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The mayor and the Assembly will only worsen the affordable housing crisis in Anchorage. When property taxes rise, which they will, more and more low income people are forced out of their rentals and go to the streets. Elected officials love to create problems, then seemingly solve those problems with free low income ho... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Looks like it's going to be spend spend spend. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trying to disregard the tone of most of these comments. Was Sadler right or wrong in his statement that we have a surplus power that will easily (not his words), fulfill the needs of the communities currently served by those dams?
It seems that this project has a lot of diverse local opinions. They are acting agai... | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 |
Ahha, its a pompous, self-aggrandizing, dismissive piece of fiction. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Now you are convincing me you actually are the liberal pundit Russell Sadler because you are just as profoundly ignorant as that deluded fool. He11, this is in print and you still couldn't follow my post, and like Sadler you bring two strawman arguments. I addressed the salmon issue. I never said one word about hydro p... | 0.629032 | 0.032258 | 0.16129 | 0 | 0.645161 | 0.016129 | 0 |
What good is a tax cap when you vote in liberals who will do whatever they can to find ways to bust the cap as well as find any other method to increase costs to Anchorage citizens. You might as well have just voted to give them your paycheck, because that's what they're after. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
"Free dental care for a day, this is great! Let's go celebrate and get a soda" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
"Hobbled?" They will certainly find new and inventive ways to get the money, anyway. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You mean spend, spend, spend like the Republican majority has been doing for the past thirty-something years; and then turn around and pass the overspending into taxes at the municipal level? Now rational voters aren't buy that it's the liberals spending and taxing that's got our state into fiscal trouble. Try again,... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
yep it includes all that, including the bloated government. my standard of living is directly effected by my disposable earnings. if the state steals more of it then I will be forced to make cuts in my household. the fact that I am not employed by the state means that my earnings are not directly related to their cuts.... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The forum allows brief debate, not a finished business report. My credentials; been in the commercial horticulture-agriculture industry since 1992, you will find my stock growing in gardens throughout America, Canada, the UK, and Europe. A cultivar I named and introduced to industry is recognized by the Royal Horticult... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
How is this a "mixed use" building? I thought these included apartments or condos along with commercial spaces. And a one-story commercial building? What about those density quotas that the city will be requiring from single-family home owners in SW-SAZ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Where was your criticism for Sully when he single handedly implemented the multi-million dollar SAP software system, Spend Less? How many millions have been invested in the system and it's not even close to being operable? Millions of taxpayers money and no results. Come on, Spend Less. Put blame where it needs to ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This isn't just about one failed alternative education contract but part of the broader picture of what goes on every day at PPS and MOST of its alternative education programs. Programs that cost the district $10 million a year and that accomplish little. $10 million that could buy 100 certified teachers within the ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trump has revealed much of the political shroud that candidates use to obscure their real ambitions, as a party or individualy. I'll give him credit for pointing it out.
I'll give him condemnation for those he mocked unfairly (anybody that didn't agree with him).
But Trump offers no expertise, little civility, an... | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
It is so nice that the city can simply re-zone something when it suits their needs. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No, Hood, those that create wealth don't leave for any other reason than they've made enough money off the backs of labor and now they have to go invest their golden parachute elsewhere. You had a chance to run for office, why didn't you? Haha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
will there be a follow-up article? seems a few unanswered questions, were they related (same last name) , were drugs involved, were the items thrown at the troopers stolen, why was logan wanted (warrant) and why was talkeetna mentioned in the article. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WOW! Who want to be on that roof for the next one. And now, I am sure I want the legislature there! Maybe the next one would shake some sense into their heads. Won't hold my breath... | 0.111111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.111111 | 0 | 0 |
I had a comment flagged, and I simply changed one word ... and it was published. It's rather fun figuring out how to work the algorithm. Simply How I Type ... can beat your algorithm. Good thing you have people in the loop. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Voters are watching Dunbar's back. The guy is dripping with integrity and now he's a threat to the far right. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Actually instead of "flying" a sign I'd spend my time looking for a job instead of a handout. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
wont set him straight but will keep him off the streets for a couple of months | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No Harry Reids theory of governance. No one is a better obstructionist than he. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
This is a site with low expectations. I've seen hundred of cases of antidotal evidence that is nothing close to the truth of a larger sampling. At least yours was personal, that's a good thing.
It would not surprise me to see the state or Oregon follow the lead of Ronald Reagan and the California growers - the last... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
There was already a tax cap. The difference in the method of calculation doesn't amount to much, and actually encourages the assembly to tax to the cap to ensure maximum available the next year. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This is an event I've always avoided like the plague. I don't understand the waste of money and time and fascination with a "weeklong, booze and fossil-fueled Sledneck Revival". I never did like crowds either but they are unavoidable in urban areas -- why go to the middle of nowhere to insert yourself into another? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
is the state not also guilty of this? they invest the earning from the fund where? how much of it is actually re-invested in the state? if the state were to take some of that money and just build the LNG line and begin that export would they not recoup that investment in short order and at the same time reduce the ener... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alaska's Mission of Mercy needs to enroll on the Pick, Click, Give site. This is too important of a community service to let die. Can't someone out there write state and federal grants? After all, Tammi Wilson help write a $1 million grant for one of her former staffers and got away with it. That grant money went i... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Who're you kidding, Hirschberg? You're probably the first one in line. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
So you want Sanders so bad but you won't vote for the candidate who shares his views over 90%?
Somehow I think there is a flaw in your reasoning. | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
It's not going to happen for Sanders. His position has been hopeless for quite some time. OK, if Hillary quits he might have a chance. However, I think even if he made it to the general, he'd be mincemeat at the hands of the republicans. No way will Americans vote for a guy who didn't have a job until he was 40, when ... | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 |
Industry does not need illegal labor to survive. Industry is replacing this labor as we speak. the ONLY reason why any industry needs this labor is because babyboomers have raised a generation who are entitled, and will not work blue collar jobs for any money. What agriculture is doing is turning to science. Machinery ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oil made Alaska a crap hole. I'm hoping the lack of it will make Alaska great again! | 0.85 | 0.0625 | 0.75 | 0 | 0.625 | 0.125 | 0 |
Sanders has no chance to beat a Republican. One round from the GOP smear machine (which, if you notice, has left him alone until now) and he'll be jelly. He can't take it and they've been holding back, whereas Hillary has stood against nasty attacks from Repubs for thirty years. They have nothing new on her, nothing th... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
emaciatd dogs that have yet to be neutered..... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
absolutely. I've known many. That's why I am so effin disgusted with our local street rats who urinate all over priceless opportunity others risk death for. | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
You really need to learn how the delegate system works. You don't really "win" a state. You win delegates, proportionally. Sanders is far, far, far behind. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You're mixing philosophy with practice. My point was that it is not -hypocritical- for someone who is a limited government Constitutionalist to approve of spending on a specifically enumerated Constitutional power, a duty really, of the Feds like National Defense, while simultaneously disapproving of spending in areas ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
highways, supposedly gets funds from the tax on fuels. public schools, property taxes for a failed system. airport, do the airlines not pay for the use and I'm sure you'll would find some kind of tax on you ticket receipt. buy food and supplies that pass through the port, we all do and we all pay inflated prices for it... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sanders has PACs raising money for him just like every other politician.
What he's not doing is raising money for the DNC to support downparty tickets. he's in it only for himself. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I genuinely cannot believe the way Eagle River votes. What is going on out there? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I heard on KFQD morning talk radio that while voters voted for a tax-cap, that doesn't mean the Assembly can't raise property assessments. I for one don't believe that a community's tax burden should be left solely on the property owners. Most other communities across the state rely on a local sales tax to help pay f... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
How about you bivouac in Adak? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I'm a "lib" to the core but I'm sick and tired of the lousy renters in Anchorage. I have no sympathy for them, sorry. Landlords have to charge and arm and a leg just to cover costs and try to find decent renters, and that's just the facts. | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 |
Sullivan caused the increase in crime when he destroyed APD and the fire department to make himself look like he created a surplus. He put police and citizen lives at risk because he's just incompetent. Meanwhile he sunk tens of millions into failed software. So now, we have a real hell hole as far as crime is concerne... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I think it's more manly to do whatever the heck you want instead of having to run to the closet and look at your "Manly Men's Macho Man Manual" to see what the fearful among you would approve of. | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 |
By voting against the school bonds, I hope the city and school district get one message, that is, you should not bond for items that are maintenance. When you build a school, you may construct it to last 50 years, but there are certain things that will need to be replaced well before the 50 year life ends. Boilers, r... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RE:Legislators privatize oil profit and socialize the cost
The oil companies & legislators, in their usual sneaky backhanded way, put the SB21 proposition on the primary ballot. This was done intentionally. They all knew voter turn out would be lower in the primary than in the general election. They were fully aware t... | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 |
Seriously? Not paying your rent and claiming you are a good saver doesn't make you an economics whiz. Sullivan just didn't pay for stuff, so now we have a gutted police department, high crime, and crumbling infrastructure (except in Sully's neighborhood, he took care of his own roads). That's not a "surplus" that's a b... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kylie Craig can't win for losing, Paul. I bet he looks in the mirror every morning trying to rid himself of his lisp. Ha. | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Claiming something is unconstitutional doesn't make it so, no matter how often one does it. Examining what's occurred in other Oregon communities that have passed similar ordinances, especially ones that have survived legal challenges, would assist in developing a reasoned opinion. It's arrogant to suggest that Springf... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This guy has no notion of "service." He likely had a gov't job because it was cushy, had good benefits, paid a pension, and he couldn't be fired ever. Sit on your laurels until your retirement clock runs out, that's the way of the state worker. | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 |
This is just a silly comment, Lela! The GOP has been in control for a long time in this state and all we've gotten is a massive financial mess. The idea that liberalism is responsible for financial ruin is laughable. Clinton and Obama are the only recent presidents who didn't run the economy into the ground (before yo... | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
They vote the way All other Alaskans vote outside that high crime, drug abuse, government dependants liberal cesspool you live in.... You need to get out more often... | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
I am so glad the voters finally, finally woke up and started voting school bonds down. Enough is enough. ASD is a terrible, bloated, incompetent organization. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
There is no such a thing as "illegal immigration". One either immigrates to the US legally or one enters the US as an illegal alien. Nearly 99% of the matter could be dealt with fairly if “e-Verify” had some real serious teeth exercised under the law on employers who hire illegal aliens. On the employee side the benefi... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This is a dark day for Anchorage. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
And we all now how fiscally responsible democrats are. Detroit, California, Baltimore, Chicago & the list goes on. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Can you imagine the mess this event leaves behind in this area? Yech! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
"im·mi·grant
ˈiməɡrənt/noun
a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country." | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You're fooling yourself. The people that you mentioned have little to no power in the legislature. The problem is the Republican majority. Kick them out! They think they are above everyone and that they can do whatever they please and still be re-elected. So far, they've been right. Its time to prove them wrong. | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 |
You got him, Wyatt Earth. Chance took up space at the public employee bargaining table and tries to make people believe that he was the one that did all the one-sided bargaining. Chance likes to oil his way around the backrooms of Republican smoke rooms selling bargaining secrets to the highest bidder; all the while ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don't forget the animals dolphins, bears, etc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This is part of the Equity racket, just as with the "green" profiteering racket; a form of insidious economic rent taking - taking funds from basic public services and appeasing otherwise loud political voices or just plain lining the pockets of those selling some form of guilt. May be if we just got back to asking fo... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
How sick of you to say I cheer every time a bicyclist is killed in Anchorage. That is an absolute lie . I earned a great salary because I put in nearly 40 years at the same job. Man did Maui look great last week ! Thanks ! | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
Another extension of light -rail. So glad to know the other lines have finally turned a profit, and Metro can funnel the extra cash into this. Maybe, soon, Metro can tear it all out and put in monorails. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RE: You do know that liberals aren’t very good at things like fiscal constraint?
Lela, Lela, Lela... Please cite examples of liberals not being good at things like fiscal constraint.
Here's three examples that prove you wrong.
1.) Alaska
2.) Kansas
3.)Wisconsin
All are under GOP control and all are in a fiscal mess ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110720013408AAurXsa
I've found several site that support remittances as good for the United States. I found this yahoo one to seem pretty free of ideological bias (some were clearly pro immigration).
I did not find any that were highly critical of remittances. ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jay Cross--Yes, this is exactly what the Legislature (under the supposedly conservative majority coalitions) is doing. Privatizing the profits and socializing the costs. To be fair, I don't think the Conoco Coalition realized how far SB-21 (no doubt written by oil industry) went. Step 1: Repeal SB-21. They are not fill... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You paint with too big of a brush, Wyatt Earth. Yes, there's slum renters, but thank gawd they're in the extreme minority. One could say the same about landlords that rent dumpy housing. Drive around Anchorage and you can see what I'm talking about. You can't blame a dilapidated building on low-income renters. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I'm entertained that the plan calls for the denotation of the Down To Earth business building to make room for more PARKING, of all things. This must be driving the biker blowhards and the city crazy. It would be even funnier if the plan doesn't call for any kind of a bike rack.
I would imagine that Brabham wants t... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
y u mad bro? LOL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
All you have to do is contact Planning and Zoning to find out if there is a Kyle Craig that owns property. I'll bet Kyle Craig isn't his/her real name. No way man. He/she bashes anything and anyone that isn't living in a so-called conservative bubble. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sounds like the start of a decent journey. Thanks for getting the ball rolling, Brad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This appears to be a conflict of interest and reminds me of the musical, "The Music Man". Apparently the guy who wrote the report is the ONLY one in the state who can save DOC. How many policies has he updated since being appointed? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You'd think all the Sanders supporters would jump at the chance to help provide free dental. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What do you know about urban Alaska, Dial, when you're hiding out behind a state employee desk job? | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0.166667 | 0 |
we threw agent orange all around the east. i am not suggesting that. but believe that if they are sanctioning the growth of something so damaging, then we are at war, and should proceed as such. i am tired of all this pc business. we can't? ha. we can, and should. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Good, when the public schools start falling down voters like you will have to dig deeper into your pockets and retirement to pay for your short sightedness. | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Good writing Booz, this is your sweet spot. Besides Pella Windows and Doors, where I worked, Vermeer was the second large manufacturere in town. Gary Vermeer, the founder was far more interested in the engineering than he was the management. It is Vermeer that invented(Gary himself), the big round bail that is comm... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Just two days ago the stats reported that Anchorage has had the lowest rate of inflation since 1998. You might want to check the label of what you're drinkin' ; rot gut, rot mind. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
The national debt does not work how you think it does. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
when a company has a great miss-step under the leadership of the corporate head, the CEO is usually held to blame and usually fired. this has happened under obama's watch. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don't the Avalanche folks have to power to shut it down? It would be suicide to run the stated course in anther article about Arctic an. Not "Arctic Man", it will be "Dead Man". | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You must not live in Juneau, Studebaker. JDHS was overcrowded and did require a new school. Anchorage has how many high schools that they probably don't need? There's talk about shutting down a few of Anchorage's public schools in the near future because of state ongoing budget cuts. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Well golly, that's just what the valley needs, the voice of "a true conservative"(aka, huckster).
Another echo chamber of fever swamp conspiracy with a hearty helping hate. Yippee! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
It's good that we have writers from all sides encouraging the nation to look at what we have in common and the blessing that Americans enjoy. We would not be in the position if we were so deeply fragmented that we would could not have found ways to act, joyfully, with American who may not exactly fit our political id... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wonder if this little dust up will cost JC tax payers as much as the UO is doling out for similar bureaucratic mess
How long are taxpayers going on stand for bureaucrats claiming privacy rules when their actions sometimes cost millions of dollars just because they will not follow simple rules
Not saying all is bureaucr... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I love to share this President Clinton piece of history with people like you, Markham. And don't forget that it was President Obama's administration that kept the nation from falling off the Republican-led fiscal cliff in 2008:
http://clinton5.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishments/eightyears-03.html | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
It is definitely a collision. Whether or not it is an accident remains to be seen. #crashnotaccident.
Our roads would be much, much safer if motorists would avoid all of them all of the time. :) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I recently saw the show Alaska State Troopers and it was about the troopers who were sent to ensure public safety at the Arctic Man annual competition. The show filmed the large event where the Alaska State Troopers have to actually set up a "station" there to do the job. I had never been to the event but there was a ... | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
I'm pretty sure the victims don't appreciate your humor James and Ernie. There is nothing even morbidly funny about this situation. Try to use some tact when you type, I know it's hard but give it the college try. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Why? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Forever in my thought's, rest in peace, and many thanks. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dang. A legend.
Have to play, "Wishing all these old things were new". | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Our voting record is dismal. All of us must remind and urge everyone we know to vote. Vote early/vote absentee if you're working away from home. Make Voting Go Viral! It's too important not to take the time. Great column, Elise! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I can more than afford it. It's bs to pay what we pay and get very little to show for it. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I resent your old people remarks. Very much. Shut your trap, sonny. | 0.7 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
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