Posted by Jeanne Devon on August 13, 2013 · 15 Comments
Yesterday, a “Federal Overreach Summit” began in Anchorage. For two days, lawmakers and administration officials will gripe about the “feds” and what is described as intrusion into Alaska’s affairs. But the federal overreach discussed on the first day of the summit didn’t touch on Stand Your Ground law, or issues of reproductive choice, or gay marriage, or even voting rights which have been so much in the news as of late. This federal overreach is quite specific, and gets to the heart of what this administration considers important. It’s all about land use and resource extraction. A Department of Natural…
Category Alaska, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Politicos, Bang it, Barack Obama, Chuitna Coal, Environment, Headlines, Nation, Pebble Mine, Republicans, Resource Development, Roll your eyes into it, Rural Issues, Sean Parnell, Shake it, Strategery, Tongass · Tags Alaska DEC, Alaska EPA, Alaska federal overreach, Alaska SB27, Bristol Bay Watershed assessment, Chuitna coal, Ed Fogels, Federal Overreach Summit, Michael Geraghty, No Pebble, Pebble Mine, Randy Ruaro, Sean Parnell, Shannyn Moore, Wishbone Hill mine
Posted by Jeanne Devon on October 21, 2011 · 94 Comments
~The Alaska Department of Law hard at work on the Palin emails Remember when our former governor was nominated to be the VP candidate? And we were all like, “What? Really? You’ve got to be kidding me!” I know. It seems like a lifetime ago. Back then, in days of yore, people in the Lower 48 didn’t even know how to pronounce her name. “Is it Pallin?” they asked. “Who is this woman? We know nothing about her!” And so journalists started doing what journalists are paid to do. They investigated, and they asked (utilizing public records requests) to see…
Category Baffle it, Bang it, Roll your eyes into it, Sarah Palin, Scratch it, Sean Parnell · Tags Alaska Department of Law, Palin emails, Randy Ruaro, Sarah Palin, Sean Parnell, state of alaska