Rep. Beth Kerttula’s Newsletter: The Back to School Issue
August 30, 2013
We’ve had a beautiful summer all across Alaska and especially in Southeast - I’m looking forward to an equally beautiful fall. Kids across the state are headed back to school, a sure sign that the season is changing.
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. Kreiss-Tomkins’ Newsletter: Let Bylines Be Bygones
August 26, 2013
Who Really Writes This Thing?
I often get asked, “Who writes your newsletters?”
People are deathly cynical of politics, and who can blame them? The system is impersonal and insincere, practically by design. Politicians are insulated by an exquisite apparatus of spokespeople, press releases, and punditry.
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Rep. Kreiss-Tomkins Newsletter: What Happened?! (The Sequel)
July 8, 2013
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
The Alaska Legislature does two things: we write the budget and we write the law. I’m trying to break down the recent legislative session: last time I focused on the budget; this time I’ll focus on the law. Just what kind of legislation are those yahoos over in Juneau passing?!
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Rep. Kreiss-Tomkins’ Newsletter: What Happened?! (Part 1)
June 3, 2013
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
What exactly did those yahoos over in Juneau do with your money?!
I’m writing a couple of newsletters to help make sense of the recently concluded legislative session, and the budget was a big part of it. After all, the Alaska Legislature basically does two things: we write laws and we write the budget. It’s good to know how much money we have and how much we’re spending.
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Rep. Kreiss-Tomkins’ Newsletter: Comedy & Tragedy
April 3, 2013
Some stuff in the legislature you just can’t make up. If you haven’t already read about it, I won’t recount what happened, because the professionals – Anchorage Daily News’s Rich Mauer and Alaska Public Radio’s Alexandra Gutierrez - have already done an excellent job.
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