A ruling by the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife that the polar bear is threatened, as claimed by the Center for Biological Diversity, will be felt even more profoundly by Alaskans than by the rest of the country. The petition specifically targets oil exploration and development, shipping and fishing as industries which could [...]

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This week’s cartoon illustrates the basic problem every fisherman faces: How much does it cost to go fishing, and how much am I likely to make?
This year Southeast Alaska’s Chinook fisheries have taken a hit, with a significantly lower allocation from the Pacific Salmon Commission. Salmon trollers and charter fishermen are going to feel [...]

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With recent news that Conoco Phillips and British Petroleum have teamed up to move ahead with their plan to move natural gas from the north slope to market, the prospects for Governor Palin’s AGIA (Alaska Gasline Inducement Act) have changed…or have they? Who’s driving here?
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Governor Sarah Palin has said that Alaska needs to depend less on congressional earmarks.
Some folks view earmarks as a subversion of the legislative process; others say earmarks are a constitutionally allowed way for congress to direct funds so they are spend on their intended projects.
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This week’s cartoon illustrates an unintended consequence of “clean elections” laws, based on the experience of some other states. Find the full cartoon in the Ketchikan Daily News, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, or next week in the Voice of the Times online.
Click here to read more about the Alaska Clean Elections Initiative.
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Where will Alaska’s “clean elections” funding come from if the voters initiative passes?
Here is the editorial cartoon as printed in the Ketchikan Daily News. Click on the image for the full cartoon.

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The Alaska Clean Elections Initiative will create more problems than it solves. The initiative attempts to take the influence of “special interests” out of the political election process by funding candidates using public funds and limiting private contributions.
But in doing so it takes grassroots politics out of the hands of citizens, creating a system [...]

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Recently we’ve been hearing how much money Alaska has as a result of abnormally high oil prices. And Governor Palin likes to flaunt her increased oil tax revenues before they are realized. But remember it was only five years ago, at the end of the Tony Knowles administration, that we were headed for [...]

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