[video] Rep. Gara’s UAA Oil Tax Debate Presentation - Smarter Ways To Go than Giving Away $1.8 Billion a Year With No Commitments for New Exploration or Production
November 16, 2011
Rep. Gara's UAA Oil Tax Debate Presentation video - Smarter Ways To Go than Giving Away $1.8 Billion a Year With No Commitments for New Exploration or Production
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[slides & audio] Rep. Gara’s UAA Oil Tax Debate PowerPoint - Smarter Ways To Go than Giving Away $1.8 Billion a Year With No Commitments for New Exploration or Production
November 15, 2011
Link to the Powerpoint Slides in PDF format: http://www.akdemocrats.org/gara/111411_Max_AK_Share_PP.pdf
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Rep. Gara Exposes Oil Giveaway Shortcomings at UAA Debate
November 14, 2011
Giving oil revenue away for nothing didn’t work before and won’t work now
Today, Representative Les Gara articulated why giving away billions of dollars of Alaska’s oil revenue as the governor proposes will not increase development on the North Slope but will instead wipe out the $15 billion in savings Alaska has achieved under the current law, putting Alaska’s economy, now and into the future, at great risk. Rep. Gara made his case in a debate on the governor’s proposed multi-billion dollar oil giveaway hosted by the Union of Students (USUAA) student government at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
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Note from Rep. Gara: Looks Like Winter’s Here To Stay E-News: Will the Guv. Do The Right Thing and Opt Out of NCLB? UAA Oil Debate Monday, and More
November 10, 2011
I can’t lie. I’d rather be fishing than scraping the ice off my car, and shivering on my mountain bike with studded tires. But the miracle of extended fall seems to be over. Nice miracle while it lasted.
Tuesday I had a huge amount of fun at a great non-profit event: Arctic Entries. You should go sometime. Arctic Entries is a community effort to get seven Alaskans per month to tell stories. I told mine – about bad karma – and the time I had to fly fish with chicken. Not very fly fishing purist of me, but it was on a trip to Peru, and that’s all they had. Or I didn’t know how to say “flies” in Spanish. Anyway – you can find out about upcoming shows at arctic-entries.com. Proceeds go to Anchorage’s domestic violence shelter, AWAIC.
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Note from Rep. Gara: State Bungling: Killing Salmon for Chinese Coal. Knik Boondoggle? More Corporate Influence Growing & Some Good News
October 27, 2011
Can you say “Boondoggle?” Can you say “Dead Wild Salmon” or “Corporate Influence in Alaska politics”? Well, you might have to learn, or start speaking out. On the bright side, we can all say “Support our Troops” - and at the end of this newsletter you’ll see a great volunteer opportunity to do just that.
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