Mandatory paid sick leave is a bad deal for Spokane's small business

Spokane's communist thinking City Council with its ruthless president Ben Stuckart and his gang of tyrants Amber Waldref, Johnny Snyder and Candace Mumm are again want to make Spokane not a place small business should practice business.  Mandatory paid sick leave will not allow a business the quality of their employees.  Government should not be in process of telling a business how to operate their business.  If an employee can not come into work they have a family health issue.  Most business will adjust to that employee's family concerns if the employee is a good asset to the company.  Some employees will abuse this as well to get paid time and not work.  Since these policies are using built in way you can not fire the employee on sick leave.  You are paying an unproductive employee.  I get that if you have a sick child you need to be home to take care of that child.  What happened to asking family members to take care of your sick child or friends who have flexible schedules.  Government should never get involved in personnel decisions of a business.  This policy will drive away small business away from Spokane.  Remember it is the small businesses that make a local economy great not the big businesses.  They employee more workers then the big business.  Remember the major cost of a business is labor when government raises that cost you have to either lay off an employee or raise prices.  Usually most business will choose to lay off versus raise prices.  Please tell Spokane's communist council no paid sick leave for Spokane's small business.

Need to show Homer's Paul Seaton and Fairbanks's Click Bishop the door

Any legislator that proposes an income tax as away to collect revenue for the State of Alaska needs to be shown the door.  Homer residents need to vote out Paul Seaton in the next election and Fairbanks residents need to vote out Click Bishop.  They voted for them not take more money away from the people these legislators are not acting Republican they are acting like Democrats.  Please tell these legislature to stop the idea of proposing an income tax.  Legislatures need to reduce the budget and radically trim spending not come up with new ways of pocketing revenue to justify their drunken sailor spending way.

Congrats to Duke men's Basketball Team and Uconn Women's Basketball Team

Congrats Duke Men's Basketball and University of Connecticut Women's Basketball Teams in their perform and victories in the NCAA basketball tournament.  I originally supported Gonzaga men and women basketball teams.  I am also glad that Eastern Washington University made it even though they got eliminated early.  I was hoping the Wisconsin and Notre Damme would have won in the finals.  I guess the best teams win.  I guess there is always the 2016 season. 

It is official the final candidates for Anchorage's Mayor Race are Demboski vs Berkowitz

It is official for the two candidates for the Anchorage borough mayor election on May 5th are Amy Demboski and Ethan Berkowitz.  There is a clear choice.  One believes that to solve a problem there is a program you can create to solve it.  The other believes in choice you should be allowed to make your own decisions.  

Amy Demboski believes that government should not be the solution for every situation.  She also believes you should have choice in how you live your life as long as you do not endanger someone's life and liberty in the process.  She also believes in fiscal accountability and allowing the non profits to take a role in dealing with social issues.  Imagine if the Downtown Soup Kitchen could help the chronic drunk situation with their religious values and not have the government intervene in that. 

Ethan Berkowitz believes if you want to solve a problem a government program solves the problem.  Let's not be accountable for our spending.  Let's get more money for the taxpayers not allow the taxpayer to decide who gets be winners or losers.  Let's waist the money then ask for more.  Kind of reminds me of that orphan who keeps asking for more not satisfied with what they got.  He is Mark Begich on steroids.  

Anchorage Alaska Yellow Dispatch customers direct of management blowing off your complaints

This is an indictment of Alaska Yellow Dispatches parent company Sea Lion Corporation.  When Sea Lion bought over 50 percent back on July 2009.  They made Regina Doyle the CEO of Alaska Yellow Dispatch, LLC with Dean Paul as the overseeing the operation then last year in 2014 after Dean sold his interest in the company to Chevak Corporation.  Sloane Unwin overseeing the operation.  Now this management since 2007 has blown of complaints from customers.  Refuse to hold drivers accountable unless I was behind the dispatch chair.  Representatives would cuss at you on the phone.  If you do not get results after company to Alaska Yellow Dispatch directly during business hour you can travel to Sea Lion Corporation offices in Anchorage at 3351 Arctic Blvd or call them at (907) 644-8810 or call the Anchorage Transportation Inspector Eric Musser office at (907) 786-8525 if not available then leave a message.  They need to really start listening to customers and drivers stop being rude on the phones. 

Alaska rural school districts should be allowed to use church buildings for schools

Alaska rural school districts like the Kodiak Island Borough should be allowed to use church building in rural communities like Old Harbor.  This will save rural Alaskan property tax dollars.  The school district gets a free building.  Churches could teach their religious teaching which parents can opt out if they choose by US Constitution.  Since now the Borough mayors have ultimate authority in school district budget due to recent Alaska supreme court decision only the Borough Assembly with an override than overdue a mayor in Borough government this includes Sitka, Juneau and Anchorage they are also boroughs according to the Alaska State Constitution. 

Anchorage cab dispatchers should be required to be certified as a dispatcher

I have been directly involved with Anchorage's industry since June 2004 when Alaska Cab hired me as a telephone representative.  Then on Christmas Day, 2004 I was promoted to dispatcher now during those seven years til February 2011.  I put a human element to the folks at Alaska Yellow Cab dispatch.  In November 2004 Alaska Cab purchase of Anchorage Yellow Cab was finalized.  Due to my past jobs at a Bill Collector at three different collection agencies I knew the geography of Anchorage very well.  In order to serve someone in Anchorage municipality our Collections legal department required the collectors to get a complete physical address.  The dispatcher was much more they are the lifeline between cab driver and cab dispatcher.  They must also cooperate with law enforcement.  I was the only dispatcher due to my lifetime training in dealing with first heroes to completely cooperate with law enforcement due to father being a volunteer firefighter with North Bend and Kittitas County District 7 Volunteer Fire Departments.  This resulted in a few things in March 2010 a police detective called me asked me if Rafael Martinez was working he was in Alaska Yellow Cab 15.  I called Rafael told him I was going to re dispatch his trip he was in the Airport Heights area please head to dispatch I need to talk to him.  The detective came to Alaska Yellow Cab dispatch were I was working.  Then where Cab 15 showed up at dispatch he was arrested my boss had no idea I was the architect of this arrest.  Here is an example of an inexperience dispatcher when a cab driver named Dale Pokarney was killed by a drunk driver on January 30th, 2010 when he was driving on Fireweed Lane and Arctic Boulevard called me said a cab driver was killed.  I spoke to the APD officer gave Susie Taylor's personal cell phone number I had at the time.  I told the dispatcher that we are not to put anything to the fleet until we get the official communication from Alaska Yellow Cab dispatch office.  Very few dispatchers wrote on the incident log like they were supposed according to Title 11 regulation. I wrote it down that day in the log book.  Cab dispatchers are not required to have a criminal background check and they also not required to have a geography test neither are cab driver for that matter since Jackie Ransom made it an open book test in her classes also commented why the cab industry should be the way it is in her classes.  You current have dispatchers at Alaska Yellow Cab and possibly Anchorage Checker Cab who have criminal records dispatching.  This was not covered in the recent AO 2013-109 overhaul.  I would recommend that dispatch companies for all vehicle for hires be required to be certified by the Anchorage Fire and Police Department go through not just drug testing but also a criminal background check they must also be required to take geography test administered by the Municipal Transportation Inspection Department.  I support loosening Anchorage Title 11 we must keep safety for all vehicles for hire including taxicabs.  I have been following the Anchorage Transportation Commission since July 2011 when I made my first appearance.