Keep Utah Senate seat Utah grown

Hey Mitt Romney most people in Utah do not want an import from Michigan and Massachusetts who comes to Utah because it is the Mormon thing to do.  Utah Republicans you can stop this by selecting Mike Kennedy as your nominee.  In 2010 you elected Mike Lee and throw out a rino.  Now you can replace Orin Hatch a Salt Lake lawyer home grown keep it home grown.  Elect Mike Kennedy in the Republican primary.  Send Mitt Romney back to Massachusetts.  Mitt may have rescued the 2002 Winter Games from disaster does he need to be in US Senate.  No imports. 

House Democrats give Geran Tarr a pass on complaint

Alaska House Majority Democrats have given Geran Tarr and Feather a pass on a recent ethics complaint at a Mountain View street fair.  Her staff had used decided to be on state payroll to help participate in a street fair.  Geran and her staff are not ordered to pay the state back for using state time.  Her is the real reason for the slap on the wrist.  She is needed to become speaker or minority leader since she is in a safe Democrat seat. Had this been a Republican the book would had been thrown at them.  

Voters say no port district for me

In a special election voters voted down 3 to 1 yesterday April 24th.  Kittitas County voters decided no port district for you.  This leaving the local chambers of commerce with the ability of promoting tourism of the county which is what a port district would had provided.  This county just like for library service does not want to pay extra taxes to promote tourism in the county. 

Move your businesses out of Seattle

Recently the Socialist Seattle City Council has decided that businesses should be taxed on how many employees they have inside their city limits.  This is so they can provide more housing for the homeless.  This idea will be expanded east to Spokane and north to Anchorage.  If Ben Stuckart becomes mayor of Spokane in 2019.  Spokane Mayor David Condon can not run again due to term limits.  Ben Stuckart also can not run for council president due to term limits.  Spokane has term limits on its city council and mayor just like Anchorage does.  Anchorage elected a socialist mayor who came from San Francisco named Ethan Berkowitz in 2015 and is term limited will not be able to seek reelection in 2021 due to term limits.  He will direct the Anchorage Assembly to do the same thing. 

Please call me Midtown Benson Center

Please call me Midtown Benson Center.  Here is why.  I am located in Anchorage's Midtown area.  Benson Blvd is the street that borders me on the south side.  People have been enjoying me since 1968 as part of the Anchorage rebuild from a major earthquake.  Please suggest I be called Midtown Benson Center

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Demand that AEDC take the 7.2 million in grant money to build a Anchorage Downtown Library

Janet Goetz willed the Anchorage Municipality $7.2 million to create an Anchorage Downtown Library.  The perfect place for this library is right above the Anchorage Transit Center.  It will provide a stable tenant and people can use the library while waiting for the bus.  You can even build a skywalk bridge from city hall to make it easier for city employees to use the library.  Please have the Anchorage Assembly demand that the AEDC take this 7.2 million dollars from three estate and build a library for the Downtown area. 

Andrew Halcro you need to open the restrooms to the Anchorage Transit Center

Anchorage Downtown business community is asking you open the restrooms.  Business like the Downtown Kaladi Brothers have seen increase in traffic of undesirables around their establishment.  The situation of you closing the bathroom has made an impact on your neighbors.  You need to get the Anchorage Assembly to order Andrew Halcro to open this restrooms.  You say the impact on your neighbors is not your problem.  Here is the truth the decisions you make effect your neighbors it becomes your problem.  Please call Andrew Halcro's office at (907) 276-7275 demand he open the restrooms back up.

Is Forrest Dunbar ready to become the next mayor of Anchorage

Is current East Anchorage Assemblyman current chair of Anchorage Assembly ready for Mayor Forrest Dunbar.  Prediction is that Ethan will not complete that final term.  The last interim mayor Matt Claman overloaded all the union contracts which gave us Ordinance 2013-037 which never became law because the Unions wanted to repeal it instead of save money which was the intent of the Sullivan administration.  Matt Claman never survived the primary.  If Ethan decides to run for congress unlike back in 2009 when Mark Begich won as US Senator when there was an automatic mayors election the following year.  This time is Ethan runs and defeats Don Young.  He will not be able to keep his assembly seat and be able to see if he stays as mayor.  His assembly seat is up for election in the same year.  Until April 2019 he will have play dual roles of course they could fill his assembly seat by him resigning.  Remember in 2009 Matt Claman never resigned his assembly seat.  Question who would replace Forrest on the assembly by appointment.  Remember since Forrest was elected to the assembly Ethan has trained him and groomed him to be the next mayor of Anchorage. 

Could Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz run against Don Young this year.

Rumor has it that the National Democrats have asked Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz to run against Don Young. Recently the Anchorage Assembly has made Forrest Dunbar chair which if Ethan wins Forrest would become interim mayor.  Forrest actually would like to become mayor of Anchorage.  Since his election in 2016 Ethan has groomed him for higher office.  In the 2008 and 2014 election that Don Young between Ethan Berkowitz and Forrest Dunbar.  Don Young received only 50 percent of the vote.  Imagine if Alaska was affect by the Blue Wave.  Could Ethan actually pull it off.  Remember if Mark Begich had actually gone for this seat instead of the US Senate he would had won due to the Alaskan Native.  Could Ethan be able to win in places like Hooper Bay, Aniak, Chevak, Ahkiok and Ambler.  Remember in statewide elections it is the Alaska Bush communities that decide who your leader is not the Alaska Railbelt where the population is. 

Anchorage Proposition One has been defeated

Identity, ACLU of Alaska aka Americans against Constitution and Liberty United.  They did a scare campaign to convince Anchorage voters that keeping bathrooms by sex would not be as safe as allowing a registered sex offender to access the bathroom of their choice.  They also believe humans are like fish and change their sex any time they choose.  As they continue to celebrate their victory it will be short lived.  If you see a person in drag go into the same bathroom as your daughter.  That is the new norm in Anchorage.  Watch out for peeping toms. 

Anchorage Baptist Temple has lost its grip in the Anchorage political landscape

For nearly 50 years this church has been the cornerstone of Anchorage politics. If Anchorage politicians tried to pass ordinance that not right with god.  This church would send out its army of righteous people.  Politicians would have to listen.  This church is why Alaska has no death penalty.  Recently as of 3 years ago the Anchorage Assembly in a vote of 9-2.  The Anchorage Assembly voted in a Gender Identity Ordinance this was main reason Ethan Berkowitz ran for mayor was to make sure a fake female and fake male could go into the bathroom of their choice.  Recently they were not able to convince Anchorage to pass Proposition One was a good idea to repeal this ordinance.  Has Anchorage decided to become a modern city not listen to its past. 

What to expect in a Berkowitz 2nd term as Mayor of Anchorage

Now that Ethan Berkowitz has been elected to his final term as mayor of Anchorage.  Prediction he will not complete this term.  Here are some things he will do to continue to harm the people of Anchorage. Since he is taking online course from the Seattle City Hall on how to screw the citizens of a community.  

He will propose a 1.5 percent income tax on every citizen to pay for people to have affordable housing

He will continue to figure out how to make Anchorage like Seattle and Portland.  Fairview neighborhood will continue to decay since the actual name for this community is Screwview.  

Crime will spike even if you have an increase of people they will only be allowed to write parking tickets.  Since he supports SB 91 do not expect increase in arrest.  

Mad Myrna's policy will continue to be the policy and there will be an increase of peeping toms since the gender identity ordinance is still in effect.  Fake males and Fake females can continue to enjoy the bathroom of their choice.  Harming of children will continue.  

South Anchorage  and Eagle River will continue to hit with less bus service as the Municipality of Anchorage will continue to spend out of control.  Anchorage will continue to lose population and business will move out due to aggressive taxation policies from this administration.  

Cab service will continue to dissolved however I do not believe Berkie will not be at fault here that the industry that will do that all by itself with the lousy customer service and outdated business model.  Uber and Lyft will prosper remember he and the CEO of Uber went to a Jewish school together while as kids in San Francisco.  

Coghill blocked testimony on Alaska Permanent Fund on Saturday

John Coghill, Jr who is a fan of getting your PFD did not like that most of testimony to allow people to keep their permanent fund dividend and is anti SB 91 which has made the crime rate higher.  This guy decided nobody shall speak.  My friends at Rivoli Revue have a message for any lawmaker who decides that you should not get the full amount of the permanent fund dividend you are entitled to and wants to soft on crime.  People can vote them out and Mr. Coghill you want to continue to act this way.  People are asking that you resign after December 2018.  When we elect a real governor like Mike Dunleavy who will respect the wish of the people of the local political party wishes and not chosen a friend to replace you. 

Anchorage Assembly will require a convenience and necessity study before issuing taxi permits

Under Ordinance 2016-124 requires the Anchorage Transportation Commission to issue up to 10 taxicab permits and 5 handicap accessible permits a year til the year 2021.  At the April 10, 2018 Assembly meeting the Anchorage Assembly added that the Anchorage Transportation Commission do a convenience and necessity study to see how Uber and Lyft have done for the Anchorage taxi business.

Anchorage Cab Drivers call for the removal of the Transportation Inspector

Anchorage Cab Drivers call for the removal of Eric Musser as Anchorage Transportation Inspector for refusing to sue Uber and Lyft for taking turf that was never theirs in the first place.  They want the Municipality of Anchorage to protect their monopoly when the truth they want to continue to provide lousy service to customers without having to compete and have a healthy industry. 

Anchorage Cab drivers yelled at Anchorage Assembly members for not allowing them to keep their monopoly

Anchorage Cab drivers lead by George Kocur started to spout out lies at yesterday's Anchorage Assembly meeting on April 10, 2018.  When competition was introduced by an ordinance 2016-124 by former Assemblymember Bill Evans it actually made the value of the taxi permits more towards reality instead of allowing them to inflate their permit values.  It is not the governments job to protect industry instead it is to encourage free market by allowing as many opportunities as possible for people.  More taxis more competition means better rates.  Monopoly hurt the customer and consumer.  Anchorage Voters in 2017 voted against their proposition when they gave them almost 10 years to clean their behavior.  They would rather waive the white flag instead actually participating in competition and making Anchorage better.  Here is a link from KTVA of their actions http://www.ktva.com/story/37928253/taxi-drivers-protest-assembly-vote-with-profanity-laced-interruption

Anchorage Taxicab Permit Owners continue to want to perform poor quality of service

Members of Anchorage Taxicab Alliance believe they should operate in the model above which is like the Model T.  This model is old fashion does not allow for better quality of service.   The actual value of these permits is actually $1425 they actual inflated by bidding it at a higher value.  These permits were never meant to be at over $150,000 they made it that way by keeping a closed entry market.  Competition makes it more of a reality.  Uber and Lyft are driving in the Camaro a faster model more efficient where as the cab industry would rather have telephone and string.  Close entry means lower quality of service.  Open entry means anyone can get in.  Protectionism does not benefit the customer or an industry in the long term. 

Anchorage Taxicab Regulations were loosened Tuesday night's Assembly meeting

Last night at the April 10, 2018 at the Anchorage Assembly.  Ordinance no 2018-06 proposed by East Anchorage Assembly person Forrest Dunbar was passed in favor by 9-2 with Dick Traini and Pete Petersen voted against the ordinance.  This reduces the annual permit fee to $1425 a year.  The starting bid of a taxicab permit will be set at $1425.  It eliminates drug testing unless you get into an accident.  The cab driver no longer has to take a chauffeur training class to become a cab driver. 

Anchorage Assembly pulled elected politican childcare bill

Due to backlash from people and this blog.  The sponsors Forrest Dunbar and Suzanne LaFrance pulled this bill at the April 10, 2018 Assembly instead of introducing this ordinance.  The taxpayers won last night.

Anchorage Assembly proposes that elected politicians get childcare benefits

East Anchorage Assembly members Forrest Dunbar and South Anchorage Assembly Suzanne LaFrance are proposing at today's assembly meeting that elected politicians should receive a subsidy for public service.  When you are elected to public office you are a public service not entitled to anything except to serve the public.  No benefits for public service.  This ordinance needs to be defeated immediately.  Anchorage taxpayers do not need to pay for elected officials child care.

Kodiak Borough Consolidation would eliminate VPSO's in Kodiak Island Villages

Under Alaska State statues once a borough chooses home rule option.  The Alaska State Troopers are not longer mandatory for police protection.  The responsibility of the police protection is the boroughs responsibility.  Which means Kodiak taxpayers pick up 100 percent of the cost instead of some of the cost as it is now.  Village safety officers which are assigned to each village would be eliminated.  Kodiak Police would be responsible for police protection in each village or each village would have to pay for their own protection.  Larsen Bay, Karluk and Akhiok are unincorporated so the Kodiak Police would have send extra officers to live in these villages to give these villages law and order.  Old Harbor, Ouzinkie and Port Lions would have to either have an agreement with the Kodiak Police Department to cover their villages or pay for the police protection themselves or have the village council or the local native organization help pay for law enforcement for their villages.  Please say no to Kodiak Island Borough consolidation because it will cost Kodiak taxpayers more money to maintain the borough then not be home rule. 

Kodiak Borough Cosoildation bad idea

According to the April 8th, 2018 issue of the Anchorage Daily News.  Kodiak Borough Assembly and the City of Kodiak is considering consolidating operations by expanding the Kodiak City Limits to the whole borough.  This is a bad idea even though it would make for the largest city limits in geography due to the fact that Kodiak Island is one of the largest islands in the United States. As a resident of Anchorage for over 20 years now which consolidated with their borough in 1974.  Which this acts happened they did not envision 20 years later growing communities of Eagle River, Chugiak and Girdwood which get the shaft from the mother ship.  Imagine villages like Larsen Bay, Karluk and Ahkiok wanted to do something traditional but have to ask borough for permission because it is in the City of Kodiak not their city.  This is why back in 1995 most Spokane residents reject the county and city consolidation concept when it was proposed to them.  Kodiak residents please reject this idea because the villages need their own identity.  Consolidation does not allow that. 

Anchorage Municipal Clerk's office took the day off Thursday

Yesterday on Thursday the Municipal Clerk's office took the day off and did not count ballots that have been received in the office.  There was no update in the vote totals yesterday.  Right now Ethan Berkowitz is ahead by 19 points over Rebecca Logan in the Anchorage Mayor's race.  I believe this race will tighten still be in Ethan's favor.  Prop 1 is not decided will flip to the yes side eventually.  Prop 2-11 are still passing.  Anchorage School District prop 2 was at 70 percent in favor on election night and on Wednesday was only 59 percent in favor.  We have a school board race that is still close to call between Tasha Hotch and Alisha Hilde.  Alisha is currently two points ahead this could still go either way.  There are only two winners from Tuesday, April 3, 2018 election that is Deena Mitchell and Elisa Snelling for the Anchorage School.  Please call (907) 243-VOTE demand they count all the ballots that are received the minute they come in.