Rep. Mike Doogan Unable to Participate in Special Session
June 27, 2011
Health concerns prevent attendance
Rep. Mike Doogan (D-Anchorage) will be unable to participate in the special session due to health concerns. Rep. Doogan is at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle receiving treatment related to his surgery last year to remove a benign brain tumor. Doogan entered Harborview on Saturday June 25; duration of his treatment is unknown but the prognosis for his recovery is good.
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Rep. Kerttula’s Juneau Newsletter: Special Session Scheduled for Coastal Management
June 25, 2011
It’s been a coastal kind of week for me. I attended a federal workshop in Washington, D.C. on coastal and marine spatial planning. Meanwhile, I was working hard with other legislators to ensure that we meet the deadline to save the Alaska Coastal Management Program. Yesterday, a special session was announced – so don’t be surprised if you see a bunch of legislators walking around Juneau on Monday.
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Rep. Kerttula’s Juneau Newsletter: There is Still Time to Save Coastal Management
June 17, 2011
Last week, Representative Berta Gardner and I wrote an opinion piece about coastal management. The piece appeared in the Juneau Empire on Sunday, but I thought I’d send it to you just in case you missed it.
Thank you for reading my newsletter. I enjoy hearing from you, so please stop by the office, call, write or email.
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Rep. Kerttula Comments on Cancelled Special Session
May 29, 2011
“Alaskans elect us to be statesmen and women and to work together to resolve issues for Alaska’s benefit. That is not happening with coastal zone, and it hurts all Alaskans. The coastal zone program is essential if Alaska is to have any say in planning federal projects off Alaska’s coast. It’s past time for those holding the fate of the program, and the jobs of its 33 employees, in their hands to put their differences aside and enact a strong coastal management program for Alaska.”
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Note from Rep. Gara: Pre-Saturday Rapture?!?!, Post-Unspecial Session Newsletter
May 20, 2011
You were probably as surprised as I was to wake up and find out there’s a guy in Florida who says the rapture will be tomorrow. I guess I always thought I’d get more notice before the end of the world.
I owe you a post-session e-news, and given what might happen tomorrow, I don’t think I have any more time to procrastinate on this. Though it would be nice to get more notice next time if this guy is wrong, like he was in 1994. I’d like to have my house and chores in order before an apocalypse. But I guess, so would everyone else.
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