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Let the voting booth decide. If they are re-elected, you were wrong. If they are tossed out, you were right. We will see. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Panhandling is 'Free Speech' just like nude dancing is 'Free Speech'; and found to be so by the same people---at least five Judges of the Oregon Supreme Court. The rest of us, maybe not so much. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I'm glad that I have NEVER driven my car after consuming any amount of alcohol. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
It's not just Alaska feeling the pinch in the oilfield layoffs. As par for course, we are always behind the rest of the country when it comes to economic impacts because takes several months for us to catch upon anything that impacts the economy of the US, whether it be the housing market or oil and gas. North Dakota h... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hard to defend them, but all the same, I always see loads of comments on here chastising the legislature for "dragging their feet" when they do request assessments or studies. Everybody is their own expert and seems to know best when something is obvious or when it should be assessed. They are damned if they do and dam... | 0.4 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
8 actually encourages government waste because the following years budget is based on how much is spent in the current year. 8 also blocks any tax relief for citizens. Vote No on 8. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Poor people use services and they're stakeholders. They MUST sacrifice too. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Should have been a better shot and got him in the head. | 0.454545 | 0.090909 | 0 | 0.363636 | 0.090909 | 0 | 0 |
No matter what, this is Kurt's last term. For anything. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wow, this rag has stooped to theMudflats level..... That's pretty bad. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 |
Bla..bla...bla. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thanks Springfield, it was the right thing to do for many reasons. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I will say this again until it sinks in. Cutting taxes to the richest corporations in the world does not create production, demand does.
Where did all the billions go? CEOs bought mega-mansions and super-yachts. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
They're researching who he supported in the last gubernatorial election before making a determination whether or not to prosecute him. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sadly, caregivers may not be the cream of the crop of the employee pool. I wonder how much the for-profit business owners really care about their clients. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Trump got into the race to assure team Billary is put back in the WH. So far he has ran a brilliant campaign to do just that. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agreed regarding a school tax, as long as it is the users of the schools paying it. $100 per child seems reasonable. As it is in general, the heaviest users of the system including schools pay the least.
However I disagree with any notion of an income tax. If there must be a tax it must be sales tax, with an exemption... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
We would be better off without them. The keeping the PFD in a bad economy is a socialist welfare program | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tallman, after passing a stopped school bus @ 60MPH. The Angels were watching out for those school children that day! POS evading Troopers on Mr. Larson's land. On his own property. Mr. Larson pushed down three times. The fourth was this Tallman POS charging at him. Might have done Mr. Larson great harm this time. Too... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
And once again, the sky hasn't fallen because of Justice Scalia's death.
Three more cases were decided yesterday with unanimous or Per Curiam opinions. We only have two (2) cases decided by a 4-4 tie out of fifteen (15) decided since his death. His absence made absolutely no difference whatsoever in the outcome o... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not until the oil and gas industry pay what they should be for OUR oil! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Are you referring to the same 'forced' Social Security 'retirement insurance' that those Seniors have paid into their entire working lives? The system which would have been a self supporting retirement bank account if career politicians had not replaced the money with IOU's? Money stolen from the working public to... | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
I have to laugh. While we are constantly subjected to stories about global warming with pleas to do something, we see hydroelectric plants being shut down. Hydroelectricity is the best of all renewables. 24/7 availablity, zero carbon emissions, infinitely renewable. The willingness of those with power to take hydro... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sounds like a good shoot. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I learned long ago that insisting upon, asking for an apology is a complete and total waste of time.
It changes nothing and, the one to whom the request is made laughs at the petitioner.
This carpetbagger is just like the white cops who beat on black human beings, they ENJOY it and, when asked for an apology, they laug... | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0 |
Good. One tax cheat down, many more to go.
Hopefully the information from the "Panama Papers" will enable the feds to hunt down more tax cheats and prosecute them. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A most fair and excellent idea. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I'll bet Eugene has already lost hundreds more shoppers as a result of their 5-cent shopping bag ordinance than Springfield will lose for this ordinance! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I spent some time working for a large outdoor gear retailer. By late afternoon on Fridays most of our regular customers were on the river or in the woods. We called Friday night "Tweaker Night." It seemed as if every low-life drug addict in the State descended on us looking to steal something that they could sell... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I agree that the concept that people might come and live here for the PFD is ridiculous to you and me and probably most the people who read this news site.
But Papa Pilgrim comes to mind, who outright stated that he brought his brood of 15+ children here because the PFD would enable them to live a godly, off-grid lif... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
If this guy had gone into Larson's home and he had reason to feel in danger shooting is considered "justified". The problem here is Larson went looking for a confrontation with Tallman and it is apparent Tallman was leaving his immediate location and according to this article tried to a couple times. Following him and ... | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
This was "gross negligence" and criminal by the rider who triggered the slide. Danger was elevated, in the news, everyone knows it is unstable in the Hoodoo's. The guy high marks above others, triggers a slide that kills someone below. This is a common sled scenario. Did they blood test the driver for alcohol? Aval... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
The gang that couldn't add straight. This is the most feckless group of legislators and it would be funny if the consequences weren't so dire. Their baseless opposition and animosity toward the governor and his fiscal plan will just make then budget problem that much more difficult. Maybe we can get some adults in the ... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
Why you are right on every point. Legislative bodies all over this country often pass laws to 'get around' court decisions with which they disagree. Been happening in the US since 1789 or so. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Congratulations on a great effort against a physically-imposing team. The biggest hurdles to overcome are the pressure and subsequent over-adrenalin rush which alters every function of body and mind. It happens in every tournament game. The team that can settle down after the initial stresses of the event is, usuall... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I think the story is about a Eugene resident whose business is domiciled in Springtucky. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
More school yard insults, you really haven't turned over a new leaf have you?
The Supreme Court ruled based on interpretation of the Constitution. It was unanimous, including Republican nominees. I still suggest more sleep, that way your world is of your own creating Booz. The real world most certainly isn't. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
If people in the Valley did a better job of raising their kids this probably wouldn't have happened.
They have a real problem with living in civil society out there.
Nice cast, let's see what bites ;) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The principles of one person, one vote (OPOV) and representation by raw population are rock-solid under U.S. constitutional law; by upholding them, the Supreme Court changes nothing, but instead reinforces well-established precedent. The court has consistently rejected efforts by the states to alter voting laws in ways... | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 |
You're evading the real issue, its not as simplistic as you suggest. These beggars hinder traffic flow, read Xavier's comment above. | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Karl, even if they took the entire PFD, it is all spent already and they still have not closed the gap completely. they will implement a tax(s), at which point people will begin to evaluate the costs of living in Alaska to greener pastures in the South. I for one love Alaska, but if they steal to much of my income, I a... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“The whole intent of it was to buy us four years to do the plan right.” Hmmmmm?
Insanity defined: Repeating the actions which failed the first three times and expecting a different result.
Yes, intelligent choices need to be made to correct the problems of the State Budget. However everyone must remember that exp... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Why are you even bothered by this ordinance if you are a Eugreenian?? You have plenty of panhandlers of your own to enable. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
"The Springfield-based company builds a variety of buildings" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yes on 8.... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I hope you are referring to the pharmacies and liquor stores. I use none of those things because they are killers; sane people prefer a safer alternative -- cannabis. Get your head out of your... | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
I have to read this book as I was stunned by this hypocrisy right after arriving in Alaska. Hoping for e-book or audible version. | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
A couple of ideas not readily discussed. 1. While gasoline/diesel prices are still low, significantly increase the state's tax per gallon. We all would complain for a while, but still have relatively inexpensive fuel. That tax is less regressive than a general sales tax. After a while, you would not even think ab... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
How much would it cost to collect this tax? Again, it comes back to only the people that live here helping pay for the infrastructure. Why not ask the people who work here but don’t live here and make fairly big salaries pay some tax also? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A more apt headline would read,
"Cruz throws tantrum in back of clown car, angry someone else gets to drive" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Excepting, of course, that fossil fuel burning power plants can be adapted to make their carbon emissions negligible. Technology changes. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
One person one vote obviously does not apply to the US Senate. The notion that illegal aliens should bolster the impact of some citizens votes is kind of a strange concept. This decision appears to empower just this effect. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0.166667 | 0 |
Which sentencing guidelines did you find that in, or is it another invention you came up with | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Your comment is technically incorrect. While toxic materials can be scrubbed from fossil fuel plant smoke stacks, there currently exists no practical means of significantly reducing CO2 emissions. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Life requires much more learning beyond the 3 Rs. The idea that sports programs should be eradicated to appease such a myopic philosophy contributes nothing to fiscal solutions for the State of Alaska. Sports are a drop in the overflowing bucket of state expenditures created by political dinosaurs yearning for the re... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
No, I think this one is homegrown, or at least she used to live here. I recognize the writing style though back in Facebook days she blocked me because she doesn't like opinions that don't match hers. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
It is a safety issue now. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
How will our "professor" feel when the feds decide Alaska is no longer a state with any representation in Congress? Happy dance? Might that not be the time for a peaceful appeal, not to "justice" but rather to The United Nations - for freedom from oppression? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Should of been a better shot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
We are one people, not many. At some point in each of our lives we were in school: this is why we each pay for the period of our lives. We, as a community have some social needs that we fund, mostly during the productive period of our lives. Everybody pays the school tax, not just those who are using that at the time b... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Too bad the opinion does not recite the methods of CO2 removal planned (other than the reference to plants). | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gotta love the legislator's race to see which of their number first gets tarred and feathered by their constituents! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Technically my comment is correct. I point out that technology changes. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alaskans are being manipulated by Saudi's plan to flood the oil markets to destroy competitive oil production in places like Alaska!!
Alaskans that lost or may lose jobs need to call the Legislature and tell them not to pass any portion of HB 247 but rather do all things it can to support the oil Industry during this... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nailed Andree, "parents don't need intrusive laws to teach their children about assault and violence"...Hell I know some parents that "teach their children" about abuse over and over and over and over AGAIN | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Should of been a better shot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Typical. Cons run the car into the ditch and blame the liberals. All of this is on your watch, buddy. You're right though, I am happy to see redneck slopers feeling the pain. | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 |
"Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet." Maya Angelou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I have to disagree with you Mr. Donkel.
Alaska needs to stop being the sugar daddy to every oil field start up who over leveraged themselves because they thought they were going to be the next JR Ewing. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nick,
"History shows governments do much better under Democratic administrations than Republican one", really? have you looked at Detroit as an example of Democratic rule? what the Democrats do is force everyone into poverty, by doing this they put everyone on the government dole. this gives them power over the people... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Do you know what species even existed 3 million years ago? I do like that you accept life existed three million years ago though! At least you haven't fallen for the creationist explanation of the world. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Horses are still being used in road-less territory. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
or offshore banks- https://news.vice.com/article/panama-papers-mossack-fonseca-leak-tax-haven-shell-company-money-laundering ......Which is why 'trickle-down' economics do no work, because the wealthy hoard their cash, especially in turbulent times. Corporations are just focused on their share price, and spe... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thank you Ms. Moore for standing up to that woman. She's another reason the Republicans seem to have completely lost touch with reality. I guess there's something in the Koch brother's trough that twists their thinking. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Where are the similar layoffs of State of Alaska employees? When your income drops 70%, you can't keep the same workforce. And taxing the citizens to make up the difference isn't the answer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
334 words and not a single one of them was the address. Would be really for helpful for those of us not cool enough to know the entire Hawthorne business district by name. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
How do "dead crabs" get into crab pots? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No severance, wow. Wonder how many of these guys voted for Sweetheart Bill 21 at their master's behest? I'm sure they'll find a way to blame libs. I hope most of them end up leaving the state so guys like Dunleavy find it more difficult to get re-elected. Fun is at its peak in the valley! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
How would you suggest that the nation fund scientific research? I accept that research is valuable and so specific that you aren't going to collect meaningful data from just volunteer labor.
Do you question the findings Motley? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What if he had just gone back in his house and done nothing. Then let's say Tallman is confronted by his neighbor. Then he attacks the neighbor and he is either killed or badly hurt. How does Larson then sleep nights knowing that he did nothing when he had a chance to do something. I would much rather go to bed knowin... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This is directed at the ADN. So...this it the first time I've posted a comment since this new program has gone into effect. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and has webbed feet, it's probably not an elephant. If my, or others, comments do meet YOUR definition of "nice" then we are censored. Interesting for a... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Monday evenings are sometimes strange times at the Willamette Week offices. Thanks for the catches. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
watch the documentary "dam nation" it was on one of the internet subscriber services. blowing a dam is a beautiful thing - in a moment that moving water begins to heal the earth and allows it to fix itself. the owyhee river basin...before the dams, and again ,now , with the dams removed? spectacular.
source for... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pulling the PTSD card is a disservice to those trying to get their lives back. It is not an excuse for bad choses. To pull the defense card if you do not believe the PTSD card is a joke. Genghis did not have a weapon. He was hit with a ax in the back of the head first, then shot with a hand gun, and to finish the ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
Lay off the workers who don't live here first. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I'm not opposed to some form of tax to get our budget balanced, but this one seems poorly thought through. PFD's are already taxed by the federal government, which will continue to tax the full amount of the dividend regardless of whether the state of Alaska also taxes it. So under this proposal we will all pay feder... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Both my mom and brother needed caregivers and they were not trusted. You're not getting the cream of the crop, you get what you pay for. Yes they were caught stealing the drugs, especially the pain medications. | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 |
Good reason to hold Natasha Von Imhof accountable for the Floridian clown that preceeded Ed. The conservative choice. | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
as far as adult and protective services is concerned - the third time is the time it matters. no healthcare worker has any business in anyone's house after being already caught twice thieving. what else did she pocket to sell when there were no pills in that house to be had? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reading the Northwest Ordinance, like most did in 8th grade civics, can always confuse the locals... shown best at the Alaska Bar Association, with not one thing to do with law, on display at our United States Supreme Court.
"The net is cast and the meshes of it are spread wide;
In the moonlit night the tunnies will c... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Just a morning "check-in" to see who not to vote for and whose campaign to support. Keep talking this "second" tax on the PFD if you enjoy staying home fishing. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Open your check book, you'll be paying more for electricity. These dam removals are an excuse EWEB has been waiting for to raise hookup fees and rates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
While I support revenue sharing, I don't think it should be used by local government as an excuse to not raise its own funding. It is unfair for these communities to get the same level of funding as those cities and boroughs that have a sales tax. The solution to this is to require that local government match any rev... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Haycox sounds like a traitor. He would make Alaskans like Joe Vogler and me roll over in our graves. His taking sides with the federal government is enough to make him eligible for tarring and feathering and running out of Alaska. I was here when we voted on statehood and I was here when the Great Denali Trespass to... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I fail to see the threat. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
... and Alaskans elected her governor. smh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Why would the industry want more refineries? They make huge profits on a short supply of refined petroleum products even as the crude market crashes. Why would they want MORE gas and diesel on the market, lowering the price? When the industry wants more refineries, they'll build them.
It does SOUND great to blame it o... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
How is it that workers from Outside contribute zero to help run the great State of Alaska? They benefit greatly but contribute nothing, AND take their wages out of state. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Panhandling will be the greatest number of new jobs created in Eugene this year. Thanks Springfield. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The basic goal of the NEA is to defend the monopolistic K12 education system in this nation. The K12 education system is failing the US and its people and the NEA owns it. It is indeed unfortunate that the NEA defends mediocrity at the expense of the children. The NEA is responsible for stealing many students' futures ... | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
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