Months ago, as legislators gathered in Juneau, to begin a new legislative year, Gov. Bill Walker submitted a much needed financial budget plan for Alaska.… Continue reading
I’m sending this message with my unconditional respect.We live in an age where cameras are everywhere and sometimes very unfortunate scenes are recorded and posted… Continue reading
In response to a recent statement by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on the need for more pipelines to move resources from Point A to… Continue reading
Alaska’s resources must be used for the maximum benefit of Alaskans. That is a constitutional requirement that the majority of our legislators seem to have… Continue reading
This quick letter is in response to an incident that occurred to me yesterday. I am the owner of a small business. I work extremely… Continue reading
I am disappointed in the reporting on the Franklin Graham Prayer Rally. It is sad that the main theme of the message was left out.… Continue reading
To the bishop who wants to insist on broader religious exemptions to ensure LGBTQ people can continue to be discriminated against, because his version of… Continue reading
Ron Somerville wrote an informed response to a previous letter writer’s (Joel Bennett) suggestion that the nearly extinct East Fork Toklat wolf family would be… Continue reading
Earlier this month, I wrote a commentary on whether or not the 2014 “Unity Team” of Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott would… Continue reading
Ron Sommerville’s recent rebuttal to an earlier offering by Joel Bennet’s plea on behalf of support for Denali National Park’s decimated wolves misses most of… Continue reading
The British people, sick of big government nonsense, finally had the guts to stand up and say, “Enough is enough!”When will the good people of… Continue reading
In his June 24 column regarding the whale project lawsuit filed by Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), Win Gruening suggests the City and Borough of… Continue reading
The Assembly is now considering a measure that would extend protections against discrimination in housing and employment to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons in… Continue reading
Thank you to the Juneau Borough Assembly for the Special Assembly Committee of the Whole special meeting on Tuesday, June 21 for public testimony on… Continue reading
Tongass National Forest supervisor Earl Stewart will soon destroy the magnificent Wrangel Island rainforest to please his corporate masters. He proposes to log 8.3 square… Continue reading
Why do people go to Paris, or London or Rome?Not to see whales or soaring mountains and waterfalls, glaciers and wildlife, but to see the… Continue reading
My name is Richard Jay Carter, and I am from Palmer. I’d like to start by saying thank you for hearing what the people of… Continue reading
Judging from their statements, the leaders of the NRA want everyone to carry weapons. They apparently believe that more weapons will make us safer. But… Continue reading
Hunting and trapping on state lands adjacent to Denali National Park has reduced the famed East Fork Toklat pack of wolves to one animal. It’s… Continue reading
Crippled, I was seated in a powered shopping basket in a grocery store.While I waited at a checkout stand, the store clerk checked out the… Continue reading
