans helping Alaskans. We need more of this, every day! Nice work, gentlemen! (Coach included! Way to lead well!)
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I agree that not any 'one person' can fix the mess. It will take collaboration, which has been pretty thin for the last 35 years. I don't think your dreams are fantasy. History shows that any town, city, country that is overtaken by greed and gluttony, sooner or later falls by bloody revolt. We've already seen the elem...
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Diane, Please explain
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Thanks, Nathan. It is a tricky thing, to ensure that people don't cheat the system. We'll keep improving it, but people are endlessly clever! The most interesting finding, to me, was that the vast majority of people actually act in good faith. The percentage of people who attempt to manipulate ratings is actually quite...
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Warmist predictions are almost as accurate as Chicken Little. In 1985, Manhattan was predicted to be under water by 2005. AGW is a hoax intended to herd low IQ humans into a one world govt under the UN, headed by Barack Hussein Obama. http://nation.foxnews.com/2016/01/10/report-obama-wants-become-un-secretary-genera...
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Free speech is awesome. So is the right to open a small business and brand it in a way that supports the type of product you are offering. Churchill isn't a universally bad historical figure...you can't find any general, president, etc. (US or otherwise) who couldn't be painted in a bad light based on decisions they ...
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You're a good man Andy, and you've got a great bunch of young men that you're coaching. Thanks for your acts of heroism.
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State do it yourself, don't ask for Federal help for Big Oil when you won't help the needy in Alaska.
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Bureau of Reclamation Report to Congress on Western US water security based on future climate models released March 22 2016 predicts average annual temperatures across the west to increase 5 -7 Degrees F or 3-4 Degrees C by mid late 21st century. http://www.usbr.gov/climate/secure/
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40-20: As usual, you suggest confronting bigotry is, itself, bigotry. That's a very tired and ineffective ploy. It would be impossible to not see the racism, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia, and elitism Trump displays each day. Google "Trump and (any of those bigoted attitudes)" and you will get tens of thousands of...
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I disagree, Alaska Republicans are Don't Tax But Spend More chimeras of authoritarian zealots and incompetent fiscal managers. I have seen no evidence that the majority legislative leadership either believes in math or understands how it works. The correlation of divisive social issue activists and anti-oil tax voter...
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Thank goodness we have a governor who's more "statesman" and less "politician." He obviously is more concerned @ the future welfare of our state than his own popularity; my kind of leader.
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So sad. As a parting comment, I note your failure to show the slightest concern over _actual_ uncivil behavior -- out in the world that really matters -- of the "we know best" crowd. I don't think we'll miss much in the way of actual "fact checking" either. -- Paul
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Actually, if during the commission of a felony a life is lost, fellow perpetrators of the original felony, can and have been charged with the death. Just because law enforcement justifiably ended a life, the crime leading up to that loss of life, which would not have happened without direct involvement from those fel...
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There is a sickness among liberals. This is their only way to answer politically different ideas: You're a racist and a bigot. Well, Barack Obama was down in Cuba and carefully choreographed a photo in front of a huge mural of Castro thug Chez Guevara. This murderer was responsible for killing thousands in Cuba and set...
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We have to separate wants from needs; that covers a huge span of topics. For anything resembling a balanced budget we need to bring up the revenue side. No one wants too, not even those willing to enact taxes, tap the PFD, etc, we like to keep those funds in our pockets. But we also recognize that we can't continue ...
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Mr. Scott, According to the LA Times California has a total debt of 263 BILLION dollars, talk about mismanagement, I don't think I would use that state for anything other than to show why you shouldn't give people free stuff and make others pay for it. Try again sir!
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I love Jane Sanders and this article explains who she is. She is going to speak at a women's shelter with no press. She is speaking to those who need the most help, not those who have money or power. I observed the horror stories of rape, suicide, abuse, lack of functioning health services in another region of Alaska a...
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Bernie has managed to get exactly 7 bills he sponsored enacted in his decades in Congress. Two were renaming post offices in Vermont, one was commemorating Vermont's bicentennial, two were small-scale environmental bills in New England, one changed language about the VFW, and one gave a COLA to vets. That's it.
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The census data for 2014 reveals that 3.9% of Alaska's population is "black alone." It also reveals that 7.1% reported "two or more races." Of the dual race respondents 4.3% reported as black. But now we have the slippery slope of how much of a particular race must one be to report a dual race profile? But more impo...
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Thats the point , right now you do not pay for anything. You are a free loader whether you like it or not. Akward, eh?
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Until the number of Native Alaskan Attorneys increases it is impossible to bring the number of Native Alaskan judges to anywhere close to what that number should be. Judge Washington has the right idea with programs that reach out to kids, but there are a lot of cultural obstacles out there to be overcome.
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"not one of these liberal bigots remotely has a problem with Saturday Market" Boozer, for the record, it's not just us liberal bigots who don't have a problem with it. No one does, except for you it appears.
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Except, he still runs with the "socially conservative" crowd who mobilize the pro-oil, anti-Alaska voters and money machines for the very legislators that insult and obstruct his attempts to balance state fiscal policy. If he continues to fail to recognize that connection he's going to be on the receiving end of incr...
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I agree KABATA should be put on the back burner for now, and agree that the budget deficients are way beyond just cutting spending. We do need additional revenue sources. My problem is the way Gov. Walker is going about it. His proposed income tax will exempt most of rural Alaska from contributing for services they hav...
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Asking for clarification of the rating system. What I am doing is rating comments I disagree with as good due to the person stating their point well. Is that what we are doing or is the intent to rate a comment we disagree with as a bad one?
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A sensible part of enabling legislation would be to include sunset/trigger conditionals as part of the package, not a real tall bar to reach.
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If you base your views on a political party solely based on past missteps then we can still continue to blame the great depression on the Republican party. Reduce this ungodly spending before you tax me.
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Everyone who steps foot in Alaska uses State services. It does no good to draw hundreds of workers and their families to Alaska (thus increasing the cost of government) without a mechanism to recover some of that cost; hence the need for an income tax. This would recover money from the out-of-state workers. Condu...
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Residency might not be an issue, but at first glance Zimmerman's life seems a unstable. Not what I'm looking for in a leader. I'd like to see him have a couple of years of stability under his belt before he tries to lead the city. He owes hs family and The People that much.
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It's terrible that employers would discriminate. Unfortunately, it happens everyday with the native corporations as they give jobs to people based on the color of their skin.
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Interesting you point out the clowns not smiling, Lynn. I live in Juneau, and on more than one occasion, I've seen Senator Pete Kelly at the Hangar (downtown bar) drinking with his buddies at 5 pm with a huge smile on his face. Drinking with his buddies at 5 pm rather than putting in the time to actually get some wor...
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So... a $260 ticket will end up costing tax payers how much exactly? Why would Mrs. Taylor request a trial other than to potentially escape a minor fee based on a perceived political advantage? Is this really worth disputing, or even reporting for that matter? Her age means nothing to me, her political leanings are irr...
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No smoke alarms?
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It is ironic that the "big spenders" are the "conservative" republicans while those showing fiscal responsibility are the "liberal" democrats.
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Free Riding is receiving public goods and services without contributing to their cost. Both the oil industry and Alaskan public are "free riders" of state services. The industry benefits greatly from the infrastructure and labor force developed at state cost. The residents of Alaska enjoy access to state resources, roa...
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Well perhaps he should of pursued his career in some other state. While he may have been unaware of the law here, which I highly doubt, he still abused his authority and standing as an instructor, and quite possibly used that status as a tool much as has Bill Cosby. Sympathy will no doubt be in short supply, I would gu...
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What's left to cut? The capital budget has never been lower - in fact, it's almost gone. All the other operating budgets are also near all-time lows. And a PF restructure will not require a vote, nor a constitutional amendment. SB 114 (introduced a few months ago) is just one example of a restructuring method that sta...
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She's doing her job while you make absurd statements about her intellect with a phony "100% accuracy". You write as if you know her; you don't. Try telling the whole truth instead of covering up for your lopsided position of "independent". The readers can see right through it.
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No. Just the white guys that use an 'African connotation' of the current President for an identity.
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"While on its face, this may seem like an inconsequential bill " If by inconsequential you mean increasing the amount of firearms incidences and suicides on campus like all the other campuses who've allowed concealed carry, then yes it is inconsequential. But you do make a good point, at over a million dollars it's cl...
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Well, Mark Janes, considering the fact that this guy owns over 2 million dollars worth of real estate in Seldovia and considering the fact that almost 70% of the property taxes he pays goes to fund the school your child went to, I hope you sent him a thank you note and had him over for dinner! I mean, like you said, yo...
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You say save, I say destroy...
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Great job! Now if one of the local stations would show the games, this one wasn't even on the internet (a real bummer)
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If this elusive 'whole truth' of which you speak were the test on an 'opinion' site, there would be nothing posted. I see it's time for another vocabulary lesson for the Old one. Sigh! "Opinion: a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge:"
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Got plenty of good ideas, D, some of which I have written of and spoken to at various times recently. More on all that later. Mostly I'm hearing a wealth of good ideas, backed with human energy, from good people all over town. BTW, I had an awesome first date with someone at Kesey Square, 10 PM this past Monday nig...
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Yes I am. Because you are accusing on something you know nothing about. I'm saying that for ECMO- yes three nurses to one dying patient. Not sitting. And that cost money. Staffing is so closely monitored because of budget and healthcare costs because a lot of times the hospital just eats the cost. There are many laws t...
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As far as I can tell we agree, sorry for the confusion!
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Well, good for her and good for Dillingham. Sounds like some well-deserved attention.
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That's true, but it wouldn't hurt to have a can of beans on hand just in case there's another day and we can't make it to the market....
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Look no further than the Juneau Empire for stifled public discussion in a local news paper.
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Pre-PFD we used to have a small income tax as a percent of our federal income tax, and we also had a larger percentage than now of rural subsistence residents who - then as now- had little paid work other than fishing and trapping. It did not break us - nor would a small income tax now. Also it would capture income f...
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Now that the oil industry is on pace to receive nearly a billion dollars more in state paid cash subsidies a year than they pay in production taxes -- are they going to develop their OWN roads, their OWN school systems, their OWN law enforcement (not counting the Wackenhut-style mercenaries of Alyeska)...?
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People still make regular phone calls on their cell phones?
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First of all, "it does not work in your home budget" is a failed analogy. The state of Alaska has a SINGLE revenue source: oil. With production at 25%, and prices at 25%, we're currently at 1/16th of our previous income levels. So, to return to your "home budget" analogy, let's make it accurate: Your family is a si...
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Apologies for pre-coffee errata- I meant that we could add a three-YEAR sunset renewal provision to any tax or exploration tax credit bill.
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Codfish: If that's true why have so many people in Seldovia sold their property to this guy?
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Whoever is using Cate's name has been reported to ADN. Enjoy using a fake name whoever you are.
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Sounds like Seldovia is a town of freeloaders who just like to complain.
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Calling names and belittling aside, Dingman intentionally avoids the root cause of our problem. The party is over, stimulus funds are spent and the days of hundred dollar oil is a thing of the past. Uncle Ted and the indefensible Young can't save us this time. Hidden in Dingman's poor excuse for a commentary is the fac...
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What kind of a person knows what’s good for others? Not to start a fight, but LTD and Eugene's city council have a history of telling others what they think is best for them, and passing regulation without any added input from others. And supposedly they all work for us.
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Bernie has been harping on these issues for years now and finally people are starting to listen. Maybe now we can get some things changed.
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Jennifer, someone is falsely using Cate Arriola's name and posting ugly comments. I know Cate and she wouldn't say something like this faker is stating. The faker has been reported to ADN and hopefully they'll soon be barred from posting on this site.
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Walker produced a plan with $100M in cuts when we have a $4.1B deficit. That is just plain ignorant. We need substantially more cuts. Our per capita spending is twice other states. That is unsustainable even with taxes. And an income tax especially will drive away the people who would provide the most funding. Just ask...
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Looks like the county team wants to do for Portland what they have for the county little or nothing. This endorsement is very troubling. What are the promises and quid pro quo's?
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Why the big uptick in returns to owner? I'd like to think this always has been a top priority for them.
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well, you are entitled to your delusions. and I am not surprised in the least you are proud of your liberal bigotry and shameless staggering hypocrisy.
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Over and over and over, you repeat the same lies. Street-side standards will NOT repair the sidewalks. This is something the city <i>refuses</i> to discuss. I know because I sat through many meetings regarding the bike-lane proposal, along with many other people who live here (not in Lowell) and use the street. We were...
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As I got towards the end of the column, I thought to myself...wow, he's gonna do it...Dingman is finally going to write an entire column without resorting to that tired old trait of lazy journalism. But, no, it was not to be. In the very last paragraph, Dingman served up yet another dose of David Brooks disease: both s...
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The Ncaa showed all the games on the internet except this quarterfinal. My assumption is they sold all the rights to CBS and with that, you have a problem here. GCI just moved down several pegs in my book by not getting behind the community and supporting this team. 500 channels of mostly sewerage, you would think they...
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If the government or my kids want me to stop driving they'll have to pry my cold, dead fingers from the steering wheel...
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Great job by law enforcement ! It's too bad this isn't done more then once a year . Think of all the criminals we could get off our streets.
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"If you listen to non-Joanna Newsom music, there is a very good chance you are fucking with weak shit" I don't no about her music but your usage of the English language is questionable.
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Uhh... Alaska takes in ZERO in fees and taxes. And while there might actually be a number, it is so minuscule that it still comes out to zero, even when you round to the 4th or 5th decimal place. When "we as individuals receive a reduction in income", you left out the 4th and best option: go get a new, or second, jo...
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Thank you so much! Getting rid of incessant earn-money-at-home spam and rude name-calling will be most welcome.
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judging from the way the Saturday's market try at a Tuesday artist market fizzled. just not enough foot traffic and do not put a stage there - some people just don't belong on one and can't resist. I know it 's a different area of downtown but don't think enough foot traffic to support an artist market. the area sho...
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Wasilla and Palmer, Alaska should take serious note of this story as they too banned the green monster from their towns. That was before our 3.5 B state budget deficit, and sub $30 barrels of oil which has many oil companies looking for easier oil elsewhere. At least the mayor of Houston, Alaska had the long-term visio...
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Your reading comprehension doesn't seems to cover more than 10 words at a time. I bid you farewell.
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I do not agree with the Governor. I believe we need to cut the budget even further to what is sustainable. That is what an individual, family or business does when they have less revenue. A tax & spend policy is not the road to prosperity. I will never support an income tax & will vote against politicians who support i...
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The reality of being an Independent representative in a country that tells the world that we are a multi-Party country, when in truth, only two Party's can run for president fairly, but just between the two. Those other Party's? Good luck.
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Too late. 42 people already have.
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At least you didn't disagree with me. :) Oil company work still pays at least part of the bills. So keeping them working and employee the people Democrats & the Governor would love to steal money from at least helps. Non-productive people only add to the bill and don't do anything but sink the boat faster so it makes ...
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