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Our economic system is based on continued growth. If the GDP does not grow by 2-3%, it's considered bad for the economy. A different system needs to be considered. I don't know what it would be.
Traffic does follow the path of least resistance. That is why traffic calming is needed in neighborhoods. People speed down ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
According to the city manager it was about 2 hours of CBJ time. The rest was picked up by Mattel. It's not like they were spending 32+M on a building work 22M right? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yes, 7% is too high. We gave directly to our favorite charity instead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Excellent job well done by the homeowner. He help get some scumbag criminal off the street before he could cause any hardships for the good people in our community. Thank you Homeowner! Hope it was a knee cap he hit. | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
can it be just the worst dumb luck to fall off a train and die from the fall and not from the train? train yards are no fun place to hang out...kind of like the mean streets of the railroads. I hope this kid wasn't trying to hide someplace that wasn't as safe as it appeared... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry, Bert is a nice and thoughtful man. I have a burr under my saddle because many of us figured out in the mid-1970s what the future of oil was. We (and I include the state economists at the time), had pretty firm numbers. These were confirmed when the price of oil dropped in 1985 causing such a panic. Bert and I am... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As it should be. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
a toaster? i'd love the side view mug shot... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yah know back in the late 70's, 35 years ago, I worked for the Forest Service, down in America. They managed to get a U2 flyby with IR cameras. Amazing the amount of detail available, including buried stone foundations out in the weeds. The Archeologist was ecstatic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paying for the road is not the problem. It's the imperial masters at the Dept of Interior refusing construction of a road congress specifically approved of. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Like everything in life, there is a happy medium between too much and too little. But that is the conversation, what should the government be providing. Once there is general agreement on that, then we can talk how to pay for it. But we aren't at that point there. Is there risk associated with fewer services? sure, and... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
If the criminal chooses to break the law he should be aware that it could lead to death. Do not make the choice to break the law and put yourself in that kind of situation. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Orson Welles thought his story was funny too. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don't have to have 100% pure, just a known purity. I've been an analytical chemist and test pharma for a living. I am working on getting a cannabis lab consulting and auditing business together, because these people need to know how to do what they're doing, and in a lot of cases, they don't. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uh,make sure the fire department is close by. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Was he scared when he chose to commit the crimes and do drugs? I hope he was really really scared and I hope he still is. The was a decision he made. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What will “God” do if religions have to obey the same laws as everyone else by, say, uniting a pair of homosexuals in holy matrimony? Cause more warming of the Planet?
Every single one of God’s alleged “laws” came to us…and come to us now in some of these comments…from the mouths and pens of Humans. It’s all hearsay (... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0.166667 | 0 |
If Donald Trump doesn't have the presence of mind, character, and knowledge to hold his own in a mildly intense and confrontive questioning, he is not presidential. Matthews was probing the shallowness of Mr. Trump's calculation, causing him to speak out before his calculation could focus and it was and is revealing.... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
It's like moving in next to an airport and complaining about the noise.
King Cove has never had a road. Everybody living there is aware of this fact. If you value living in a community connected to the road system, move to a community connected to the road system. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maybe that tree was evidence that it was warmer back then. Climate can change in both directions. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
An empty school building strikes me as the perfect answer to this situation. A win-win-win for the legislature, ASD and the citizens. Mark Pfeffer will do just fine. After years of sweetheart deals between our government representatives and a few select developers, one of them finally went south. Surprised it hasn'... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
regardless of what stewart believes to be considered "fair game" elsewhere, he's eating a big plate of crow. it shows either ignorance or insensitivity on his part to repeat something so narrow minded. is it trump's lead that stewart is following? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Yes but natural gas and electric were higher and so was property taxes and food.
Not very accurate. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Catholic faith simply observes biology: two bodies of the same gender can't join in a way that's open to creation of new life --- therefore even *if* modernist heretics were in charge, marriage must be preserved. God bless the bishops who protect sanity, church teaching, and care of the souls entrusted to them. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wow did Tim Kelly just change his name to "Spend Less"? Lots of anonymous people on this new comments section. What's up with people not using their real names? If your comment is something you believe in then why do you have to hide behind a false name? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yeah, I think we all got it, the first dozen times you've posted it. But just so we're clear...you're opposed to HB247, are you? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Factually, fewer Vietnamese eat dogs than Korean and Chinese and have you or Faye Stewart witnessed any Vietnamese Americans doing so here in the US? One thing is to detest cruelty to animals, another is associating such thing to the defense of a racist statement. We arrived in America 40+ years ago with only image of... | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
Yup he's a business man and not a career politician like the rest of the 'em otherwise he would know better than to answer a baited hypothetical question directly. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TheNorthStar: Mandate that the oil companies do a phased shut-down of non-critical infrastructure ... continue maintaining the essential equipment, ... provide necessary repairs ... put just enough oil through the pipeline to keep it from deteriorating ... stockpile start-up materials ... continue exploratory drilling... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This is hilarious: the Catholic church used to decry anti-discrimination laws on grounds of gender or sexual orientation as "special interest protection." Now what does it want for itself? Special interest protection. | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 |
If they pay a dime over 20 million they should all go to jail on corruption charges. | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I suppose we could get the old "thanks for visiting Oregon" state border signs that were deemed stand-offish in the 70's. something about an implied 'don't let the door hit you on the way out...' message to Growth is inevitable...we've got water, we don't have snow - usually... or hurricanes, earthquakes (just wait ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totally agree!! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hey Flyguy - First, my apologies. My comments were on the snarky side which I don't really like to do.
Many of us rode the Alaska Gravy Train - high incomes, low taxes, and increasing property values. And I completely agree that times here are likely to get quite rocky, and housing will crash just like in the 80's. ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
There was zero risk ... the oil reserves were well proven. Change the rules so that the small oil developer can thrive, in spite of the majors near monopoly. Let the small companies bid on oil leases, and pay their leases from the oil they extract. No oil to be found, then no lease payment. The Saudis are looking l... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Just who is going to enforce the medical only use of this road? How much would it cost to hire people to keep people from using it for non medical use? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Does any one remember back then just coming out of the worst fall this State in 1983. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agreed. Thank you for the column, Mr. Havelock. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
And hire other attorneys to shield that Cayman Island money from victims of priest sexual abuse. Send money off, oh we're bankrupt, blood from a turnip blah blah blah | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 |
Then that church needs to pay property taxes. I don't want to have to pay for that church's fire protection, police protection or anything else. You want to discriminate? Put your money where your mouth is and pay your way; otherwise you are a protected class yourself and you don't deserve the privilege. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Years ago I got fed up with the password game one must navigate in order to use online accounts, so I just don't: that includes the state website called myalaska. The good old US mail works well for many of us old timers! I sincerely hope if you are a youngster you have better luck with this nonsense than I do: and a w... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
Do get off the cross; Joan of Arc already did that gig. You Christians are so NOT Christ like. | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 |
Great column but after 45 years in Alaska 20 of those years before the pipeline, Alaskans are just used to the free ride and will go down fighting having to pay any taxes. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike, the point is, is that Donald Trump is incapable and it showed. His opinions are like the suits he puts on, changing and superficial. He can't keep his game straight. Whether he is a 'business man' or not is inconsequential when compared to this aspect of his character. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
there's no law against being a hate filled bigot; you can't enjoy tax free status, expect us great unwashed to pay for your fire and police protection and expect us very same taxpayers to be discriminated against. Pay your property taxes and you can be a bigot all you want. | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Hey there Wavemaker - how is the King Cove to Cold Bay road remotely connected to ANWR? You do understand that the two locations are some 1000 miles apart, don't you? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This is very sad as the university itself IS the people involved; UAF has on staff many exceptional people. What has happened is a major screw up. We will see what happens when the dust settles, but there are many ways to save money. How much are they spending on the tajmahawker? What did I read about $193 million in s... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Attention, bigot: the Korean community has been here for far longer than you likely have. | 0.058824 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.058824 | 0 | 0 |
Shocking, simply shocking. the things people will do to get a mug shot. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Here is a clear and present danger ... National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC): "... Should state and local governments fail to issue permits allowing construction of new transmission, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 gives the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) the authority to issue a federal ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
this sounds like a dumb idea. who would pay a tax on flat soda? | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
Karl Marx describes in his communist manifesto, the ten steps necessary to destroy a free enterprise system and replace it with a system of omnipotent government power, so as to effect a communist socialist state.
#2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HB 47 would raise the gross profits tax from 4% to 5%. I disagree that the oil companies will pull out over 1%. I really disagree with paying hundreds of millions to give away 7-10 billion worth of oil. We, the citizens of this state, should not be paying to pump our limited amount of oil. We are not just giving it... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This is incorrect. The State of Alaska gamed the TRS system many years ago by pulling out of contributing their mandated 1/3 share. The legislators at the time were sold a pie in the sky investment scheme by state bureaucrats ("trust us, we'll make so much money investing the state won't need to contribute!). Natura... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
If I peed into your water-cooler, that would also be less than 0.1%. | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Native Pride. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0.166667 | 0 |
..so tired of your shilling for the oil credits longtalker.. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For those who do not know, John Havelock has been around a long, long time, and has a strong record of public service in our home. Mr. Havelock, thank you for your efforts and this column. I happen to agree with you.
I was one of those who helped push through the income tax repeal in 1980 and stand by that work, howe... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
One thing about income tax is that its often unequal. With all the loopholes, this sort of tax is often benefit someone like Mr. Havelock, then it would me. I would prefer a fixed sale tax that hit all the people in Alaska equally and fairly. And the tax should be tie to the oil prices to discourage politicians from ov... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Education is a state responsibility, not local under the Alaska Constitution. Although the legislature decided in the 1960s to force local governments to pay for the state's school system ("Mandatory Borough Act").
The original teacher (TRS) pension fund was mandated to be funded this way: 1/3 state, 1/3 school distr... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wrong again. Municipal employees are forced to join the state's pension system PERS. There is no choice. And munis are stuck with the incompetent decisions of state bureaucrats: bad investments losing millions and millions of dollars, telling munis not to contribute to PERS what they really should have then, oops be... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$5K bail, for all that? Which means he has to post 10% cash = $500. Unreal. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Good news! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The budget can be fixed with no tax hikes. No taking the PFD. Have the State of Alaska write me a check and I'll tell them how it's done. I will be at the LIO building Mon. April 4, at 9:30 am. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
"In case any problems during construction increase the price, Martorello said." My crystal ball says there will be additional costs...... Call me Jaded. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Please cite your academic work indicating a future price rise for oil. The reason I ask this is that I have followed the economics of oil for the past 40 years and the long-run predictions are for the continued low prices. Add to that the slowing production on the North Slope and it doesn't make a pretty picture. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Speak for yourself, Tim. Not others. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
That's a start. But One million is not enough. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wrong AGAIN! The pension shell game was going on long before the Knowles administration. Both TERS and PERS were underfunded because of a perfect storm of incompetent Department of Administration bureaucrat decisions over the decades that the legislators bought, over and over again. | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 |
Bottled water costs 2000 times what is spent to bottle it. In the words of Dr Helen Caldicott (as I recall she was talking about soda pop) "You don't need that." Bottled water is the biggest marketing scam since - ever. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yeah, like "driving drunk" is an acceptable excuse for molesting lone women on the trail
killing a beautiful Iditarod dog (my condolences Mr. King) or any other sorry excuse for your infantile actions. I hope the judge throws the book at you, all of you. | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
The Izembek NWR was established in 1980. Both communities predate the NWR (King Cove was incorporated in 1947 and Cold Bay began as Fort Randall in 1942) If I was a betting man I'd wager that there is a qualified RS2477 trail between these communities that dates back to the '40's. If this is the case, the Park Service... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Cato Institute and the Mercatus Center are both Halloween masks for Koch Industries and their ilk. The Cato "Institute" was founded as the Charles Koch Foundation in 1974. The Mercatus Center is funded by Koch Industries and Exxon-Mobil, among others. Holly Bell may profess in Palmer, but her regressive tax policy ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Twenty per cent of income in Alaska is earned by people residing out of state. It is a stretch to say we recover anything from seasonal workers, fishery workers and north slope workers. These people are taking our resources and not leaving anything. Sales taxes are regressive no matter what exemptions you may have. BTW... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Both include development in a wildlife refuge. One exemption would lead to another is probably the connection. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
There are dozens upon dozens of villages with no road access, and no major airport. Why not pick one of those to build a road? This seems specifically about making a road through a wildlife refuge. Test case for ANWR perhaps? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Anchorage experienced deflation the last six months of 2015. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I don't know about Marx, but Adam Smith in Wealth of Nations writes that a tax on income is the least economically disruptive form of taxation. Smith even advocates for a moderately progressive tax by claiming that the amount of earned income necessary for a minimally dignified life should be exempt. I am currently awa... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
During the first decade plus of this century, Portland added hundreds of thousands of people and jobs without seeing any increase in automobile traffic. The exception proves the rule here; more people does not necessarily mean more congestion. It really depends on several factors. Unfortunately, Eugene is failing on al... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Apparently, only about 25% of Alaskans (the middle class-what a surprise) will be eligible to be taxed on their income (after filing a federal return). How is that paltry sum going to fix anything? And how it that fair and equitable? It needs to be a sales tax so it is distributed more evenly. We could have it only dur... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
He also raised taxes. When you literally throw money at the military, it's tough to balance a budget even in good economic times. Do bear in mind that GDP growth under Reagan was less than it had been under Carter. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Please do. I would like to see that. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Another Polished turd. | 0.4 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 |
Agree with the author of the article. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I encourage people to go online and watch the town hall that took place a couple of days ago. I believe KTUU archived the event. Most of the panel gets it, especially Andrew Halcro. I loved it when he pointed out the spineless nature of the current legislative body. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You'll only see more cross-cutting through neighborhoods because more traffic lanes are being "reassigned" to transit, or eliminated entirely to make room for bike lanes.
Expect to see more impacts to neighborhood livability. And forget about enforcing speed limits, it simple won't happen. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Great job APD! I certainly hope that when this guy is in front of the judge that the new charges will result in a substantially higher bail than the 20K he got for parole violation. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I totally agree. OK, so why is this not happening (locking the doors)??? Why is this allowed to continue? And the fact that AFTER it was declared illegal and invalid, they paid the rent for April????? WTF is going on here? | 0.4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
As long as they are making great investments they should be rewarded. I would like to see then receiving at least $5 million a year. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
APD....Attempted murder also. | 0.204082 | 0.020408 | 0 | 0.22449 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Of course, a retired guy writes a self-serving opinion piece that income tax is the way to go ... because he has little income coming in (compared to if he was working). The simple fact is, income taxes are punitive. They punish ambitious and hardworking people. And the slackers don't pay. The US needs more ambitio... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 years, no parole. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For crying out loud people, if one is at risk of having so many medical emergencies, perhaps it's time to consider moving closer to a hospital. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Please vote against Prop 8 so the Assembly and Mayor can grant the 3% pay raises to all city employees. These employees need and deserve their 100,000+ retirement pensions, the cost of living in Palm Springs is high. We should be glad when the state and city revoke the property tax exemption for those older than 65, ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Respect your Elders which this is a case of not being Respectful. & getting what is coming to you!!! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Looks like a maggot too.
https://www.facebook.com/joe.spindle.9 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.03125 | 0 | 0.484375 | 0 | 0 |
No one is making money at these low prices and they want to change the the law and increase taxes, that is suicide!!
With HB 247 the drillers will stop drilling in Alaska and the state will suffer very badly!!
Alaskans and smaller competitors can't drill and profit because the laws are too harsh and the system is r... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
That's too bad something all kids seem to experiment with. Prayers to the Family. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Is Anchorage becoming the Chicago of the North ?
Everyone needs to have a gun in hand when they go to answer the well locked front door. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
"Officials speculated that a perceived vulnerability of the fund could have discouraged some people to apply."
Seriously? Uhm, how about coming up with the obvious reason? Lots of people have left Alaska because they have lost their jobs due to the fact that ... NEWS FLASH ... oil is under $40 a barrel and we are in... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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