Note from Rep. Gara: Oil Tax Rollbaack: Documents Undermine “Million Barrels a Day” Promise
February 7, 2014
When does 370,000 equal 1 million? Only in politics.
Last year, to get the votes to roll back Alaska oil revenue by over $12 billion in the next decade, the Governor told voters they could expect a 100% increase in production by 2023 to “1 million barrels” of oil a day. Nice sound bite. Not accurate.
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NEWS: Parnell Administration: Gov’s 1 Million Barrel Goal Not Going to Happen
February 7, 2014
Today, Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage) and Senator Hollis French (D-Anchorage) called on the governor to concede his massive oil tax rollback (SB21) will continue a steeper decline in oil production than the law it replaced.
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Note from Rep. Gara: Time to Reverse a 4th Year of Education Cuts; A Gasline For Exxon Or Us? And a Shelved Child Protection Study?
February 3, 2014
It’s an uphill battle sometimes. But Martin Luther King, Jr., said “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” It will. If we all work together. Your letters to the editor are needed if you think things should move in a better direction.
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Rep. Josephson’s Newsletter: Early Observations
January 24, 2014
My staff and I have reached the end of the first week of session. I wanted to take the time in this newsletter to update you on some of my early observations about what’s happened and what’s to come this session: things like more money to public schools or vouchers, HB77, and a large diameter natural gasline.
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NEWS: Democratic Legislators Welcome Large Gasline Terminus Announcement
October 7, 2013
Today, Democratic legislators released the following statements in reaction to the Alaska Pipeline Project’s announcement that it selected the area around Nikiski as the lead site for the proposed large-diameter Alaska LNG project’s natural gas liquefaction plant and terminal.
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