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All that really matters now is that the Assembly members pull together and help Mayor Berkowitz take care of the city's fiscal portfolio. It's time to make plans on how to continue providing appropriate community services; and plan how the city's going to whether the fiscal storm that the Republican majority in the c...
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Man, your Spanish teacher is pretty easy compared to the one I had in Springfield! Mrs. Maveety's substitute would have given me more homework than that! And I had the same subjects then as you do now to do at the same time. que lastima muchacho!
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Please understand: I was not criticizing the expenditure of funds ... only the attitude that some? many? most? people have about cutting/slashing/chopping spending without thinking of the cost (fiscal as well as human) and the ramifications of creating a cut-bare-to-the-bones budget. The too-much vs. too-little argume...
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Proof that almost no one is irredeemable...
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Keep going. I think you're onto something.
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So, in the global market, how is oil doing now? How do you expect it to do in the next 20, 50, 100 years? Can you make a profit without state subsidies? Can you pay AK citizens a fair price for their natural resources? If not, all you're really arguing for is welfare and a handout at the expense of the rightful owners....
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Like that
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Two thumbs up Fredrick...
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Poor woman? Save your concern for someone who's not willfully dividing a community that's already recovering from gentrification's damage by further reminding them of their forefathers' suffering, all in the name of "having a bit of fun with history" so that she and her privileged friends can play nostalgic dress-up pa...
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Has it ever occurred to you that if Ristretto Roasters, Ex Novo Brewery and Smith Tea - you know, businesses that have worked in the Portland community for several years - had to pull out of doing business with her, maybe she's not doing things right?
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Napartaq, Would you agree that if you ELIMINATED all state government that you would NO LONGER have a budget for state government. No government - no cost of government. Simple concept regardless of what the government politician authors point out. CHOP must happen before we gouge the working people of Alaska. State go...
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Most parking lots are private property. What business is going to allow panhandlers to harass their customers?? Answer: None. They will call the police and trespass them. Valley River Center and the Gateway Shoppes certainly will not tolerate it.
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Bond payments are not part of the tax cap.
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That was many years ago. You are digging up ancient history.
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I have to admit that her hairstyle made me curious if she was a reverse Bruce Jenner, but at my age (and particularly marital status) that is an academic interest at best.
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Illegitimi non carborundum!
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Even worse are the ones with emaciated dogs with them, playing on your sympathy for the animal to give them money.
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Caving into the oil and gas industry will never bring our state out of its fiscal crisis. Repealing SB 21 and making other revisions in our oil and gas taxing policy that gives maximum benefits to Alaska for OUR oil will be a good start. Taxes on the people and raiding the Permanent Fund (A tax) would devastate Alaskan...
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It is sad that over 16,000 voters were duped by Mr. Hughes, who "didn't run to be elected." It was an obvious scam that he was running (thankfully, most saw that).
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Wow, what an awful mother to bring this man into their home and allow him to do this to her daughter. Extremely poor judgement on her part. I hope that the father was given custody of the daughter after this incident. She would be much better off living with him.
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Unless you are expecting to be an attorney, a botanist, a Catholic priest or major in Romance languages, I don't see the usefulness of Latin, particularly in high school. I certainly don't see a taxpayer subsidy to train a high school teacher of Latin.
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I am feeling boxed in here. I was raised in Tigard and Beaverton and set my sights on finishing my teaching license. I now realize that even with the wonderful pay most districts provide, housing is just too expensive. Its interesting that my first thought for escape was also Texas. I am hoping to find a spot between t...
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Maybe you shouldn't have bought a house beyond your means.
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Mr. O'Malley--the cans could REALLY prove to be a benefit if the legislators themselves could be induced to jump into them along with the rest of the trash.
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Why thank you. I strive to be a moderate, as God in His Qur'an admonishes us to '...seek the middle way..." and avoid extremes. That usually means the extremists on both the left and the right usually hate me. Nice to get a positive response for a change.
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We have differing definitions of 'ancient'. Judge Merten, the Lane County Judge who was reversed on that appeal, is still an active Judge. The case was decided in 2003, which is hardly 'ancient' by appellate court standards. State v Webb. "The relevant facts are undisputed. At the time of her commitment hearing, ...
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I think this entire reporting by the media of taxation vs PFD vs cutting property exemption for disabled veterans and over 65 has a cynical tone. The governor hired a contracted public relations team to convince Alaskans that we need to make choices. Reading some of these coments on this article, and others really make...
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Not possible to be twice as cool, this bar, since it's already the coolest; but congrats anyway!
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Sounds like they learned a lesson, it only took 2 browers,
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And the case was last cited as binding precedent in 2008 in a Portland case.
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I think the takeaway message is that Anchorage voters are not interested in property tax hikes or additional debt. If liberal leaning Anchorage votes for a tax cap and denies school bonds, what do you think the message would be in the MatSu or Fairbanks? Lets hope the legislators in Juneau are listening and realize...
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In any debate about differing world view perspectives, the most sadly challenging are with those who find perfection in every reflection. Such overwhelming perfection blinds a soul to the devestation ego centric motives create for all who do not share their unique reflections. Pity the homeless, the hungry, the im...
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I, for one, have little fear of the common criminal. I do, however, have great fear of that incredibly large and increasing secretive beast we call government.
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You assume he lives in a house he cannot afford. The COL here is outragious yet ppl still think the average homeowner is Mr/Mrs moneybags.
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Factual history seems to bother you quite a bit. Fascism is and has been a left wing ideology. Fact according to American progressives throughout the 30's and early 40's. I agree that there have been some right wingers that opposed left wing political movements, even sometimes violently, if you will admit that left wi...
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It's sad that the public had to fix the 30 year old Tax Cap, because a new Berkowitz Liberal administration attempted to wrongfully steal new revenue from Anchorage Homeowners.
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Cold Bay might be a good place for a prolonged special session. And another. And another. Until they deal with revenue. Adak? Shemya?
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Often that's a function of depth - this quake was much deeper than others. Also, shallow large earthquakes generate "L" waves which are the most destructive to areas just beyond the epicenter. The last shallow large earthquake in Peru, I believe, generated some beautiful "L" waves that bounced around the globe for a...
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Bernie is in the race to make Clinton look like a centrist. His candidacy was cooked up in one of those smoky backroom deals.
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"I think white folks in Portland beat ourselves up for being so white, rightfully so..." Mr McDade is entitled to all the self-loathing he wants, but he can dispense with the inclusive pronouns.
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Well, at least the poor and downtrodden have you looking out for "them" and their best interests. Better watch it. I think your privilege is showing.
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What?! This is terrible, bowling will become an endangered sport!
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23757nda. If you are going to move because in your mind because you feel that by living in Anchorage you are overburdened with taxes, I recommend moving to Cheyenne Wyoming. Of all the cities in America, they are the only one who has a lesser tax burden then Anchorage. And I'm pretty sure they don't get a PFD there, ei...
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Wait, are you saying that oppressed people are too ignorant to be able to make good decisions about their own faith, and that activists should be trying to do it for them? Um, you have seriously missed the point.
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There's at least seventeen Little Caesar's in the area. SJW's attack!!!
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Thanks for the information, and great viewpoint.
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Yes, apparently the 1960s were tragic for our regions as regards earthquakes, you had the deadly March 27 1964 9.2 event and we had the also deadly May 21 1960 9.5 event, both accompanied with tsunamis. I am not a very well-informed person in that matter, but I hope that Alaska and Chile authorities have some mutual co...
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the mother most likely was unaware of this guy's intent. no shame, shame on the dad? sounds like he was there too.
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...hmm, what about the Cowboys, Raiders, Vikings, Packers, Steelers, 49er's, Buccaneers, etc? Are those mascots/names discriminatory too?
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Whenever the I.N.S. raids a bottom feeding employer for undercutting their law-abiding competitors the press will invariably portray this scene as heartless government goons harassing minority workers. Fearing a public relations backlash the federal government has never enforced employer sanctions included in the Simps...
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Alaska is filling up with old people. This started because nobody addressed the brain drain from the last crash, and we seem to prefer to attract retirees over young people. Which could be OK, but it means the population is increasingly people who may have spent their adult lives not putting down ties (in the case of...
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Amy promised to bring her own snakes to Assembly meetings in her next term.
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Note to self: Support liberty, do not spend any money in Anchorage.
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"theocrat" can you back that up with anything close to a rational example ?
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Bernie-Ideas so good, he has to force participation at the point of the governments guns !
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Here is a better idea, reduce the tax, & regulatory burden so that the U.S. companies are not forced to look elsewhere in order to survive. Unfortunately, the Obama Democrats are economic idiots, who view those that create jobs as, at best, a cash cow to be milked to death, at worst, the enemy.
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Ethan, you're right. The heck with that stupid homework! Go for that pro-sports contract!
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Well, y'all now have a moral obligation to buy loads of taxed weed. Voting against school bonds is for Tea Partiers and lunatics.
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"Somebody copied the video files to the hard drives". Like maybe the investigators?
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John Parker - Go to www.healthcare.gov/see-plans. Enter 99615 for the zip code. Assume a household of 2 makes $80K. See what their premiums will be per month.
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Hey! Knock it off!! You've never met my mother!
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Shame on you, Springfield, for outlawing kindness. No surprise that most of the claimed support for this cruel ordinance has come from people who wouldn't show their faces in public to speak about it. Show us statistics that prove non-aggressive panhandling is a a true traffic danger, & perhaps I'll change my mind. Bu...
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A lot of people who may not feel safe giving money to a stranger approaching them in a parking lot, feel more comfortable handing out a buck from the shelter of their cars. I know I sometimes do. Women, especially, are taught w/ good reason to be wary. But a non-aggressive person asking for $ to survive, that I can h...
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This is a great suggestion! I do this regularly when buying groceries, as I'm sure many folks reading this do. Problem is, people panhandle for other reasons then to buy food. Rent, diapers, medicine, clothing, toiletries, etc... things all of us need. Yes, some people are looking to buy alcohol or drugs... but certai...
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Cruz has said he's a christian first, American second; identifies all our rights as coming from God and not "man", is a dominionist (look it up), and has made plain that if elected he will govern primarily from christian principles and the Bible, doesn't believe in the separation of church and state; and in short repre...
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I would like to congratulate the voters of Anchorage on voting yes for Prop 8 and denying the ASD bonds! Sends a big message to Juneau! Alaskans do not want to be taxed out of the State!
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The voters have spoken.
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Please Dean, spare us the hypocrisy of the deity "job creater" title. These companies could care less about jobs in the US and frankly most pay little in taxes due to massive loopholes for either a wealthy business or individual.
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Sanders, Sanders, he's the man, if he can't do it no one can. Here is my priority list for president this November. Sanders- Kasich- Trump - Clinton(only to counter Cruz)- Never Cruz.
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Why not send the special session to the area between (and including) Cantwell, Denali, McKinley Village, and Healy? There are a lot of hotels opening up now in the area, and they won't have that much heavy traffic (their heavy time is June through July), and they should have a number of larger spaces that could hold t...
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After nearly 8 years of Obama, & there are still " massive loopholes" in our foolish tax code, how can this be ? Do you suggest that if U.S. corp. paid taxes at say a 16% flat rate, that multi-national corporations would not find that tax rate attractive ?
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#'snda, the US already spends as much as the next 10 countries combined. China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, UK, India, France, Japan, Germany, South Korea and Brazil. Per person the US spends almost $1900 compared with $106 by China, $362 for Russia and $35 for India.
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Well the Nancy-boys among the Civil Censors have decided that suggesting that Mr. O'Malley's automatic trash cans could be put to even better use if we could get the legislators themselves to jump into them is 'below the civil threshold'. Since this wasn't 'uncivil' to anyone commenting in here, and certainly is not n...
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They're hoping their boy Paul Ryan will prevail at a brokered convention
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Thank you, Sir...
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Thank God for SB 21 and those massive tax credits and incentives that have increased oil investments, oil in the pipeline and increased employment at low oil prices as promised. I have tried to say that with a straight face and failed. I guess I'd never make it in the Alaskan legislature.
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Any President that claims to be a Christian, & yet places the Presidency before his faith, will be a failure at both. Obama makes my point. Per the Declaration of Independence. " We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable R...
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Whelp. There goes the affordable housing in the area. Before the big military increase in the 2000's, you could rent small cabins for as low as $200 a month. After the first big push, housing was hard to get all around, and those same cabins now cost $500-600 a month for a tiny little thing. Since the first post 9/...
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Yeah, that was probably unfair--SC for one has enough problems with that Haley twit. Ye gods and little fishes...
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Just reminiscing the effects of such things. I am not anti-military or anything, or the move of jets in of themselves. I just like the Frontier aspect of the place versus an overly developed world.
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I was trying to figure out how Palin fits with respect to the theory outlined in 'the Peter Principle', i.e. that every candidate ultimately rises to the level of their own incompetence. I suspect that particular bar was set fairly low for Ms. Palin. She should have risen to the level of 'concubine' and stopped there...
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It started with mayor number one.
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With regard to the claim that hydropower is the answer to our climate change problems: http://waterkeeper.org/magazine/summer-2015-3/the-false-promise-of-hydropower/
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Secure our borders, deport as many illegals as possible, and throw ALL employers in jail who hire illegals.
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We've created a society of butthurt over-sensitive whiners.
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The writer (who is not from Oregon!) may think tradition is no justification to keep nicknames and mascots. She finds them "inappropriate," and most of the rest of us, however, don't believe that is justification to change them. Don't teach at a school with such a nickname if it troubles you so much. Then best of luck ...
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This was a conservative, right wing government 15 years ago that passed this law. The Republicans and gung ho on that 2nd amendment and that is fine, but the 4th amendment. They would repeal it if they could. They do not care about civil liberties OR the rule of law. Blame Obama for continuing it, but even if he ve...
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Maybe we're not as "simple " as the mayor would like to think? The message is pretty clear, we need to see substantive cuts in government before we will accept additional taxation. Watch for additional shenanigans from this new assembly to shake us down. Thanks again to former mayors Sullivan and Mystrom for leading th...
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MV Taku can handle that... it's not like she's seeing much other use right now.
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Then see what their premium is with a household income of $75K.
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So Obama would have been overridden, so he decided not to try, even though he hates this law so much? I'm not buying it; he has not shied away from a fight with Congress on almost everything else, why this one thing? No, he supports this law just as much as his predecessor.
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Transferring welfare grant (taxpayer) money to a flight school? The taxpayer might be paying for a flight school that only a select few can attend? I give credit for the people in the villages who are concerned as to where our taxpayer money is going. Non profits always seem like the administrators get wealthy and make...
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Anchorage should be annexed to Seattle. Same mindset.
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That's what all that diversity gets ya... People voting with their hands out looking for their 'free stuff... Increased crime, people dependent on social services... Thank god I don't live in that s--t hole. I do own rental properties In Anchorage, and now its time to raise the rent.
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Perhaps Vigilant Justice was not the way to stop the Valley thieve but the Vigilant prevent further endargement to others.
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Hopefully there will enough on Assembly to gag Demboski when shes going on one of her delights of denying voters voices. Her arrogance will keep eyes and heat on Assembly.
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Your negative comment on the authors of the article are totally off base and unfounded!
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Great article and opinions by sensible community leaders?
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