Rep. Kerttula’s Juneau Newsletter: Taku River Fact-Finding Task Force
This week, the Juneau Legislative Delegation announced the formation of the Taku River Fact-Finding Task Force and asked for volunteers to serve on the task force. For more details, read below. Also in this newsletter, information on your opportunity to comment on the Southeast Alaska transportation plan and President Obama’s Native American Youth Challenge.
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Note from Rep. Les Gara: Guv Fear-Mongers On Your PFD: Why He’s Wrong. Very Wrong.
It seems that no matter what the issue, the Governor’s solution is to roll back oil taxes. Tuesday he did just that in announcing the Permanent Fund Dividend. He warned - very inaccurately - that “Alaskans can face diminishing dividends based upon the current dividend calculation because, in part, poor performance of the stock market, and then additionally over time because of declining oil production there will be fewer and less royalties going into the Permanent Fund unless we turn that around.”
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Berta’s Briefings from Rep. Gardner: The Latest on Key Anchorage Transportation Projects
With the advent of fall, Anchorage Community Councils resume their monthly meetings, giving me another opportunity to hear the concerns of my neighbors. One of the big opening topics is the status of local road construction projects.
Rogers Park Community Council members were concerned to learn that the DOWL HKM representative scheduled on the agenda had sent regrets and was unable to appear because she did not yet have written permission from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to talk with us about the U-Med Northern Access Project.
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Rep. Tuck’s Community Connection: Recent Crimes Highlight Need for Parking Lot Vigilance
I want to alert you to a disturbing criminal trend happening in the Anchorage area.
It has been reported there are increasing number of robberies where purses and handbags are snatched from individuals in parking lots. Recently, an acquaintance of mine was blindsided by a punch and her wallet was taken in broad daylight in a very busy parking lot. These crimes are happening in situations that normally would be safe. This concerns me.
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[video] Rep. Gara: We Can Do Better Than The Guv’s $8 Billion Oil Company Giveaway
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