Shame on you Anchorage Daily News for putting a false headline on Tuesday, August 20th, 2019. Had Governor Mike Dunleavy been able to actually set the Permanent Fund Dividend amount it would have been over $8000 not the $1600 that the Alaska House Majority and the Giessel ran Senate majority set for us Alaskan peasants to have. Remember Dunleavy did not set the PFD if he did the PFD would be larger than it is.
Who is funding this campaign. Cook Inlet Regional Inc. Special interest like the Alaska AFL-CIO, Alaska Democrat Party, NEA Alaska. Some of the signature gatherers are being paid by the Alaska Center. They want to elect a governor so they can have your PFD not you. Remember Alaska you are bigger than them. Dunleavy is Alaska's governor not theirs.
Shelley was killed on January 7, 1978 and a bunch of tourist found her body at Beluga Point south of Anchorage. Her killing was remained unsolved for over 40 years until a recent arrest of Donald McQuade at the Gresham Police Station near Portland. Alaska State Troopers just arrested Don McQuade and charged him with her murder after some DNA match and will soon face charges in Alaska.
Recently Ammon Bundy went into a gun store in Emmett, Idaho and was denied the right to purchase a handgun on Saturday, August 31st. He was cleared of all federal charges dealing with the Malheur refuge standoff on January 2016 that killed his father and charges were dropped in the Nevada due to mistrail. They forgot to remove him from the database. Legally he should been able to purchase a handgun. This is why background checks do not work because of mistakes like this. Background checks do not save lives and they do not prevent crime. Mr Bundy should be a purchase any handgun he chooses to protect his family. Please call your congress tell you support background checks you go bye bye.
Vince Beltrami your job as AFL-CIO is to represent workers in labor agreements not to suck the tax money and buy politicians like your organization has done. You feed elected politicians your famous Beltrami sandwiches to get them to vote your way. Your organization has also bought borough assembly all across this state to get your way. Remember Vince you are not the governor of Alaska Mike Dunleavy is. Just represent the worker in collective bargaining not buy politicians and corrupt them.
Most Alaskans do not want a change in how the Permanent Fund is distributed. Jay Hammond the governor who was the architect of the PFD this fund was meant to pay Alaskans the owners of the rights in terms of an annual payment. By paying a full PFD put money back in the economy and it actually helps the economy. When Alaskans apply for a PFD they expect a full check not a portion of the check. The reason the Alaska House Majority and Giessel ran Senate they want you to pay a tax every year instead of give you a full PFD. They know that most Alaskans will say no like they did back in 1999. Some legislators have voted to tax you about 20k in change now in the past 4 years for a family of 4 like Geran Tarr and Ivy Sponholz have done. Here is a link to an article I wrote earlier this year. http://swensonfamilymember.blogspot.com/2019/04/alaskans-apply-for-permanent-fund.html
Tell your lawmakers the PFD is your money not theirs.
Recently the Governor and the University came to understanding that a restructure is necessary to keep the University functioning that way it is suppose to.
The best way to reduce administration cost that can be done by having only having two campuses where the administration would be anchored at. Both UAF and UAA will continue their campus identities. Seawolves and Nanooks. Fairbanks would be north administration and Anchorage would be south administration. UAS would be downgraded to Juneau Community College due to population of the region and enrollment. All the community colleges in Valdez, Kenai Peninsula, Mat-Su College, Kodiak College as well as Juneau the newest community college students will have the option to take university class at their campus or take their classes online through a computer. Other places will also have the option of taking classes online through the two universities in Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Sports Teams
The south and north campus will have their sports teams no need to consolidate these in any way. Most athletic programs are self sufficient and can pay for themselves.
Reducing or selling buildings on each campus
This can get complicated because some of these buildings are monthly endowments to the University of Alaska. Example the Alaska Airlines Center. Alaska Airlines pays UAA money each month to keep their name on that building. Sell that building you lose that endowment. Endowments are another way colleges and universities make income this income can help a college survive over public funding. Consolidated administrations work my Alumni the Community Colleges of Spokane has been doing it between two local community colleges since 1968 between two campus Spokane Falls Community College and Spokane Community College it has worked very well. They only have one sports team called the Sasquatch. Spokane Falls is west administration and Spokane Community is east administration. Main office is on Greene Street. This restructure will help the university and keep it functioning for future generations
