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Awww Geeze. they even have an illegal alien giving the presentation. White shame month. How wrong is that? If you don't know much about PCC I can tell you the men hating lesbians run that place along with a bunch of "guy" with long hair and earrings. No wonder this school has a less than 7% success ratio. What a scam! ...
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You send Dunleavy, Huggins, Keller and Lynn Gattis to Juneau, enough said.
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No. The TAXPAYERS are going to pay this bill.
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Did you say Anchorage special session? Because some legislators are salivating like Pavlov's dogs at the mere thought of looting the state treasury again. Ask Sen. McGuire why she and Royal Legislative Majority colleagues like Sen. Giessel and Reps. Neuman and Keller used federal overreach and claimed per diem at th...
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Book Em Danno ! ~ ( $100K + Bond ). Glad No Innocents or Troopers Hurt w/these 2, POS's !
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Alaska and Minnesota are sorry Donald.
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The Prison Farm at Point Mackenzie is available, probably housing as well, its come to that, lock them down until they produce.
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Jesus Christ!!!!!!
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“Alaska statute prohibits the use of deadly force ……Exceptions include on one's property” NOT true. You can not use deadly force “on one’s property”. The law is very specific: “deadly force upon another when and to the extent the person reasonably believes it is necessary to terminate what the person reasonably belie...
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There is no such thing as an 'assault' rifle. And this guy must be the reason Walmart changed its gun counters.
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new Orleans is new Orleans with it's own unique stuff to deal with that drives the housing market. water damage being one of them. . the Willamette valley is one of the fastest growing areas in the nation. a destination hotspot for relocating. housing is a premium. we have added tons of housing units over the ...
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True that -- but the churches aren't gallivanting around saying, "Hey wasn't it fun when we first enslaved you and 'saved' your souls? Let's throw a little theme party to remind everyone of the good ol' days." Saffron Colonial is trying to recreate a mood and celebration of how England went in and wreaked havoc on othe...
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This idea could make a lot of sense, but it will never happen unless the next school bond can be passed. I voted for Amy Kohnstamm, Paul Anthony and Mike Rosen. Paul Anthony and Mike Rosen have not disappointed me, but Amy Kohnstamm seems to be having a hard time finding her footing on the board. I thought she would ho...
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And they'll use this to justify spending $32.5 million on their glass tower with the glass elevators. Juneau has a massive empty Walmart building. Big enough for holding session, providing office space, and lodging. Just set up a bunch of cots. Not far from Costco for hot dog meals. Cost? Minimal. Stay at wo...
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Awwww, that's cruel making Cruz feel important.
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Stop giving her free publicity & she will go away.
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The way the law reads, you would think t will be difficult to prove deadly force. He winged him. Anyone who has worked law enforcement or DOC for a number of years knows how to handle a gun.
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OK, the guy gets ten years for armed robbery, but what about the nine guns he stole at different times at Wal Mart? This is the problem with plea bargaining. The perp gets time off for admitting to his criminal behaviors. The court should've slapped another ten years on him.
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Sounds like no amount of jail time will set him straight.
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It's more entertaining to watch the video on mute. Didn't this Republican crowd realize they could've walked out? Nahhhhh.
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I could never vote for either Cruz or Trump. I also could not vote for Hillary Clinton. Hope Bernie Sanders can pull it out.
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...that and dismantle Sarah-PAC.
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SB-21 Working for Alaska! I know, let us cut oil taxes AGAIN. Think of all the jobs that will create! Keep voting R!
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Regardless of whether you think the speech was brilliant or dreadful, Governor Palin went to Wisconsin to bolster Trump. It's a fact that about 7 of every 10 Wisconsin Republicans voted for someone else. Bottom line is that whatever she did was not effective.
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Good job Mr. Larson but I do think that you should do some target shooting without your glasses, maybe it caused you to aim to low.
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The panhandlers can stand there and practice their freedom of expression all day. No one is stopping them from doing that. Drivers just are prohibited from passing things to them from a traffic lane. They can go to Kitty's Kingdom and collect from drivers if they want. Your link proves my point, "§3.2 TEXT Artic...
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.. and how does this weigh out when compared with the Court treatment of the young lady (daughter of an Anchorage Bar Association member) who only served a few treatment months after hitting and killing bicyclist on an early pre-dawn Sunday morning, and then fleeing in her vehicle while under the influence - a young ...
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No way. He should have only gotten a week in jail because he didn't hurt anyone. Because the penalty in Alaska for killing someone, cyclists in particular, is only 3 months.
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Long Island, New York, to be specific - eh, KK?
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I use the terms awkward and beyond quirky rather generously here, when describing her lunacy, demeanor and tact. One must wonder if she's deliberately acting so bizarre...
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I LOVE SE Grind!
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Bernie and Ted seems to be out front. I guess Donald has done his job. Ted, most disliked man in Congress, gets within yelling distance of White House. Fiction?
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Good point, it would be more tax efficient to just keep the money. I prefer a sales tax though, it collects money from people who come up for the summer and take the money they make away. I also believe that our subsidies are too generous, when you can make more than 100% of the cost of a dry hole, there is no incent...
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So how do you explain why your members stood around and let their charges die of pure neglect? I really would like to see this so called 'rebuttal' from ACOA.
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Why are we wasting money on construction in Juneau? The capital should be permanently moved to Anchorage.
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No such thing as an assault rifle? Sure could have fooled me. The Germans coined the term "Sturmgewehr" and just about every language in the world uses a translated form to describe a type of military rifle.
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I don't k now why all the whining about the PDF, the Governor want more than 50% of it and none of you cared about that much. Now the R's say 35% and you're crying about it, the R'a say after 4 year they re address not the Goveenors plan it's permanent. Get a grip!
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Apparently you haven't yet seen the lady who used to bicycle naked day and night in Eugene regularly. They tried to get her committed but the Court of Appeals reversed her commitment because she wasn't 'a danger to herself or others'.
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Well said ... people always seem to vote for the politician that most closely resemble themselves ... like people, like legislators. A close look at our legislators, is a close look at us. "We have met the enemy, and they are us". Pogo
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Wasting more of the kids' academic day teaching them things they already know. Bree was 20 when her crazed friend shot her...and he knew what he was doing was wrong. Yet another reason to seek a private education for your children!
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yes , sheen with a wig resembles billiary
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Not until Juneau vetos the tax credits, mega projects and legislators offices staff and perks cut, get out LIO for starters. Then in November we voters will tell you how we feel on what you do about our requests ad your employer.
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I skipped SoCal this winter, Obomba. I had too many chores in AK this year. :/
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...because a militia could not be formed, should it be necessary to form one, if the citizens who comprise it have no access to firearms because that access has been infringed by government. Militia are citizen soldiers. Often providing their own equipment and weapons. Why do so many ignore "the right of the people to ...
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That's kinda what overtly means...
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The God-given, stunningly spectacular natural environment that draws 100's of thousands to Alaska every year, spending lots of $$$ as they go. Next question Mr. Shepard?
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It's a weird coincidence that the guy who was most qualified to be the new commissioner of corrections happened to be the guy who wrote he report saying that there should be a new commissioner of corrections. Almost as weird as the fact that the most qualified person to be the attorney general just happened to be the l...
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Is it ADA accessible? Do the restrooms have room for a wheelchair, the person in the chair, AND the toilet? Are the doorways wide enough to accommodate wide chairs?
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Damage depends on how close you are to the epicenter, and how deep the earthquake is. This one was 76 miles, (122 km ) deep. In this event, damage was confined to things falling off shelves. No buildings collapsed, no injuries reported. Fires, fed by broken natural gas lines, destroyed several homes in Kenai. This w...
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From Cornell Law School: Assault--Intentionally putting another person in reasonable apprehension of an imminent harmful or offensive contact. No intent to cause physical injury needs to exist, and no physical injury needs to result.
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"e-Verify" has existed since 1997 for employers to electronically screen job applicants for legal work status. But even in Arizona, where the State passed a law in 2008 to require its use, and even after that law was upheld by the US Supreme Court, it still isn't being used. And even in Arizona, no employer gets pro...
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Bad laws and low oil prices taxes all Alaskans!! With a positive attitude we can make things better!! The Alaska oil business have good Alaskans being laid off of work and it is time to finds ways to improve the laws to get these former oil drillers to form new oil Alaskan oil companies that can produce and profit so A...
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Again the incredible private and quiet so personal generosity of the Knights that this gift so exemplifies puts them in the rarified class of those like their mentors Bill Bowerman and John E. Jaqua who "give without remembering and receive without forgetting."
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Thank you for your continuing advocacy for Alaska's kids, and for exposing the hypocrisy and lies of Dunleavy, Kelly and MacKinnon. I am astounded that MacKinnon was actually a former director of STAR, because she certainly isn't behaving as an advocate for the abused. I am glad Dunleavy was not able to tank Bree's L...
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What a freakin idiot
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I just don't think that just anyone with a gun should be passing out death sentences.
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The checks are just another step on the road. How do we know this? Because the cries for this come in the media feeding frenzy after mass shootings. The stated goal is to stop the shootings. Except there aren't any that could have been prevented with expanded checks. So logic follows further steps would then be said t...
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Excellent analogy ..... Still, we as a people are in desperate need of a AHA moment.
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If they decide to purchase the building in Anchorage just shut down the Juneau legislative offices and trade the building in Juneau for the one in Anchorage. That will save the state some money and make the legislators more accessible and perhaps more accountable to the people.
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Just wait till you have a JOB and are eager to work overtime hours so that you can afford a house and a car and gas and food and clothes and sundries and and and. Or maybe the employer should just mail you a check while you sit at home feeling sorry for your lot in life.
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The Dems may get their medical wish yet--that is, the ACA has so screwed up our national system, they could probably now get single payer passed. As the ACA stands now, the requirement to accept existing conditions has turned insurance into a payment plan, so why is it so hard for folks to understand WHY costs have so...
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I wonder if it will make it on Saturday Night Live?
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I did agree to stop riding...
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We are the United States of America one nation under God, we fight and die in war as a nation of one people, so why divide us here, outside or inside the state of Alaska? The Union bought Alaska from Russia and gave it to the people of Alaska with statehood, right? It is sad they lost work even if they are from Was...
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I love the "punch-line" letter.
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Sara's sputtering leads me speechless in Spenard! Again! What's she smoking? The only thing Sara has in common with Tronald Dump is that both of them mostly care about the person they see when they look in the mirror. On the upside, Sara might be right about being a cheesehead. Glad she's giving The Donald her p...
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Push-push-push the same ideas. Income taxes or sales tax or take from the PFD. ADN is pushing the old adage that if you tell something enough even if it is a lie eventually it will be believed as the truth. So why not some new ideas from Juneau. Oh I get it. They have none. It is about taking from those that have to ...
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"States may not show preference to their own citizens in the utilization of natural resources within their borders but destined for interstate commerce." Land of the Free, Home of the missing 8th grade civics class. "We say keep your change, we'll keep our God, our guns, our constitution." Sara Palin??? http://www...
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Actually, New Orleans isn't doing anything different than Oregon did for 45 years until high density planning outlawed affordable starter homes to increase property tax revenue through market manipulation at the development stage. While there has been housing development, there has been 0 starter homes built for 30 yea...
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In the mind of Sarah Palin she is the Maya Angelou of politics.
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Just another group of career politicians, who only care about themselves trying to steal money from us to give to their political campaign contributors, political allies/favorites and to line their own pockets. There wasn't an honest writer or player in that opinion article. And I love how they ignore their own part...
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The problem being that low income households are the least liable to file for a refund while higher income are the ones who don't mind to fill out paperwork. End result...lower income folk pay more of their income in sales tax....
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One person one vote does not apply to the US Senate. Only the House of Representatives. Remember your history; when the Constitution was written non-voting slaves counted as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of determining how many Representatives a State was entitled to, so even then illegal aliens would have counted....
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Today it was announced that oil production was increase by 14,000 barrels this year for the first time since 2002, see AOGA. Alaska needs drillers and producers, right? With all the harsh laws that make Alaska too costly to explore and produce we need something until they fix the mess that makes Alaska unprofitabl...
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Why is the Dispatch wasting any electrons on this woman?
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With actual objective analysis her arguments fail completely!
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Trump's had the spotlight, and taken a lot of heat off Ted Cruz---That's been Trump's role all along; a rodeo clown to distract the electorate, making a theocrat like Cruz look reasonable by comparison. It's also a perfect cover for the republican party to shift even farther to the right. This election has been portr...
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to address what you stated. It sounds like you went through the same first time buyer program my friend Marty went through. Jack Kemp R, and Reagan implemented this to address affordable housing so citizens didn't need Section 8 subsidized housing. Interest rates were drastically lowers and locked in. The down payment ...
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Very Cool.
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Agreed, just get the National Guard to set up two GP large tents in a field and a couple mediums to house the legislators.
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Just another reason why you should carry.
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Only seven moths away ????? Swat..... We're ready NOW.
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not just to keep costs down, but because materials were desperately needed for WW2...and yet they have been structurally sound to stand 75 years to date. They are designed in a manner to meet your basic need in life, and as your income or family grew you either remodeled adding on an affordable bedroom or den, or you c...
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Obviously you never had to collect sales tax or keep those record Mr. Jacobson. In addition to the hassle of collecting, submitting and remitting it sure ticks me off seeing all those that scam the system and keep the $ without getting thrown in jail. As far as "rebates" and other types of return of sales tax to those ...
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No per diem iether. Let them eat crow...........Then again even crow is to good for them.
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There is greater opportunity in a green-energy economy. Time for Alaska to pivot.
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Springfield is not the first, and won't be the last, municipality in Oregon to adopt such an ordinance. Others have passed similar laws and withstood legal challenges. Read up on Medford Code 6.360 (6). Others have passed them and then withered. Read up on Ashland's history dealing with panhandling; the problems there,...
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Straight forward income tax is taxed in the state earned, those that pay in each state earn in both or more states.
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What I found rather amusing is that when asked, a third of registered Wisconsin Republicans said they would not vote for either Trump or Cruz if they win their parties nomination.
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Too true. That's the last time I believe someone's public apology. Granted, until this article, I had no idea who she even was or (from the picture) that she was even a she.
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Don't give Kevin and the boys ammunition
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Very Very Cool
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What's concerning is that he was released from jail 11 times, back into society. Perhaps NOW a judge will see fit to keep him. He is obviously a true danger to society. Just look at his arrest record for 2015! It's disturbing! inmateinformation.lanecounty.org
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Another sicko. When a man chooses to hit a woman he is no longer a man.
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I am ok providing them with Gulf war era K-rations. Or MRE's, Pre-desert storm ones where what my brother got fed working fire for forestry. If they are good enough for our firefighters they are good enough for the legislators. Besides there is a tip, you can tell how old one is by the amount of Tabasco that has eva...
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Really? Then why has my high priced tax attorney not brought that up? Maybe because the paperwork involved is not worth the deduction?
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Springtuckian: You can have your opinions, and I could be wrong in my predictions. But the fact is that the Oregon Supreme Court (and more recently the U.S. Supreme Court) has consistently interpreted "free speech" very broadly. Money given to political candidates is protected free speech—so why shouldn't money given ...
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Don't quit reporting the news Hilde, just be a responsible news reporter..
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