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If the author's concern is about building a statue in Juneau that celebrates the "great white male" school of history, he must also be really upset about the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, the Alaska Highway, Hoover Dam, the Washington Monument, the Versailles Palace, Westminster Abbey, the Vatican, and the Weeping Wall in Jer... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You are wrong, Kay. The 100,000 people living in the Interior desperately need affordable electricity generated in the cleanest way possible.
You do realize Fairbanks has seriously polluted air that is killing people due to cancer, heart disease and stroke?
Why are you so selfish? | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Lance, your assertion is one of social preference or religious belief, and that's fine; it's your right as a member of our great democracy. But both the scientific community and the Supreme Court have concluded that abortion is not murder. I agree with that. Further, unwanted babies are in peril from mother's who can... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Is it possible to rig one of these "sea-parachutes" to Alaska's legislature? They really need something to slow their drift towards the "rocks". | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don't pay for corruption Alaska. If you want to kill the snake you have to chop its head off. To continue feeding it is not going to protect you from the bite. If you allow taxes or invasion of the PFD you are feeding the snake. | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 |
You also smoke dope. | 0.255319 | 0.021277 | 0.06383 | 0 | 0.191489 | 0.021277 | 0.021277 |
Thomas, the Devils Canyon Dam was first proposed around 1960. The cost would have been about $500 million, in 1960 dollars. If this hydro project had been built then, we would have seriously reduced the amount of pollution from the numerous Alaska coal power plants that have been making people sick for 50 years.
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Thanks for clarifying the con dictionary for us all that miscarriages (spontaneous abortions) don't exist. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
...hillside...high priority...I see what you did there. Hilarious how quickly the bait was taken! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I live in South Anchorage. If I'm not expecting someone, I answer my door with a pistol in my hand and a 12 gauge close by. If it is nighttime and something goes bump in the night the last thing that intruder is going to see is me wearing nothing but a Mossberg and a smile; horrible way to go. | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I spoke with Vic Fisher (drafter of the State Constitution) about this backlog problem and he informed me that nothing in the Constitution prohibits them from conducting hearings between sessions. While they can't vote outside the formal sessions they certainly could reduce the backlog by using this time. Also, they... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group selectivity dictates we have in us a very strong urge to agree with one another and to identify as a group. The problem in politics is that your in a room with people who are supposed to be representatives of groups, not identifying as a group unto themselves and seeking to agree with one another. Our system is s... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I meant can observe without fail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phil North was a respected member of the Kenai-Soldotna community. He retired from EPA and went on the "trip of a lifetime" with his family - I talked to him at the grocery store just before he left, and he and his family were really excited about their trip. He didn't look like he was "fleeing" to me. This was long... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tim, while we can agree we need significant cuts to the operating budget, killing some of these important capital projects does not make sense. If we can monetize North Slope gas Alaska will not only have relatively clean, affordable energy, we will also have serious new revenues that make the need of an income tax LE... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Demand for electricity always grows with availability. The coal plants will still be needed to keep up with demand. Just look at all the TVA and other S-48 dams, the nuke plants, the gas powered plants ... with all that, the coal plants are still everywhere. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
remove their clitoris and sew their vaginas closed... alah, alah, alah Donald Trump.. | 0.958333 | 0.182292 | 0.425347 | 0.517361 | 0.252894 | 0.079282 | 0.948495 |
So then we'll look forward to the anti abortion bill being aborted... what a waste of time these personal agenda bills have been, a distraction from the overwhelming fiscal challenges. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alaska Research: The people of the Interior have been denied for many years easily accessed natural gas that would provide an affordable, clean source of energy. Pipe it in. We don't need the Susitna Dam boondoggle. I wonder if the foot-dragging in providing natural gas to the Interior has been from vested interes... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I'm available to go to Scotland! My credentials are impeccable! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What ever happened with all the headless walrus that were found near Pt Hope? ADN had an earlier article...months ago... about fish and game finding the criminals but nothing has been heard about the murdered walrus. | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
It would appear that the larger commercial fishing communities could certainly afford their own broadband, and the smaller communities should probably tie their internet to a service the state needs such as weather or communications of some type. A wiser distribution of resources might be a better solution but having G... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wow, they are so bored that they are voting on where to have their special session three weeks before the actual session even ends. This instead of working on solving Alaska's budget issues. They just can't wait to have us pay their federal per diem throughout a regular and a special session(s). Do they work for the fe... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
We have tidewater gas at Prudhoe Bay. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You are an interesting person; I would like to speak with you face-to-face at some point. Mr. Vic Fischer wrote the book, Alaska Constitution Review and may yet be the only living delegate. I knew several others, including Judge Thomas B. Stewart who was secretary to the convention: he researched the document and put i... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mine mine mine mine pay your fair share mine mine mine...No cuts..more spending.. I'm from the government democrat party and I'm here to lower your taxes....signed..big government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This has to be a trolling comment. Dana is an amazing coach - probably the best in Oregon history. So sorry if he rubs you the wrong way. :,( | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I was on the Anchorage Chamber's Energy Committee in the early '80s. The Susitna Dam was not economically viable then, and we had a lot of State money in the early '80s, and it is not economically viable now or in the foreseeable future. The only thing the Susitna Dam is good for is giving a bunch of old guys with ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hard to think I will never run into my old law school friend on the streets near the courthouses in down town Portland when I come up from Medford ever again. Will miss those street hugs. Stu's heart was full, feeling justice in his gut and the endorphins of his brains' pursuit. RIP my friend. | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
I concur. Why should I have to pay for some one elses internet? If you choose to live rural why should you get free internet? Yes coffee shops in cities have it for "free" but the shop pays for it to get your business. It is there in the villages, whoever wants it can pay for it them selves. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A 14 million dollar surplus...brought to you by the man who supports prop 8. Your move voters. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thin at TE? With Mundt, Baylis and Brown back this year? Are you sure you're looking at the depth chart of the right team? :) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ummmm in Bethel the "disadvantaged" native corp is building a liquor store to sell alcohol to their shareholders. Think this will affect day to day life for their share holders? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Can't wait to see him on the field. All-state in LA and recruited by LSU... legit! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
Follow Warren Buffet's lead. He bought $1 billion worth of wind turbines. From 2006 to 2013 the price of wind generation fell 26% and is now on par or even lower than that to produce electricity from coal. Coal plants all over the country are closing because of this fact and they are replacing their coal plants with wi... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
"A good community is not free". Anchorage has veered far from the path of being a good community. I guess that is the tax payers fault. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Art, your data-set is outdated by 30 years. This project, funded with long term bonds, will significantly reduce the cost of electricity in the Interior. The last significant hydro project Alaska built was Bradley Lake- and it now provides the lowest cost power- through the Intertie- to the Interior. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Where are you going to get $6 billion? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Or maybe some folks could go back to Siberia if they can't find the job they want here. I ask that same question alot...how did they survive before all the entitlements? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Where are you going to get $6 billion? Again, tell us all who you really are. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The 14 million surplus was from lack of snow and the drop in the price of oil. Had nothing to do with Sullivan. SAP software upgrade rat's nest.....you decide. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I don't want to put a lot of effort into this...but I found 2 national polls, the newest over 10 years old, both of which are extensively criticized at aistm.org for flaws in design and interpretation.
Also in older data, the Seminoles and the Oneida voiced opposition to "indian" mascots, as did the National Congress o... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Who will pay for your "free" internet? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
He's not telling the police everything. Or he is & they're not releasing it. Doubtful it was random. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You have "zero credibility" by not telling us who you are working for. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Looks like sour grapes from someone who lost an election. Sully's girl lost
so he is going out of his way to obstruct the new administration. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WINDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A lot quicker to get on line. Cheaper and more environmentally friendly. Who do you work for again? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yes, we could buy more wind turbines that, unlike hydro, generate ZERO electricity when the wind stops blowing. This, then, requires expensive back up power plants to replace the generation lost when the wind stops. This makes wind power far more expensive than hydro. You need to do some elementary research if you w... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
30 year bonds- as we did with Bradley Lake, that now provides the cheapest, most reliable, cleanest power to the Interior. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You have my identity from the e-mail I sent you from my home computer to which you responded prior to the levy election. Our next to the last discussion of this on Disqus was while you were on the plane taking your father-in-law to a veteran’s event at which time I suggested you ask him what “Your Word is Your Bond” me... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sorry, but your comment makes no sense. You like living without amenities, try living farther away like way out in the Mat-Su Borough or beyond. But don't limit those of us who want to pay for a city that is worth living in. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
If you're making a menu like this too...can we join? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I'm going to Pick Click Give to my gun & fishing gear fund. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sully is a big time cheater in his public and private life. Sully cut the APD to the bone that triggered a wave in murders, robberies, and burglaries. Cutting to far back in APD's police force was a ploy by Sully to make himself appear fiscally conservative as he was tapped to be Parnell's Lt. Governor. Now Sully wa... | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
You will never find people willing to invest $6 billion in Alaskan bonds in this budgetary climate unless it's backed with our Permanent Fund Principle as collateral. Good luck with that one. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Piano, gas is good, but hydro is better. Hydro does not tie the Interior to global price fluctuations like we recently saw with fuel oil that cost over $4 per gallon.
Hydro is renewable, forever. Hydro does not release CO2, as does gas.
Alaska would be smarter to sell our gas for the highest possible price in the A... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
And the collateral for $6 billion in bonds to fund your pet project would be backed by____________? And once again, your real name is_____ and you are funded by_______ and work for _______? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
"STANDARDIZED--???""---follow the rest of the nations schools? "dumbing DOWN"---should be the word--performance improvement ?? Questionable--FAIL the test---LOWER the standards---- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Revenue bonds are tied to the viability of a given project, and do not require backing of the PF. Stop being silly. | 0.7 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
Revenue bonds. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LOL, your name is ______________? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Comedy. In recent OREGON history, like, 2 years ago, the State school board placed an all out ban on Indian mascots. Senator Jeff Kruse R Roseburg, a NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN, drafted a senate bill overturning this ban that was passed by 75% because Oregon Native American Tribes overwhelmingly supported overturning this ... | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
I am not connected to this project in any way. I also do not work for Usibelli Coal, who has long tried to kill this project through surrogates.
Coal kills. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I'd trust Warren Buffet a lot more than I would an entity whose very financial existance depends upon the taxpayers who will eventually lose on your boondoggle. What is your name again? | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Don't monkey with the tax cap- vote no on 8! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Your data is outdated by close to 60 years. Corps of Engineers had the price pegged at 39 million, not 500 mil. And it flunked the napkin test even then when there was little or no competition from gas, diesel, hydro, etc. Read the link I posted. The 4 dam pool was actually a financial travesty, the bonds never rep... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Read Page 12.
https://www.adn.com/sites/default/files/2003_06-AlaskaMegaProjects.pdf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Municipality of Anchorage has a population of nearly 299,000.
http://labor.alaska.gov/research/pop/popest.htm
Very few people ever show up to watch their local government at Assembly meetings, it's unlikely they will show up for a special session at the Taj Mahawker (as much as I'd love to see those trash cans wi... | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Clinton has a long history as a foreign policy hawk who believes in using US power to run the rest of the world and expand the American Empire. She's basically a conservative southern Democrat, or what used to be considered a moderate Republican. She talked Obama into the war on Libya. I won't vote for her. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The cost of power from SuHydro would make self generation practical. Today the most wildly optimistic figure is ~25 cents/kw hr, 10 cents above even CEA. And the 6 Billion buck tag does not factor in the 1 Billion needed in Railbelt Energy tie upgrades to handle any power produced. The Intertie WILL NOT handle SuHyd... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What we need is to cut nothing. This will have a pleasing effect on everybody. If we are 4 billion in the hole , who cares? Just fund everything with imaginary dollars so everybody gets warm fuzzys. Thats what counts. Demand that the state pay for ( fill in the blank). If they dont then organize a " revolution" by gaw... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
LOL. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15-20 lb's of muscle going into august...easily done if he can hit the weights. 6-7 225. 4.5 40...look out pac 12. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Extend the school year by a couple more days. This will give the students more time to take the test. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
It's controlled by Republicans--what can you expect?
(oh, and you left out "corrupt"). | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0 |
The electricity would NOT be cheap. That's one of the major problems with SuHydro. The price is in the 25 cents a kwhr range , 25% above what is paid now per tariff. One could never afford to heat with that, especially after purchase/installation of a geothermal heatpump. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 |
archy the cockroach met this guy trump in one of his previous reincarnations:
http://donmarquis.com/reading-room/warty-bliggens/ | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 |
Open your wallet and write the muni a larger check | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Anchorage has lived on state pork for decades and now it's time to pay the Piper, like it or not. Cap property taxes, but in the end a city sales tax is the next beast to fight. After that services will be cut because of a restricted tax base. I can see that train wreck coming. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First Mr. Nguyen, Faye Stewart not ignorant by any means. Second, most Americans have never travelled overseas and are totally unaware of customs and traditions in different countries. I have travelled extensively in both the Middle East and Far East including Viet Nam and am very aware the problems that any immigrant... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You get to see the Yukon Territory too!
(Ooops!) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I thought so. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Right.
How many people who live in Juneau, actually turn out for city and borough assembly meetings? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interesting claim, David. The marginal federal tax rate for a married couple with $150,00 in joint income is 25%. Their overall tax rate is lower than this marginal rate, but under Seaton's plan this couple would pay an extra 15% of this 25% on the last dollars they earn. So they would have a marginal state income tax ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Judging by your comment I take it you never served. And you make assumptions that I served just recently. This is not the 60's anymore but if you do want to spit on me make sure your "whiteman" spit hits me squarely on my Native American face. | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 |
Sorry Daphne, but whatever generates the most return for the dollar is what the buyers will pursue. | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
My tax for a 3000 sq ft home is almost $9,000. It has made it necessary to list it for sale and move to an area in the lower forty eight where taxes are much lower. I would not be surprised if the Alaska economy starts to collapse because of the lack of government revenues and cuts which will result in jobs loss, and m... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The ability to kill a bill without a public hearing and "discourse" is the name of the political game on both sides of the isle and always has been. There have been so many bills in this state that get "tabled" I lost count, some were on big issues and some like this bill was based on religious beliefs. | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
All the Duck fans I know are thrilled with Dana. He is a great speaker at Oregon Club, he has a wonderfully dry sense of humor. When he speaks about his players, he obviously has some fatherly affection for them. He is a gem and the Ducks are lucky to have him. | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff, I doubt you've ever read the report to the Interior Secretary. I have. The cost was estimated at $500 million. If we'd built the project in 1960 the bonds would have been paid off around 1995, and we'd have electricity from the hydro project for less than 8 cents per KWH. We also not have suffered the hidden ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
That's why the Capitol IS in Juneau. They were supposed to get the work done then get out. The bunch of losers in the GOP oil owned legislature won't do their jobs. Wherever. They are only interested in appeasing their masters (not us) | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
Underneath the byline the time stamp says 12 a.m. on April 1. Seems fitting, considering that the story is about a bunch of fools. Not sure why you would need 30 police officers. | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 |
"Please be considerate of human lives in this discussion, Piano."
You're really winging that passive-aggressive thing while sounding like Hal from 2001 A Space Odyssey. Hiding...how Alaskan. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
Not true, Jeff. Ground source heat pumps are keeping homes in the Interior warm for around $200 per month. That includes heat and electricity.
Again, hydro gets even cheaper after the bonds are paid off.
Have you paid any attention to how well Bradley Lake Hydro has worked? Do you understand it is the CHEAPEST, ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You've got Crum, I've got Wil-cox. As a kid I took a cue from Have Gun, Will Travel: "Have Cox, Will Travel". Silly, but it worked pretty well. | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Revenue bondholders can litigate to collect their money from a municipality or a third party. For example, a bondholder can sue the municipality that issued the bonds if the municipality agreed to morally or financially support the project with other local revenue or funds and defaulted on its obligation. Guaranteed, t... | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
The vote in the House couldn't have been 41-29. That adds up to 70. There are only 60 state reps. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
When you can't deal in facts, go for the ad hominem, eh Jeff? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I was told that the deep fried Yaki Mandu I ate in Korea while in the field for a couple of weeks was dog meat; may have been. It was quite tasty. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
It's not "personal" when you block traffic and require significant police response. The most effective way to resolve a situation with emotionally distraught armed people is to shoot them | 0.166667 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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