December 8, 2009: Platt's recent "Inside FERC" newsletter outlines the continued challenges that Alaska's natural gas pipeline faces betwen the state's ill conceived AGIA and rapidly changing market conditions.
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If you're an egg nog lover or crazy 'bout cup cakes, this is your slice of heaven. The homemade egg nog is unbelievable and their Red Velvet cup cake with cream cheese frosting is nothing short of mind altering. Behind City Diner in the [...]
November 21, 2009: There is a great response in politics for when someone asks you for an opinion on a contentious issue: Some of my friends agree, some of my friends disagree and I agree with my friends.
[...](R to L) The Blackberry addict (John Bitney), the host (Shannyn Moore), the town crank (Anne Kilkenny), and the effete young chap (yours truly).
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November 18, 2009: Harry Noah, the highly respected state offical who was heading up the in state bullet line project, has resigned his position at the Department of Natural Resources.
[...]From Ms. Palin's masterwork, we learn that the personal really is the political. Every encounter with a critic seems to be a skirmish in the culture wars, from the Alaska debate moderator who didn't play fair once to the "wealthy, effete young chap" who ran against her for governor but' [...]
November 16, 2009: On Friday after they received an advance copy of Sarah Palin's new book, the Associated Press called me to get a response from the two hundred plus words that Alaska's former 1/2 term governor dedicated to me.
[...]A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of addressing the Juneau Chamber of Commerce on the status of the gasline. I made three essential points:
Because of the rate of decline in the flow of oil, by around 2018 the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) will no longer be technically [...]
November 6, 2009: Just like many a prisoner on death row in their final hours, Alaska's lone Congressman has found religion. Or in this case, the gospel of fiscal responsibility.
' [...]With the buzz growing about this book and that book being released about all things Palin, the one book that continues to pique the interest of this blogger is Frank Bailey's memoir; Renegede: Sarah Palin's Hatchet Man.
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October 22, 2009: Frank Bailey will finally get to tell his story, but you'll have to buy the book to read it.
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October 20, 2009: In one of the best reasoned press releases announcing a candidates intention to run, State Rep. Jay Ramras announced this morning that he will seek the office of lieutenant governor.
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October 20, 2009: Last week the Senate Finance Committee passed out legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system. The bill was hailed by supporters as a "critical milestone" and "a step towards bringing real change."
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While AGIA, passed by the Legislature in 2007, may have spurred two pipeline projects, skeptics wonder just how viable those plans are as costs are estimated at anywhere from $26 billion to more than $30 billion, and as exploration helps define massive [...]
The Alaska Public Offices Commission is preparing to ignore their own staff report that recommended a criminal investigation into the most egregious violation of campaign finance law in Alaska's history. On Thursday the APOC will consider letting a questionable ad man and a local millionaire walk' [...]
