tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61447038346790890682024-02-02T02:02:53.819-09:00DONN LISTON ~ Alaska's Advocate WriterDONN LISTON is an independent journalist who has lived in Alaska since 1962; Eagle River since 2010. <br>He was a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News during pipeline construction <br>and is a retired teacher after becoming certified in Juneau after living there 20 years. <br>DONN taught Adult Basic Education in the Anchorage community of Mt. View and the<br> Mat-Su Job Center, 2007-2017. <br><br>A BP Teacher of Excellence (2013)<br> DONN was a member of three State Educ Commissions.
DONN LISTON - Alaska's Advocate Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08813596853103902920noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144703834679089068.post-68177733513840262422022-03-27T09:40:00.007-08:002022-04-24T17:11:49.259-08:00The Man, the Legend, the Publiicity Stunt...<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #28262b; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -1px;">Iditarod Teaches Lessons in Georgia</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">(Republished from three years ago)</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduI3YCPJgTTCGBPBvV4VRXJ-7v1JTMcDDPQfaxqV7hXVxhkGfVd7Isr8OleWrRZKe6G4EQSINmPU0l6_kAMi3YprBkm38woFlEDSyX9ZL3S8cbTPXer0G9uA_rkheFc-ASW8vcO3NtsB2lVQGOWv4U591dEUDZZTnyz5U2NRNY5Dx7MiSuT2h4K-I/s2048/BillBordenCrd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1434" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduI3YCPJgTTCGBPBvV4VRXJ-7v1JTMcDDPQfaxqV7hXVxhkGfVd7Isr8OleWrRZKe6G4EQSINmPU0l6_kAMi3YprBkm38woFlEDSyX9ZL3S8cbTPXer0G9uA_rkheFc-ASW8vcO3NtsB2lVQGOWv4U591dEUDZZTnyz5U2NRNY5Dx7MiSuT2h4K-I/w280-h400/BillBordenCrd.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">This story first appeared in <b><i>Echo Magazine</i></b> and was copied onto this blogspot, which was built by </span></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Bill Borden</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> for my company. Borden set up DONN LISTON COMPANY with the <b><i>State of Alaska</i></b>, along with my Facebook Company page, emails and even my home security system--in a good old fashioned confidence scheme. His team's apparent goal has been to indenture me now more than 3 years, </span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>As a long-time Independent Alaska Journalist, my stories go where the facts lead me. I have maintained my integrity while Borden has recentlly tried to silence me and smear me. I believe Borden has committed felony cyber crimes against me and my business. </b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Alaska has a mistique about it that is easy for a con man to exploit and this story I wrote about him three years ago is authentic. I repost it here to show my sincere attempt to find the best in every person I interview. Given recent developments in which Borden has maliciously hacked my digital platform, and tried to move the business of my name to Georgia, readers may recognize this technique for what it is: exploitation and elder abuse.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgkaaONWKD6t7_HbtbZsSMdLX0aQ4Ns1O1re_qyDtntS0aoC8_M5qAtBq44DPHz8-1NuYhXA7TkiHYKcY3Go9Kvt-kr-ypmPi7jOV9ZmCCOMbljUFt0y3GnCUhu8_i8_qbz3UjFn8tTfRQJrZ2C9joqHppbCpNr_Oi1duqg2CJO9h6Sp69ptSjSQ3/s6600/EPSON023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6600" data-original-width="5100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgkaaONWKD6t7_HbtbZsSMdLX0aQ4Ns1O1re_qyDtntS0aoC8_M5qAtBq44DPHz8-1NuYhXA7TkiHYKcY3Go9Kvt-kr-ypmPi7jOV9ZmCCOMbljUFt0y3GnCUhu8_i8_qbz3UjFn8tTfRQJrZ2C9joqHppbCpNr_Oi1duqg2CJO9h6Sp69ptSjSQ3/w309-h400/EPSON023.JPG" width="309" /></a></div></div><div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>With this post I declare this old Alaskan isn't going down without a fight!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />March 7, 2019 <span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background: white;">(2019</span><span style="background-color: white; background: white;">©</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background: white;">donnliston.com)</span><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />https://www.echoak.com/2019/03/iditarod-teaches-lessons-in-georgia/</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSSOJBXr2g8DXTI_EyJOHPJ41x4LAvcKJhguePbPsO6OJ3vBGTDbthSoTFWOIeWWT7IYIiW2J3ZEF2zu3gadS18B2F-NawiHpM4Fi9kkjrj7jgT0DKnwXpxSovCcGF09n4gSVwyqRWkytk7bHSOoSfKXy6ZccpDxW4cL3T4PO_4d-dMj-YFplbRdS/s2048/IMG_0149.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1434" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSSOJBXr2g8DXTI_EyJOHPJ41x4LAvcKJhguePbPsO6OJ3vBGTDbthSoTFWOIeWWT7IYIiW2J3ZEF2zu3gadS18B2F-NawiHpM4Fi9kkjrj7jgT0DKnwXpxSovCcGF09n4gSVwyqRWkytk7bHSOoSfKXy6ZccpDxW4cL3T4PO_4d-dMj-YFplbRdS/w280-h400/IMG_0149.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH73lSrwHRm2ohjp02SDqePVHNYIiUFrIyddVp5-LXEE2ijqP8GKqLCNRq1tvFf-_g62PNbxpfaJJj95hhnfjjIPVZx6thwRz5noW6rX_oX0LkL7PevH-WbXx-Prev2KoCEyjSBcHWgeI/s1600/BillBordenCrd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #28262b; direction: ltr; font-size: 30px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #28262b; direction: ltr; font-size: 30px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;">The mystique of Alaska’s annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race is worldwide, but one deep-south Outside venue celebrates it year-round in a particularly public manner.</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px;">In the Atlanta, Georgia suburb of Kennesaw, a large community park celebrates dog mushing, the intrepid souls who race in the Iditarod, greatest race on earth, and one of their own residents who ran and finished it in 2002, <b>Bill Borden.</b> In fact, Borden is the first person from Georgia to finish the Iditarod.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px;"><i>We had to learn everything from scratch before thinking about running the Iditarod,</i> explained Borden in a strip mall restaurant near the park. <i>The community of mushers and supporters is inviting to participants, but nobody can tell you everything you need to know to do it.</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px;">This Kennesaw Iditarod dog park and interpretive walk are named after Borden’s lead dog, <b>Fisher King.</b> With Borden’s direction, his sled crossed under the burled arch in Nome after 1,151 miles of wilderness trail. Longtime landowners, the Swift-Cantrell family, would later contribute the land for this popular park. Each of seven education signs around the walkway features a vocabulary word at the top, with a themed content discussion of some aspect of character required by the Iditarod race.</span></div><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #474148; direction: ltr; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;">Ultimately Borden finished 53rd on his rookie attempt.</span></h5><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px;">Fewer than 50 percent of Iditarod racers finish the race on their first attempt, bragged Borden: <i>I could have finished a little higher, but it was more of the experience. I spent the last night in a safety cabin with a musher who had completed the first Iditarod; he was very cold and frozen, so we built a fire, and I chose to stay and listen to wonderful stories by a Native Alaskan.</i> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px;">Instead of finishing in the dark, Borden was able to reach Nome by daylight so his wife could take memorable photos. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5EOvkerZPIOzIBQG9L5Jcs-df2vunZMK5-Wx4j6rUj38YtvEbl3pDvGHcx5cT525UOg1txtyNlUIoUx7pgrJFs03KpPtsz4em6CsDimIHXarAnHnRIOwHoRiQfByJC25JeV9SrXmo_gFf_vXSWOkYBHaW7ZoBfy864LZ0WEXvJfX3Fbk0Pm4X2Iy/s1051/IditarodMusher.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1051" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5EOvkerZPIOzIBQG9L5Jcs-df2vunZMK5-Wx4j6rUj38YtvEbl3pDvGHcx5cT525UOg1txtyNlUIoUx7pgrJFs03KpPtsz4em6CsDimIHXarAnHnRIOwHoRiQfByJC25JeV9SrXmo_gFf_vXSWOkYBHaW7ZoBfy864LZ0WEXvJfX3Fbk0Pm4X2Iy/w400-h390/IditarodMusher.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Today, after 20 years, although he hasn't owned a dog in more than a decade, Borden still calls himself IditarodMusher on Instagram.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #565656;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">An Atlanta Realtor team, Borden and his wife Brenda, self-financed this venture through their company, </span></span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; margin-bottom: 0px;"><i>High Caliber Realty</i></b><span style="color: #565656;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">, and turned other money contributed to their effort into </span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Cool Dreams Foundation</span></i></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #565656;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">, a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation. The signs in this park are part of their educational outreach which interfaces with Iditarod lesson plans. In addition, Borden talks and shares his Iditarod experiences.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px;">The trail markers are clear in their messages: <i>Bill and Brenda Borden first met Fisher King when he was the star of a sled dog kennel tour. Little did either know that in only a few years, the quintessential sled dog they met that day would lead Bill’s team to the finish line,</i> states one marker.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px;"><i>You can see this sign is about <b>guidance</b> because it has the map</i>, Borden explained.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #565656;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">Another sign described the </span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">courage</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #565656;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"> necessary for the Iditarod, and another talked about <b>accomplishment</b>: <i>Upon Fisher King’s retirement from racing his last Iditarod, he and his teammates continued to promote education and awareness of this northern sport in local schools and senior centers, spreading the word that through proper planning, perseverance, and faith in God anything is possible</i>.</span></span></span></div><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #474148; direction: ltr; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;">“This is my favorite,” shared Borden as we approached another marker.</span></h5><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Perseverance</b>—When Fisher King led Kennesaw’s Bill Borden on their Cool Dreams running of The Last Great Race, the run was a culmination of three years of research, training, and preparation that became a test of faith full of excitement and danger. Breaking his gangline just over 200 miles into the race on the Happy River Steps was just one of many tests of Bill’s conviction during the 1,151 mile Iditarod.</span></em></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After the accident on the steps, Bill was left alone in the remote Alaska wilderness with a broken rib, fractured kneecap, and only two dogs. Calling on his faith and determination, Bill did the only thing available to him; he said a prayer with each step he took, putting one foot in front of the other, making forward progress no matter how small the progress was it was still forward progress. To not have tried, to not have persevered, would have been giving up, and giving up would have been failure.</span></em></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bill excruciatingly traveled 12 miles of the trail with just his two wheel-dogs, Lookout and Stroke, to retrieve Fisher King and the rest of the team who had continued down the trail under Fisher’s leadership. It was an adventure full of events worthy of book, television and newspaper coverage, such as a broken sled not once but three times as well as Bill’s own broken bones, open water overflow, temperature extremes to 60 below zero and a coastal snowstorm.</span></em></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Kennesaw’s Bill Borden persevered to finish the longest sled dog race in the world in just 14 days, 4 hours, 10 minutes and 14 seconds with 13 happy dogs. Bill attributes his success to his faith in God, a very supportive wife, Brenda, a helpful son, Jordan and his resolve to always finish what he starts. </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;">We in Alaska may take the Last Great Race for granted, but far away, in the lower 48, hundreds of thousands of school children learn life’s lessons taught from racing on the Iditarod Trail.”</em></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px;">We in Alaska may take the Last Great Race for granted, but far away, in the lower 48, hundreds of thousands of school children learn life’s lessons taught from racing on the Iditarod Trail.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Learn more about Bill Borden and the Cool Dreams Racing Team at </span><a href="https://www.cooldreams.net/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: inherit; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.cooldreams.net/</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;">.</span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Watch for new upgrades to my Alaska digital platform: DonnListon.co</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> EMAIL: Donn@donnliston.net</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/a785b3c8-a5a2-459c-813d-27f62ed85dcb" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #565656; direction: ltr; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This blogspot was hacked by Atlanta, GA & Alaska scammer, Bill Borden dba High Caliber Realty. For that story go to: https://donnliston.co/2022/07/cyber-crisis-solution-peterson-associates-inc/
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wordpress webpage, and enhanced. For new and up to date previous postings go to DonnListon.co</div>DONN LISTON - Alaska's Advocate Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08813596853103902920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144703834679089068.post-45516926455298250152022-03-22T22:19:00.000-08:002022-03-22T22:19:38.959-08:00Reflections of Hope From the Past<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Things CAN Get Worse...</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>This blog has been hacked so if you are receiving this story I ask you to forward it to other Alaskans who may already know evil people try to exploit Alaskans. I will see the thief who has tried to shut me up and smear my good name in court. Please forward this story by email or post to facebook.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>DONN</b></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">A Valentines Day Reflection</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">BY DONN LISTON</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">February 14, 2018 <span style="background: white;">(2018</span><span style="background: white;">©</span><span style="background: white;">donnliston.com)</span></span><br /><span style="background: white;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>EDITOR's Note: Cathy Liston died February 24, 2019. This is a remembrance one year before her passing.</i></span></span><br /></span></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">For 28 years Valentine’s Day has beat out Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, and April Fool’s Day as my favorite holiday. Valentine’s Day is the day I married Cathy, in 1990.</span></b></span></span></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the early years we both wondered aloud how long the honeymoon might last. I’m happy to say it has never ended.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cathy wasn’t so convinced we should marry at the time because we had been seeing each other for only a few months. When we both took off one day during lunch to get our marriage license—and after we filled out the paperwork I didn’t have the money to pay for the marriage license--she must have had second thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was on a cash only economy, and it was simply an oversight.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Despite my embarrassment Cat obviously knew what she was getting into; every time I had brought my paycheck to her teller station I asked that she write the amount in the bank account on the receipt, so I would know how much I had until my next paycheck.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Once we were married Cat made sure all the bills were paid on time and I always had $100 on my money clip. Instructional note: Two people can live cheaper than one.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">We resided in efficiency apartments across the hall from each other on the 5<sup>th</sup> floor of the <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPl4jNVCjl-HaMV6tJJ87K06e8rfvVAyDiMvkeuZ7MZzsLQOaT8BZuhX981HU2TElnirrdiM2mmoz1x3VB7tRRVowTNUTDWZmPY07Zx0y8uxkP9p8820T0-crg6vRcUrdADruIXGyozo/s1600/IMG_4261%255B151%255D.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPl4jNVCjl-HaMV6tJJ87K06e8rfvVAyDiMvkeuZ7MZzsLQOaT8BZuhX981HU2TElnirrdiM2mmoz1x3VB7tRRVowTNUTDWZmPY07Zx0y8uxkP9p8820T0-crg6vRcUrdADruIXGyozo/s320/IMG_4261%255B151%255D.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Light shines on the Mendenhall Apartments from the corner<br />of the street across from the Alaska Capitol.</td></tr></tbody></table>Mendenhall Apartments, two blocks up <st1:street w:st="on">4<sup>th</sup> Street</st1:street> from the capitol, in <st1:city w:st="on">Juneau</st1:city>. Her apartment had a spectacular view of Gastineau Channel while my apartment was slightly larger with a walk-in closet I had turned into a black & white photo lab. Once married, we both moved into my apartment until we could save enough money for a down-payment on a home.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I worked for the teacher’s union, NEA-Alaska in an office down the hill. Her job involved protecting a lot of legislator’s personal funds. My job included responding to members’ requests, and trying to get many of Cathy’s legislator customers to give ever more public money to education.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was also on the bargaining team of employees of NEA-Alaska as we attempted to negotiate a successor contract with our teacher’s union employer. Working as support staff for NEA-Alaska negotiations against 54 school districts, I understood what employees of the union should also expect in our employment contract. However, I was astounded on several occasions at what the union expected for teachers but did not expect to give its own employees!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">My role--on the union of employees of the teacher’s union bargaining team--required regular trips to <st1:city w:st="on">Anchorage</st1:city> for negotiation sessions. It was on one of those trips, returning to <st1:city w:st="on">Juneau</st1:city>, that I implemented a bright Idea: How about having my favorite senator marry Cat and me?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some might recall when Alaska Airlines on occasion featured gourmet meals. This particular plane was full of legislators and other dignitaries. The midtown <st1:city w:st="on">Anchorage</st1:city> senator from the district where I grew up was Arliss Sturgulewski--a widow—flying in first class. After eating the sumptuous dinner I scratched out a note to Sen. Sturgulewski, asking if she would be willing to marry us, and the steward delivered it to her. I waited with bated breath for her response.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Suddenly, Sen. Sturgulewski arose from her seat and came to the bulkhead, with my piece of paper held up to eye level, and announced: “Donn Liston, I would be very happy to marry you!”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">There was a gasp from those within earshot, and after a pregnant pause she continued: “…to Cathy Gault.” Everyone laughed and my face must have been valentine red.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">On that Valentine’s Day Cathy and I walked over the Capitol and into Sen. Sturgulewski’s office. There were beautiful flowers, supportive staff, and the ceremony was wonderful. The Juneau Empire sent Mark Kelly to take our picture and it appeared in the paper as a news item. (See his current FaceBook page!)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">We went to Haines for our honeymoon and stayed at the Captain’s Choice motel. In our haste we had forgotten to grab our suitcase and only had the matching sweat suits we had bought for the occasion. Who needs clothes on a honeymoon anyway?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The years have passed so quickly, EVERY Valentine’s Day being a highlight of the entire year. In our lives together, Cat and I have seized opportunities and faced challenges, confident in our sacred bond.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our biggest challenge has always been her health. We face it head-on and we deal with it in whatever manner necessary. In 2003 a major health event resulted in her being held in the Intensive Care Unit at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Providence</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Hospital</st1:placetype></st1:place> for 11 days. Our doctor told me I could expect to have her in my life 2-3 years. It was devastating; I was a newly certified teacher, we were living in a new home, and I had grandkids without ever having kids. How could I lose her now?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I thank God for every day since then; each day a bonus—15 years!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">In April of 2017 we got another downgrade of Cathy’s health status; she tripped in the dark over our youngest granddaughter’s toys while visiting in <st1:state w:st="on">Ohio</st1:state>, and cracked three ribs. Upon her return to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Eagle</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">River</st1:placetype></st1:place>, the same doctor who had treated her before found on the x-ray lesions the size of her thumbs in both lungs. Treatments began immediately and her lifespan was now projected to be in months.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">By October, due to new Chemo options, those lesions were the size of peas! The oncologist was ecstatic! We were winning the battle against cancer on this level.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I took a new job in December and we drove our truck and 5<sup>th</sup> wheel trailer to Haines, then took the <st1:street w:st="on">Alaska Marine Highway</st1:street> to <st1:place w:st="on">Juneau</st1:place>, for the upcoming legislative session. We stayed again at the Captain’s Choice. January temperatures in single digits froze up our camper home in <st1:city w:st="on">Juneau</st1:city>. We moved into an efficiency apartment while I received updated training as a legislative staffer.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Soon Cat became very sick.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">A scan of Cat’s brain at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Bartlett</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Memorial</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Hospital</st1:placetype></st1:place> found a 2 cm lesion. We returned to Anchorage where she received “gamma knife” treatments from which she is now recuperating at our youngest daughter’s home near the Cleveland Clinic—one of the best cancer hospitals in the world. I am back on the job in <st1:city w:st="on">Juneau</st1:city> and we are looking forward to a glorious road trip home after Session in the spring.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Forgive me if I am sentimental, but this Valentine’s Day will be a celebration of all the others we have shared together.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I love you more than ever, Cat!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This blogspot was hacked by Atlanta, GA & Alaska scammer, Bill Borden dba High Caliber Realty. For that story go to: https://donnliston.co/2022/07/cyber-crisis-solution-peterson-associates-inc/
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Security Machinations</span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">A wonderful collateral
benefit of the annual </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> is if
somebody owes you some money, with a court judgment against them you can
garnish their annual Dividend to pay it off. Well, the </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>State of Alaska </i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">has
cheated Alaskans who qualify for the PFD from their full statutory amount since
</span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Gov. Bill Walker</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i> </i>and the majority of legislators in backwater Juneau arbitrarily
changed the payout amounts beginning in 2016. These scoundrels have also put
payout of the PFD into the State Budget instead of as a direct obligation of
this Constitutionally-established dedicated fund.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And Alaska
courts have helped do this.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You see, <b>Pick-Click-Give</b>
isn’t enough for the special interest non-profit groups feeding at the State
trough, or for the voracious appetites of State agencies like the <b><i>Department of
(Government) Education </i></b>or the <b><i>Department of (Dependency) Health and Social
Services</i></b>. Now, with National Democrat Policies under the <b>Biden
Administration</b> violating our right to energy independence security, Alaska
oil has become very valuable--to the point that elected Alaska Democrats are
singing from the same page of music as Republicans. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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this theft as state coffers bloat with rocketing oil prices is due. The debtor </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>State of Alaska</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> cannot plead poverty. And as
Alaskans we don’t exactly have a court judgment to garnish those stolen amounts,
but we have an election coming!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In an
exclusive interview with District J Sen. <b>Tom Begich</b>, Minority Leader, I
asked about this obligation to Alaskans, about machinations for putting the PFD
into the state constitution, and his interest in dealing with challenges of
food security. We Alaskans are directly impacted by <b>Biden Administration</b>
policies from our lonely position between Russia and Canada with
dependence upon Seattle for most of our food. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9Rzt6618IbZRzjFsHzijsAGf6T30maP7Du80Gtdu3Xj8knK7s2ngNeMR6caimgdA3RNXA95mhUV9smIA3b8HIJezaNxS5_jUmpX0p6lJypq5OsKTWC0JxVwysONBNMN0xqcqtOaWiUWXWZC7FjUr2GAqFbTqWI6Y4VRxDnEPZG6KvIgqJd5lb0LN2" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="594" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9Rzt6618IbZRzjFsHzijsAGf6T30maP7Du80Gtdu3Xj8knK7s2ngNeMR6caimgdA3RNXA95mhUV9smIA3b8HIJezaNxS5_jUmpX0p6lJypq5OsKTWC0JxVwysONBNMN0xqcqtOaWiUWXWZC7FjUr2GAqFbTqWI6Y4VRxDnEPZG6KvIgqJd5lb0LN2=w400-h330" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read AK Roundtable story here: </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html</span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Is there any chance Alaskans will see any of the money they
should have been paid since Gov. Bill Walker and the legislative majority
changed the payout formula?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I think there is hope still that could happen. The problem is
you have to get that through both bodies and the House has been pretty clear
that they are not going to support a back payment as have some Senate members. If
a back payment is proposed on the Senate Floor I don’t know if it would have 11
votes (to pass). It might, but I don’t think people are talking about that
right now. They could be talking about that depending on what the March forecasts
show, Donn, because I think we might be up to about $2.2 Billion in additional
revenues, but it is possible the number could be even higher. The price of oil
on March 8 was $120/bbl for Alaska crude. If those numbers hold it could be even
higher and could change that (political) calculation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Permanent
Fund Maneuvers<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We have had to deal with conflicting statutes, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">continued Begich. <i>I voted
back in 2017 or 2018 against the <b>Percentage of Market Value (POMV)</b> along
with Sen. Wielechowski. You will remember Sen. Wielechowski insisted that we
follow the statutory formula for the Dividend payment and continued to fight
for that all the way to the <b>Alaska Supreme Court.</b> That court had ruled that
POMV statute--just like the statute for tax credits or the statute for senior
tax exemptions--cannot be construed as <b>Dedicated Funds</b>. They can be <b>Designated
Funds</b> but not <b>Dedicated Funds</b>. This leaves the power of
appropriation with the legislature.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In other words
the courts ruled the Legislature has the right to spend the <b><i>Permanent
Fund</i></b> because it isn’t protected in the <b><i>Alaska Constitution</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sen. Begich continued: <i>Since that time—even before then—many
have been advocating to constitutionalize the Dividend; at least
constitutionalize whatever the statute is for payment of the Dividend. That has
been an active effort on our part. So we have Dividend proposals that come out
of the Senate, usually higher than what comes out of the House, and it is
negotiated between the Finance Committees of the two bodies, and we vote on the
budget as a whole. That’s what’s happened over the last few years.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">So, the <b>Fiscal Policy Working Group</b>, including some
fairly conservative members including </span></i>Rep. Ben Carpenter, Rep. Kevin
McCabe <i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">and some fairly
liberal ones Sen. <b>Jesse Kiehl</b> and <b>Sen. Kawasaki</b>, and they tried
to hammer out what an overarching fiscal plan could look like. I always ask:
What will it take to get 21 votes (house) plus 11 votes (senate) plus 1 (the governor
not to veto)? [2]<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wasn’t that effort utterly ignored?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p>
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https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2022/02/bumpkins-rule.html</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b> </b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Yes, it usually is ignored. That’s why you’ve got to get
21-11-1. If you can’t get that you’ve got nothing. So, you do a lot of
posturing for public attention and in the end nobody gets anything,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> said Begich.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">What I am trying to do now is craft something that goes along
with <b>Gov. Dunleavy’s</b> approach to live with a 50/50 plan,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> Begich continued. <i>There are a
couple of plans being proposed in the <b>Senate Finance Committee</b> that
start at 50/50 then go through a series of machinations, such as 75 percent of POMV
for government and 25 percent for, the Dividend, 70 and 30, and 65 and 40, etc.
until you get back to a 50/50—called a Stair-Step Plan. It is connected to
revenue to take into account the structural deficit—which is one proposed
option. My guess is that on the Senate Floor we will modify that, making it
less government and more Dividend to start with. We will probably have a shorter
time frame to get back to the 50/50 from a higher POMV allotment to government.
We will probably try to lower the amount of revenue required. All of those were
elements in the proposed Fiscal Policy Working Group Plan.[3]<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Begich continued: <i>All that being said, there will likely
be a push by the House to put in some kind of a gas rebate similar to what <b>Gov.
Sarah Palin</b> did back in 2008 to try to kick in money to compensate for high
oil prices being driven by the Russian-Ukrainian event. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I didn’t remind the good senator that American oil costs to
consumers have been raising exponentially since Biden became president—prior to
our neighbor Russia invading Ukraine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Begich: <i>Anyway, all these things combined are going to
lead to a larger Dividend this year, without a doubt. I hope--and I believe it
is necessary--to have a functional statute with anchoring in the <b>Alaska Constitution</b>,
so it is required to be paid. That’s what I am looking for and I am working for
that right now.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Do you support Gov. Dunleavy’s efforts to get more Alaska oil
to market given world events now?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The minority in the Senate agrees,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> said Begich. <i>I just spoke to <b>Channel
2 News</b> and during the governor’s meeting with legislative leaders he
briefed myself,<b> Kathy Tilton, Louise Stutes</b> and <b>Peter Micciche</b>—and he laid out
his plan. He is going to go through this divestiture and part of the effort is
to press for use of Alaska resources which are cleaner and safer for the most
part than any of the partners the current (Biden) Administration is talking to;
Venezuela, Iran, Saudi Arabia. So if we set that group aside, we know Alaska has
untapped resources, or certainly not maximized resources.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Today on the floor of the Senate we brought up two resolutions;
1) a statement of solidarity with Ukraine, and 2) a resolution directly asking
the <b>Biden Administration </b>to use Alaska resources because as a nation we
have no need to be dependent upon Russian resources. You are going to see
unified support for breaking dependency on Russian oil, and unified support for
divesting from what is left of Russian investment assets in the Permanent Fund.
We have about $20 Million left of $211 Million, and you are going to see a
clear message sent from the (Alaska) Administration, supported by the
Legislature, and divestiture from companies that have written off <b>North
Slope Oil</b> but are willing to buy oil stocks from Russia for pennies-on-the-barrel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I favor that Legislation, and the
governor has to do it with legislation because last time Permanent Fund divestiture
from certain investments was sought, they never did it. We called for this kind
of divestiture back when the Trump Administration sanctioned these same oil companies,
and they didn’t do anything. The Senate Minority proposed legislation through a
<b>Sense of the Senate</b> calling for divestiture from those assets at that
time. We were told during debate on the Senate floor that the <b>Permanent Fund
Corporation</b> opposed divesting because even though these companies were
being sanctioned by the <b>United States of America</b>, they were part of
their investment portfolio. The <b>Permanent Fund</b> managers said: “The only
way you can do this is to change the law,” so the governor is proposing a
change in the law, Donn, and we are going to support it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbrdhnGTrp4Nv0l_psOhCjeUQhOpdzZ82jqvj8cYyZTZKy6NOwqRsaA8LcpJgF83yFhuA-LAPf7jg3N3rO6CBFFgfRspLa-If4EHAPxA9v5Z_L4OtTsCbePGffhGRA9jW0xxx4RYrHC7RllFiEE9vLTPbNgwbp82uWuBuhO5ZOewQd5hQnLW64FVJg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="604" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbrdhnGTrp4Nv0l_psOhCjeUQhOpdzZ82jqvj8cYyZTZKy6NOwqRsaA8LcpJgF83yFhuA-LAPf7jg3N3rO6CBFFgfRspLa-If4EHAPxA9v5Z_L4OtTsCbePGffhGRA9jW0xxx4RYrHC7RllFiEE9vLTPbNgwbp82uWuBuhO5ZOewQd5hQnLW64FVJg=w377-h400" width="377" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white;">Read <b><i>Nail Time & Spa and
Kim’s Cuisine</i></b> Story Here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the themes of my blog is <i>Alaska Food Security</i>,
Senator, and I am interested in what you see the <i>Alaska Legislature</i>
doing to make that happen. Is there any chance that lawmakers will try to assure
large tracts of land for commercial ag production? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The person who knows more about this issue is <b>Rep. Geran
Tarr</b> but let me say Gov. Dunleavy yesterday in that same leader’s meeting
also brought up food security in the same way you do. I think it is important
to hear. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I agree with you completely that we must find larger
sustainable food security options for Alaska. Even if we began stockpiling food
right now, we could only stock one month’s worth of non-perishable food for
Alaska. The governor’s proposal is two-fold, and I am supportive of it; 1. Enhance
storage capabilities, and 2. Provide public land into private hands for
agricultural production. The governor has a lands bill he is trying to get
moved, so yes, these are things I support. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I don’t know if there is a will in the legislature to act on
the larger land proposals at this time, Begich continued. But I will be
supporting those things when they come before me—without a doubt. I will do everything
I can, Donn; we have two members on the <b>Senate Resources Committee</b>, Sen.
Kiehl and Sen Kawasacki, and I will stress this with them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rep. Tarr has been a leader on this issue here in Juneau. She
has a Food Security Caucus going and she has been a leader on food security
issues. She is one of the House Representatives in my Senate district--we call
that the undercard--and I am absolutely in support of her efforts. This is one
of those areas we can be bipartisan and rally for the good of Alaska.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We must be committed to having Alaska NOT be dependent for
our very survival on Outside sources of food. We want to build food security in
mariculture, assuring safe salmon production, and what you are talking about is
meat from livestock—pork, beef, chicken—grains and potatoes. We failed with the
<b>Delta Barley Proj</b>ect but we can learn from those mistakes and do it
right. I think that is what Gov. Dunleavy is looking at, I know that is what Rep.
Tarr is looking at, and it is certainly what I am looking at. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1kGKG3VJa8z5t9OmDrx2-x3VBa2DT0GyRS-7hYXcDWMLZuoLspXceQut3DZkeg_YwEbv74tdLJWoSp6clYbzXpDXxkI8F95-bmWEpXLcTpw3SYQxDqFbiY_VyLLY9cHiUn3-RHUhKtIhrJwx78hTo2hYj4ahZ4xi8sR4sgiXPKP6IwW4BHrN8pwaN" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="702" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1kGKG3VJa8z5t9OmDrx2-x3VBa2DT0GyRS-7hYXcDWMLZuoLspXceQut3DZkeg_YwEbv74tdLJWoSp6clYbzXpDXxkI8F95-bmWEpXLcTpw3SYQxDqFbiY_VyLLY9cHiUn3-RHUhKtIhrJwx78hTo2hYj4ahZ4xi8sR4sgiXPKP6IwW4BHrN8pwaN=w400-h290" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Read
about MatSu Food Bank here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One more thing I think you should consider is emu! Emu meat
is a delicacy and it is very easy to raise those birds. The guy raising them
down in Anchor Point has been trying to get the Alaska Department of Fish and
Game to allow them, because they say emu are not an approved animal in Alaska.
I think they fear emu might mate with eagles…</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ha! That’s funny to me,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> said Begich. <i>I have to tell you, Donn, that I was
here in Juneau—as you were—when Sen. Jan Faiks brought her llamas down here,
and that was weird enough. But you know what? We have llama farms all over
Alaska now so there is no reason we cannot be creative in bringing new protein into
our diets. Bison, llama, we imported caribou, we have had deer and elk,
honest-to-goodness there is no reason we cannot have emu. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I did a story on this and the fellow has been butting his
head against the Department of Fish and Game, and it seems to me the Department
of Agriculture should be supporting this, but they have some kind of prohibition
against raising them for commercial purposes.[4] I understand he is helping others
to obtain emu eggs, and pretty soon there could be an emu march on Juneau...<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 167.65pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I support Emu Nation, Donn!<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>References:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[1] The Goose Egg Nugget, comic book,
1996<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/might-solve-a-mystery-or-rewrite-history-1.5242022</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">[2] Fiscal Policy Working Group
Final Report</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://akleg.gov/docs/pdf/2021_Fiscal_Policy_Working_Group-Final_Report.pdf">https://akleg.gov/docs/pdf/2021_Fiscal_Policy_Working_Group-Final_Report.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[3] Senate Bill 53<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0053C">http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0053C</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[4]Feeding Alaskans<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2020/10/feeding-alaskans.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2020/10/feeding-alaskans.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZ8oeeq6UpDxh6816dFndFfihyGWev9iF3Bm1E0X7l51plooxkfmzX0fkKbM9WxMtAmjfWjfRpfpWK7v7_bwEqIom0-pB_pFsuiTPNJPOXszHbrEvJa12mzEHPzMKYZscYhuMZz1kurCuax-YqO7QmSNwLtnUBkK-BLXahJnVuc9nbWa8-nEVl2zhD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="721" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZ8oeeq6UpDxh6816dFndFfihyGWev9iF3Bm1E0X7l51plooxkfmzX0fkKbM9WxMtAmjfWjfRpfpWK7v7_bwEqIom0-pB_pFsuiTPNJPOXszHbrEvJa12mzEHPzMKYZscYhuMZz1kurCuax-YqO7QmSNwLtnUBkK-BLXahJnVuc9nbWa8-nEVl2zhD=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">MY DOMAIN HAS BEEN HACKED. I will continue to strive to provide meaningful stories about Alaska. My FaceBook presence has been hijacked and words written in posts there may be those of a thief and liar--who doesn't want the truth known. I will only post the truth and regret that my readers may find misinformation there.<br /><br />Because this platform is unstable, I invite you to join my substack platform.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Substack link: <a href="https://donnliston.substack.com/p/coming-soon?r=izrd7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy">https://donnliston.substack.com/p/coming-soon?r=izrd7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This will all end up in court but please do not underestimate the depths of depravity a thief and liar will decend to. If you have questions contact me at akdonn@yahoo.com.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Imagine what our government schools would be like if the deal
to purchase Alaska had fallen through and this area was under Russian control
today. During the 1967 centennial of purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867,
commissioner of the </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Alaska Department of Education,</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Cliff R. Hartman,</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">
presented a comprehensive report prepared by DOE Director of Instructional
Services, </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">William R. Marsh, Ed.D</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> looking at what a difference statehood
has meant.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is a fascinating perspective as we prepare to vote for two members of the <b><i>Anchorage School District Board of Education.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Supposition in the Prologue:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Further description of Alaska government schools under Soviet
management is bleak, with all education programs state-controlled and the
mind-numbing curriculum compulsory and uniform throughout the entire country.
About one-third of the students complete the 10-year program and only a very few
are chosen to go on to higher education at the <b><i>University of Moscow at
Fairbanks</i></b><i>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As explained in this hypothetical scenario: <i>Each year most
of the rest of the children between the age of 13 and 16 who are not considered
scholastically promising are assigned to the “labor reserve,” where they are
given short periods of preparation for trades and work in factory. </i>[1] <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But that didn’t happen! Alaska was purchased from Russia, and
today residents in more than 50 school districts across the state milk the <b><i>Alaska
Legislature</i></b> like a cow for education funds without accountability for
outcomes. Our government schools have been dumbing down successive generations
now over 50 years from the time this optimistic report by the <b><i>Alaska
Department of Education</i></b> back then proposed what the mission should be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As a product of Alaska Public Education myself, I have
benefited from the early vision of what education should be to empower future
generations of Alaskans. This statement isn’t an “agenda,” it is a standard of
civilization in a frontier.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One Impassioned Mother<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I first met <b>Rachel Ries</b> at
the kitchen table of <b>Annie Massey</b>, seated to the left, who organized the
Alaska Chapter of <b><i>Parents’ Rights in Education </i>during the summer of
2021<i>.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDD5l-QSafB0Pv_1YNLzmu_L67iYiK3tOtbwIVR_cbi1-K0I5FyoqxMXclqfV_LpevLC_sveBeK2OTOI3sVuyofj6Tfld4q3EBb4o3Y6y9IYMog-3AKEzcm4GObGNtdhOu72ebNuAtLtP9H6tpqv8fGMq9_957oK_fvOmRCrbNKAuMaeOZ5rejYi9z" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="702" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDD5l-QSafB0Pv_1YNLzmu_L67iYiK3tOtbwIVR_cbi1-K0I5FyoqxMXclqfV_LpevLC_sveBeK2OTOI3sVuyofj6Tfld4q3EBb4o3Y6y9IYMog-3AKEzcm4GObGNtdhOu72ebNuAtLtP9H6tpqv8fGMq9_957oK_fvOmRCrbNKAuMaeOZ5rejYi9z=w400-h290" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read
about MatSu Food Bank here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I started going to ASD board meetings and then went to the
Assembly because I am really upset about our rising property taxes—50 percent
of which go to our schools, explained</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> <b>Rachel Ries, </b>a candidate for School Board Seat B. <i>I
did not like the closed meetings when Covid became the excuse, or the total
lack of transparency. The more homework I did the more activated I became. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ries has two grown boys who have left Alaska and a boy in middle
school who has dyslexia. She pulled him out of ASD.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">As a 5<sup>th</sup> grader my son tested at k-3<sup>rd</sup>
grade level at ASD, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ries
explained<i>. I put him in the on-line home-school program and now he is
testing at or above grade level just one year later. He had the capacity but he
didn’t have the opportunity or supports in the classroom. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">That isn’t all the teacher’s fault. They aren’t empowered,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> Ries continued.
<i>My mother was a teacher and I have had long conversations about what she had
to learn over the years of teaching. It’s tough to deal with kids who are
dyslectic, and the mask mandate meant he wasn’t going to learn if his teacher’s
mouth is covered and his mouth is covered. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ries said: I am running on transparency, accountability and
integrity. I think that’s what parents want from their school board members,
and I think that is what the teachers want. I am a manager in the aviation
field. I have a lot of leadership management experience from my military
training. The board has no managers now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimK_-MdMbWcCjt5s8l0x62sbIk5NP57hKo9E3eWxZOX4ga5J-Z_Q6MpAjCPa-pCmmTsrLrfIRLQLzkq9Kf4yGzRS3bPGgI_vBfvUqxqSjW8WiTCX1j1c5-mYZiCoPpXtIpbsU0NgFBVs22qNdqlOuYkCfnv5u_eiIVKz9w1pnsZ4eHdgoTnn1gV7br" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="625" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimK_-MdMbWcCjt5s8l0x62sbIk5NP57hKo9E3eWxZOX4ga5J-Z_Q6MpAjCPa-pCmmTsrLrfIRLQLzkq9Kf4yGzRS3bPGgI_vBfvUqxqSjW8WiTCX1j1c5-mYZiCoPpXtIpbsU0NgFBVs22qNdqlOuYkCfnv5u_eiIVKz9w1pnsZ4eHdgoTnn1gV7br=w400-h295" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read <b><i>Alaska
Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anchorage School District Candidates<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seat A<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Clifford Murray<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">WHY I'M RUNNING:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Keep Schools Open<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unmask Our Children<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bring Patriotism Back To Our Schools<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This candidate works at the <b><i>Alaska Native Tribal Health
Consortium </i></b>as a contracting officer for a salary of between
$20,000-$50,000. He is also the head coach at <b><i>Northern Lights Swim Club </i></b>for
a salary between $50,000-$100,000.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Online:</span> <a href="https://murrayforalaska.com/?fbclid=IwAR17lxdCyFXvwTlXB4QOlEHQhBiIPuRKOYMJoh3-pYGdyXehIr78oS7z85g">https://murrayforalaska.com/?fbclid=IwAR17lxdCyFXvwTlXB4QOlEHQhBiIPuRKOYMJoh3-pYGdyXehIr78oS7z85g</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CliffMurray4ASDSeatA">https://www.facebook.com/CliffMurray4ASDSeatA</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Filing documents: </span><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0120%20Murray_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0120%20Murray_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dan Loring<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Provided maintenance services for AlaskaJoint Venture in 2021
for an amount between $10,000-$20,000 and has a pension that pays between
$20,000-$50,000,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Filing Documents:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0128%20Loring_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0128%20Loring_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Margo Bellamy<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Successful outcomes for all students<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Each decision I make will begin and end with what our
students know and can do. Our Data Dashboard clearly shows disparities in
student outcomes. Some students are doing well and benefiting more than others.
So, in the last three years, I engaged in a 4-phase strategic planning process,
which translated into the Board’s newly adopted goals and guardrails that
defines the direction for education in the ASD for the next five years; I
supported policies, programs, and practices that focus on successful outcomes
for all students and foster environments where students, staff, and parents
want to belong. I voted for the apprenticeship policy, adopted a new math
curriculum, voted to re-charter four charter schools</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">, <i>and co-sponsored the Anti-Racism
and Instructional Equity Policies.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Online: </span><a href="https://www.margobellamy.com/">https://www.margobellamy.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As an Adjunct Professor at University of Alaska Anchorage,
this candidate makes between $10,000-$20,000 annually. She and her spouse are
also on Social Security and each earns between $10,000 - $20,000 annually. As
current president of the Anchorage School Board Ms. Bellamy also earns between
$20,000-$50,000.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Filing Documents:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0119%20Bellamy%20Amended_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0119%20Bellamy%20Amended_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhN0l7y3DFidCRxVCHJ84mreBNuWkwo3MRtQtx6exnyoF2JzkGOfBru9t9TA_yhgaY6EI8BwEwboK8_jHrv6_DvDGwSitVAfBxxSmaBx2yVtK4U46nPSHrCYHJD-Iqj0KwGTG1MXcbXDcJAQnbJ3cC7KvusLjrhfdNLF3g0i8nrntSA0EpHgJUa5-93" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="604" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhN0l7y3DFidCRxVCHJ84mreBNuWkwo3MRtQtx6exnyoF2JzkGOfBru9t9TA_yhgaY6EI8BwEwboK8_jHrv6_DvDGwSitVAfBxxSmaBx2yVtK4U46nPSHrCYHJD-Iqj0KwGTG1MXcbXDcJAQnbJ3cC7KvusLjrhfdNLF3g0i8nrntSA0EpHgJUa5-93=w377-h400" width="377" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Read <b><i>Nail Time & Spa and
Kim’s Cuisine</i></b> Story Here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mark Anthony Cox<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Protect Parental Rights<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As a husband and father, I believe that parents have the
God-given right to direct their children’s future — in education, in healthcare,
and in life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Empower and Educate Parents<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anchorage School District is required to engage parents with
allocated funds from grants that can be used to educate and empower parents to
make sound decisions for their kids. It should focus on transparency rather
than mismanagement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Enrich the Classroom Environment<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Teachers have one of the most difficult jobs, and the
pandemic has only made that job harder. I believe ASD should do everything it
can to shift its’ focus from pay raises and radical curricula and into teachers
teaching their students to and above proficiency.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Online: </span><a href="https://www.macforanc.com/initiatives">https://www.macforanc.com/initiatives</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Working for Kawerak, Inc. Cox earns between $50,000-$100,000
annually.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Filing Documents: <a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0124%20Cox_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0124%20Cox_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFNcfjeXa0L77p1mkQLw7qjUouaSR5mJjVHPSYAIcT80bmlL7IRIZyKtNA8Gf1ro8zWKfOIMprsnuHbcSA-BRsv6HLNa0HbgBD2xpRS09jbD14h2i3h6hZ-_lAOtEe1UoThC1hvR3aHrEhd1KDxTECXp4YObxV9xWTO4FbE_p-Zu0ezMtDrXhdQyRi" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="686" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFNcfjeXa0L77p1mkQLw7qjUouaSR5mJjVHPSYAIcT80bmlL7IRIZyKtNA8Gf1ro8zWKfOIMprsnuHbcSA-BRsv6HLNa0HbgBD2xpRS09jbD14h2i3h6hZ-_lAOtEe1UoThC1hvR3aHrEhd1KDxTECXp4YObxV9xWTO4FbE_p-Zu0ezMtDrXhdQyRi=w290-h400" width="290" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read this story here:
https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2022/02/bumpkins-rule.html</span></span><o:p></o:p></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seat B<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Kelly Lessens</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.7pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.7pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This past April, Anchorage voters elected
me to a one-year term on the Anchorage School Board.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">How Anchorage School Board
members address core issues like funding, class sizes, reading proficiency,
equitable access to advanced coursework, supports for students with special
needs, career preparation, and teacher retention and recruitment, how they ask
questions about key markers like attendance, graduation rates, and staffing,
and how they value less-easily measured but highly employable skills like
empathy, kindness, and resilience will have direct bearing on our long-term
student outcomes.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Online: <a href="https://www.kelly4anchoragekids.com/">https://www.kelly4anchoragekids.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The spouse of this candidate earns
between $200,000-$500,000 as a Medical Director for Southcentral Foundation.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Filing Documents: <a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0114%20Lessens_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0114%20Lessens_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Benjamin Baldwin</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A member of the Kenaitze Indian
Tribe, this candidate serves on several committees and was paid between $10,000-$20,000
to attend meetings as well as other support for going to the annual convention
and rent while attending <b><i>Alaska Pacific University</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Filing Documents: <a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0118%20Baldwin_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0118%20Baldwin_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Dustin Darden</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A maintenance worker for the
Municipality of Anchorage, this candidate declares he made between
$20,000-$50,000 in 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Online: <span style="background: white; color: #0e7744;"><a href="https://www.infowars.com/show/war-room">https://www.infowars.com/show/war-room</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Filing Documents:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0127%20Darden_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0127%20Darden_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Rachel Ries</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Advocate for Parental Choice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Keep school open. Schools will not mandate mask wearing or
vaccines. This is the individual responsibility of each parent. The school will
keep the parents apprised with guidance only.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Infrastructure - Reinvest in existing campuses.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Reevaluate all bureaucratic ASD processes to make the school
more transparent and accountable. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Funding and spending should be transparent to the public.
Annual public audits to review and revamp as needed for spending and funding
allocation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Online: RiesForAlaska.com<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As a
flight operations manager, Ries earns between $100,000 -$200,000 per year.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Filing
Documents:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0118%20Ries_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0118%20Ries_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">ASD is trying to do everything for every special interest
when it’s responsibility should be assuring top academic outcomes for Alaskan
families. This overview is an attempt to provide prospective for all Alaskans
who want elected officials to focus on what is important as we educate future
generations of Alaskans for academic success.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAwrN0W3uMWfzOyXyoNdEjOB4MS5t5OL9OGrd8sANCORPw1MO75aTl99PS8mdMwYEjhb4XQ2ytMqDm01dmbDxH5kSdlR4AV4Um8K42_eVJIy9fjhbYh8wBdQJ9Tb7aG6IwWiDQS48bdI5SC25hAlCuNLKgkJStWMQiPzQ-yiJiZopUSGmrZDjkKgIr=s3066" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2376" data-original-width="3066" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAwrN0W3uMWfzOyXyoNdEjOB4MS5t5OL9OGrd8sANCORPw1MO75aTl99PS8mdMwYEjhb4XQ2ytMqDm01dmbDxH5kSdlR4AV4Um8K42_eVJIy9fjhbYh8wBdQJ9Tb7aG6IwWiDQS48bdI5SC25hAlCuNLKgkJStWMQiPzQ-yiJiZopUSGmrZDjkKgIr=w400-h310" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read AK Roundtable story here: </span></b><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM8FAPQ2DNAUs9cCHCTJ2SJ4aRWj9lzZr6o4mAB33w-VEXSpvCY7Hwqumt4bV7tvMLVUcfmb-hMUwx5Y32LXWGQ2AfrwsBDQ4L_wKONtAhPU_-UMZwM6gz7iHCzWGRNWdCOol4B65rXK_E1UTMW7E7R1kg-fQZD2NTNGKzE9rG5FrsNB8LrJqLcZ7l" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="498" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM8FAPQ2DNAUs9cCHCTJ2SJ4aRWj9lzZr6o4mAB33w-VEXSpvCY7Hwqumt4bV7tvMLVUcfmb-hMUwx5Y32LXWGQ2AfrwsBDQ4L_wKONtAhPU_-UMZwM6gz7iHCzWGRNWdCOol4B65rXK_E1UTMW7E7R1kg-fQZD2NTNGKzE9rG5FrsNB8LrJqLcZ7l=w400-h314" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our local government has become repulsive; all the more reason why we must vote!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">In about one month the good people of Anchorage will be again
asked to support local government by voting for candidates professing to
represent us. Our leaders say this is a cornerstone of “Democracy.” They don’t
want you to know the truth—that the entire system of</span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> Rule by Bureaucracy</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">
and spending beyond our means—results from election of mostly mediocre
candidates who seem to think they have a higher calling than </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Limited
Government Representation</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">. As the result of a pandemic, we have all
witnessed how once elected some local government representatives on the </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Anchorage
Assembly</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> and the </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Anchorage School District Board of Education </i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">become
petty tyrants.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Meanwhile the bureaucracy keeps chugging along raising our
taxes and doing what special interests direct it to do.[1]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Local elections aren’t held in November through traditional
voting methods because inconvenience is a form of voter suppression. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>April 5 local elections will again be opportunities for organized
special interests to deliver candidates bought and paid for to elected offices.
When organized public sector unions endorse and fund campaigns of candidates
who are beholding to them once elected, they are financing negotiations of represented
employee’s wage and benefit packages from both sides of the bargaining table. This
isn’t the same as private enterprise-union relationships where both sides have
something to lose; public sector unions exist to raise the cost of government
services.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When Anchorage teachers who choose to be members of AEA contribute
with money and work to campaigns for school board candidates they are trying to
indenture elected officials who will be voting on their contract. Public employee
unions are a powerful special interest.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Candidates for the Anchorage Assembly</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Let’s look at who is on the next ballot with an eye to the options
for regular tax-paying locals who reside in the area from Girdwood to Eklutna.
Watch for a theme among non-incumbents.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">District 2 - Seat A - Eagle River/Chugiak<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">♦ Kevin Cross - Filed 01/21/2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From his filing information, Mr. Cross and his spouse appear
to be in real estate and commercial business with some rental apartments. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Webpage: <a href="https://www.crossforak.com/">https://www.crossforak.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Representative Statement: <i>I spent the last few years
watching the <b>Anchorage Assembly</b> crush the rights of individuals and
small business owners. This injustice compels me to act and run to make a
difference in our community. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0121%20Cross_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0121%20Cross_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">♦ Gretchen Wehmhoff - Filed 01/28/2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A Chugiak resident, this candidate has in recent years served
as a Teacher Expert in the <b><i>Anchorage School District </i></b>and as
adjunct professor at the <b><i>University of Alaska.</i></b> During 2021 she
worked in at the <b><i>Skagway News</i></b> where she is co-owner. I have met
her as a community activist but her positions mostly require a moistened finger
in the wind to be formulated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Webpage: <a href="https://www.teamgretchen.com/about-gretchen.html">https://www.teamgretchen.com/about-gretchen.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Representative Statement: <i>Chugiak- Eagle River is a
community rich with diverse views and lifestyles. This is my community and I
plan to continue my service as an advocate for all of us. We cannot be defined
by the voices of a few.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are 40,000
strong in 40,000 ways. It’s important to make sure all of Anchorage sees
Chugiak- Eagle River in it’s true light.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0128%20Wehmhoff_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0128%20Wehmhoff_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">♦ Vanessa Stephens - Filed 01/27/2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This candidate is on disability retirement and also receives
income from an <b><i>Anchorage Police Department</i></b> Retirement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0127%20Stephens_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0127%20Stephens_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
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about MatSu Food Bank here: </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html" style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">District 3 - Seat D - West Anchorage<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">♦ Kameron Perez-Verdia, - Filed 01/24/2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Any voter
who is concerned about the direction the <b><i>Municipality of Anchorage</i></b> is going
should know Mr. Perez-Verdia is part of the problem. A former nurse </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">practitioner</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">, this westside candidate is President/CEO
of the <b><i>Alaska Humanities Forum </i></b>and earns somewhere in the range of
$100,000-$200,000 annually. Your problems with local government are not likely
his lofty problems.[2]</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Website: Kameronforassembly.com<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Representative Statement: <i>I am running to make West
Anchorage a safe and economically strong place for my daughters to grow up and
seek out opportunity. West Anchorage is my home, and I am proud to raise my
family here. Our city faces some tough challenges, but I’m running because I
don’t back away from hard-to-solve problems. You can count on me to be a leader
that listens closely and makes good decisions for a better future.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0124%20Perez-Verdia_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0124%20Perez-Verdia_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWNNwE1hutABuzoc12sHtvD7T0lxJJc04lbu7IYfs8qTKktnRBnRx5izo8b1yCtLDG0YON8jOkEow_QhB3Me-NLlEMHcFxmo3aAhUxpm6liGZiwGVIc0If26CWBI3jiJ0oWiPGgi2Tc3d4EBUQyjacW2YYFBAREN-kQnkN-9aSoo65UXIxj9nYK69k" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="612" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWNNwE1hutABuzoc12sHtvD7T0lxJJc04lbu7IYfs8qTKktnRBnRx5izo8b1yCtLDG0YON8jOkEow_QhB3Me-NLlEMHcFxmo3aAhUxpm6liGZiwGVIc0If26CWBI3jiJ0oWiPGgi2Tc3d4EBUQyjacW2YYFBAREN-kQnkN-9aSoo65UXIxj9nYK69k=w347-h400" width="347" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read this story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/arrogance-of-entitlement.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/arrogance-of-entitlement.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">♦ Nial Sherwood Williams, - Filed 01/14/2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Not much is listed in the disclosure statement of this candidate
except that he lives in a two-bedroom, 1100-sq ft apartment on 42<sup>nd</sup>
Ave. He reports no income on his APOC filing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0114%20Williams_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0114%20Williams_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">♦ Liz Vazquez - Filed 01/27/2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This candidate has already served Alaska considerably. I
first got to know her as a legislator who worked tirelessly for rollback of the
devastating SB-91 crime reform bill that took Alaska back to the criminal
enterprise days of the 1970s. She is an attorney who worked during 2021 in
salaried positions for the <b><i>Alaska Industrial Development and Export
Authority</i></b> (<a href="https://www.aidea.org/">https://www.aidea.org</a>) and
the <b><i>State Violent Crimes Compensation Board</i></b> (<a href="https://dps.alaska.gov/VCCB/Home">https://dps.alaska.gov/VCCB/Home</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Candidate Video: <a href="https://youtu.be/lQTrS3pv-TQ">https://youtu.be/lQTrS3pv-TQ</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0127%20Vazquez_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0127%20Vazquez_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
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Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">District 4 - Seat F - Midtown Anchorage<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">♦ Meg Zaletel, - Filed 01/26/2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This incumbent survived a recall effort but shouldn’t be
re-elected. She has strong union backing. A disability attorney, she worked
during 2021 for <b><i>Conoco Phillips</i></b> at a salary in the range of
$200,000-$500,000. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Zaletel has done much to promote our booming <b>Homeless Problem,</b>
throwing good money after bad for a crisis resulting form individuals making
bad choices, or suffering from drug addiction, mental illness and dependency.<b><i>
The Anchorage Coalition to end Homelessness</i></b> in November announced
Zaletel was named interim director (3/4-time). We may never see our parks, bike
trails, or the <b><i>Sullivan Arena</i></b> returned to safe public use
facilities again if people like Zaletel are not removed form public policy-making
bodies. [3]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Representative Statement: <i>I ran for office on a platform
of putting people before politics. During my time in office that is exactly
what I have done. I have consistently brought forward policies that benefit the
residents of Anchorage.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0126%20Zaletel_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0126%20Zaletel_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">♦ Kathy Henslee - Filed 01/18/2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Real estate sales and rental properties form the financial
base of this candidate and her spouse who is on disability retirement. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Website: <a href="https://www.hensleeforassembly.com/about">https://www.hensleeforassembly.com/about</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Representative Statement: <i>As I have watched the public
servants in my beloved city ignore the citizen’s needs and make everyday life
more and more difficult with restrictive regulations, out of control spending,
and harmful social ideas, as they have closed our schools, churches, and small
businesses, and then ignored us and treated us with contempt, I have become
more and more convinced that I, as an average member of this community, could
and would do a better job at bringing reasonable leadership.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0118%20Henslee_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0118%20Henslee_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2022/02/bumpkins-rule.html</span></span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">District 5 - Seat H - East Anchorage<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">♦ Stephanie Taylor, - Filed 01/14/2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Since 1993 this candidate has worked for the <b><i>State of
Alaska</i></b> as a Data Processing Manager and her income is listed as
$100,000-$200,000 annually.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Website: <a href="https://www.stephanieforak.com/">https://www.stephanieforak.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Representative Statement: <i>After watching the quality of
life in Anchorage decline dramatically over the last few years, I realized it
was time to “step out of the boat” and declare my candidacy for Assembly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Anchorage Assembly has lost its way and
forgotten who they are there to serve; their constituents and not each other.
So often, they appear to have an agenda and end goal that will not be thwarted,
regardless of information presented and overwhelming numbers in
opposition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to be both a new
voice for East Anchorage and an attentive ear for all of Anchorage.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0114%20Taylor_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0114%20Taylor_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">♦ Forrest Dunbar, - Filed 01/18/2022</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another candidate who has been in the forefront of driving
the quality of life in Anchorage down and the cost to live here up, Dunbar was
beat in his effort to become mayor by Dave Bronson. He is now leader of the
coalition to block anything the mayor wants to do, and is paid more for serving
on the Anchorage Assembly than either his gig as a staff attorney at <b><i>Chugach
Government Solutions</i></b> or as an officer in the <b><i>Alaska Army National
Guard</i></b>. He has some other business interests and needs to devote more
time to them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Representative Statement: <i>It has been a tremendous honor
to serve East Anchorage. I intend to continue fighting for our district this
year and into the future should I again earn the trust and support of my
neighbors.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0118%20Dunbar_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0118%20Dunbar_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">♦ Christopher Hall - Filed 01/19/2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This vanity candidate is the HVAC/r lead instructor for <b><i>Charter
College</i></b> and earns between $50,000 and $100,000 annually. Maybe somebody
will ask him why he is running for public office but who cares?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0119%20Hall_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0119%20Hall_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Kim’s Cuisine</i></b> Story Here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">District 6 - Seat J - South Anchorage<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">♦ Darin Colbry - Filed 01/24/2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On Social Security disability this candidate is married with
three dependent children and needs a job.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0124%20Colbry_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0124%20Colbry_Verified.pdf</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">♦ John Weddleton - Filed 01/25/2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some of us had high hopes for this incumbent in the past but
he has performed like a dishrag--lots of bubbles but not much to offer beyond
soft soap. He owns BOSCOs comic book store, has some other commercial interests,
and floated along with promoting homelessness, imposition of mandates and
lockdowns along with other majority assembly members and disgraced former Mayor
Ethan Berkowitz, to devastate the Anchorage economy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Website: <a href="http://weddletonforassembly.com/home#intro">http://weddletonforassembly.com/home#intro</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Representative Statement: <i>Despite the challenges of the
last couple years, I’m confident that by turning down the volume and genuinely
digging into the problems, we are poised to make significant progress in
Anchorage. I will continue to work diligently and cooperatively to make
Anchorage a safe, clean, and happy place to raise a family.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0125%20Weddleton_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0125%20Weddleton_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">♦ Randy Sulte (updated) - Filed 01/20/2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A salaried employee of Kakivik Asset Management, LLD this
candidate last year made between $200,000 and $500,000 performing the role of Chief
Operating Officer.[2] His spouse is a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>dental endodontist specialist and also earns between $200,000 and
$500,000 annually.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Webpage: <a href="https://sulteforanchorage.com/">https://sulteforanchorage.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Representative Statement: <i>I am a Conservative Candidate
running for Anchorage Assembly to bring balance back to a deeply polarized
assembly. The polarization of the Assembly has produced unproductive
contention, hindering its ability to serve and represent the people of
Anchorage effectively. With my Conservative Navigation, I plan to bring much needed
balance and direction to this Assembly.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0120%20Sulte%20Updated%20Info_Verified.pdf">https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Documents/Candidates%202022/2022-0120%20Sulte%20Updated%20Info_Verified.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The <b><i>Anchorage Daily News</i></b> earlier this month reviewed spending
in the Assembly races to handicap the candidates who are bought, mostly
incumbents. In the last election ADN endorsed Forrest Dunbar over Bronson
and can be expected to throw it’s editorial support for more of the same as has
failed this community over the last decade. Let's hope this election is decided by
candidates who want to return to civility at City Hall and meaningful solutions
to the many problems we face as a community.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mayor Dave Bronson is helping campaign for several of this
year’s candidates, including Taylor, Cross, Henslee and Sulte. State records
show he and/or his wife Debra have donated to several campaigns, including
those for Taylor, Henslee and Sulte.[4]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Imagine the possibilities of a mayor and assembly who find ways
to reach consensus on difficult problems in the interest of the people who elected
them to do that over the special interests who they are beholding to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s time to throw all incumbents out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0PhQA91aIMack2U2eDYpKrM6RcihXjphwB6-TU5qRi0ypryj5tJeMDhRqKSo74h64VDJ43Nl_tF1E7kudVXHIy7GLsi-vdkRIFZ7uRdNqfFz8EKRo_Jdsh7g3G83Zwj3dirSgFMVSxuLkGTiPx2DGV_gPKdAVH7Xa3UckuPfpZtfuEOfaZYgctVgv" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="594" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0PhQA91aIMack2U2eDYpKrM6RcihXjphwB6-TU5qRi0ypryj5tJeMDhRqKSo74h64VDJ43Nl_tF1E7kudVXHIy7GLsi-vdkRIFZ7uRdNqfFz8EKRo_Jdsh7g3G83Zwj3dirSgFMVSxuLkGTiPx2DGV_gPKdAVH7Xa3UckuPfpZtfuEOfaZYgctVgv=w400-h330" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read AK Roundtable story here: </span></b><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">References:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[1]<b><i>Mises Institute</i></b>, <b>Lloyd S Pettegrew</b> (<a href="mailto:lsp@tampabay.rr.com">lsp@tampabay.rr.com</a>), <b><i>Carol A.
Vance,</i></b> (<a href="mailto:cavcpa@tampabay.rr.com">cavcpa@tampabay.rr.com</a>),
<b>The Seven Rules of Bureaucracy,</b> March 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #494e54; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://mises.org/library/seven-rules-bureaucracy"><span style="background: white;">https://mises.org/library/seven-rules-bureaucracy</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #494e54;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #494e54; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #494e54; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the truisms of
bureaucracies, be they government or private sector, is that if left to their
own devices, they will grow bigger, bolder, and less manageable over time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #494e54; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rules of Bureaucracy<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rule #1: Maintain the problem at all costs! The problem is
the basis of power, perks, privileges, and security.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rule #2: Use crisis and perceived crisis to increase your
power and control.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rule 2a.
Force 11th-hour decisions, threaten the loss of options and opportunities, and
limit the opposition's opportunity to review and critique.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rule #3: If there are not enough crises, manufacture them,
even from nature, where none exist.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rule #4: Control the flow and release of information while
feigning openness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rule #5: Maximize public-relations exposure by creating a
cover story that appeals to the universal need to help people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rule #6: Create vested support groups by distributing
concentrated benefits and/or entitlements to these special interests, while
distributing the costs broadly to one's political opponents.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rule #7: Demonize the truth tellers who have the temerity to
say, "The emperor has no clothes."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rule 7a:
Accuse the truth teller of one's own defects, deficiencies, crimes, and
misdemeanors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[2]Alaska Humanities Forum (akhf.org)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Alaska Humanities Forum provides resources, training, and
brave spaces that foster connection, build capacity, and deepen understanding
among Alaskans. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We design and facilitate experiences that bridge distance and
difference, share and preserve the stories of people and places across our vast
state, and explore what it means to be Alaskan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We're optimistic about Alaska's future and the potential of
our communities. We're making progress but there's more work to be done.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Let's do it together.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[3] Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness (<a href="https://aceh.org/">https://aceh.org</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness (ACEH) began in
2004 as a grassroots collaboration between homeless service providers who
recognized the need for a community strategy and response to end homelessness
in Anchorage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[4]Kakivik Critical Infrastructure & Integrity Management (<a href="https://kavivik.com/">https://kavivik.com</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We are a full-service critical infrastructure and integrity
management company that specializes in developing and executing structural
tests, investigating for corrosion, and devising new solutions for quality
program management. Our work and innovations are present throughout our state's
major industries and extend across international borders. As a certified MBE
backed by the Bristol Bay Industrial family of companies, Kakivik strives to
operate with strength, ingenuity, and excellence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[5]Anchorage Daily News, Money pours into Anchorage Assembly and School Board Races, February 16, 2022</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><i>https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2022/02/16/money-pours-into-anchorage-assembly-and-school-board-races/</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">________ </span></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Count me as somebody who has lived in Alaska long enough to
see a lot of bumpkins come and go through our great state. This has diminished
my confidence in our public institutions--after watching so many bumpkins find
positions and team up to pass laws, implement laws, and enforce laws for Alaskans
who mostly just want to do their own thing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is particularly true of the <i>Alaska Court System</i>.
Any Alaskan who expects “justice” from our courts is a fool. Anytime you are in
court you have already lost something.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Frozen Shield, </span></i></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">by<b> Nick Mangieri,</b> is a book documenting one honorable man’s
experience in the mid-1970s getting jacked around by local government, state
government and the <b><i>Alaska Court System,</i></b> until he lost everything.
He went all the way to federal court. A police chief hired to lead the <b><i>Palmer
Police Department</i></b>, Mangiere believed in following the law, and was
naïve enough to think doing good would prevail in the end. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b style="font-size: 14pt;">A </b><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Perversion</b></span><b style="font-size: 14pt;"> of the Bible Book of Job.</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></b></span></span></p>
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about MatSu Food Bank here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Soon after buying a home and some horses for his family, Mangieri
engaged the community of Palmer in a gung-ho manner. He writes about the
experience:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">…in spite of
the rigid hierarchy that ruled the town and surrounding area, there were honest
citizens who came forward to voice their concerns about the corruption that had
long festered in the City and Borough governments. At first, the complaints
were specific. Not only did the people cite instances of massive land fraud,
but they also hinted about past violence and death in the valley that had not
been resolved to the satisfaction of the citizenry.[1]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Mat-Su Valley has long had a wild west nature. Some of my
Adult Basic Education students at the <i>Wasilla Job Center</i> came to work on
all-terrain vehicles ridden in the ruts alongside the highways. They lived
rugged lives of self-sufficiency but needed to provide better for their
families. Some had to quit smoking pot, which is legal in Alaska now, you know.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In this social milieu Mangieri may have taken his job as Top Cop too seriously, running afoul of the good ol’ boy network too soon after
being hired. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In his book Mangieri names many whom I recall as local
leaders and legislators. Bumpkins.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEiOEnP-NFQ1KYMGFKaaAO9vL6bzVjOEtHRYVQ1x-k2ilvONj-zrtRlP9oY2QQEUlmI1MxjQv7ukmeTP07-M3sXTpepAz78nyVPHxqtGXbOPCFb1ihYykCVkSZkWdbTpVqVgXlxzuxnDXJayLdFACTmTXxuskNivjuP1fuOgveLpjR-vasJUVuIjdo" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="604" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEiOEnP-NFQ1KYMGFKaaAO9vL6bzVjOEtHRYVQ1x-k2ilvONj-zrtRlP9oY2QQEUlmI1MxjQv7ukmeTP07-M3sXTpepAz78nyVPHxqtGXbOPCFb1ihYykCVkSZkWdbTpVqVgXlxzuxnDXJayLdFACTmTXxuskNivjuP1fuOgveLpjR-vasJUVuIjdo=w377-h400" width="377" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white;">Read <b><i>Nail Time & Spa and
Kim’s Cuisine</i></b> Story Here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The opening chapter has Mangieri being fired. I have personally
seen this happen to Alaska newbies who expected to bring past professional experience
and expectations for fairness to the workplace. It happened often in Juneau
when I worked there nearly five years as a business agent for the largest union
of state workers, the <b><i>General Government Unit</i></b>. I have seen, for
example, top performing caseworkers in the <b><i>Alaska Department of Health
& Social Services</i></b> decapitated by the bumpkins’ intrenched status
quo buzz saw. I have seen abusive managers rewarded by political appointees for
malevolent actions against people who just wanted to do their job. Ultimately I
experienced it in my own career. By the time my own illegal firing case got
into the <b><i>Alaska Court System</i></b>, I learned I had been gambling with
my retirement funds and the house always wins.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My own day in court was denied by a maneuver in the system. But
had I stayed in that line of work I might not have entered the most rewarding
career of my life, teaching.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD_oPUvBtcvMrEjp1SRF6kK4f3LoXGD7LgwEf2iB1dKDLYqXnUU1JVsuykGzoyhhm86xAWnRG8wnC2aTaLRolK4lhA8feCohKiP9_aYaHiKGPpKP_2XE3kmpiXRjKyNjjAcTNZ-IyRHIL2CEvWCS3QJhOC58S60Y2gmLaxkiC28dt627wxrHEftG2B=s400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="400" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD_oPUvBtcvMrEjp1SRF6kK4f3LoXGD7LgwEf2iB1dKDLYqXnUU1JVsuykGzoyhhm86xAWnRG8wnC2aTaLRolK4lhA8feCohKiP9_aYaHiKGPpKP_2XE3kmpiXRjKyNjjAcTNZ-IyRHIL2CEvWCS3QJhOC58S60Y2gmLaxkiC28dt627wxrHEftG2B=w400-h295" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read </span><b><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Alask</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">a
Chalet BNB </span></i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mangieri didn’t see what was coming. He had received
community recognition for doing a good job, but the city manager simply asked
for his resignation without cause. No reason was given or required until the
political heat turned up. The people who had liked what was happening with a <i>new
sheriff in to</i>wn couldn’t help him much. He appealed through a hearing with
the city counsel to no avail. He wrote letters to the editor of the <b><i>Mat-Su
Valley Frontiersman</i></b> newspaper, even getting editorial support for his
return to the job. But the bumpkins were in control. It didn’t matter how much
taxpayer money was spent to protect the status quo. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Early on Mangieri’s wife had also written a letter to the
editor with this statement in it:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">When Nick
took over as Chief of Police of Palmer I knew what a damned good cop he was
when I had my children come home and tell me, “boy dad’s sure cleaning up drugs
in this town. It’s dry. Kids are mad at us because they can’t even buy grass
and speed is at a standstill, and they are blaming Dad for it.’ And Nick’s
reply, ‘isn’t that too bad.</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">’”[2]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next Mangieri came into the warm embrace of Alaska attorneys.
They tried to help him get justice in the Palmer Courthouse. He became quite
proficient in serving as his own counsel over the course of this struggle--as his
money ran out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This book is a testament to Mangieri’s belief that somehow
justice would prevail if he just kept fighting. He fought to the end.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Before it was over Mangieri’s dog would be killed and he would
lose everything; his home, the horses his kids loved, his marriage, but not his
faith in mankind. I guess this is why Mangieri’s story was compelling to me. He
knew writing a book would provide a testimony for future fair-minded Alaskans. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lessons learned. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Another Alaskan is fighting the same kind of battle today in
the </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Palmer Alaska Court House of Horrors</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">. It has been a long and
debilitating seven years, and like Mangieri, </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Holly Sheldon Lee </b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">has
become well versed in the paper shuffle between attorneys and state employees.</span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>
</i>Holly and David Lee</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> will next stand before the</span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i> Alaska Supreme Court.</i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is the same supreme court that recently narrowly
dismissed 3-2 a case brought by exploited children <i>who asserted that the
state’s fossil fuel policy exacerbates the climate crisis in Alaska, harming
them in violation of their fundamental rights under <b>Alaska’s Constitution</b>.</i>[3]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Those kids aren’t paying their own legal fees and will suffer
no consequences for bringing a frivolous lawsuit all the way to the <i>Alaska
Supreme Court.</i> We know this isn’t a serious court concerned with meaningful
issues of Alaskans. The judges are all only elevated attorneys helping each
other out. This case is about <i>social justice</i>--that could destroy the
fragile Alaskan economy--paid for by a non-profit corporation, <i>Our
Children’s Trust,</i> whose unstated mission is to create more jobs for attorneys<i>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Looking back over the decades since statehood we can see in
case law this court system is a joke. Outside attorneys come to Alaska to make
their mark on the state and the ones who become judges enable this legalistic
travesty.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXM4Jb8Pg2lDb1zoYtbJYrAmOmSm6rX2A4_I15RHLMno67cqW05KS0Sp9xcHw1Jn3ukImKNNLzxS-iUtNHp9VuAQPIj7fOB95irB9bw3pLKhW8ZxIm0Ib2FdxnTZ46c-6dUy-BUTzaonTO_YBYRkB_quprkPwvA60F6ZaIxmpUQtLu-CwTDT3qfSsl" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="612" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXM4Jb8Pg2lDb1zoYtbJYrAmOmSm6rX2A4_I15RHLMno67cqW05KS0Sp9xcHw1Jn3ukImKNNLzxS-iUtNHp9VuAQPIj7fOB95irB9bw3pLKhW8ZxIm0Ib2FdxnTZ46c-6dUy-BUTzaonTO_YBYRkB_quprkPwvA60F6ZaIxmpUQtLu-CwTDT3qfSsl=w347-h400" width="347" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read about how former Municipality of Anchorage Attorney, <b>William Falsey </b>started a case working for the People of Anchorage and now pursues that case in private practice: </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/arrogance-of-entitlement.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/arrogance-of-entitlement.html</b></span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">How do you find an honest Alaska attorney?</span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I know some honest and capable attorneys. But we who have
lived here decades know Alaska is a big place with a lot of fish. So when
somebody needs a service—attorney services, for instance—it is hard to know
where to go. Recommendations from friends? The <b><i>Bar Association </i></b>referral
service? Options for such services in other states are vast and varied, but in
Alaska you may find out the outfit you put your retainer down on will use your
case to become educated about that particular kind of law. The Lees met the
only attorney they had previously needed from flying for the <b><i>Iditarod
Trail Sled Dog Race,</i></b> and he worked out fine. But when they needed an
attorney for a bigger issue the easy referral from the previous
attorney-turned-judge was the Alaskan Law Firm, <b><i>Birch Horton Bitner and
Cherot (BHBC).<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thus, serendipity determined the attorney originally used by the
Lees and they hoped to continue to roll sevens when they met <b>David Gross.</b>
I have written previously about challenges faced by the daughter and son-in-law
of legendary Alaska Bush Pilot, <b>Don Sheldon</b>.[4]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFvl-Xjsm2iiFZYLFX9D2A64cFDnwtvRgdCJqHzbcMsA9WeW1mMdZsmIjWLJmvyb68HrEISdZMwaHD_BTPpa9br7YtSfVL96plBHNmr7A0-F-skQT1JcZMRJoRpsK8yCxxOvqoOUBfv8D-qhI38not_70QzEjX7UAZtkCf3sBXIcqeLcBHhCiqcuP3" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="594" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFvl-Xjsm2iiFZYLFX9D2A64cFDnwtvRgdCJqHzbcMsA9WeW1mMdZsmIjWLJmvyb68HrEISdZMwaHD_BTPpa9br7YtSfVL96plBHNmr7A0-F-skQT1JcZMRJoRpsK8yCxxOvqoOUBfv8D-qhI38not_70QzEjX7UAZtkCf3sBXIcqeLcBHhCiqcuP3=w400-h330" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;">Read AK Roundtable story here: </span></b><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html"><span style="line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Holly Explains: <i>At
the time, I did not have the knowledge that Mr. Gross was the partner of the
law firm, that he didn’t practice trust law, and the firm did not offer trust
law representation within the 132 practice areas of legal services they
advertised</i>.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">No worries, Gross was educable.</span><o:p style="font-size: 14pt;"></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I also didn’t know
that Birch Horton had an ongoing, long term relationship with the executor of
my mother's trust (Holly’s brother) through the <b>State of Alaska bond counsel</b>,
the <b>Alaska Energy Authority</b>, the <b>Alaska Industrial Development
Authority</b> and the <b>Alaska Commission of Judicial Conduct</b>--as well as
having an attorney-client relationship with the executor in the building of the
second largest private equity firm in Alaska (PT Holdings LLC, 3.22 billion in
assets),</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> said Holly<i>. BHBC also had an attorney-client
relationship with the party that the executor sold part of my rightful
inheritance to, and who was the recipient of illegally transferred business
from our air service for commission and profit for the executor.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Big Alaskan fish eat
smaller fish.</span><o:p style="font-size: 14pt;"></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At this point the Lees have been steeped in how they feel they
were betrayed legally; how every door they have opened has been another surprise,
every ally a cul-de-sac. They have nothing more to lose at the hands of the bumpkins
so they just let the facts be known. This is an overview of the circumstances as
the Lees move to what could be the final step of their legal options. Holly is
writing the legal brief now. The mere fact they are in court over distribution
of family assets means everything is up in the air and they could lose
everything. Everything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Holly has done extensive research. She believes now that BHBC
led her down the primrose path, patronizing and offering condolences at their losses, while favoring
others at the Lee’s expense. BHBC is so powerful how could Holly even imagine taking
THEM to court, acting as her own counsel?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p>G<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5MLfBgZG_2qF4GZ9kjlamyVCfB_0nWwTLG8sKBVTLc2_rVzpYaEHBjyOs6aArHOBUQEIjnWd7luwYKXfam9mAXrzIIEBGkShoDluqtMARPKiIa__rRiXaMfQprYhzvQ97cK6mDd1AzAd1kMmjwyrBER7DfXBTVfBYrKFtO23De4idlcAE6gP-gKvy=s1502" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="1089" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5MLfBgZG_2qF4GZ9kjlamyVCfB_0nWwTLG8sKBVTLc2_rVzpYaEHBjyOs6aArHOBUQEIjnWd7luwYKXfam9mAXrzIIEBGkShoDluqtMARPKiIa__rRiXaMfQprYhzvQ97cK6mDd1AzAd1kMmjwyrBER7DfXBTVfBYrKFtO23De4idlcAE6gP-gKvy=w290-h400" width="290" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52156862745098)"><span style="background-color: white;">Go to this story HERE: </span></span>https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2022/02/bumpkins-rule.html</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Will the justices sneer?</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After tens of
thousands of dollars in payments to Birch Horton, and life changing losses in </span></i><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Anchorage Superior Court</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
as I was struggling to operate our business in Talkeetna--all the while losing
my family relationships over the events--I asked if they could set up a church
counseling with the executor, as I knew he went to a mega-church in Anchorage, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">continued
Holly. <i>They told us to get in a van to go to the mediation location. I did
not expect that. I was not charged for either the van ride, the lunch they
provided unexpectedly (I never expected to be there that long), the mediator,
the facility or the attorney’s fees for nine hours. They influenced me to stay
those nine hours until I signed a paper titled “Proposal”. I did not understand
any of it and they kept telling me that they “recommend that I sign it”. I only
left the room to throw up from stress around 3 pm and then they kept at me for
3 more hours until I signed their proposa</i>l.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This was the firm the Lees were paying to represent them.
They are exhausted on many levels. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I am personally familiar with conflict between siblings and I
find it difficult to reconcile. Here is an Alaska family of renown and the
siblings cannot work out a mutually beneficial arrangement from the considerable
means left by their parents. The legacy of <b><i>Sheldon Air Service </i></b>is
at stake.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It has been decades since Nick Mangieri took his case as far
as it would go in the <b><i>Alaska Court System</i></b>. The Lees also believe
that somehow justice would prevail if they just keep fighting. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Holly’s opening brief is due the end of February. Then it
will be calendared by the court with deadlines to adhere to while a high-paid
team at BHBC will continue to do all they can to destroy the Lees. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Place your bets here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 317.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">References:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[1] <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Mangieri, N. J. (2000). <i>Frozen Shield; Alaska Cover-Up.</i>
Williamsburg, VA: Veracity Press, Inc., P8.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">[2] Ibid, P19<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">[3]Alaska Supreme Courtt
narrowly dismisses youths’ climate change lawsuit, <b><i>Anchorage Daily News</i></b>,
January 30, 2022<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">[4] Is This What Don and Roberta
Sheldon Would have Wanted?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html"><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</span></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Best Glidepath For Lawmaking</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">(2022</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">©</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">donnliston.com)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>One abiding trait of a good teacher is ability to make
instruction interesting and compelling to students. We teachers must instill
the glory of the universe together with the wonder of a simple grain of sand.
There are many ways to do this. So, when two teachers get together to talk
about why one of them is in public office--and what is being accomplished in that
role--the teacher who is asking questions must put the lesson into context.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Donn, you have been here and you know it is about
relationships, and how to have relationships with all the people in the
building,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> explained Chugiak/Eagle
River District 13 Rep. <b>Ken McCarty</b>, on a Zoom call from his Capital
office. <i>To be an effective legislator means using good arguments to present
a bill--or to question a bill--whether to make an amendment or not make an
amendment to bills. But in the end it has to do with relationships. I see in
this building a lot of varied relationships. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With one master’s degree in Education and another master’s
degree in Counseling, McCarty uses an instructional voice and specific examples
to explain the lesson: <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDJrrqssKdqRhdZT9hEChZukIkD25TtrpIzSzWhdTSBOVTYC4w3M_IugX8IcD-YZTY-QiaVmtXGpsSDefvPvByhRWBYRTZHN7TEFQUKydEXcGTtunvok3LogmOEX-wGBh6FwZ6IUvLw9W2FnGSIYXO2nyAgAJ7WQz5iv9Myknbr7u0BXFIoIEc-GhW" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="614" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDJrrqssKdqRhdZT9hEChZukIkD25TtrpIzSzWhdTSBOVTYC4w3M_IugX8IcD-YZTY-QiaVmtXGpsSDefvPvByhRWBYRTZHN7TEFQUKydEXcGTtunvok3LogmOEX-wGBh6FwZ6IUvLw9W2FnGSIYXO2nyAgAJ7WQz5iv9Myknbr7u0BXFIoIEc-GhW=w400-h356" width="400" /></a></p>
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sent to <b>Prime Minister of Canada</b>, <b>Justin Trudeau,</b> from the <b>Alaska
Legislature, </b></span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">explained
McCarty<b><i>.</i></b><i> <b>Speaker of the House</b> <b>Stutes</b> had said
the day before: “we want to change the dynamic here and we want to be able to
work together.” </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>So, by one o’clock
the Republican group was concerned that the letter would be hijacked by the Democrats
and they would submit it before I could get it out by 6:00 or 7:00 that night.
I told my Republican caucus members: “One, if it does happen that’s too bad but
at least the letter gets to Trudeau, and two, if that happens it will counter
what the Speaker has said just the day before.” Fortunately the letter was not intercepted
by the Majority. I had gathered a bipartisan group whose signatures were on it,
and it was sent to Prime Minister Trudeau.[1]</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">McCarty continued: </span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">I think my efforts were successful
because I am trying to have a healthy relationship with all players here, which
doesn’t mean I agree with everything said, but where we are hyper-polarized we don’t
accomplish things. Some don’t agree with ANYTHING from the other side. That
behavior doesn’t get us very far and doesn’t result in the kind of
statesmanship we need for good political outcomes.</i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It took 30 days for the minority to organize the <b><i>Alaska
House of Representatives</i></b> at the start of this legislative session in
2021, after certain so-called Republicans aligned with with the Democrat
minority. District 14 Rep. <b>Kelly Merrick</b>, gained a spot as chair of the <b>Finance
Committee</b> to continue Alaska’s special interest big government spending
spree as reward for <b>Machiavellian</b> political betrayal.[3].<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rep. McCarty did not talk about Rep. Merrick. Her actions
speak for themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiC2JT-rR7fRvN-ljA3DASefPj0UycpgU4nU0LYLTthGfbPTanQ_dfv-lPP32x4jOEzewuYBY7bSuKBEs9ngFpSNK3mlGHKwwcupgRy-wo_YlQ09mdfkQWTVyeJmu7Q82oiqai4oCWSrwi9KuLAx4fVgVv1GO7iytvC7u1wk52zUpVRBt6wHBy5g4O=s702" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="702" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiC2JT-rR7fRvN-ljA3DASefPj0UycpgU4nU0LYLTthGfbPTanQ_dfv-lPP32x4jOEzewuYBY7bSuKBEs9ngFpSNK3mlGHKwwcupgRy-wo_YlQ09mdfkQWTVyeJmu7Q82oiqai4oCWSrwi9KuLAx4fVgVv1GO7iytvC7u1wk52zUpVRBt6wHBy5g4O=w400-h290" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read
about MatSu Food Bank here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It is important to be able to differentiate between what is
important and what isn’t, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">continued McCarty. <i>We must separate crisis from the <b>Tyranny of Urgency; </b>what is the priority from what is a distraction acting like a priority?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In
the 1960s, Charles Hummel published a little booklet called <em><a href="http://amzn.to/2rZcQSk"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Tyranny of the Urgent</span></a></em>,
and it quickly became a business classic. In it, Hummel argues that there is a
regular tension between things that are urgent and things that are
important—and far too often, the urgent wins.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; grid-column: main-start / main-end; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0.5in 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the business
world, this means that demands of your boss, your client, or petty office
relationships can often take priority over things that actually matter, like
thoroughly completing a task before starting the next one, or building unity in
a work team that would instill camaraderie and longevity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; grid-column: main-start / main-end; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0.5in 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;">The <em>urgent</em>, though less
important, is prioritized, and therefore the <em>importan</em>t
is put on the back burner.</span><span style="color: black;">[3]</span><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As a businessman himself, does McCarty believes this may be why so
little is getting done in Juneau?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjctzBR-Wj6E2tLSDx4WCGxOKKrAq_UiBimmOP093jdBWTYdr3rfnUkytR6jRl4Mm4sCNpBnv9AGLaAy71O4FAiDzX77kEGpIy5IMfc93UNoUhmyewc1pdue42hKUIj_-QWcTTPybkJhUSi7DMN1Zygz96esgJQinv69ZlpFP4Dq6EtwBXYQvO4CNaP" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="594" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjctzBR-Wj6E2tLSDx4WCGxOKKrAq_UiBimmOP093jdBWTYdr3rfnUkytR6jRl4Mm4sCNpBnv9AGLaAy71O4FAiDzX77kEGpIy5IMfc93UNoUhmyewc1pdue42hKUIj_-QWcTTPybkJhUSi7DMN1Zygz96esgJQinv69ZlpFP4Dq6EtwBXYQvO4CNaP=w400-h330" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read AK Roundtable story here: </span></b><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I see this all of the time,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> said McCarty. <i>There is a Tyranny of Urgency now in
data collection. I say: “Show me the evidence from an objective position.” It
seems many people are swayed by data that is selective and when questioned on
how does this relate to certain specific variables, they don’t have an answer.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">McCarty continued: <i>Covid is a classic example. Look at the
data before Covid; this is what the flu season was, and this is how many people
got it, the deaths from many things and how many are in the hospital, due to
whatever. Since Covid, meaningful data has became obscure. Now everybody has
gotten Covid and very few people died from anything else. Everything is Covid!<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">How is Omicron different than flu season? Kids are going back
to school and all of a sudden some are sick with the flu. In the past we didn’t
freak out like is happening today</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">, said McCarty.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So what legislation is McCarty trying to get passed in
Juneau?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>McCarty was eager to discuss his offerings:</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>HB 142</b> says military members who move out of state will no
longer receive a <b>Permanent Fund Dividend</b> payment,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> explained McCarty. <i>Last year the <b>Permanent
Fund Corporation</b> paid out $20,000,000 to people who no longer live here but
keep collecting PFD checks under the guise of “intend to come back.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I ask: where is that crystal ball? A lot do not return but
keep getting paid for themselves and their kids,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> said McCarty. <i>It isn’t right.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One might ask: Why haven’t any previous legislatures
addressed this issue?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">What is interesting, is military people who have retired and
stayed in Alaska don’t think it’s right either,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> said McCarty. <i>When the PFD was
first proposed to be paid on a sliding scale according to length of residency
it was determined to be illegal by the courts. I would say what is happening
now is illegal because if you say this particular group of people can enroll
and leave the state and keep receiving the dividend then you must say ANYONE
who leaves the state should be able to continue receiving the Dividend.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5vokNb448YZHlESROfOPS1a8cXkh6IbZSecsVCIUBQXyX-6-qOchLimObPb_CzYRJwOPFkUIned3SqKPZ4x8nOUA-ahKsgyNMTQfUVm_xMnMz4ZtxNFLA29IwQEK3ED5xbRi39NFkj2NrI8AyE33NnIj_3IG4LPR9p66FFEMu-JOa_urhD5nXmrUN" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="612" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5vokNb448YZHlESROfOPS1a8cXkh6IbZSecsVCIUBQXyX-6-qOchLimObPb_CzYRJwOPFkUIned3SqKPZ4x8nOUA-ahKsgyNMTQfUVm_xMnMz4ZtxNFLA29IwQEK3ED5xbRi39NFkj2NrI8AyE33NnIj_3IG4LPR9p66FFEMu-JOa_urhD5nXmrUN=w347-h400" width="347" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read this story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/arrogance-of-entitlement.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/arrogance-of-entitlement.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another bill that McCarty is sole primary sponsor: <i><b>HB 53</b>
has passed the House 40-0 and is in Senate Education Committee now,</i>
continued McCarty. <i>It has been presented once and will be presented again
this week before moving on.</i> <i>It is about allowing military families “PCSing”
to Alaska to be able to sign their kids up for school before arrival so their
kids can get into the classes they need.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s an easy bill, everybody in the House likes it so we will
see how it is received in the Senate,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> he said.<i> I was pleased it passed 40-0![5]</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>HB 278</b> says that if you have had Covid you are naturally
vaccinated. You cannot lose your job, and if you test and have the antibodies
that is all you need. You don’t have to keep being tested because you already have
the antibodies. That bill was presented on the house floor and is in committee.[6]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What about education?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>HB 108</b> provides for trade training for students while they are
still in high school. The unique feature of this bill is that “anybody who is a
master in the trades, using nationally recognized curriculum, will be able to
become certified with an “M” Certification, and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>can teach high school kids starting at age 14,
in the trades,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">
explained McCarty. <i>This would mean students graduating with actual trade
certification. A piece of paper that says you have attended classes means
nothing in the trades; this law would empower kids in high school and also gets
the community involved in education through these individuals who are
proficient in particular trades providing training.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">King Career Center</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> is a great example of a school that is providing trade
training, but this bill says all schools will have the option of doing this by
connecting with entities in the community who will be able to help educate our
kids for career success. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglWjnewTJQZ-ZfWa4dYaoZa-eHtvtJOXi6LYbKLXHU4fHCZtHJhEovJf2Wpr_y9LUqJM-4zJxqrU6AzChaZ_KJv4p6eOTlMtIePhXcACx0KDA9o7yEDvmKdjpKoM9yx5khqgZhrFMr5RzgNZ7x8KhgDxlvp_CT-EdmGaF8ly_LZZU0SP-0B7g-1HlI" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="640" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglWjnewTJQZ-ZfWa4dYaoZa-eHtvtJOXi6LYbKLXHU4fHCZtHJhEovJf2Wpr_y9LUqJM-4zJxqrU6AzChaZ_KJv4p6eOTlMtIePhXcACx0KDA9o7yEDvmKdjpKoM9yx5khqgZhrFMr5RzgNZ7x8KhgDxlvp_CT-EdmGaF8ly_LZZU0SP-0B7g-1HlI=w400-h286" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read <b><i>Sheldon
Air Service</i></b> story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For example, continued McCarty, <i><b>Chugiak High School </b>has <b>Birchwood
Airport </b>just down the street. If a kid wants to learn airport maintenance
or management or aviation mechanics--or wants to become a pilot--they would do
some things at the school and also go down to the airport and get concurrent
enrollment in a related trade. This provides recognition of the trades and
recognition of the high school.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We are getting a lot of letters about this bill, endorsing
this concept. Alaska balladeer <b>Ken Peltier</b> has, already agreed to do <b>Hobo
Jim’</b>s “Educated Man” song on a video to promote it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rep. McCarty has also co-sponsored a number of other bills.
Readers may find all the bills with his name on them here: <a href="http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Member/Detail/32?code=mcc#tab7_3">http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Member/Detail/32?code=mcc#tab7_3</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzcHus5NTUmBiq2Pk4yBkZnWXSim5GkDqhV-Nr3CAsavXalnPyyfsuK820HKtefx9UA-Pnu_KT5yr3QtmDtqfjHR_EcywOfRLKFuAfHHEdoxNWZJM7T1cdqzUmTsC_op63bpdald1uqRt4_wcYDmlQvZPqNIEEfMkQxgWJl-O3leMIGfJOucv94x5Y" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="604" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzcHus5NTUmBiq2Pk4yBkZnWXSim5GkDqhV-Nr3CAsavXalnPyyfsuK820HKtefx9UA-Pnu_KT5yr3QtmDtqfjHR_EcywOfRLKFuAfHHEdoxNWZJM7T1cdqzUmTsC_op63bpdald1uqRt4_wcYDmlQvZPqNIEEfMkQxgWJl-O3leMIGfJOucv94x5Y=w377-h400" width="377" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Read <b><i>Nail Time & Spa and
Kim’s Cuisine</i></b> Story Here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What is the big picture from Juneau?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I am big into education as you are, Donn, and I want to see
Alaskans who leave the state to get educated coming back,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> said McCarty. <i>For example, my son
is going to med school in Idaho—I visited him at Thanksgiving—along with four
others who are from Alaska. Unfortunately, there is no residency program with
that school in Alaska. So what are we doing to entice our people to come back
to Alaska and maybe entice others to also come to Alaska for high skilled
positions here?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We invest a lot of money in helping Alaskans gain higher
education and our economy needs certain skills over others.[8]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>I am an optimist! It is early in the session but last year we
didn’t do a good job—we only passed 37 bills—so I say we need to work
together, we need to make things happen. Let’s present the arguments and move
along to fly the plane.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i> </i></b></span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Some might say the 32<sup>nd</sup> Alaska Legislature spent
the first half of this session with great difficulty learning to land. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now it is time to learn how to fly.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">References:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[1] Letter from Alaska Legislature
to <b><i>Canadian Prime Minister</i></b> <b>Justin Trudeau<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>repkenmccarty.com</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8PHXt25proHwzuKhf1HzfBHFVX127BC8Bj5lo5sOtxOW55Tv3LiYKpx8T1Bv90P4B3kIkVcPwjhzKdY7rkddfUrDAAQaFNMxf76AZhBbjX-K4aJq7wvd7m3uk-pdxDWwJNNgXaZZ1ycl0kHrVvZl3nGRcSRC4rhhs6ICZkZ1QGYJE2qlWmbcgNupP=s1258" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1258" data-original-width="1030" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8PHXt25proHwzuKhf1HzfBHFVX127BC8Bj5lo5sOtxOW55Tv3LiYKpx8T1Bv90P4B3kIkVcPwjhzKdY7rkddfUrDAAQaFNMxf76AZhBbjX-K4aJq7wvd7m3uk-pdxDWwJNNgXaZZ1ycl0kHrVvZl3nGRcSRC4rhhs6ICZkZ1QGYJE2qlWmbcgNupP=w328-h400" width="328" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3sIhohV5uo3O6Ej8zp_bf9jM93VbJ9sLc7KkVZlJVXFk63xD9mackV9xGDamUp4-0yXwIGW8_aIeZ08PRbVe9MAR4a58oZSQ_XlrlyTp-uw4r1RMTkrcKxG7eWiNraH5bZGqcYpL5wFlabQAqrZn2UqJOGWDu0wr0G7oFICH03J7bcZL7F3HBa3G6=s627" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="494" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3sIhohV5uo3O6Ej8zp_bf9jM93VbJ9sLc7KkVZlJVXFk63xD9mackV9xGDamUp4-0yXwIGW8_aIeZ08PRbVe9MAR4a58oZSQ_XlrlyTp-uw4r1RMTkrcKxG7eWiNraH5bZGqcYpL5wFlabQAqrZn2UqJOGWDu0wr0G7oFICH03J7bcZL7F3HBa3G6=w315-h400" width="315" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_UjcFHb9jV9weEUx14ItKJuDzE6m8_q1zyzIcZYu8v8H9UQbq8EnZoUu-TsDgUuzEqQSMMpnESpqtVI796ymQn3IrysaLvhmysTIIqApx5i8D9dbHGySRXGy-Ct7KhqS3br8nhWz6dD9ekB5pLcKcAdk24JRWG7CEK1r4jOlOiD3OnLO25YvE-lnq=s631" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="481" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_UjcFHb9jV9weEUx14ItKJuDzE6m8_q1zyzIcZYu8v8H9UQbq8EnZoUu-TsDgUuzEqQSMMpnESpqtVI796ymQn3IrysaLvhmysTIIqApx5i8D9dbHGySRXGy-Ct7KhqS3br8nhWz6dD9ekB5pLcKcAdk24JRWG7CEK1r4jOlOiD3OnLO25YvE-lnq=w305-h400" width="305" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>[2]The Art of Simple; fighting Tyrany of the Urgent</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.theartofsimple.net/fighting-the-tyranny-of-the-urgent-at-home/">https://www.theartofsimple.net/fighting-the-tyranny-of-the-urgent-at-home/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[3] <b>Niccolò Machiavelli,</b> <b><i>The
Prince</i></b>: “<span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a;">The first and
most persistent view of Machiavelli is that of a teacher of evil…Machiavelli’s
version recommends that a prince go to the “effectual truth” of things and
forgo the standard of “what should be done” lest he bring about his ruin. To
maintain himself a prince must learn how not to be good and use or not use this
knowledge “according to necessity.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Niccolo-Machiavelli/The-Prince">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Niccolo-Machiavelli/The-Prince</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[4]HB 142, "An Act relating
to eligibility for the permanent fund dividend."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.akleg.gov/PDF/32/Bills/HB0142A.PDF">http://www.akleg.gov/PDF/32/Bills/HB0142A.PDF</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[5]HB 53, "An Act relating to
residency requirements for public school enrollment for certain children of
active duty military and National Guard members."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.akleg.gov/PDF/32/Bills/HB0053B.PDF">http://www.akleg.gov/PDF/32/Bills/HB0053B.PDF</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[6]HB 278, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"An Act relating to
vaccination equivalents for the COVID-19 virus; and providing for an effective
date.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB%20278">http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB%20278</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[7]HB 108, "An Act relating
to concurrent vocational education, training, and on-the-job trade experience
programs for students enrolled in public secondary schools; relating to child
labor; and providing for an effective date."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=hb108">https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=hb108</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[8]Job Considerations to stay in Alaska<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2022/01/jobs-considerations-to-stay-in-alaska.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2022/01/jobs-considerations-to-stay-in-alaska.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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good and bad choices I have been blessed to have arrived at a time today where
the bounty of my Alaskan life has become self-evident. Having two younger siblings
who have taken distinctly different paths, it is easy to see what could have
happened were it not for my independent nature and people who gave me good
advice at crucial crossroads—the first being right out of high school.</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My younger brother, <b>Scott,</b> once told me of the time he tracked our <b><i>IBEW Union, Anchorage
Telephone Utility</i></b> worker father down--at a local golf course--and asked
him for help paying for college. Dad’s reported response: <i>Get a Job.</i></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In fact, Dad could have encouraged
Scott to consider entering the <b><i>IBEW Apprentice Training School</i></b>
and he would have had a good chance of being placed there as a union member’s
offspring. But that wasn’t the way our father operated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVsRiB7sb4BUEm0NDCXch1itezhvsMPxRoF4zNcSgD3RRMVUIVw4OKSb77bFqo6Jc8QB6Kk9oH016yX0OTYDIjVc4-WXsQtcTF4dzTEGnwWz9xu139__ftCn4e4gngJRmlKnPuxS0avecR4GSaOagQaYKWvmFj796brmxcCYs8eHc8uuEACgClvX30=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="640" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVsRiB7sb4BUEm0NDCXch1itezhvsMPxRoF4zNcSgD3RRMVUIVw4OKSb77bFqo6Jc8QB6Kk9oH016yX0OTYDIjVc4-WXsQtcTF4dzTEGnwWz9xu139__ftCn4e4gngJRmlKnPuxS0avecR4GSaOagQaYKWvmFj796brmxcCYs8eHc8uuEACgClvX30=w400-h286" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read <b><i>Sheldon
Air Service</i></b> story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</a> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Dad kicked me out of the family
home mid-way through my senior year at <b><i>East High School</i></b> but I
graduated on my own. I then got a job during that summer of 1969 cleaning up a construction
worksite for Alaska Legislator, <b>Nick Begich</b> and taking care of his four
kids. Begich was from Minnesota and came to Alaska as a public school teacher. At
this time Begich was an east Anchorage senator who had license plate No. 6
on the family’s Coppertone Chrysler station wagon I sometimes drove for errands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmRsQu_a8LhB1lvdcDVffriTal1FVHz5w4soViKa6k9euFutRdFY9djaeMT3ur-hqioB6INJI26FOr7wlKgKNpKM-dq0zFc0t-n6mGR6QB4axrgLAItxZ3iGnAOELgiloKvc4ZcpTJuM2yH_GtnmDdDeuqa4l9P7uhMxfw8MdTNWjU2Ta_v3axY_MO=s1427" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1427" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmRsQu_a8LhB1lvdcDVffriTal1FVHz5w4soViKa6k9euFutRdFY9djaeMT3ur-hqioB6INJI26FOr7wlKgKNpKM-dq0zFc0t-n6mGR6QB4axrgLAItxZ3iGnAOELgiloKvc4ZcpTJuM2yH_GtnmDdDeuqa4l9P7uhMxfw8MdTNWjU2Ta_v3axY_MO=w400-h314" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">View of 23rd oil and gas lease sale for Alaska inside Sydney Laurence Auditorium in Anchorage, with map of North Slope area in Alaska on sign in background. Alaska Governor Keith Miller holds microphone, while Alaska Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Kelly stands at far right. Also from sign in photograph: "Map courtesy of Alaska Map Service, Inc. $ ,900,220,590." Sept. 10, 1969. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10".</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Mentors Can Make a Difference</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sen. Begich spent some quality time with
me in the evenings while answering constituent mail. We talked about the
prospect of a state rich from oil wealth as a result of the 23rd oil lease sale
held earlier that year. The possibility of a settlement of <b>Native Land
Claims</b> different from the traditional reservation dependency system seen across
the continental United States was expected to lead to construction of a <b>Trans-Alaska
Pipeline</b>. Alaska was going to be rich! We could be innovative in addressing
needs of this state, and my generation would have a tremendous responsibility
to assure the bounty was used and invested for immediate needs and
opportunities for future generations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Education was a priority for
use of natural resource wealth and some of us have stuck around and tried to
take our responsibility seriously.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRjCgC3L9Lu62r5Vdqze9xOSt7x7442GZooI3Lhp18LihkQ-p8VonHaunJb4qVTHptlK6AP876zCHLrYKwuBz2l3sDaiBN9UtwUsF2Ll7owpo9HM3cn3cQ855uP0Qntgu1X3IjgZ-oiU/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="625" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRjCgC3L9Lu62r5Vdqze9xOSt7x7442GZooI3Lhp18LihkQ-p8VonHaunJb4qVTHptlK6AP876zCHLrYKwuBz2l3sDaiBN9UtwUsF2Ll7owpo9HM3cn3cQ855uP0Qntgu1X3IjgZ-oiU/w400-h295/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read <b><i>Alaska
Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Five concrete bunkers for the <b><i>Anchorage
Community College </i></b>had been built at the giant mudhole on Providence Drive
at Lake Otis Parkway, a considerable upgrade from previous evening classes at <b><i>West
High School</i></b>. Nick urged me to get enrolled there in the coming fall,
and pointed me in the direction of the <b><i>Alaska Commission on Postsecondary
Education (ACPE)</i></b> for financial assistance, which I did. I earned my bachelor’s
degree in 1974 and paid off my ACPE loans thereafter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI99dYJIwVbX9wp5UuJNdSG5OzA9ouW_4RGbYnuUYddqZpYOYlYOA9gEp4nqZjqKYLaQ6JAY30m34w31TnJFwRlFALKPznfQp5Kb5McZBCaW4nvCnbLJ4yOG1w9rg46VGpFs-Ts7CEhQs/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="594" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI99dYJIwVbX9wp5UuJNdSG5OzA9ouW_4RGbYnuUYddqZpYOYlYOA9gEp4nqZjqKYLaQ6JAY30m34w31TnJFwRlFALKPznfQp5Kb5McZBCaW4nvCnbLJ4yOG1w9rg46VGpFs-Ts7CEhQs/w400-h330/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read AK Roundtable story here: </span></b><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Today I am a commissioner of the ACPE,
appointed in 2020 by Gov. <b>Michael Dunl</b>eavy for two years, and
reappointed again this year for another four years. As a young man at the end
of the 1960s--facing an uncertain future--I had no idea of what higher
education resources were available to me or how to access them through a State
agency. Nobody taught that in the <b><i>Anchorage School District. <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">ACPE now conducts extensive
levels of public information outreach in cooperation with many Alaska school
districts.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> I</span></o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> serve on the </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><i>Institutional
Standards Committee of ACPE</i></b><span style="font-family: arial;">. Our committee meets on an ad hoc basis to
make recommendations to the Commission for final action regarding initial authorization,
renewal authorization, program changes, and institutional compliance with
statutes and regulations for Alaska institutions.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Alaska higher education schools
wanting students who qualify for ACPE Loans to gain training at their programs
must qualify and maintain a certain caliber of Institutional integrity. At
quarterly meetings ACPE commissioners review information about various schools so
we may vote on whether to allow State funds to go to training students at those
schools. Students who take loans to attend at these schools and training
programs will be required to pay back those loans at a favorable interest rate,
as I did.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0MMQlAy1YvUxMsJyQzi2gUH4vjHjg_O_K4kG12sog1jwHygjt1qEbVhn9VnQThnJ93ogrIvFJ5I7vKDtueSr9kru9dlL7nP_llx7xveBxBbtK2rp7NUtxsPiSfwOlV8LDsqbj_CkxzuI/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="604" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0MMQlAy1YvUxMsJyQzi2gUH4vjHjg_O_K4kG12sog1jwHygjt1qEbVhn9VnQThnJ93ogrIvFJ5I7vKDtueSr9kru9dlL7nP_llx7xveBxBbtK2rp7NUtxsPiSfwOlV8LDsqbj_CkxzuI/w377-h400/image.png" width="377" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white;">Read <b><i>Nail Time & Spa and
Kim’s Cuisine</i></b> Story Here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Students are also able to
borrow from ACPE to attend Outside schools.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Commissioners participate in a
deliberative process. Representatives from various other state educational
organizations like the <b><i>State Board of Education</i></b>, the <b><i>Alaska
Legislature</i></b> and the <b><i>University of Alaska Board of Regents</i></b>
are also on the ACPE. In formal meetings we ask questions and vote to affirm or
deny programs. My vote is 1 in 14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At the <b><i>ACPE Winter Quarterly
Meeting</i></b>, held January 12, 2022, we worked through 18 agenda items in
about six hours with an hour for lunch. The packet is 123 pages. We heard a presentation
from <b><i>University of Alaska </i></b>Interim President, <b>Pat Pitney</b>.
It is no surprise that the UA System is facing huge challenges and this
institution receives a major infusion of capital from ACPE student loans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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Commission</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Four institutions applied for
Renewal of Authorization, two for Initial Authorization due to Ownership Change
and two for program amendments during the recent quarterly meeting. Each of
these application changes required presentation of the particulars with overview
by staff and a vote of the commission to affirm or deny.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Executive Director <b>Sana Efird </b>provided
overview of the ongoing efforts of the organization and political
considerations for the upcoming second regular 32<sup>nd</sup> Legislative Session
in Juneau. We have an interest in a number of pending bills.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCiPMzVCzYEKOZaLJeQha8bjNmTOR69kyQB8Nof0UCTCAEQPIYvu1dL6YADa2fZjHp8-Ve5aFiZph-p-6tuxAZIeveVEX1pQ6qYpvWVklxU0pgD9ySLMeiP7uCIAKDo3D_W-w5Jg4q6c/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="612" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCiPMzVCzYEKOZaLJeQha8bjNmTOR69kyQB8Nof0UCTCAEQPIYvu1dL6YADa2fZjHp8-Ve5aFiZph-p-6tuxAZIeveVEX1pQ6qYpvWVklxU0pgD9ySLMeiP7uCIAKDo3D_W-w5Jg4q6c/w347-h400/image.png" width="347" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read Private Property Rights story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/arrogance-of-entitlement.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/arrogance-of-entitlement.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It should also come as no surprise
that loan originations are down. Many who might have anticipated going for
higher education training during the Covid-19 pandemic may have decided to wait
until health concerns subsided. Emphasis in the portfolio now seems to be on
refinancing current loans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As number of loans declines the
Commission has embarked upon cost-saving measures including reduction of
personnel. The highest costs are related to personnel so outsourcing of
professional services has been set on a schedule to reduce overhead and maximize
funds available for student loans.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As a certified Alaska teacher beginning
in 2003 I learned early-on that kids whose parents had not graduated high
school were probably not going to graduate high school either. This caused me
to gravitate my career to <b>Adult Basic Education</b> to help the estimated 25
percent of Alaska students who began in an Alaska kindergarten and do not
graduate high school. The ABE program is run through the <b><i>Alaska Department of
Labor and Workforce Development</i></b> and the adults I worked with mostly needed
direct instruction in Math, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies. And,
once they are able to work through the material enough to anticipate graduating,
I urged them to consider career ladder possibilities, utilizing an important
ACPE resource: <b>Alaska Career Information System (AKCIS)--a cost-effective
online platform for comprehensive career, education, and financial aid information.
It is an interactive planning tool with a personal, portable online portfolio.
ACPE makes AKCIS available across Alaska at no cost to sites through a single
statewide license.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE38PGEK89cu03PSQxkcicVPPdbSRShxjmwFfchyphenhyphen_a66EQG8f2h0I05RVTfeh3PdH28fdVfpQQpaIhNaySwwo0kg3ClVczCHHzVVoT9I6MEh8e_vjBggtg7wwgxrYExLgjp_5rcDFubBg/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="702" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE38PGEK89cu03PSQxkcicVPPdbSRShxjmwFfchyphenhyphen_a66EQG8f2h0I05RVTfeh3PdH28fdVfpQQpaIhNaySwwo0kg3ClVczCHHzVVoT9I6MEh8e_vjBggtg7wwgxrYExLgjp_5rcDFubBg/w400-h290/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read
about <b><i>MatSu Food Bank </i></b>here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I am gratified to be part of an ACPE organization seeking
to provide education and training for Alaskans beyond high school. That choice
has made a tremendous difference in my own life. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Back to circumstances of my
brother, Scott. He kicked around in the carpentry trade and fathered five
children. In 1989—the same year I gained my Master’s Degree in Education at <b><i>University
of Alaska Southeast</i></b>—he hooked up with some buddies in Hawaii and had a
terrible accident. I have been told by family members he and the others were
using intoxicants when he grabbed up a hang-glider, launched off a mountain, and
crashed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Scott became a bitter man, estranged
from all of his kids, but I am in occasional communication with one daughter in
Washington who now has had a long career as a teacher. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Success in life is all about
choices and good choices made early in life can be the most important.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our
<b><i>Alaska Constitution</i></b> states clearly in <b>Article I Section 2.
Source of Government:</b> <i>all political power is inherent in the people. All
government originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is
instituted solely for the good of the people as a whole.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Elected
officials represent <i>The People.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Once
elected, many don’t seem to care about <i>The People</i> anymore. They flock to
backwater Juneau for the annual session, to be immediately kidnapped by special
interests who issue ransom notes for their return. These elected officials—empowered
by our votes—then form majority coalitions to accommodate special interest
demands. They conspire to see how long they can keep the ball in the air before
returning to their Districts with mostly crumbs. For one example of the
legislature’s belligerence, <i>The People</i> asked by referendum in 2006 for
session to last 90 days.</span></b><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[1] <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">It
has seldomly ended within 90 days.[2]<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Once
in Juneau elected representatives of <i>The People</i> embark on <b><i>Alice’s Adventures
in Wonderland</i></b>, patronizing voters from afar. <i>The People </i>watch as
though we have fallen into a rabbit hole and everything is a wonder.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">`And
how many hours a day did you do lessons?’ said Alice, in a hurry to change the
subject.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">`Ten
hours the first day,’ said the Mock Turtle: `nine the next, and so on.’<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">`What
a curious plan!’ exclaimed Alice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">`That’s
the reason they’re called lessons,’ the Gryphon remarked: `because they lessen
from day to day.’[3]<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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author of <i>Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass</i> used
these fantasies to teach his daughter and her friends how to play chess. But Alaskans
are tiring of the games being played in Juneau and would like to see their number
one concern addressed: Restoration of the statutory formula for payment of the
Permanent Fund Dividend, and payment of full balance owed. Time is of the
essence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">CHECK.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Let’s
view this <b><i>Through The Looking Gl</i></b><i><b>ass</b></i>. When exactly can we, <i>The
People,</i> expect our legislators to meaningfully address the largest issue they
are trying to ignore—whether to follow THE LAW AND PAST PRACTICE for <b><i>Alaska
Permanent Fund Dividend</i></b> Distribution?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #565656;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s
a fair question.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BZhufRQVxkm-Imkczb0M0R70-7TLvuc81Xig3BuxEYMSgl4OnZ1PJhdZXaR4WIRtrMm2ypukvml1_Te9UpptSKfFcJRMn3E185iw6SzgVlgG2NfqTZ-aKEGTwDXDODtrSWVmmNVO3VU/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="625" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BZhufRQVxkm-Imkczb0M0R70-7TLvuc81Xig3BuxEYMSgl4OnZ1PJhdZXaR4WIRtrMm2ypukvml1_Te9UpptSKfFcJRMn3E185iw6SzgVlgG2NfqTZ-aKEGTwDXDODtrSWVmmNVO3VU/w400-h295/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Alaska Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
legislature cannot change the law without a vote of <i>The People,</i> so they
skirt the law and manipulate the law--while continuing to increase the state
budget as many are forced to leave the state--and they count on Alaskans
trained for ignorance in our failing government schools to accept their
arrogance. But, as former Alaska Gov. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><b>Jay Hammond</b></span><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b> </b>(one of the
founders of the Permanent Fund) had anticipated, the PFD would cause Alaskans
to become strong supporters of the<b><i> Permanent Fund</i></b> to assure it carries
on to future generations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #565656;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">That
is happening now. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alice
laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe impossible
things.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">“I
daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I
always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as
six impossible things before breakfast.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">We
have seen a legislative spectacle in Juneau over at least the last decade. Now <i>The
People</i> must reveal and target those who will be replaced in elections
looming later this year. We cannot count on voters educated in government
schools to know why they are being denied their share—especially in rural
Alaska or the poverty districts of Anchorage controlled by public sector unions.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Readers
might recall <i>The People</i> replaced about half of the legislators we needed
to defeat in the last election. I wrote one year ago about the incoming
legislature. This will be the second half of the 32<sup>nd</sup> Alaska
Legislature. So far it has been a do-nothing legislature going for 217 days and
passing the fewest bills (37) of any full session in the state’s history.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pay,
benefits and per diem are the dividend THEY extract from State government. Recently some have the guts to say they need a raise!<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska voters
have experienced a learning curve as former Gov. Bill Walker and legislative
majority coalitions decided to ignore the more than 40 year tried and true
formula for distribution of the Dividend to Alaskans from earnings of the
Permanent Fund. This was done to accommodate the public sector unions and other
special interests wanting to buy more government. Voters saw some of these
lawless legislators refuse to meet in Wasilla at a Special Session called by
Gov. Dunleavy--who is specifically charged with determining where the Special
Session shall be held. Instead, the mongrel majority met in Juneau in defiance
of the governor and the Alaska constitution. Voters have also learned over the
last year about the organizing tool of a Binding Caucus as a means for a few
legislators in positions of power to muscle the rest into ever increasing
budgets that nobody is accountable for. So now that the 2020 elections are over
let’s look at who is--and is not--going back to Juneau. At this time the House
is having trouble organizing again as it did in the last session. So let’s
consider what we might expect from the 32nd Alaska Legislature convening
January 19, 2021.[4]<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Background
of the Permanent Fund<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Formation
of the <b><i>Alaska Permanent Fund</i></b> was an attempt to keep from wasting
our mammoth resource wealth by annually distributing half of the earnings to <i>The
People for their own use</i>. You may review that history at the <b><i>Permanent
Fund Corporation’s</i></b> website:[5]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">There
you will find a description of the mechanics leading to creation and
institution of <b><i>The Permanent Fund</i></b> and the <b><i>Dividend,</i></b>
meant to give <i>The People</i> a stake in the resource bounty they own. An
axillary goal of this wealth account should be efficient and honest state
government.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">From
that site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska’s
Constitution does not allow for dedicated funds, so in order to direct these
oil revenues into a permanent fund, the Constitution had to be amended. Placing
the founding language for the fund in the Constitution had the added benefit of
helping protect it from being spent by the Legislature without a vote of the
people. A Constitutional Amendment requires a majority vote of the people of
Alaska, and the item was put on the 1976 statewide general election ballot. By
a margin of 75,588 t o 38,518, a Constitutional Amendment establishing the
Permanent Fund was approved.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">The first
Permanent Fund Dividend check for $1,000 was issued in 1982, following a
bruising court battle, in which the initial plan for a distribution of
dividends–with amounts given on a graduated scale based on length of
residency–was ruled unconstitutional by the <b>Alaska Supreme Court</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Jeniv_3CVbuswCLNre-7Xj_emJfJ7HePtZOjrKosMwYVAsgi6SNvA7GRSyI5g10W4kMNIr0iuB80-Far9Ewakofut02l9y5-kN1KTRtTzhitkFSHVIVhMSwW1UoGIVcR4GWB-dmTk04/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="640" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Jeniv_3CVbuswCLNre-7Xj_emJfJ7HePtZOjrKosMwYVAsgi6SNvA7GRSyI5g10W4kMNIr0iuB80-Far9Ewakofut02l9y5-kN1KTRtTzhitkFSHVIVhMSwW1UoGIVcR4GWB-dmTk04/w400-h286/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Read <b><i>Sheldon
Air Service</i></b> story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">In
his book “<b><i>Tales of Alaska’s Bush Rat Governor</i></b>, Hammond
explains the genesis of the Permanent Fund:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">…as governor I believed the best approach was
to divert money into a dividend-dispersing investment account, in which all
Alaskans were “stockholders.” To promote this idea I initiated the Alaska
Public Forum, a traveling town meeting, to whip up support for a program…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Public response was underwhelming. Despite
lack of encouragement, I introduced a bill to create : ”Alaska, Inc.” by
amending the constitution. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Under this proposal, Alaska, Inc. would
receive 50 percent of all natural resource lease, bonus, royalty and severance
tax dollars, and put them virtually out of easy reach by requiring a statewide
vote before the principle could be invaded. Annual earnings from the account
would be divided in half: fifty percent would be dispersed in cash dividends,
to all Alaskans, in the form of one share of dividend-paying “stock” for each
year of residency since statehood…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Since absolute equity was a necessary objective
I preferred to let each Alaskan—not the politicians—decide how he or she should
spend some of the resource each owned.[6]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
formula for determining how much would be given out for dividends was changed
then to accommodate legal requirements and placed into statute. It has been
used now over four decades until 2016 when Gov. <b>Bill Walker</b> and a
renegade legislature changed practice without changing the law.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxG6b1G_4TMdn-kbaVPb3GsinbUFZkm7DNrBvInmVWvV6FEkEkxaH7qyHtaiQQzQKc1rJDWr4zfyGCQZuvXQ-CUqImzX8TFyOdtMI6UiBTKa5I5nzTOtm9HAIQgCoNcKuxooxmwelWuI/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="604" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxG6b1G_4TMdn-kbaVPb3GsinbUFZkm7DNrBvInmVWvV6FEkEkxaH7qyHtaiQQzQKc1rJDWr4zfyGCQZuvXQ-CUqImzX8TFyOdtMI6UiBTKa5I5nzTOtm9HAIQgCoNcKuxooxmwelWuI/w377-h400/image.png" width="377" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white;">Read <b><i>Nail Time & Spa and
Kim’s Cuisine</i></b> Story Here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">In
his 2011 book </span><b style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Diapering the Devil</i></b><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">, Hammond examined some of
the events that had occurred regarding the Permanent Fund since its formation,
describing how he debated all candidates for governor in 1990 during which time
former Republican Gov. </span><b style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Walter Hickel </b><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">promised to veto any appropriations
of </span><b style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>The Permanent Fund</i></b><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> for other than inflation-proofing or
dividends if re-elected. Following Hickel’s single term, Democrat Gov. </span><b style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Tony
Knowles</b><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">, in 1999 </span><i style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">insisted a fiscal plan passed by the Legislature,
including use of fund money which otherwise could be used for dividends, be
placed on the ballot. It was defeated by a whopping 83% of the voters, largely
be cause no lid had been placed on the amount of dividend dollars that could be
so spent.</i><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">[5]</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
Permanent Fund was the third rail of Alaskan politics—the one that can
electrocute any politician who so much as touched it. Gov. Walker and the
Majority Coalition of the Alaska Legislature bridged that rail and now it is up
to <i>The People</i> to correct this electrical fault.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Today
<i>The People</i> are outraged. We know exactly how much is owed by elected citizen
legislators who have done pretty well for themselves financially since 2016. Some
of us have received every dividend check, and our Alaska economy has benefitted
greatly from our use of dividend funds, but our patience is running out. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWmPD8CC0P4rFt-fFyVWejw6SDo4jTsx6zPOZwDX71cny7W20SjTbLhbMIXQ5K6f6xct-D4YIuHRByTHkshx7B9WkMY7AiievO13Y20io3YzKRvbh93Oq1BWE2tkH8CtPnWOFBpxRXWU/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="612" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWmPD8CC0P4rFt-fFyVWejw6SDo4jTsx6zPOZwDX71cny7W20SjTbLhbMIXQ5K6f6xct-D4YIuHRByTHkshx7B9WkMY7AiievO13Y20io3YzKRvbh93Oq1BWE2tkH8CtPnWOFBpxRXWU/w347-h400/image.png" width="347" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read this story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/arrogance-of-entitlement.html"><span style="line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/arrogance-of-entitlement.html</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>What
the Legislature Must Do.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Watch
what happens when the Alaska Legislature convenes in Juneau this year. There
will be a lot of hoopla about pre-filed bills to do all kinds of wonderful
things. These are distractions. We will hear about how Legislators are impacted
by the weather in Juneau and how we can call into any hearing and our voice
will be heard. More distractions. Meanwhile the pittance PFD <i>The Peo</i>ple
received last year would not be enough to pay for a round-trip to Juneau from
the population center rail belt to visit legislators we voted for last election.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">They
don’t care. You don’t have a lobbyist whispering in their ear at every opportunity.
But they are whistling past the graveyard:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Gov. </span><b style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Mike Dunleavy </b><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">has proposed three constitutional amendments to protect our Permanent Fund Dividend:</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14pt;">1)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14pt;">Constitutional Amendment – Affirmative Vote of the People for Taxes SJR 7 remains in Senate Finance Committee. In the House HJR 8 was given three committees of referral and remains in the first one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14pt;">2)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14pt;">Constitutional Amendment – Vote of the People to Change the Dividend Program SB 53 Transmittal Letter attached. Written public testimony is strident.[6]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14pt;">3)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14pt;">Effective Constitutional Spending Limit; Savings Plan (SJR 5/HJR 7).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpmCK445rt-CK0AgqEHoZP8w_lgq7uv6lNKxbPd3leLIuqgEvJmo46NJw0-ZnUA7M46IUSAncTo9UNjDwTufw3uUDaK4eYEqtSuVgfb7Q1KFzAwHHBtjtPuPruxKE0746ulUNvSVl1EY/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="702" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpmCK445rt-CK0AgqEHoZP8w_lgq7uv6lNKxbPd3leLIuqgEvJmo46NJw0-ZnUA7M46IUSAncTo9UNjDwTufw3uUDaK4eYEqtSuVgfb7Q1KFzAwHHBtjtPuPruxKE0746ulUNvSVl1EY/w400-h290/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read
about MatSu Food Bank here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><br /><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">If
the Alaska Legislature were truly accessible to </span><i style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">The People,</i><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> these games
would not be the same. Statehood was about severing the economic and political
stranglehold Seattle had on Alaska. More than 60 years later we are still in
the grip of Seattle through its suburb of Juneau. Nothing demonstrates this
like the tone deafness of the Alaska Legislature when it comes to statutory
requirements for PFD distribution.[9]</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_12" o:spid="_x0000_i1029"
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Let
your legislator know how you feel about this duplicity. Why don’t they want The
People to vote on constitutional amendments proposed by Gov. Dunleavy? Tell your
legislators they have ONE JOB and when they complete that job we might be ready
to reflect on what has happened since 2016, with prejudice--as Alice did.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">`Wake up, Alice
dear!' said her sister; `Why, what a long sleep you've had!' `</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Oh, I've had such
a curious dream!' said Alice, and she told her sister, as well as she could
remember them, all these strange Adventures of hers that you have just been
reading about; and when she had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, `It
WAS a curious dream, dear, certainly: but now run in to your tea; it's getting
late.' So Alice got up and ran off, thinking while she ran, as well she might,
what a wonderful dream it had been.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>The
People</b></span></i><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b> will prevail. Our system of government depends upon it.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>References:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[1] Ballot
Initiative to limit Legislative Sessions to 90 days, Alaska Division of
Elections:11/07/06 117,675 FOR, 113,832 AGAINST <a href="https://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/forms/H26.pdf">https://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/forms/H26.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[2]Alaska
Legislative Affairs Agency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://akleg.gov/">https://akleg.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[3]Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/">https://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[4]Hopes for
the New Legislature</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2020/12/legislative-hopes-for-this-year.html"><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2020/12/legislative-hopes-for-this-year.html</span></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[5]Alaska
Permanent Fund Corporation History of the fund</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://apfc.org/who-we-are/history-of-the-alaska-permanent-fund/"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://apfc.org/who-we-are/history-of-the-alaska-permanent-fund/</span></a><u><span style="color: blue; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[6]Gov. Jay
Hammond, Tales of a Bushrat Governor, Epicenter Press, 1994, Pg 247-248</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[7]Gov. Jay
Hammond, Diapering the Devil, Published by Kachemack Resource Institute, 1520
Lakeshore Dr., Homer, AK</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">99603, 2011, P
36</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">[8]SB 53
Transmitting Letter</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alaska’s economy
is very specific about what human resources it needs. To be successful in this
job market, training after receiving a high school diploma or GED must consider
what have been identified as in-demand <b>priority occupations</b>.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let’s look back a
few years and bring the needs of Alaska’s economy forward to today.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alaska
Economy Reality before the Covid-19 Pandemic</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Alaska
Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOLWD)</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in July of 2017
issued its monthly <i>Economic Trends</i> magazine looking at the cost of
living in Alaska. At that time Economist <b>Neal Fried </b>reported that
inflation hovered near a record low for a third straight year during 2017, with
the <b>Anchorage Consumer Price Index </b>increasing just 0.5 percent. <i>That
rate has been lower just four other times since 1960, when the Bureau of Labor
Statistics began producing inflation data for Anchorage,</i> according to this
report. [1]</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFNyyCd8TIImppUOHH3YXFbdOxsTfpmOg8C_8RTiDLxrNK1rN3Tjrl1bNr8kiP4i12-v0G7IYYRRChlxCMZvEoJGOiIZ_5JB4goRInftEq2I9pAnjWaibXZnr6PUVX8OCAPwaGwoAyymf8lIVmPQZS9_TeEg7K9SGHYr5WPuO7KsHjzLfjzhK38Tef=s702" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="702" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFNyyCd8TIImppUOHH3YXFbdOxsTfpmOg8C_8RTiDLxrNK1rN3Tjrl1bNr8kiP4i12-v0G7IYYRRChlxCMZvEoJGOiIZ_5JB4goRInftEq2I9pAnjWaibXZnr6PUVX8OCAPwaGwoAyymf8lIVmPQZS9_TeEg7K9SGHYr5WPuO7KsHjzLfjzhK38Tef=w400-h290" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read
about MatSu Food Bank here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Anchorage
rate of inflation was much higher than the national rate over prior years, due mostly
to a cooling Anchorage housing market, with continuing recession. By contrast,
the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017 increased at the end of July
by 4.1 percent (April through June). This is the fastest growth in four years
with Outside housing markets generally robust.[2]</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A prosperous
Outside economy provides incentive for young Alaskans to leave for better job
opportunities elsewhere.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No other economic
indicator has more daily ramifications for people than inflation. It’s tied to
bargaining agreements, wage negotiations, child support payments, real estate
agreements, and minimum wage adjustments. Because inflation has been so low,
Alaska raised its minimum wage by just a nickel in 2017 and four cents in 2018,</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> explained Fried
in that same article.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghDoGlMgulqYZC3_CJwO1nc_FUm51WQkoUFUCVONz9UJEg-a6iQa3nHKyHzAexoZ98kFydWGqvpSQGpqV_a2aeKz9qGsk9mZi9KCzgADD9t46cdS9aSVpytB5xpmCQ_hSlmviA9pK5aJvs3hB4yLURSn_75B0Jiaif7sPb8jfYLnYl7_qwZYlkG50j=s796" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="796" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghDoGlMgulqYZC3_CJwO1nc_FUm51WQkoUFUCVONz9UJEg-a6iQa3nHKyHzAexoZ98kFydWGqvpSQGpqV_a2aeKz9qGsk9mZi9KCzgADD9t46cdS9aSVpytB5xpmCQ_hSlmviA9pK5aJvs3hB4yLURSn_75B0Jiaif7sPb8jfYLnYl7_qwZYlkG50j=w400-h381" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read this story here: <span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/arrogance-of-entitlement.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/arrogance-of-entitlement.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Today’s
Inflation Rate</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Further, Alaska’s
economy was rated worst in the United States in the third quarter of 2017,
according to </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Business Insider</i></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>: Alaska is among the top 10 state’s GDP
rates--with a per capita of $70,574--while average weekly wage rate is
$1,012.09. Alaska’s labor market was the weakest in the country with a December
2017 unemployment rate of 7.3 percent--one of only two states that lost nonfarm
payroll jobs.</b>[3]</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good paying jobs
in Alaska are reserved for people trained for them, but it costs more to live
in Alaska--always has. That is the first reality of anyone expecting to make a
living here. The second reality is that this state has been losing jobs; May
2018 was the 32<sup>nd</sup> consecutive month Alaska has recorded job
losses—down -0.6 percent statewide.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjg40Ji1Vy1TowN38KCGdSH88Eid7FXiT1qCPmOR3IF4isRW8MMTvsv0s2f4l8Gzh0O0YoZqrI-tXFuMxhAsc75J4WyF-rA66J2gactNTqtXFDERjApCFNUzyA-cvI718a77VMPaOGCkvfrG8OW-de-DIGPbLrCChFm5bd4LfXAgBZptiOP464BYZ2S=s400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="400" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjg40Ji1Vy1TowN38KCGdSH88Eid7FXiT1qCPmOR3IF4isRW8MMTvsv0s2f4l8Gzh0O0YoZqrI-tXFuMxhAsc75J4WyF-rA66J2gactNTqtXFDERjApCFNUzyA-cvI718a77VMPaOGCkvfrG8OW-de-DIGPbLrCChFm5bd4LfXAgBZptiOP464BYZ2S=w400-h286" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Read <b><i>Sheldon
Air Service</i></b> story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
reference pre-pandemic status of the state economy so we can build a strategy
from what we had before to what we need now. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Given this reality, what are the possibilities
for a young person determined to stay in Alaska expecting to enter a career
that would provide long-term quality employment security? Let’s look at the
unemployment profile:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unemployment is
highest in rural Alaska, according to DOLWD: During May of 2018 the Interior
Region was at 7.0% unemployment, Northern Region was 12.1%, Southwest Region
was 11.8%, Gulf Coast Region was 7.3% and Southeast Region was 5.7%, bettering
the Anchorage/Mat-Su rate of unemployment, which was 6.4%.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYC3UXxkw00h2qkChCVPT4CEgfYzq-mix2uKQcLo-vF99Gcf0nbPwT9WDh1Y-a35tT_h3nz0708Dw8_SWjmqq6f1GAIvoNj26HEE5eBXkQkcY681rhgUXJ9oN_u57IN2-iyhqiF61_5qV8pX8wZHaHav-OtPDvMLeBHNYyl99eSaCee_EabaOBh_oM=s1773" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="1291" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYC3UXxkw00h2qkChCVPT4CEgfYzq-mix2uKQcLo-vF99Gcf0nbPwT9WDh1Y-a35tT_h3nz0708Dw8_SWjmqq6f1GAIvoNj26HEE5eBXkQkcY681rhgUXJ9oN_u57IN2-iyhqiF61_5qV8pX8wZHaHav-OtPDvMLeBHNYyl99eSaCee_EabaOBh_oM=w291-h400" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">Current Employment by Region shows increase of employment availability since 2017.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Basic
Skills are Necessary to Access Higher Level Training</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">An estimated 92
percent of Alaskans have a high school diploma or higher, compared to 86
percent nationally. This is good as far as it goes, but the academic outcomes
of Alaska Government Schools makes this a meaningless statistic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">During the mid-2000s,
<b>Alaska High School Graduation Qualifying Exams (HSGQE)</b> under the federal
<b><i>No Child Left Behind Act</i></b> initiative were given twice to high
school sophomores, and twice again each successive year—11<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup>
grades--until passed. HSGQE measured 10<sup>th</sup> grade skills<b><i>.
Certificates of Graduation </i></b>were given in lieu of diplomas until the
HSGQE test was passed, even allowing students to take the test when they were
no longer in attendance.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">When the <b><i>Alaska
Legislature</i></b> revoked requirement to take the HSGQE in 2014--with passage
of Gov. Bill Walker's HB 278--all students who could not pass it were given their diplomas
retroactively, thus reducing the value of all public education graduation
certifications for the past nearly two decades,[4]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>But
those former students still must find jobs.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5fDZKmI4L3TJydOoTh_48_9oT_Zs2CzHFZ5-NhzNtHscQncm3HK8rjv4KWBxiRRk2PTYA9s0WO5Qc8UZE0W3hp4gY1EEiqkg5ntZNWi7_ywAicQJHm3RyLSdO40HEpjG30LzDba6WuhS5AJ9DOpSAW50pXWZJEyfeB6ct0i8_lUs5plcGpRmTeziG=s641" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="604" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5fDZKmI4L3TJydOoTh_48_9oT_Zs2CzHFZ5-NhzNtHscQncm3HK8rjv4KWBxiRRk2PTYA9s0WO5Qc8UZE0W3hp4gY1EEiqkg5ntZNWi7_ywAicQJHm3RyLSdO40HEpjG30LzDba6WuhS5AJ9DOpSAW50pXWZJEyfeB6ct0i8_lUs5plcGpRmTeziG=s320" width="302" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white;">Read <b><i>Nail Time & Spa and
Kim’s Cuisine</i></b> Story Here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Using The <b><i>Alaska
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Combined Plan 2020-2023 we can
examine which</i></b><i> Alaska jobs have good potential for employment given
targeted training.</i> According to this report, Alaska enjoys a concentration
of typically high-wage natural resource and mining jobs that are more than
three times as concentrated here than in other parts of the nation.[5]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjH-_4PJWZuSkGCihAfbaj0N1EhGUrrF5coy0_FJ_1k49ALKU8LPdWqFxnQtyeXjWGpFlwc7rfA1vECqZ9oLbCqPfivr3XOAtvREUNh8ve8MTV0chPJqp4XS-Ou7expBbmwEcPMgicaHQwi9jYR9paz5XirMSAFfTpD2pY8TDQUXrJh0pmvbq5LAAdc=s1689" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="1689" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjH-_4PJWZuSkGCihAfbaj0N1EhGUrrF5coy0_FJ_1k49ALKU8LPdWqFxnQtyeXjWGpFlwc7rfA1vECqZ9oLbCqPfivr3XOAtvREUNh8ve8MTV0chPJqp4XS-Ou7expBbmwEcPMgicaHQwi9jYR9paz5XirMSAFfTpD2pY8TDQUXrJh0pmvbq5LAAdc=w400-h325" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">From the 230 page WIOA Report, these are Alaska job categories to consider:</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Employer
Training to Supplement Public Education for “Priority Occupations”</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alaska hire--the
prioritizing of Alaskans over bringing other skilled workers to the state</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">---</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">has always been a
political challenge, so methods have been developed to measure it. Alaska has
long been the only state that requires employers to report the occupations of
their workers as part of mandatory unemployment insurance reporting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyeBMx3OpcN4v7waaKTsDakpzU04R6EKf7J9kTNxN-_xQ-bByCHOzauTA4v6hoSuwL01TK40dgzoCuKE5bf-SV9BhroWXXPUUev42uM6_aATcs0aUDkyOESKS3vVNDr7YnqaqDGJjidpGTPubh2TBm3I5OlL1D94AE9WMQEsTHB_iSJZn90CCud7ej=s2894" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="2894" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyeBMx3OpcN4v7waaKTsDakpzU04R6EKf7J9kTNxN-_xQ-bByCHOzauTA4v6hoSuwL01TK40dgzoCuKE5bf-SV9BhroWXXPUUev42uM6_aATcs0aUDkyOESKS3vVNDr7YnqaqDGJjidpGTPubh2TBm3I5OlL1D94AE9WMQEsTHB_iSJZn90CCud7ej=w400-h131" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
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of Resident vs Non-Resident Workers<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">This detailed
occupational data reported by employers, together with Permanent Fund
application data on residency of individual workers, allows Alaska to produce a
report each year showing the industries and occupations with the highest
percent of nonresident hires. Certain “Priority Occupations” have been
identified as generally providing a livable wage and being either difficult to
fill with qualified Alaskans or in high demand as a result of projected growth
or attrition/turnover.[6]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p>
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<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">When
considering training for future employment the smart person will look at
categories of employment currently held by non-residents offering high pay.</span></p>
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Industries require certain skills in Alaska’s Workforce.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Certain Alaska industries
have been identified as <i>Priority Industries</i> because they are thriving in
Alaska and need employees in identified <i>Priority Occupations</i>. <b>Reliance
on nonresident workers in priority industries and in-demand occupations was
explored in a 2016 study by <i>The McDowel Group, entitled: </i></b>titled <b><i>Cross-Industry
Workforce Development Priorities.</i></b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This study
identified key skills, trainings, and concepts needed across Alaska’s
construction, oil and gas, mining, health care, and maritime industries. <b><i>The
Alaska Process Industry Consortium (APICC)</i></b>, made up of companies in
those Priority Industries, paid for the study. The goal was to identify
priority occupations and workforce needs in common between the various priority
employers.[7]</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJYRxuasVdQT405iSGX1Q73iO34lM8O2ACTx7IZi-LvLvYpHzlVNE8QyJgly69eeWvF3E9FDNwxdNjml_z8F7mpLsq8hecqaCI_g7BCbU5WVTetmjgAamCkRQVs87nVuROYFD36OD3RYnWvStZSt8IKhcJbkqMCh5RYaFhK0_X4jkAtm8Hbkws1YD4=s1261" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="921" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJYRxuasVdQT405iSGX1Q73iO34lM8O2ACTx7IZi-LvLvYpHzlVNE8QyJgly69eeWvF3E9FDNwxdNjml_z8F7mpLsq8hecqaCI_g7BCbU5WVTetmjgAamCkRQVs87nVuROYFD36OD3RYnWvStZSt8IKhcJbkqMCh5RYaFhK0_X4jkAtm8Hbkws1YD4=w293-h400" width="293" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A young person
looking for a skill set leading to a broad-based career in Alaska’s economy
should consider what they want to do and how they might assure employability,
as explained in this study.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pathways of
interest in those industries include 1. Manufacturing production process
development, 2. Engineering and technology, 3. Transportation operations, 4.
Therapeutic services, 5. Construction, 6. Natural resources systems, and 7.
Maintenance, Installation, and Repair.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb-_cE8MAGJr96Yr9Ee6p9_Qa-8Zt_XRcTZVtmlIe2lK0tGGZSIi5vnMrZlEl4dfETBE2dAAEQY1OP8vy_CjNJZedtI10qEImvoqZiU8tIVO236EUce9-GWNpOXcd9r7FP7IhQLYPvsfj8k2vWzzYeyXk9ITEoKg35uwWfQP8mhRIuGew2V4wYiZ3s=s625" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="625" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb-_cE8MAGJr96Yr9Ee6p9_Qa-8Zt_XRcTZVtmlIe2lK0tGGZSIi5vnMrZlEl4dfETBE2dAAEQY1OP8vy_CjNJZedtI10qEImvoqZiU8tIVO236EUce9-GWNpOXcd9r7FP7IhQLYPvsfj8k2vWzzYeyXk9ITEoKg35uwWfQP8mhRIuGew2V4wYiZ3s=w400-h295" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read <b><i>Alaska
Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The McDowell
study found: “Common skills needed include critical thinking, active listening,
reading comprehension, social perceptiveness, speaking, writing, complex
problem solving, mathematics and science, time management, and active
learning.”</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Instructional
note: This is boilerplate jargon for what employers want in ANY high skilled
position. Basic skills, plus training for specific employability lead to a workplace
tailored for Alaska’s economy.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From the McDowell
Report: The following first pair of charts detail specific top “priority
occupation” skilled jobs in Alaska, with number of expected openings, and wage
ranges available.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name="_Hlk91488738"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of 53 listed Priority Occupations in this report, 17 require a
minimum of HS Diploma/GED while 8 more mandate an Associate Degree or
Postsecondary Non-degree Award. 21 other job categories call for a Bachelor
degree and only 3 require a Master’s Degree.</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91488738;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91488738;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91488738;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Given this cross-section of job categories, a person seeking
career stability by training into skills having multiple priority employment
possibilities, can also cross reference priority jobs to skills with the
following charts:</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91488738;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">This
information over the last five years has been disrupted by an international
pandemic but as we in Alaska recover our economic </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">vitality</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> the need for
trained employees will increase. By looking at what potential jobs will be
needed perhaps more Alaskans who wish to stay and participate in the economy
will be able to do so.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">References:</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[1]Alaska Labor
Trends Publication, July 2018</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://labor.alaska.gov/trends/jul18.pdf"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://labor.alaska.gov/trends/jul18.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">[2]USA
Today, July 27, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/07/27/economy-grows-fastest-pace-four-years-boost-u-s-consumers/845305002/"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/07/27/economy-grows-fastest-pace-four-years-boost-u-s-consumers/845305002/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">[3]Business
Insider Ranking of the States<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/state-economy-ranking-q1-2018-2#51-alaska-1"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.businessinsider.com/state-economy-ranking-q1-2018-2#51-alaska-1</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">[4]Anchorage
Daily News story regarding conclusion of standards requirements for Alaska high
school graduates, June 6, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/alaska-students-who-didnt-pass-exit-exam-can-now-get-diplomas-0/2014/06/05/"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/alaska-students-who-didnt-pass-exit-exam-can-now-get-diplomas-0/2014/06/05/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[5]</span><b><i><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Alaska Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Combined Plan 2020-2023 </span></i></b><a href="https://wioaplans.ed.gov/sites/default/files/pdfs/state-plan/2021/Alaska_PYs_2020-2023.pdf"><b><i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://wioaplans.ed.gov/sites/default/files/pdfs/state-plan/2021//Alaska_PYs_2020-2023.pdf</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">[6]Alaska
Department of Labor report: resident vs non-resident employment<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/reshire/nonres.pdf"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://live.laborstats.alaska.gov//reshire/nonres.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[7]</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> McDowell Group Cross-Industry
Workforce Development Priorities Report, PG 1</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Living the Alaskan Lifestyle is
by definition active. Sitting at a computer screen or looking at a phone are
not active pursuits. So, having lived the Alaskan Lifestyle 60 years means I
have mostly found my groove in dealing with demands of Alaskan Life—I’ve done
enough Alaskan stuff and witnessed enough historic events first-hand—that I
often wake up in the morning with a story on my mind. That story idea MUST be
reduced to words on a screen. No matter how much snow has fallen overnight,
shoveling the sidewalk out of the house will wait.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Coffee preparation first.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My obsession to tell the stories
of what I have witnessed as Alaska evolved from being a poor new state to the
richest state—<i>while Alaskans even now are emersed in the idealism of a child</i>—draws
me to the screen. Over the past year I have pursued stories and written them in
hopes that cherished readers might learn facts they didn’t previously know
about things they might not have cared about before, by looking at what I have
written on a screen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So I understand why Alaskans
might delay the prospect of reading a story I have written and posted knowing
they need to shovel the sidewalk. But here it is, the end of the year and in
case you want to go back and read about something formerly of passing interest,
I am providing an index by theme of the ideas and hard facts I have relayed on
this blog over 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTNfbfAXGSy2pE-XIJc9ERFs-MFStgEKwQ4LdYElNKyizEiiQLGIVEvVNeml5r6FpTEhoqFiUiLAbF1OyE4I0QvoVCi4-5ASL3bHoS0aDZuyFATot8m-imkiD_Rj8oyq5ikE3I_oh7Jp3513k3I6DY0myn1ijAzWVRKHcB3tGrT8-W_RP1oGjDUIBI=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="640" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTNfbfAXGSy2pE-XIJc9ERFs-MFStgEKwQ4LdYElNKyizEiiQLGIVEvVNeml5r6FpTEhoqFiUiLAbF1OyE4I0QvoVCi4-5ASL3bHoS0aDZuyFATot8m-imkiD_Rj8oyq5ikE3I_oh7Jp3513k3I6DY0myn1ijAzWVRKHcB3tGrT8-W_RP1oGjDUIBI=w400-h286" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read <b><i>Sheldon
Air Service</i></b> story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Themes:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span>Alaska
Property Rights<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Alaska
Food Security</span></span></b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Alaska
Elections</span></span></b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Eagle
River/Chugiak Community</span></span></b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Wonder
of the MatSu Valley</span></span></b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Alaska
Education Challenges</span></span></b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Al</span>aska
Healthcare Realities</b></span></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alaskans cherish our land, and when we own a piece of it we
are willing to fight to keep it. Since purchase of the Alaska Railroad from the
federal government, the financially strapped Alaska Railroad Corporation has
become a land baron instead a public convenience. Today many Alaskans are
affronted by the arrogance of ARRC, and this has been my story with the most
clicks in 2021: </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 Alaska
Property Rights<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Alaska Railroad Deception, </span></b><b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;">September 2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/09/is-this-way-to-run-railroad.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/09/is-this-way-to-run-railroad.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjduDYxickWBpXFtebjtJUWpg35bziCKUZbvK__naM5Iq7HVHGvgKdK6UZl6PpZx6qmC7WxwHXmzHvOAm5hSiakik1C2k2ty8M2Y-ifNWKw-afqsGKY9div7CsgG3olGcukG1C25ccSvCivm_YnHkopvbtgZEeOs2CQDzoLykRoSiC9EKlBtJGoIQf7=s905" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="785" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjduDYxickWBpXFtebjtJUWpg35bziCKUZbvK__naM5Iq7HVHGvgKdK6UZl6PpZx6qmC7WxwHXmzHvOAm5hSiakik1C2k2ty8M2Y-ifNWKw-afqsGKY9div7CsgG3olGcukG1C25ccSvCivm_YnHkopvbtgZEeOs2CQDzoLykRoSiC9EKlBtJGoIQf7=w348-h400" width="348" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Read this story: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/alaskas-montessori-education-legacy.html"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/alaskas-montessori-education-legacy.html</span></a><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another Property Rights story with
considerable interest was written before the AARC story and represents the
classic Alaskan response to the threat of using government to diminish natural
property ownership for those who have no economic interest in preserving value
for privately owned land.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When the Flash Mob Wants your
Land, August 2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/arrogance-of-entitlement.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/arrogance-of-entitlement.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The largest Alaska USDA Meat Processing
Plant went on the market after failed attempts to get the State of Alaska to
consider commercial agriculture needs. Purchase of that plant by an Alaskan producer
in November meant availability of the plant again for in-state processing. A
variety of other stories explored Alaska Food Security from different
perspectives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 287.1pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 Alaska Food Security<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">An Eagle River Institution, November
2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/an-eagle-river-institution.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/an-eagle-river-institution.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Steps To Food Security for
Alaska, November, 2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/steps-to-food-security.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/steps-to-food-security.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn0YBHfLNojRg13JQ-txcZLehdWiQZkNsN_QZaRB40kULyeQLEwU9ztM8jRbOJlsgHYMndyBrim6_OvJ6sz0ZITr_FL-Sc_wP3fotS89I3cyWhHib-5E40ygmGt79M1elKTbYyKVsqsmbU7eAImnvbZebgExE7zO8iMnLcYNRMasOAShdbfqc2wdId=s662" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="628" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn0YBHfLNojRg13JQ-txcZLehdWiQZkNsN_QZaRB40kULyeQLEwU9ztM8jRbOJlsgHYMndyBrim6_OvJ6sz0ZITr_FL-Sc_wP3fotS89I3cyWhHib-5E40ygmGt79M1elKTbYyKVsqsmbU7eAImnvbZebgExE7zO8iMnLcYNRMasOAShdbfqc2wdId=w380-h400" width="380" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Read about Mike's Quality Meats
here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/an-eagle-river-institution.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/an-eagle-river-institution.html</span></a><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Let’s Talk about Fertilizer, May
2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/05/lets-talk-about-ftilizer.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/05/lets-talk-about-ftilizer.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Are Alaska agriculture efforts
working?, April 2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/04/steps-to-food-security-for-alaska.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/04/steps-to-food-security-for-alaska.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kodiak Island Area Beef
Production, March 2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/kodiak-island-area-beef-production.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/kodiak-island-area-beef-production.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Addressing Alaska's Hierarchy
of Needs:, February 2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/alaska-has-food-security-options.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/alaska-has-food-security-options.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska Lt Gov Kevin Meyer
explained his commitment to Alaska Election Security during a meeting at the AK
Roundtable. Concerns about how secure our elections are conducted were explored
over the course of the year. Recently Lt Gov Meyer announced he would not be
running for re-election so he can devote his energies to conducting the 2022
election.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq6KzAvuLDE4-AV-KQWzZfASDPJ78cNE_2uzwnv0jsoi0TynijkuL8DXK2LUeieVdhiuRGeDfC2R5CQo58tttomc6ynhaYSLkNEZFgHzW3w04-8jO3xifCNjl2a8RlgYYVIzlpkeE9oWtl1244AcO0iaHUU47kQOy0HApKPAlAJTrh6OZv_Vo2g6tt=s3066" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2528" data-original-width="3066" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq6KzAvuLDE4-AV-KQWzZfASDPJ78cNE_2uzwnv0jsoi0TynijkuL8DXK2LUeieVdhiuRGeDfC2R5CQo58tttomc6ynhaYSLkNEZFgHzW3w04-8jO3xifCNjl2a8RlgYYVIzlpkeE9oWtl1244AcO0iaHUU47kQOy0HApKPAlAJTrh6OZv_Vo2g6tt=w400-h330" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Learn about the AK Roundtable here:</i></b> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html</span></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3 Alaska Elections</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Election Reform Bait-And-Switch, November 2021</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/we-have-options.html"><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/we-have-options.html</span></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">We Must do Better, </span>October
2021</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/10/alaska-election-challenges.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/10/alaska-election-challenges.html</span></a><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Alaska Redistricting options, October 2021</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/10/alaska-redistricting-options.html"><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/10/alaska-redistricting-options.html</span></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Fighting for Alaska Election Integrity, May, 2021</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/05/alaskans-have-much-to-lose.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/05/alaskans-have-much-to-lose.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #050505; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Are Honest Alaskans being Played for Fools?
March 2021</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/alaska-election-questions.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/alaska-election-questions.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wonderful businesses and community
groups are part of the community of Eagle River/Chugiak. This area is distinct
from the rest of the Mun<b><i>icipality of Anchorage </i></b>and some believe
it should form its own municipality. Over this year I have written often about
options and how detachment might work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgB-CxMoQvFX1q_NC8iFMytgVAkzKgHVgklFFHDOOUkkSlBNVbt5sVZj6nXn615bpOeOrwmBfQ2mh6AmljZgFQxDh3nN1o2lcy-K2aICKIoC4vs8gadTNC1nlWhQbRHQc_FL7FwMcaxDACAiUW_2Jh0oYcX7wHkaalyR3vDfri3HASPSsbaWofw3MAC=s641" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="604" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgB-CxMoQvFX1q_NC8iFMytgVAkzKgHVgklFFHDOOUkkSlBNVbt5sVZj6nXn615bpOeOrwmBfQ2mh6AmljZgFQxDh3nN1o2lcy-K2aICKIoC4vs8gadTNC1nlWhQbRHQc_FL7FwMcaxDACAiUW_2Jh0oYcX7wHkaalyR3vDfri3HASPSsbaWofw3MAC=s320" width="302" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Read <b><i>Nail Time & Spa and
Kim’s Cuisine</i></b> Story Here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4 Eagle River/Chugiak Community<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Let Small Business Freedom Ring!, December 2021</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">EaglExit: What Kind of Local Government DO we Want? August
2021</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/visions-of-eaglexit_28.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/visions-of-eaglexit_28.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Garcias Restaurant, July 2021</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/garcias-restaurant.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/garcias-restaurant.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>How Eagle River Elks Contribute to
our Community, June 2021</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/06/quality-of-life-matters.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/06/quality-of-life-matters.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The “Cityhood Movement” Moves North, June 2021</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-cityhood-movement-moves-north-2021.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-cityhood-movement-moves-north-2021.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Veteran-Owned Business, May 2021</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/05/veteran-owned-business.html"><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/05/veteran-owned-business.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The Important Role of Local Government, May 2021</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/05/eaglexit-challenges.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/05/eaglexit-challenges.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Bridging Businesses and Customers with New
Payment Options, <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>April 2021</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/04/meeting-economic-challenges.html"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/04/meeting-economic-challenges.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>What kind of future do we want? April 2021</b></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-vision-for-chugiak-eagle-river-2021.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-vision-for-chugiak-eagle-river-2021.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>MEA Serves Eagle River Well, <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%;">March 2021</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/please-vote-for-me.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/please-vote-for-me.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Our Public Education Challenge, March 2021</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/our-asd-public-education-challenge.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/our-asd-public-education-challenge.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Challenges from Anchorage, March 2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/challenges-from-anchorage_20.html"><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/challenges-from-anchorage_20.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7vCitbE8wggWwwOVdYZnTFmRvKgCvQbcQfgT7CQyEjh0r7BtAMuHxwCzQvLT3P-pSdC-VhCI7egrtfuI2njTxO9A4ihtOZI1Ct8Sjb-tpZ6Xp769PM9ZwXA7RGT6jYeuEha8yH8FUavxYeGL4PWzFrEOpIcUNAWhfBCGxpjLsmXX54ZprfSTaIn1z=s720" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="720" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7vCitbE8wggWwwOVdYZnTFmRvKgCvQbcQfgT7CQyEjh0r7BtAMuHxwCzQvLT3P-pSdC-VhCI7egrtfuI2njTxO9A4ihtOZI1Ct8Sjb-tpZ6Xp769PM9ZwXA7RGT6jYeuEha8yH8FUavxYeGL4PWzFrEOpIcUNAWhfBCGxpjLsmXX54ZprfSTaIn1z=w400-h295" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read <b><i>Alaska
Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #050505; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>What Happened to Anchorage Hospitality?
February 2021</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html"><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Cozy Side of Eagle River, </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">January 2021</span></span></b><span style="color: #050505; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/01/destiny-happens.html"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/01/destiny-happens.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As the economic and political
epicenter of Alaska, the MatSu Valley continues to appeal to Alaskans seeking opportunity
to live with minimum government intrusions and mandates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Former Alaska Sen. <b>Edna DeVries</b> won
election as Borough Mayor. Local residents celebrate the unique history of this
area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a name="_Hlk91665402"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5 Wonder of the MatSu Valley<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUJa8gcMitiqfk23kpKarr31p45Mv3ymPAov8eJYN-7WtwiAksFDUAetMXa4qlv77GN9qf4Oa8FYRpScXIDjlQvW3hUTj0c0_A_8S1nBKl_rnQSSuHK52hTCU5eMXpQ3OoeZmV8I98kBOdzlJI1XGqf2kkkv9Rvt3d8v8N63esK7g6h3j5ZoGWfp6S=s702" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="702" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUJa8gcMitiqfk23kpKarr31p45Mv3ymPAov8eJYN-7WtwiAksFDUAetMXa4qlv77GN9qf4Oa8FYRpScXIDjlQvW3hUTj0c0_A_8S1nBKl_rnQSSuHK52hTCU5eMXpQ3OoeZmV8I98kBOdzlJI1XGqf2kkkv9Rvt3d8v8N63esK7g6h3j5ZoGWfp6S=w400-h290" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read
about MatSu Food Bank here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Quality
of Life in the MatSu Valley, November 2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"></span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/alaskas-economy-now.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/alaskas-economy-now.html</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Is
Change Always Good? September 2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"></span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/09/is-change-always-good.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/09/is-change-always-good.html</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alaska’s
Denali Legacy, August 2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"></span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">MatSu
Food Bank Builds Community, July 2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"></span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Continued
decline in academic outcomes in Alaska Government Schools has resulted in
outrage by parents who discovered what was being taught in some schools. This
challenge will require concerted effort as parents pull their kids and school
boards continue to ask for more funding anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">6 Alaska Education Challenges<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What is the AK Roundtable?</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/what-is-ak-roundtable.html</span></a><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Alaska’s Montessori Education Legacy, December 2021</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"></span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/alaskas-montessori-education-legacy.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/alaskas-montessori-education-legacy.html</span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Parents
have Rights! August 2012</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"></span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/parents-have-rights.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/parents-have-rights.html</span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The
Conspiracy against $Alaska Public Education$, </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">J</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">une
2021</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"></span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/06/what-parents-can-do.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/06/what-parents-can-do.html</span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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o:spid="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="A person sitting at a desk with a computer Description automatically generated with medium confidence"
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Out
of control costs for healthcare have been acerbated by a Covid Pandemic that
provided more excuses for keeping healthcare contained by large providers. This
is a complicated issue and it is primarily driven by financial interests over
healthcare.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk91665402;"></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">7 Alaska Healthcare Realities<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Certificate of Need Scam, October 2021</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-certificate-of-need-scam.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-certificate-of-need-scam.html</a><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Who is
Politicizing Alaska’s Health Care Crisis? September 2021</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-threat-of-competence.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-threat-of-competence.html</a><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Alaska’s
Pandemic Battle, February 2021</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">(2021</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">©</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">donnliston.com)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9h2135h91C0WH_GI7T1RDt81nFqST_rYcatoTuIn1ExMFSPM55vmHEHKrGlen1fTHK68tQgnqvJu7MLPDiPzm40UNrnJV7v3yN_gnaDceGhJ1F8yKNNa5ww0jMTlhxIP2ld-nGMZKLc/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="629" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9h2135h91C0WH_GI7T1RDt81nFqST_rYcatoTuIn1ExMFSPM55vmHEHKrGlen1fTHK68tQgnqvJu7MLPDiPzm40UNrnJV7v3yN_gnaDceGhJ1F8yKNNa5ww0jMTlhxIP2ld-nGMZKLc/w355-h400/image.png" width="355" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;">Ric Davidge</b><span style="text-align: left;"> is co-founder and “referee” of the </span><b style="text-align: left;"><i>AK Roundtable</i></b><span style="text-align: left;">.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Avzb7jDcg4cyXaIopFal-aQh4P1ZB3NNjaxUUAf6q2jG48R7slsY1yQCmTH1W-MgurZte7m0s10V7ghzfuS5xGqfoEDsvS5YHV2lwqXQOmjNiGXro8iVBbFmQjHksXjoey2BSaq3BKg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="1153" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Avzb7jDcg4cyXaIopFal-aQh4P1ZB3NNjaxUUAf6q2jG48R7slsY1yQCmTH1W-MgurZte7m0s10V7ghzfuS5xGqfoEDsvS5YHV2lwqXQOmjNiGXro8iVBbFmQjHksXjoey2BSaq3BKg/w336-h86/AKRoundtableLogo.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">In educational terms, one generation transfers knowledge to
the next by what has been called the </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Intergenerational Transfer of
Cognitive Knowledge</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">.[1] That is what our teachers and schools are
supposed to be doing—imparting the common knowledge to young Alaskans necessary
to promote best interests of families and society in each new generation. Additionally,
we all learn some things through exposure to other persons who are not
specifically designated as teachers. Senior members of the community will naturally
gather regularly to share information freely, and anyone lucky enough to be in attendance
at such gatherings can learn a lot.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska Native cultures actively honor the transfer of wisdom
from elders.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This writer discovered how this worked while living aboard a boat in
Juneau during the 1980s. A group of local residents met regularly at <b><i>City
Café </i></b>to do what is euphemistically referred to as <i>shooting the bull.</i>
Former local elected officials and teachers, tradesmen, local business owners
and state/local government workers, regularly met for coffee and toast or
breakfast for a couple of informative hours. Conversations were between individual
participants, or everybody would talk around a certain topic of the day. It
represented a transfer of knowledge and experience. Many of these people would
relate how certain things used to be done a certain way and why they are now
done differently.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFoSK-xTG3oIgnvJdI16KGEkN6OA_AY9ESNWlr2hyphenhyphen6Tpkw0kRftzVhEmaQ-kfDvfXQBPeQh54zlmh4_JlwTxOgh0KSwpZdRd5OTxtcBgc5243Rw5BzvaIgi4r5p0gz_RyKb5rXo8uhT0/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="628" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFoSK-xTG3oIgnvJdI16KGEkN6OA_AY9ESNWlr2hyphenhyphen6Tpkw0kRftzVhEmaQ-kfDvfXQBPeQh54zlmh4_JlwTxOgh0KSwpZdRd5OTxtcBgc5243Rw5BzvaIgi4r5p0gz_RyKb5rXo8uhT0/w380-h400/image.png" width="380" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Read about Mike's Quality Meats
here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/an-eagle-river-institution.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/an-eagle-river-institution.html</span></a></span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Change is not always good.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Today in Anchorage an organization has evolved out of what
began as the kind of coffee-clutch I once experienced in Juneau. I know of
other such regular gatherings at certain restaurants around Anchorage, but I
became interested in this particular gathering because it has an elevated
mission—actually promoting deep understanding of issues impacting Alaska—called the <b><i>AK
Roundtable.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1Fd5kIxXATYHUTa9PKo4lcEw1g_516pxd7uf1TdtWbxeAsolrH_JfgizloqVXeRD0R2aRXdc555S8KaWQJ168y5XTxx1FQhsN8zQFQpJTwZ969mK_oJWTbN2BisPD_yK1ZtPX1ZsHac/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="634" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1Fd5kIxXATYHUTa9PKo4lcEw1g_516pxd7uf1TdtWbxeAsolrH_JfgizloqVXeRD0R2aRXdc555S8KaWQJ168y5XTxx1FQhsN8zQFQpJTwZ969mK_oJWTbN2BisPD_yK1ZtPX1ZsHac/w400-h224/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">A recent view of the </span><b style="text-align: left;"><i>AK Roundtable.</i></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Conceived in frustration.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I became angry with the <b>Alaska Republican Party</b>—and
resigned after being chairman of the Platform Committee and a District Chairman
for many years, and active in many other ways, explained</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> <b>Ric Davidge</b>, a co-founder<i>.
I just got pissed off because nobody would DO anything</i>. <i>We have had a
Republican majority of voters in the state for years but when we elect
Republicans they change when they get to Juneau. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some apparently don’t know how to be consistently
conservative.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Davidge continued:<i> So I started having a weekly luncheon
on Thursdays</i>. <i>Anybody could come and join a friendly chit-chat. It
evolved from one hour to an hour and a half to two hours and next we had elected
officials showing up.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDNmLKEu7ZPsuMCgbnQyXxzXqqwo-zzNg3L6c0eTaELYQ5QMssrK65ZvwER-AVNjKEhweJWuMCY_a7Nj10-OaNbcr-jdTDsLGNMnAxc6jGcIoiRGluf_H_p_UdejNgvIFNtk-xj6ki8Gbuo2rIXAwuRLS6yOuiPzEr2aoRdHTuMhn1XTuzjz3Hcd4u=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDNmLKEu7ZPsuMCgbnQyXxzXqqwo-zzNg3L6c0eTaELYQ5QMssrK65ZvwER-AVNjKEhweJWuMCY_a7Nj10-OaNbcr-jdTDsLGNMnAxc6jGcIoiRGluf_H_p_UdejNgvIFNtk-xj6ki8Gbuo2rIXAwuRLS6yOuiPzEr2aoRdHTuMhn1XTuzjz3Hcd4u=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Usually on Zoom, <b>Holly Sheldon Lee </b>is an active member of <b><i>AK Roundtable,</i></b> sometimes coming to Anchorage from her home in Talkeetna.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><i><br /></i></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Participants are mostly conservative, and information is
about matters about which all are concerned.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It came to be a place where people could be very honest and
talk about how they felt about something—put it on the table and have a
conversation about it—and sometimes even now I have to be the referee in the
meetings, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">continued Davidge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Near the conclusion of each meeting the chair goes around the
table and asks if anybody has any further matter to bring up.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPLJpC6Zr9Q8pDdhe7mA66DuHw5E0jCSVuPGu3AoLq-KFCA6zM9U_Gq6OFFuXiDfzZZ7RMYOy3YeGyjnq8oWMG7VCvKaKFjODsYAE_-lUiy9gL2lxz0WwJApyZUs7mvMhfe0ERMaIc84I/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="702" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPLJpC6Zr9Q8pDdhe7mA66DuHw5E0jCSVuPGu3AoLq-KFCA6zM9U_Gq6OFFuXiDfzZZ7RMYOy3YeGyjnq8oWMG7VCvKaKFjODsYAE_-lUiy9gL2lxz0WwJApyZUs7mvMhfe0ERMaIc84I/w400-h290/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read
about MatSu Food Bank here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Shooting the Bull.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>One day at the public
restaurant where we were meeting, one of our members observed that it appeared
we were being taped, </i>explained Davidge</span></b><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">. I looked over and a person had
put their phone in a place to record our meeting. I decided we needed to find
another meeting place.</span></b><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXnZ7ITP5PHloNAYsmM0cIijRkUYb1wrgK-FW9l2lFC51bMF9hMpCJOLoUKcALptvOs00eAxOh4oLFLWAkaGuDSXYJcrV4n1rUMNda3nHjuE4eI4UPBCPFPYauI61hq5UHdbuLy4lN1s/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="574" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXnZ7ITP5PHloNAYsmM0cIijRkUYb1wrgK-FW9l2lFC51bMF9hMpCJOLoUKcALptvOs00eAxOh4oLFLWAkaGuDSXYJcrV4n1rUMNda3nHjuE4eI4UPBCPFPYauI61hq5UHdbuLy4lN1s/w400-h398/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;">Ray Kreig</b><i style="text-align: left;"> provides the meeting place for <b>AK Roundtable </b>201 Barrow St.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">The meetings are currently held at a location owned by </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Ray
Kreig </b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">and the mammoth table is actually an oval. No minutes are kept
and anyone who doesn’t identify themselves on the conference call are cut off. Depending
on what is going on they have 20 to 60 participants including zoom.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We have had Democrats come to the Roundtable, too,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> continued Davidge; <b><i>Meg Zaletel</i></b><i>
from the Assembly came to the <b>AK Roundtable</b>. She sat there for an hour
and a half getting her butt kicked. She called me afterward and said: “I
learned more in that meeting than I have in almost any meeting I have been at.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Pa6CukeJ89smqVlFfGTzg2i9n7XPq2FDq1WlzTS2p88lNWoQ8Kx8mDmzp-QfozieoVSWBToO4ZUJOIX9cKv8fMxDWskUBVdhvQ8DJ9gF4uDF0XGQuTaitOaMyIetxwNMr3356BonBj4/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="604" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Pa6CukeJ89smqVlFfGTzg2i9n7XPq2FDq1WlzTS2p88lNWoQ8Kx8mDmzp-QfozieoVSWBToO4ZUJOIX9cKv8fMxDWskUBVdhvQ8DJ9gF4uDF0XGQuTaitOaMyIetxwNMr3356BonBj4/w377-h400/image.png" width="377" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white;">Read <b><i>Nail Time & Spa and
Kim’s Cuisine</i></b> Story Here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></o:p></span></i><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Transfer of information works through
thesis-antithesis-synthesis.</span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Davidge says the group has come to realize that information
generated among participating members could be instructional for candidates aspiring
for elected office. Toward that end the group has begun producing policy books
on all important issues of our state and city, beginning with a book on <b>Homelessness</b>.
Davidge authors and produces the books--with contributions from subject matter
experts in the group--and pays for a limited production run of each book. He
sells them for $10 to cover costs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiVf-0AAOfxZLPmG6P-a57O6ctfG_A3ZXZsg9yVJkV2xvL81Y5cjYEskRrlSNDn3K6Js_eVuz_NdxssH64TIDI1eJt-aPWfDEdwqHLdj9rb4RBassWt6Y6SsuZMbb9bDcDCckYJb8ufFw7xUnCvZtwqBKTal7H2rZjiI0DKQXmyFJChBeKG26pL8Kw=s1403" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1403" data-original-width="1283" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiVf-0AAOfxZLPmG6P-a57O6ctfG_A3ZXZsg9yVJkV2xvL81Y5cjYEskRrlSNDn3K6Js_eVuz_NdxssH64TIDI1eJt-aPWfDEdwqHLdj9rb4RBassWt6Y6SsuZMbb9bDcDCckYJb8ufFw7xUnCvZtwqBKTal7H2rZjiI0DKQXmyFJChBeKG26pL8Kw=w366-h400" width="366" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These are books heavy with data, context, and analysis of
policy with an eye for meaningful change. Twelve such books are in progress.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We have built several candidates--who are now elected
officials--who previously came regularly to the<b> AK Roundtable</b>,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> said Davidge. <i>They had the
opportunity anytime to ask any question, and sit at the table and participate.
Some were never going to run for elected office but in some cases we convinced
members of the need for competent candidates to run for certain seats in the <b>Alaska
Legislature. </b>Our goal is to educate competent, limited government,
candidates and begin the process of <b>Right-Sizing our Alaska State
Government.</b> We need people who know it is necessary and want to know how to
cut our state budget. Of course that isn’t going to happen right now--but by
getting competent people into office the process can begin around the edges
prior to the next election. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgbp_hTtX49j2RtHudV_NoQQCJ98iBstfngf_PfqKDKcf4FWYaUOveLBhylYLeHgmCp8W9FSa7BWTEENTh8RtLx3b9uDSe61I_Rzb18kpxHMxeT-JMTv4tthVbEhFQNwzki55ljrcOORe6eIxqmFpxhvTmVQo2IQHCMdgtcbBwWuaTnwjvrZO_WxEY=s747" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="747" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgbp_hTtX49j2RtHudV_NoQQCJ98iBstfngf_PfqKDKcf4FWYaUOveLBhylYLeHgmCp8W9FSa7BWTEENTh8RtLx3b9uDSe61I_Rzb18kpxHMxeT-JMTv4tthVbEhFQNwzki55ljrcOORe6eIxqmFpxhvTmVQo2IQHCMdgtcbBwWuaTnwjvrZO_WxEY=w400-h296" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A group of Alaska Legislators posed for this picture with guests recently at the <b>AK Roundtable.</b></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Davidge adds:</span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> Hopefully the <b>Alaska Legislature</b> will
have a good solid majority in the house of 25—not 20, not 21 but a solid 25—and
in the Senate at least 13 to 14 solid competent conservative Alaskan elected
officials.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbSum4zK6esT8IYeA4M8_t8uGSG4sNhINzUGRMww_43Yn12mu-ACo81lLo_kA-2Srd1r4DaMQymIERmLdTCW41eUlzk9HTUJoGG6TQtADINpj7vQl96Ze6viduUXv7XQ1ppgKNUPEVVY/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="607" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbSum4zK6esT8IYeA4M8_t8uGSG4sNhINzUGRMww_43Yn12mu-ACo81lLo_kA-2Srd1r4DaMQymIERmLdTCW41eUlzk9HTUJoGG6TQtADINpj7vQl96Ze6viduUXv7XQ1ppgKNUPEVVY/w400-h398/image.png" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">Eagle River Rep. </span><b style="text-align: left;">Ken McCarty</b><span style="text-align: left;"> is a frequent participant at the </span><b style="text-align: left;">AK Roundtable.</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></i><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">An ambitious goal, to educate candidates; so what qualifies
this group to have impact? Recruiting and preparing quality candidates for
public office is something the political parties used to do. Now Democrats run
as Republicans and year after year some Republicans cop out to give the
Democrats the reigns in Juneau (including most significantly my own Eagle River
</span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Rep. Kelly Merrick)</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ranked Choice voting</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> further muddies the water.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What does “Right-Sizing Government” mean?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We have a book in production about that topic, but when
government is bloated it costs more than it should, services have not improved,
and waste encourages corruption,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> Davidge said. <i>I experienced how that happens as </i><b style="font-style: italic;">Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Interior</b><i> under </i><b>President Ronald Reagan<i>. <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Davidge worked in Washington D.C. for <b>Alaska Sen. Ted
Stevens before being appointed by Pres. Reagan.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It became very clear to me that the problem wasn’t with
Democrats or Republications but with Washington DC itself, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">said Davidge<i>. There is a different
reality inside the beltway than across America. Corruption there was up to your
neck. I was very fortunate that we had an Inspector General who was a retired
marine and straight as hell. He came to my office the first day and said: “let
me tell you what is going on here.” I said: “I have been here before,” and he
said: “You don’t know shit.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Anyway, he explained to me how lobbyists of the various
entities work to manipulate persons in critical positions to say yes or no, </b></span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>continued Davidge</b><i><b>. The IG told me:
“If you go to a restaurant in town here, and you are having a beer or whatever
at the bar, and some good-looking woman comes over and sits next to you--and
starts making the moves--I guarantee somebody is paying her to do it.” </b><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Two days later it happened. A block away from the White House
at <b>Dîner en Blanc</b> —a great restaurant—this woman started making the
moves. I asked her: “Whose paying you?” <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I was happily married and had a couple of kids and yet every
time I turned around some woman was putting the move on me,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> Davidge said. <i>I grew up in
Hollywood California, so I understood what was going on. But it got to the
point that I told the president: “I’ve been here five years, it’s time to go
home to Alaska.” <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClgriEhCV0cOwXYRqp6ZA0-LagA7snsbj8gn4YwK1kaBRuJf3__LH58AuSWFski8M9wxGJ-ty8hfo5X8lNRvaMzkg7fczcLE-I0KopBRAH9Aszj3JpJsTvc-J9JA1f2gLY0PuCa5XL7E/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="625" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClgriEhCV0cOwXYRqp6ZA0-LagA7snsbj8gn4YwK1kaBRuJf3__LH58AuSWFski8M9wxGJ-ty8hfo5X8lNRvaMzkg7fczcLE-I0KopBRAH9Aszj3JpJsTvc-J9JA1f2gLY0PuCa5XL7E/w400-h295/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read <b><i>Alaska
Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaskans cannot know what is happening in political power
centers like Washington DC, or even Juneau, without witnessing it themselves. As
someone who lived in Juneau 20 years, and actively attempted to influence
public policy for employers who benefited from state spending, this writer
understands the nature of the swamp at the state level. Few Alaskans can know
that, but we depend upon the integrity of state and national elected officials to
honor the trust of those who elected them to swim among snakes and alligators.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And then there is the bureaucracy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In my position I fired lots of people for cause—including the
chief financial officer of the <b>National Park Service (NPS),</b></span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> continued Davidge. <i>But when I
told Reagan I was ready to go home after five years, he said: “I can’t let you
go home right now, you’ve got a couple more things to do.” <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Davidge explained the back-game: Reagan’s first bill was a re-write
of the <b>Economic Recovery Tax Act </b>necessary in the face of <b>President Jimmy Carter’s</b>
failed economic policies. One of the things in that bill was a provision
authored by Davidge, for restoration of historic properties, allowing recovery of
all expenses over a five-year period. In four years more historic properties
were restored than had occurred in the history of the United States, according
to Davidge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.alec.org/article/40th-anniversary-of-reagans-economic-recovery-tax-act/">https://www.alec.org/article/40th-anniversary-of-reagans-economic-recovery-tax-act/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Davidge explained:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>I
figured out that If I made this an economic incentive instead of a regulatory requirement,
we would get a better outcome. The response exploded, and that angered the
Radical Left, but it was the best approach. I looked at a lot of the restored historic
properties that people and businesses wanted to restore, but they weren’t going
to do it without an economic incentive as opposed to a federal regulatory
demand.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXq58W9IU8SBVan2CbKyr07I8e4Q3x4rju_8_ITRzuQ2yeQY32J8ICR8hkxuVglnB2CWw5oGm78PMgL6h1t65YC-Xg0npKBxJFyCEeHQD3ipCPXc5n-uuLkZDY-H3_emvKlzg82x07NA/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXq58W9IU8SBVan2CbKyr07I8e4Q3x4rju_8_ITRzuQ2yeQY32J8ICR8hkxuVglnB2CWw5oGm78PMgL6h1t65YC-Xg0npKBxJFyCEeHQD3ipCPXc5n-uuLkZDY-H3_emvKlzg82x07NA/w300-h400/image.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ric Davidge</b><i> discussed his life experience and the </i><b style="font-style: italic;">AK Roundtable</b><i> over lunch for this story.</i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></i><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">My wife was finishing her degree in Speech Language Pathology
at the <b>University of Maryland,</b> and because of her fiscal support she was
going to work for the Public Health Service,</span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> Davidge continued<i>. I asked the President if he
could get her assigned to Alaska. When
she finished her program, she was reassigned to Alaska and we returned home.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wMRmj6ZUQadzi2mO7r8rJVGB4ggUtxdCANE6jmojo-9Z_SMf_1AmlJYb7v63m4Huy2pFbNf8vQfNdJx-DXkT1IbavOiuZoKgjtAZtly2WmMfV9L8oyvR1_fVLSdQAqt-GCo5cnMsPbQ/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="640" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wMRmj6ZUQadzi2mO7r8rJVGB4ggUtxdCANE6jmojo-9Z_SMf_1AmlJYb7v63m4Huy2pFbNf8vQfNdJx-DXkT1IbavOiuZoKgjtAZtly2WmMfV9L8oyvR1_fVLSdQAqt-GCo5cnMsPbQ/w400-h286/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read <b><i>Sheldon
Air Service</i></b> story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>During the time when Davidge worked for Alaska Sen. Ted
Stevens, he witnessed first-hand herculean efforts in Washington DC, to address
failure to transmit Alaska lands to the state under the <i>Statehood Act</i>
passed in 1959. There remain today many issues dealing with public access, wildlife
management, and use of federal lands. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I have written several confidential documents at the request
of certain elected officials,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> said Davidge. Many of them have to do with Alaska Lands and
the continued federal colonial attitude. We need to continually consider “What
does State sovereignty really</span> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">mean?”<b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Book in process.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Davidge said: <i>The report from the <b>Citizen’s Advisory
Committee on Public Lands,</b> which I initiated and got passed in the <b>Alaska
Legislature</b> with <b>Sen. Bettye Fahrenkamp</b>, was the result of what I
had discovered when one day Sen. Stevens came into my office and said: “Some
total whacko with big beard and long hair came into the <b>Senate
Appropriations Committee</b> and started telling us about all this corrupt
stuff going on in the <b>Alaska Park Service</b>. He said “it’s not believable,
find out who this guy is and what’s going on.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">http://dnr.alaska.gov/commis/cacfa/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">What I learned from that guy, <b>Chuck Cushman</b>, was that
under <b>President Jimmy Carter</b> the NPS, US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management
and other agencies were using what is known as a <b>Declaration of Taking</b>--posting
notice on the door of property owners stating: “This property now belongs to
the US Government, please contact this (certain) court to find out when you can
be paid,” </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">said
Davidge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases this was directly
contrary to federal laws that created these areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sent a copy to the Attorney General. THAT caused
an interesting meeting.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This was happening all over the country. Alaska lands were also
a target especially sportsmen like hunting guides.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">So, we did several things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>First, I was able to get the <b>General Accounting Office</b> to do a
series of investigations, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Davidge said.<i> They began with the</i></span><i> </i><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> that Cushman had told us about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We discovered that this ‘park’ was created by
Rep. <b>John Seiberling</b>, House Chair of the <b><i>Interior Affairs
Committee</i></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>His own home was
in the area along with a friend who was the publisher of a local paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They wanted to stop residential development,
but we learned Chairman Seiberling constructed a special provision that allowed
him to donate his property to the state and the state to the NPS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This enabled him to keep residence on the
property and home, to remain that way until his youngest grandson passed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The NPS took care of all his property at no
cost to him.</i></span><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From Seiberling obituary:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHdf9qURt2QosTB3HCIhGXtbOvz1lrWxVgvgXdN3hcvh173oUZXr3GTzQJV7PqBC6CcFcs1gekGCoDXaw1uBRrgnUVG5sqA9IdnQyPOXcXD1Bt5rGGcPtd5dlW3jVcuzFDTdIleCxTP4/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="615" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHdf9qURt2QosTB3HCIhGXtbOvz1lrWxVgvgXdN3hcvh173oUZXr3GTzQJV7PqBC6CcFcs1gekGCoDXaw1uBRrgnUVG5sqA9IdnQyPOXcXD1Bt5rGGcPtd5dlW3jVcuzFDTdIleCxTP4/w400-h171/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://seiberlingvisualhistory.org/John_F_Seiberling/" style="text-align: left;">https://seiberlingvisualhistory.org/John_F_Seiberling/</a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Sen. Stevens requested the report, and it was a very good
report. It exposed all the corruption Rep. Seiberling was involved in.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ted directed me to deliver that report to Seiberling
personally</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">, said
Davidge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>This gave Ted some leverage
in finishing the <b>Alaska Lands Act.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There were many more such GAO reports that even shocked the US Attorney
General.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><br />
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What about the <i>AK Roundtable</i> book on Education at the
printer now?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">First, WE don’t call it <b>public education</b>, we call it <b>government
education, </b></span></i><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">said
Davidge</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">. <i>We know
the reason THEY call it public education is to get around the idea of
government control but the <b>AK Roundtable</b> tries very hard to be very
clear about the facts. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Right off the bat the book recognizes the current Anchorage crisis
of felony unlawful exploitation of minors under the law:<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska Statutes 11.41.436 and 11.41.455 describe the
circumstances that define the felony of unlawful exploitation of a minor: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">AS 11.41.436:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(a)</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> An offender commits the
crime of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree if…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(4)</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
being 16 years of age or older, the offender aids, induces, causes, or
encourages a person who is under 16 years of age to engage in conduct described
in AS </span><a href="about:blank"><span color="windowtext" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.41.455</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (a)(2) - (6);<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">*and*</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> the offender occupies a
position of authority in relation to the victim.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Alaska Statute 11.41.455</b> graphically describes the
kinds of sexual activities the minor may be induced into performing by the
exploitative adult who is grooming them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As we know, the process of grooming a child for future exploitation
begins slowly, the perpetrator often starting by showing the child pornographic
materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">How is this different from the adults within the school
district providing our children with easily accessible pornographic
materials?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">These people are effectively babysitting our children with
our trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">How would you feel if you found out that the babysitter
you left your children with one evening had been showing them pornographic and
sexually explicit materials while you were out to dinner on date night?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Also from the Education Book developed by <i>AK Roundtable</i>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">School Management and Functional Results,
and Reorganization</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We support ‘</span><i style="font-family: arial;">results management’</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> and
it </span><u style="font-family: arial;">must be required by law</u><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">This
is a systemic programmatically integrated management tool, and the only
effective measure of our public investments into all thing’s government
service.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">It simply means that the
results of government services are measured no longer by just process, and
these measurements are audited biannually to ensure their honesty, so that </span><u style="font-family: arial;">the
people</u><span style="font-family: arial;"> can actually see and measure and clearly understand the value of
such services compared to their investments (taxes) and other funds.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">As a result of federal and then state actions
requiring student testing by states, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">we finally have a measure of the
results</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> of our investments into PreK – 12 education both private and
government.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska spends more money per student
per capita than any other state in America – and any other nation per capita,
and has, in almost all cases, the lowest reading and math scores in the
nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">As Alaskans we all need to ask
more questions of our government. It seems appropriate that persons who have traditional American values should want to address the crisis of ignorance in our time. The <i>AK Roundtable </i>is a good place to
air the questions many are asking.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-3rH049heeNTbrqhV0GuA12VCYFL5Bvih5nJ1aEycN77mXVFUjiEJlDz5gvyoj2Fc2foOULh60vp9DwGEldB7nHZUEUd-9ZOowKTljt3GvFIvGWfDWYMvN91qcDQRRDoA_IHHvkwPu4NGs_psQb0zBtPzFYJ53H8yzNYHu2nFXSMneDx6cddE3xfN=s461" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="461" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-3rH049heeNTbrqhV0GuA12VCYFL5Bvih5nJ1aEycN77mXVFUjiEJlDz5gvyoj2Fc2foOULh60vp9DwGEldB7nHZUEUd-9ZOowKTljt3GvFIvGWfDWYMvN91qcDQRRDoA_IHHvkwPu4NGs_psQb0zBtPzFYJ53H8yzNYHu2nFXSMneDx6cddE3xfN=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[1]IZA Institute of Labor
Statistics study, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/5749/the-intergenerational-transmission-of-cognitive-and-non-cognitive-skills-during-adolescence-and-young-adulthood">https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/5749/the-intergenerational-transmission-of-cognitive-and-non-cognitive-skills-during-adolescence-and-young-adulthood</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[2] 40<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of
Reagan’s Economic Recovery Tax Act, August 10, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.alec.org/article/40th-anniversary-of-reagans-economic-recovery-tax-act/">https://www.alec.org/article/40th-anniversary-of-reagans-economic-recovery-tax-act/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[3]Anchorage schools remove
‘Gender Queer’ graphic memoir from school shelves, November 13,2019, <a href="https://mustreadalaska.com/anchorage-schools-remove-gender-queer-graphic-memoir-from-school-shelves/">https://mustreadalaska.com/anchorage-schools-remove-gender-queer-graphic-memoir-from-school-shelves/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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of <i>Tom Thumb Montessori Schools</i></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #727272; font-family: arial; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
previous reduced version of this story was published August 9, 2018 in </span><span style="color: #28262b; font-family: arial; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6144703834679089068/2929949576665431845"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">ECHO Magazine</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #28262b; letter-spacing: -0.75pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #28262b; font-size: large; letter-spacing: -0.75pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many Alaskan baby boomers experienced a remarkable 40-year Anchorage private education option at a school system I was
proud in the mid-2000s to have attempted to save from foreclosure. I learned
important insight into why Alaska Public Education is a <i>pig in a poke</i> from this
effort.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I
also learned how local childcare regulators favor nonprofit organizations
which keep truly private education options unaffordable. The goal is obviously
government control of children at every phase of their development.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i></i></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-jAdiV0qY0h84YYfHCb-fIU0UVWrvta0ZHiz8p2GsgMcLsXKKINTxX65G6lg7jFX7Hof5Nu-agkGrIy0va6209tiowv6pqWLzTj3fvg0Kt56FPzdtkU3iKkyr1a_g_qJhLt6ExRyhgE/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="625" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-jAdiV0qY0h84YYfHCb-fIU0UVWrvta0ZHiz8p2GsgMcLsXKKINTxX65G6lg7jFX7Hof5Nu-agkGrIy0va6209tiowv6pqWLzTj3fvg0Kt56FPzdtkU3iKkyr1a_g_qJhLt6ExRyhgE/w400-h295/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read <b><i>Alaska
Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i></i></span></b></div><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i><br /><br /></i></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Tom
Thumb</i><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </b><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Montessori</b></span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Schools </b></i></span><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>(TTMS)</i></b> </span><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">was the first Montessori School in Anchorage. In its
prime, this was the largest private Montessori school in the United States–with
nearly 600 students being served at five locations here, plus two locations in
Boise, Idaho.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #565656; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By
2006 Tom Thumb was dead.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today
the ghosts of those schools are roaming at several day-care centers around
Anchorage–which are former affiliates of TTMS–but don’t tell the kids.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My
experience with TTMS goes back to when I had a publishing and public relations
company in the late 1970s, and did business with <b>Margaret Green</b>, owner
and <b><i>Directress</i></b> of TTMS. She ran the school enterprise with an
iron fist in a velvet glove.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Margaret</span><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
died at age 93 in 2013.</span><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: arial; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I so admired her to
the end.</span></p>
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here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/an-eagle-river-institution.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/an-eagle-river-institution.html</span></a></span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #565656; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How
did I get myself into this mess?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Returning
from Juneau to Anchorage in 2003, with a Master’s Degree in Education and a
Type A teaching certificate, I was substituting in the <b><i>Anchorage School
District</i></b> and tutoring at <b><i>Sylvan Learning Systems</i></b>. I was in my
early 50s, and looking for my next career niche.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It
didn’t take long in my “old Anchorage stomping grounds” before I noticed the
condition of the schools Mrs. Green and her hard-working husband <b>Harold
Green, Sr.</b> had built. I was shocked at how dilapidated they were! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
background: The Greens had originally come to Alaska in 1946 and homesteaded in
Eagle River, to be, in Mr. Green’s words: “run out by bears.” He was a <b><i>New
York Yankees</i></b> baseball fan and an entrepreneur. Among the Green’s
several successful endeavors were <b><i>Harold’s Grocery, Harold’s Hardware,
Alaskan Electronics, Silver Scissors, and Gambell Street Business College</i></b>.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #4a4a4a; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These
were frontier Alaskans building a future for Alaskans in private Anchorage schools.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #474148; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When I talked to the Greens about what had happened to
their once thriving schools during my absence, they told of passing on their
cherished enterprise to a son and watching it go into immediate and prolonged
decline. They were in palpable distress over it.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Harold
Jr. had never been actively involved in the schools.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My
challenge following several meetings: <i>Could the enterprise be saved from
imminent disaster at this late stage? Could it be returned to its Montessori
roots?</i></span></b><b><i><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
former <b><i>East High School </i></b>chum, <b>Harold Green Jr.</b> was a privileged
<b><i>University of Chicago</i></b> and <b><i>John Marshall Law School</i></b> graduate,
attorney, and Realtor, in the middle of a divorce.<b> It was ugly. </b>Everything was
on the line—the schools, the real estate, visitation of the children, all the
assets. I entered into a written agreement with Mr. and Mrs. Green to take over
and maintain the schools until the court made a decision about who gets what.[1]</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Greens trusted me and I put my heart and soul into this effort!</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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that after 50 years in business this is what it had come to, which I documented
in my August 1, 2005 Report to the Board of <i>Montessori Creative Schools,
Inc. dba Tom Thumb Montessori Schools:<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #474148; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #474148; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9O3g0HOiXAmXKAmB7OVjMjMsAQs-k0c8IfnIagHSRAFyheFLA1R-B_6M30T4dcw5Yb2EydlGj4JN5oZ6g9aorb6HAuYlKRKwsRQqEW2YcF7Hr59izqN7ynXE6gBll_ytbbiKHXvoVROAt8XQnEV3DQ_OnTShXGXMl5bG9oM0U7-MHoIAA-FsQySW-=s6600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6600" data-original-width="5100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9O3g0HOiXAmXKAmB7OVjMjMsAQs-k0c8IfnIagHSRAFyheFLA1R-B_6M30T4dcw5Yb2EydlGj4JN5oZ6g9aorb6HAuYlKRKwsRQqEW2YcF7Hr59izqN7ynXE6gBll_ytbbiKHXvoVROAt8XQnEV3DQ_OnTShXGXMl5bG9oM0U7-MHoIAA-FsQySW-=w309-h400" width="309" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="color: #474148; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><i><br /></i></span></b><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #474148; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Who cared about private market-based educational options for families in
Anchorage? Not the MOA, not the family beneficiaries of the noble work of Harold and
Margaret Green, not even the <i>State of Alaska Department of Education,</i> which had overseen this
educational program and even awarded Margaret Green a lifetime teaching certificate. </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #474148; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #474148; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pillaging of the successful business would be rewarded by government regulators.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Harold
Jr. was okay with me taking over; I was named Superintendent by the board on March
of 2004 but was not able to take charge of the enterprise until October 1, 2004
due to legal wrangling by the former Anchorage MOA regulator-endorsed
Administrator--in cahoots with estranged wife of Harold Jr.--<b>Susan Green</b>. Much
additional damage to the enterprise was done in that final window of malevolence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>During
my year serving as Superintendent of TTMS, I was able to reopen and re-license
the Mid-town school that had been shut down one year, established an authentic
MOA approved Montessori toddler program in all schools, and instituted an
in-house teacher training program with the best authentic <i>Montessori Method</i> instructor I could find. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I saw the possibility of the schools returning to their previous glory and
perhaps construction of a <b><i>Margaret Green Montessori Training School. </i></b>We
were gaining students, I had proposed a realistic financial plan for recovery, and I was proud to have graduated the last class from
the school--which included the Green’s grandson, a beneficiary of the <b><i>Green’s
Trust Fund.</i></b></span><b><i><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I had not entered the teaching profession at midlife to make a killing financially.
I had already worked nine years in Juneau for the teacher union, <i>NEA-Alaska,</i>
and I aspired to reach students outside of unionized indoctrination factories. Even
as an employee of NEA I always felt forcing public employees to be members of a
public sector union was wrong. Today the law says teachers should be offered
the option of joining the union--not forced to join and have their government school
district serve as the bagman collecting dues and paying off the union. The <i>US
Supreme Court</i> in the case <i>Janus v. AFSCME</i> has affirmed this
corrupt practice to be unconstitutional even if Alaska managers of our public education
industrial complex are in still denial.[2] <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
aspired to reach students who needed a good male role model and I hoped to
approach the training of children and youth objectively. Having never had kids
of my own I sought to learn what makes a good teacher from those who have
proven themselves to be good teachers, such as my hero <b>Jaime Escalante</b>,
the California Teacher about whom the movie <b><i>Stand and Deliver</i></b> was
made.[3]</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Air Service</i></b> story here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><b><span style="color: #474148; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><b><span style="color: #474148; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Montessori Method</span></b><br /> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>In the early 1900’s Dr. Maria Montessori
arrived at her system of helping children develop early independence,
responsibility, and respect for others as a cornerstone for future academic
success. She worked with ethnically diverse children who had been abandoned,
abused or profoundly neglected. The children learned practical life skills,
sensory awareness, and how to gain satisfaction from a job well done in
academic pursuits. Montessori established a quality child-centered environment
which is simple, uncluttered and enriched with purposeful activities geared to
children’s individual developmental levels. Dr. Montessori was not an
authoritarian “teacher,” but as a trained physician, she was much more of an
observer who guided children according to their own abilities and inclinations.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When a version of the M<b><i>ontessori Method</i></b> was brought to the United States from Europe by
enthusiastic supporters between 1910-1918, the it<b><i> </i></b>was
adapted in ways that it’s founder rejected. In total
contrast to the progressive education and liberalism themes of John Dewey,[4] these
American charlatans demanded middle-class parents in this country to focus on THEIR
version of Montessori academics. A flood of so-called “trainers” began selling
variations of the method like snake oil cures. Upon hearing of this </span><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dr.
Montessori came over from Europe, saw how her system was being bastardized, and
put an end to it here with threats of lawsuits. The education poseurs moved on
to bring fad after fad of education mediocrity until today.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And, the authentic <b><i>Montessori Method</i></b>
became dormant in the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">Our Alaska Montessori Legacy</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
Alaska, Mrs. Green became a pioneer of the <b>Montessori Method</b> beginning
in 1956, just as <b>Maria Montessori </b>herself had been a pioneer of the
education of children to create the <b><i>Montessori Method</i></b> in Italy at
the turn of the century. Being the first woman to graduate from the <b><i>University
of Rome</i></b>, Ms. Montessori became Italy’s first female physician in 1896.
Over the next few years she became involved with the condition of those who
were called “defective” children--first as their doctor and then as an activist
who believed the deprived environment of the children was in part responsible
for their condition.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dr.
Montessori devised systems for teaching children who had been rejected by the
public schools as “idiots,” </span></i><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">according to a
Training Manual written by Mrs. Green. <i>When she was able to make those <b>unteachable</b>
children capable of passing the same exams given to public school children, the
entire nation (of Italy) took notice.</i>” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
address this situation required an innovative approach to meeting the basic
needs of children while elevating their cognitive pursuits. Some couldn’t even
talk, but they had to learn how to communicate and function in society.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs.
Green received instruction in the <b><i>Montessori Method </i></b>in London,
from the son of Dr. Montessori. She replicated the method as closely as
possible to the founder’s intent. Her comprehensive book is entitled: <b><i>How
To Make Sure Your Child Grows Up To Be A Winner The Creative Montessori Way.</i></b></span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
explaining the philosophy of Montessori, Mrs. Green states in that book: <i>Maria
Montessori’s philosophy is based on the premise that children desire to learn
from and to imitate adults. In fact, this very desire is often the cause of
many conflicts between adults and children. How often are children told to look
and not touch but are expected to understand such properties of matter as
delicacy or durability? It’s all right to drop the plastic catchup bottle, but
not Aunt Faye’s porcelain cup. Children are forbidden to pour their own juice
because of the uncertainty of a spill, but if they never practice, how will
they learn? Through the use of <b>prepared environment, three-to five</b> year
olds are able to practice practical life skills which enable them to become
confident, secure and independent learners.</i>”</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYrRfWmuUtmargPlNbkUKeYujXfbIJyDHoMKXPtZ41SvfxrtvmCbfwv5sTot7-Fs47q4l4MGVWQEslQ1iO7rbx4YhfNFpOOZLF2sfWKGEoGlaRxkbZ2O5sMf_XaKNuL6iGWDgvc91rUk4/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="604" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYrRfWmuUtmargPlNbkUKeYujXfbIJyDHoMKXPtZ41SvfxrtvmCbfwv5sTot7-Fs47q4l4MGVWQEslQ1iO7rbx4YhfNFpOOZLF2sfWKGEoGlaRxkbZ2O5sMf_XaKNuL6iGWDgvc91rUk4/w377-h400/image.png" width="377" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white;">Read <b><i>Nail Time & Spa and
Kim’s Cuisine</i></b> Story Here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/12/another-local-business-pandemic-survivor.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #474148; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Prepared Environment is a cornerstone of the Montessori
Method.[5]</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many
of these concepts originally introduced by Dr. Montessori are now commonplace
in all of our amalgamated education system schools, where educational fads
prevail--anything dreamed up is thrown against the wall to see what will stick in paint-by-number curriculum.
We have now seen generations of these fads in educational theory which mostly
distract from the basics of the Reading, Writing, Math, History and Life Skills
necessary to be successful in modern society. Dr. Montessori likely would have
rejected the unstructured, anything-goes approach, of many schools today in
favor of her dignified and highly structured systems--teaching specific skills
in a pedagogically sound manner.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #474148; font-size: large; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>The Hope of Tom Thumb</b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Taking
over an enterprise in the condition of TTMS with aspirations of bringing it
back to its previous level of excellence was a challenge I relished. <b>Five
schools, in four locations were the life’s work of the Greens, with the headquarters
in Spenard, a midtown school at midtown on Fairbanks Street, a school on Boniface Parkway,
and two at O’Malley Rd and Lake Otis Pkwy.</b> I felt a profound sense of
responsibility to those parents who entrusted their precious children to our
care and enlightenment.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_9" o:spid="_x0000_i1030"
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_10" o:spid="_x0000_i1029"
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</v:shape><![endif]--></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNuBaki3sHIH_oHq8S9meg1FZqz4mvJBDIXpm-bRMuqsJJSWCoVXv9vOTZTht6Wgcpi9o2q_N5YaTsfZvwmMobZPmSphmYql3MqrBDy8s2o0VlbQId1tsIPCzSgtIcgT9dIhGbjEYDjg/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="617" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNuBaki3sHIH_oHq8S9meg1FZqz4mvJBDIXpm-bRMuqsJJSWCoVXv9vOTZTht6Wgcpi9o2q_N5YaTsfZvwmMobZPmSphmYql3MqrBDy8s2o0VlbQId1tsIPCzSgtIcgT9dIhGbjEYDjg/" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Two TTMS South Schools were located at Lake Otis & O’Malley Rd</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_11" o:spid="_x0000_i1028"
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</v:shape><![endif]--></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRlxfL7qZNDKX4AUohRcapEESEg22QweOrrH0b-0hd-Im2FJewB7mm60TCgh2Xb6BbtBjfIk2Rrial7GVYdaJ3EDd4LSvN5bcGG8HoTsSGe-CFAlQf-FUWPvZfUF9wev1nv4iE0sgB84/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="617" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRlxfL7qZNDKX4AUohRcapEESEg22QweOrrH0b-0hd-Im2FJewB7mm60TCgh2Xb6BbtBjfIk2Rrial7GVYdaJ3EDd4LSvN5bcGG8HoTsSGe-CFAlQf-FUWPvZfUF9wev1nv4iE0sgB84/w400-h300/image.png" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">TTMS East on Boniface near 24</span><sup style="text-align: left;">th</sup><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"> Street</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_12" o:spid="_x0000_i1027"
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</v:shape><![endif]--></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVcVZ-QZjx-u8BF9wCghWCu5YURsbTSFWQzzVT3DIs4ZcudtaCDstH5HSAeLkAGB9bG62lw_M-H9X2JALnQ36dxXk9Ye14mNTkJ-ENjLpH9_8e69NCrmfY6fgyxyEqLqpF4csA_eoZJ4/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="630" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVcVZ-QZjx-u8BF9wCghWCu5YURsbTSFWQzzVT3DIs4ZcudtaCDstH5HSAeLkAGB9bG62lw_M-H9X2JALnQ36dxXk9Ye14mNTkJ-ENjLpH9_8e69NCrmfY6fgyxyEqLqpF4csA_eoZJ4/w400-h300/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TTMS Midtown was closed when the writer took over as superintendent but was refurbished and relicensed as a daycare center by the <b><i>Municipality of Anchorage</i></b> during the time he was working for <b><i>Montessori Creative Schools, Inc.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Everywhere
I looked in the classrooms and play areas of TTMS I saw the work of Mrs. Green’s firm but
gentle inspired hands reinforced by Mr. Green’s ability to efficiently maintain
the facilities and make things work.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But
practically I saw another dynamic at play; I was the interloper in a system run
from the central office that was taking in money but declining in product
quality and long-term sustainability. The primary effort was to kiss up to regulators while diverting lifeblood funds from the enterprise. This
enterprise had needed a champion--who would fight for its viability--but what I
had now was squeaking by and in need of program revitalization and serious upgrades to facilities.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Regulatory
overreach = a death by a thousand cuts</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TTMS
now suffered under regulatory oversight by the <b><i>Municipality of Anchorage</i></b>,
under AMC 16.5.010-.500 Child Care and Educational Facilities—Centers and
Homes. The department has the power to investigate anything and everything
without notice. They might be responding to a complaint, or they might just
feel like today was a good day to visit TTMS. On one occasion investigators
showed up at the O’Malley school as I was wearing a tool belt and helping with
renovations at that school. I had to drop everything to accommodate their
inquiries.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Given
the pages of requirements, timeframes, and expectations, the possibility of
running a viable private school is greatly diminished under the code, rather
favoring church or other government-sponsored non-profit corporations. The
regulations read, in part: <i>The department recognizes the responsibility of
parents to select and monitor caregivers for their children in order to ensure
a reasonably safe and developmentally appropriate childcare environment. The
licensing standards and procedures in this chapter are intended to reduce
predictable risk of harm to children and to provide support services to those
providing child care.</i></span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #474148; font-size: large; letter-spacing: -0.533333px;"><b>I ask you: Are parents responsible for their kids or not?</b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJb2wTs1IiHl4WVfV5O_zYonFVusYXFgJ2HvWT-ckLw0mvNQtXsbtIF3ASgBcMizkCo9Ut58V9HoEZ338R5w3ks6cA5b4HGWfWup4qHHGO-90BlxjwHMCEJAzPwTM9moXJ58VL4buljeA/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="702" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJb2wTs1IiHl4WVfV5O_zYonFVusYXFgJ2HvWT-ckLw0mvNQtXsbtIF3ASgBcMizkCo9Ut58V9HoEZ338R5w3ks6cA5b4HGWfWup4qHHGO-90BlxjwHMCEJAzPwTM9moXJ58VL4buljeA/w400-h290/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Read
about MatSu Food Bank here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since
anybody can be a parent, the need to provide government oversight of child care
facilities might seem reasonable. But at what point does government intrusion
into a business enterprise simply because it deals with children become
overkill? I was a certified teacher and all of our facilities were licensed.
Our teachers were licensed and trained. Parents chose to bring their children
to our facilities and we provided educational services as well as daycare. The
reputation of TTMS had been damaged by the operators since regulations had replaced common sense and the Greens retired,
but I was taking the bull by the horns. Shouldn’t that be enough to cut us some slack?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>With Alaska public education academic outcomes at the bottom of all the states, while cost for our public education fiasco at the top among all the states, who are these bureaucrats to say what parents must endure to educate their children? With Covid many parents have discovered what their kids are learning in government education factories. They have begun pulling their children for almost any possible alternative. Wouldn't it be helpful if a meaningful and affordable private school option was available?</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs.
Green had fought what she felt was overregulation of her schools by the MOA. A
1990 story in the <b><i>Anchorage Daily News</i></b> describes the next
round of an ongoing saga with the sensationalized headline: <b><i>Tom Thumb
Fights Again</i></b>. Enrollment at that time was listed as 320. The writer of
that sensationalism, <b>Dusty Rhodes</b> described the situation thus: <i>Whenever
any agency the Alaska State Board of Education, the state Department of
Education, the Anchorage borough or the municipality has attempted to add
regulations that would increase her costs, Green has fought to keep her schools
operating just as she established them. And every time despite the fact that
the state has received significant complaints about incidents at her schools
(see accompanying story) Green won</i>.[6]</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Every school in the Anchorage School District is subject to complaints. How often do local media sensationalize those complaints?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs.
Green was fighting increased costs to parents because that is who ultimately
paid for childcare if she had to raise rates to accommodate government
requirements. TTMS rates were stable, the program was well established, and the
Muni had an obligation to help this school stay in business to serve those who
chose to have their children there. Data shows the MOA and co-conspirator <b><i>Anchorage
School District</i></b> have failed the families of Anchorage for a long time.[7]</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Also
from that story: <i>Margaret Green isn’t against child care. She isn’t against
the proposed ordinance and its new regulations, either except for the one
clause that would require her and her schools to meet municipal licensing
requirements. Though there is nothing in the proposed regulations dictating
educational philosophy or content, she says the regulations would force her schools
to become merely daycare centers.</i></span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Ultimately
what Mrs. Green feared is exactly what happened to TTMS–AFTER she was no longer
able to fight the fight for separation of school and day care programs. Any
child care center can now incorporate parts of the </b><i><b>Montessori Method </b></i><b>and call
itself a Montessori School, however.</b></span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #474148; font-size: large; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Green Legacy</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today
I still marvel at how amazing it is that Alaska was the point where the
authentic <i>Montessori Method </i>was reintroduced to American Children by Tom
Thumb and allowed to prosper for so long. Many who attended there have been
blessed.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On
the other hand, this experience has caused me to lose faith that those trust fund
children who have benefitted so much from commitment, sacrifice and industry of others before them
will ever really care about what has been lost to everybody else. They lack any social conscience—or shame.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[1]Agreement
between Harold & Margret Green and Donn Liston<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[2]Teacher
Union Mob Denial<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2019/10/a-teachers-dilemma-2019-donnliston.html<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[3] Stand and
Deliver<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="color: blue; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Escalante">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Escalante</a></span></u><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[4]</span><span style="background: rgb(234, 243, 255); color: #202122;"> Dewey, John. (1897). My pedagogical
creed. <i>School Journal</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">. 54. pp. 77–80. Retrieved on November 4, 2011,
from </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="http://dewey.pragmatism.org/creed.htm" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position-x: 100%; background-position-y: 50%; background-position: 100% 50%; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: rgb(234, 243, 255); color: #3366bb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://dewey.pragmatism.org/creed.htm</span></a></span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .05in; margin: 0.05in 0in 0in; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The school and
social progress</span></b><span style="color: #54595d; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span><b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Dewey, education, which regulates
"the process of coming to share in the social consciousness," is the
"only sure" method of ensuring social progress and reform (Dewey,
1897, para. 60). In this respect, Dewey foreshadows <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_pedagogy" title="Critical pedagogy"><span style="color: #0645ad;">Social Reconstructionism</span></a>, whereby schools are
a means to reconstruct society. As schools become a means for social
reconstruction, they must be given the proper equipment to perform this task
and guide their students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[5] Description
of the (authenic) Montessori Method</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #565656; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Green’s
self-published book provides an insightful overview of Montessori, with <u>Part
I</u> explanations of the philosophy and a description of the <b>Adult’s role
in the Montessori Classroom:</b><i>…discipline must come through liberty.
(meaning) Small children have an innate dignity of their own which is often
unknowingly trampled upon by the adults in their lives who are just trying to
be helpful</i>,” to <b>How to begin a Montessori Class and Safety Concepts in
the Classroom.</b> Her learning process is formal and structured so children
take incremental learning seriously.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Part II</span></u><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> of Mrs.
Green’s book includes curriculum on <b>Practical Life</b> aspects of
Montessori: Lesson plans for <b>Care of the Person, Care of the Environment,
Sorting and Matching, Food Preparation, Grace and Courtesy, and Control of
Movement.</b></span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Part III</span></u><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b>Sensorial
Material </b>includes lesson examples in <b>Visual, Tactile, Auditory, Smell,
and Taste.</b></span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Part IV</span></u><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b>Language
Arts and Writing</b> details innovations such as making six-inch letters of the
alphabet cut from sandpaper to give a tactile component to learning for little
fingers.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Part V </span></u><b><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Math and
Exercises in More Complex Operations</span></b><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> uses cubes and beads and group games to build
basic understanding at a primary level in the brain. Through familiarization of
concepts of math without onerous drills, the Montessori Method provides a
foundation for higher level understanding of math.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Part VI</span></u><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b>Science</b> examines
<b>Botany</b> through types of seeds and leaves to examination of plant cells
through a microscope. <b>Physics</b> are explored by establishing the
difference between magnetic vs. nonmagnetic through the making of a
compass. <b>Zoology</b> examines living vs. nonliving, plant or animal
and vertebrate or invertebrate.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Part VII</span></u><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b>History
& Time </b>introduces the concept of time using a <b><i>Montessori Clo</i></b>ck
manipulative. Another lesson examines the different parts of a flag in a
matching game with various countries on a map. <i>This provides a holistic
overview of time relative to place.</i></span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Part VIII</span></u><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b>Creative
Arts including Music and Art</b> are instrumental to a Montessori school
day. Mrs. Green was a graduate of <b><i>Julliard School of Music in New York</i></b><i>,</i>
and played piano at a very high level. She recommends a number of activities: <i>During
the period under five, there is a real sense being formed in the inner being of
the child. The significance of the ability to be able to match one form to
another can be appreciated as the child works with the sensorial materials. The
child needs to be given the possibility of observation so that as he looks
around his environment he can heighten his appreciation of form</i>, she wrote.</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #565656; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[6]ADN
Story </span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/0F78E3543050BD32/0D0CB57DF8A1C275?p_multi=ADNB&s_lang=en-US" title="http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/0F78E3543050BD32/0D0CB57DF8A1C275?p_multi=ADNB&s_lang=en-US"><span style="color: #6cb1ba;">http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/0F78E3543050BD32/0D0CB57DF8A1C275?p_multi=ADNB&s_lang=en-US</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Posted here in
its entirety:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TOM THUMB FIGHTS AGAIN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">--------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anchorage Daily News (AK)-March 2, 1990<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Author/Byline: DUSTY RHODES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Daily News reporter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Staff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Edition: Final<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Section: Lifestyles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Page: G1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> In 1956, Margaret Green opened her
first Tom Thumb preschool, enrolling about a dozen children. Over the years,
she changed the name to Tom Thumb Montessori Schools, expanded and added
elementary classes. Now she owns and operates five schools with a combined
enrollment of 320.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Otherwise, though, little has changed
about the way Green operates this business. She herself has seen to that.
Whenever any agency the Alaska State Board of Education, the state Department
of Education, the Anchorage borough or the municipality has attempted to add
regulations that would increase her costs, Green has fought to keep her schools
operating just as she established them. And every time despite the fact that
the state has received significant complaints about incidents at her schools
(see accompanying story) Green won.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Now she's pulling on the gloves again.
For decades, her schools and similar programs have enjoyed an exemption from
municipal licensing. But a childcare ordinance currently before the Anchorage
Assembly would, if passed, require Tom Thumb and other fullday preschools to
meet the same licensing regulations that govern all local childcare centers.
The assembly is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance
Tuesday night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Proponents of the ordinance say these
new regulations are simply minimal health and safety standards that should be
met by all fullday programs for young children. "It's sort of like if you
go to a restaurant, you expect there's a certain standard of cleanliness, that
you won't get sick from eating the food," says Virginia Samson, chairwoman
of the municipal Health and Human Services Commission subcommittee that
formulated the proposed regulations. "It's the same with child care. There
should be certain standards in place."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Green's schools are not the only
programs that would be affected by the ordinance: The municipal Parks and
Recreation Department's summer program, the school district's two childcare
programs, several Head Start programs and the preschool portion of Anchorage
Christian Schools would also be subject to municipal licensing requirements if the
ordinance is passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> But the school district has already had
both of its programs licensed by the municipality, and all Head Start programs
are either licensed or in the process of being licensed. And directors of the
other programs are not fighting the proposed ordinance the way Green is.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> "I don't want any change of
status, because our parents are very happy through all these years," Green
says. "We just want to remain status quo. And that's why I've fought and
I'll continue to battle this as long as I can."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> How many preschoolers can one adult
safely handle? That is the question Margaret Green and various agencies have
tangled over for almost 20 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The municipal Health and Human Services
Department and the state Department of Education recommend a ratio of one adult
for every 10 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds. Green contends that her teachers can
handle 16 or 20 preschool-age children.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The municipality and the state base
their ratio on numerous studies, on guidelines published by the National
Association for the Education of Young Children, and on nationally accepted
norms. Currently 31 states require a staff/child ratio of 1to10 or less for
this age group. Green argues that her teachers are better trained than the
average childcare worker and therefore able to supervise more children safely.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Most of Green's teachers'
qualifications do exceed state Department of Education guidelines for private
schools. The DOE requires only that employees hired to teach be 19 or older (16
if they're in a training program) and receive some training from their
employer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> But on Nov. 27, she testified before
the Health and Human Services Commission that more than 80 percent of her
teachers have Alaska teaching certificates. After the Daily News obtained
evidence that she had overestimated the number of certified teachers at her
school, Green acknowledged that only five of her 20 teachers have current
teaching certificates. Three others have expired certificates, and Green says
two others have teaching degrees from abroad, Mexico and the Philippines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> All of her teachers have "some
college work, though not necessarily in early childhood," Green says. She
also puts her teachers through her own training program, holding monthly
teacher meetings and conducting Saturday morning Montessori sessions for new
teachers as long as needed. "I don't set a specific number of hours
because it depends on the person," she says.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> But state-certified teachers at other
DOE preschools say no amount of training can equip a teacher to supervise 16 or
more 3 to 5-year-olds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Peg Redding, co-director of the
Anchorage School District's King Career Center preschool program, laughs at the
notion. "Sure, you can handle them," she says. "You can herd
'em, like a herd of cattle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> "When you have that many children,
all you're doing is group management. You're not attending to individual needs.
And with young children, it's critical. Birth to age 5 is the most critical
time in a child's life. I think it's a real disservice to children to have that
many with one teacher, because they don't get the attention they need."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Pamela Keller, director of Zion
Lutheran Preschool, says she has an education degree, but that she couldn't
handle more than 10 preschoolers without the help of an aide. "Not well,
anyway," she says. "If you're working constantly on classroom
control, education isn't happening. With the low ratio, there's a lot more
learning going on."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> There are indications that high ratios
can lead to even more serious problems, as complaints against Green's Tom Thumb
schools show.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Several complaints filed against the
schools describe children being allowed to kick or hit each other without adult
intervention. Other complaints describe teachers as appearing "burned
out."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> In 1985, Anchorage police officer Bill
Reeder investigated a case at the Spenard Road Tom Thumb involving at least 11
preschoolers who were engaging in inappropriate sexual behavior over a period
of several months in the school's closets and bathrooms and under blankets
during nap time. "It was one of those things that haunts you for
life," Reeder says now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> After interviewing the children, Reeder
concluded that no adult at Tom Thumb was involved, and about eight months
later, one of the preschoolers' uncles was convicted of sexually abusing the
child. "There's a good possibility he could have been our source,"
Reeder says.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> But even Reeder, who was unfamiliar
with any question of staff/child ratios, points to that exact issue as a factor
in the case. "Bottom line is: More teachers could have kept a better eye
on the kids and might have prevented it," he says.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Green, however, says her teachers
"keep a pretty close eye on the children," and adds that the case was
"blown out of proportion."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> "That's just something that happened,"
she says, "and I think our school picked up and went ahead. . . . I just
kind of obliterate that from my mind and look to the future."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> This debate over the number of children
one adult can safely supervise has become the focus of what is actually a
broader question posed by the proposed municipal childcare ordinance: If a
preschool is already certified by the state Department of Education, does it
also need to be licensed by the municipal Health and Human Services Department?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> For decades, preschools certified by
the DOE have been exempt from municipal licensing. The proposed ordinance would
continue to exempt programs that keep children three hours a day or less, but
would require fullday programs to be licensed by the municipality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Mia Oxley, executive director of Child
Care Connection, a nonprofit childcare resource agency, chaired the task force
work group that proposed removing that exemption. "It's a very large
loophole that's existed for a long time, and this is the only opportunity we
have to close that loophole," she says. She says that the exemption
"creates confusion for parents" by implying that the DOE regulations
are parallel to or better than the municipal licensing regulations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> But even the crudest comparison of the
two sets of regulations proves that the municipal licensing requirements are
more stringent than the DOE rules: The DOE regulations are six pages long; the
municipal regulations are about 40 pages long.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The municipal regulations spell out
certain health and safety standards. For instance, licensed childcare centers
are required to keep on file an emergency information card for each child, to
obtain three documented references for each employee working with children and
to have at least one staff person with CPR training on duty at all times.
DOEcertified preschools are not required to have any of these items. Municipal
childcare regulations also dictate space requirements (35 square feet per
child) and staffing ratios (these vary by age group). The DOE specifications
for preschools, however, contain no minimum space requirement and mandate only
that the schools have "sufficient staff."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To enforce regulations, the
municipality has four fulltime employees who inspect and investigate the 90 or
so licensed childcare centers in the Anchorage area. The DOE, by comparison,
has only one full-time employee early childhood specialist Kathi Wineman, in
Juneau responsible for supervising more than 130 certified preschools around the
state.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Obtaining or renewing a DOE preschool
certificate is largely a matter of extensive paperwork. Actual onsite visits to
preschools generally occur only for investigations of significant complaints,
Wineman says. And even then the DOE gives the preschool several days' advance
notice of Wineman's visit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> In response to the 12 complaints filed
against Green's schools in the past five years, Wineman has made only three
onsite visits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The municipal Department of Health and
Human Services has a record of responding to complaints more quickly. Martha
Anderson, who oversees licensing of local childcare centers, dispatches her
workers to investigate complaints using a timetable that ranges from
"immediate" to "within a week," depending on the
seriousness of the complaint. And, unlike Wineman, Anderson and her licensing
workers make unannounced visits to childcare centers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Oxley's opinion that the two sets of
regulations create "confusion for parents" appears to be borne out by
the pattern of complaints filed against Tom Thumb Montessori Schools with the
DOE: At least five of the 12 complainants called the local childcare licensing
agency Anderson's office and were referred from there to the DOE's Juneau
office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Certainly some complaints don't reach
the Department of Education in a timely manner: The 1985 sexual abuse complaint
reached the DOE three months after the police were already investigating and
nine months to a year after the sexual behavior began.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Anderson reviewed all the complaints
against Tom Thumb Montessori Schools and says that they differ from complaints
filed against licensed childcare centers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> "We've not had any center in town
where we've had recurring serious complaints," Anderson says. "We
don't have the same kind of pattern that this teacher "yelled,' this one
"pulled and yanked.' It does happen (in licensed childcare centers), but
then that teacher gets replaced or retrained, and you don't see it happen
anymore."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Samson, who chaired the task force that
drafted the proposed childcare ordinance, also reviewed the complaints against
Tom Thumb schools as well as complaints against licensed childcare centers. She
also says she found a difference, especially in the tone of the complaints.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> "I found the tenor of the
complaints (against Tom Thumb Montessori Schools) very disturbing and
essentially different from the tenor of complaints against (licensed) childcare
programs in Anchorage," Samson says. "They were different to the
effect that the way the staff (of Tom Thumb) treated children was harsher. . .
. There's sort of a broad range of complaints against childcare centers in
Anchorage in general, but . . . nobody complained that, for instance, the
language used with the children was harsh and inappropriate, where that was the
case with the complaints against the Tom Thumb program."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Margaret Green isn't against child
care. She isn't against the proposed ordinance and its new regulations, either
except for the one clause that would require her and her schools to meet
municipal licensing requirements. Though there is nothing in the proposed
regulations dictating educational philosophy or content, she says the regulations
would force her schools to become merely daycare centers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> "I've never said things against
their day cares, because we need day care," Green says. "I'm not
against day care. But I'm against them coming in and trying to dictate to our
school that we shall be day care when we're not."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Green, a welleducated woman, prides
herself on operating an educational program. She earned a master's degree from
Teachers CollegeColumbia University in 1944. In 1966, she was certified through
the prestigious Saint Nicholas Training Center for the Montessori Method of
Education in London. She is currently affiliated with the National Center for
Montessori Education, a "progressive" faction separate from the
American Montessori Society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Of the 320 children currently enrolled
in her five schools, Green estimates that about 170 children are fullday
preschoolers the group that would be affected by the proposed ordinance. About
six months ago, Green began organizing a lobbying effort to fight the proposed
ordinance, sending parents a packet including a petition form and a list of
assembly members' names and phone numbers. She asked the parents to gather 10
signatures on the petition and telephone every assembly member. She also asked
parents to testify before the Health and Human Services Commission and to send
letters to commission members. Some parents organized a Tom Thumb Committee for
Parents' Rights and began holding weekly meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> In her letter to parents, Green
emphasized that the proposed ordinance would increase tuition costs. For her
fullday programs, Green charges $330 a month, or about $40 less than the
average rate for licensed child care in Anchorage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The parents responded to Green's
request by writing some 150 letters, gathering more than 1,000 signatures on
her petition and filling an auditorium for the Nov. 27 Health and Human
Services Commission public hearing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Green also persuaded five state
senators and three state representatives to write letters to the commission on
her behalf.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> When Mayor Tom Fink presented the
proposed ordinance to the assembly Feb. 13, his cover memo indicated that he
supports the ordinance with the exception of two regulations: a regulation that
would ban childcare centers from using corporal punishment and the clause that
would require fullday preschools to meet municipal regulations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> That same night, assembly member John
Wood requested the drafting of an alternate ordinance that would make municipal
licensing optional for all childcare centers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Green is encouraged by this outpouring
of support. "I'm very optimistic about the (public) hearing. I think our
parents have stood behind us before," she says. "I just feel that
things will continue status quo. I have that feeling. We shall see."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> A 15member task force composed mainly
of parents worked since February 1989 to revise existing childcare regulations.
As they worked, they periodically mailed drafts of the revision to local
childcare providers and held public forums to hear those providers' opinions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> In the process, the task force backed
down on several issues. A move to set maximum group sizes for children was
deleted, as was a suggestion to lower the childtoilet ratio. And a regulation
that would have increased space requirements to 50 square feet per child was
quickly drummed out of the document by childcare center owners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> But on this issue of requiring fullday
preschools to meet municipal regulatory standards, the task force refused to
back down.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> "We did know there would be
opposition," says task force member Mia Oxley. "Every time childcare
regulations are rewritten in any state, there are lots of opinions. And
unfortunately, the competing forces are almost always between what we know is
best for children and what we can afford."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Margaret Green, however, sees this
controversy as a philosophical and financial battle. If she doesn't win, she
says, she may close her schools.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Paying "a number" of her
teachers $2,000 a month, plus insurance and property taxes that amount to some
$40,000, makes it impossible to hire enough teachers to meet the 110 ratio the
regulations would require, she says. "In order to pay teachers on a 110
ratio, we would have to raise tuition way up," Green says. "And I
don't think parents in these hard times, I don't think a lot of them could
afford more than the $330 a month.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 253, 237); margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> "If this goes through, I am not
going to run a day care, and that's for a certainty," she says. "I've
always had a school, and that's how I'm going to finish up my career running a
school."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">(2021</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">©</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">donnliston.com)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiH6Ly6ltUe47bjwpqKfVVV_TUK5fkfeFKUxC2zdOu5FxL_OdY4iKafiqKuh68zt-3YRIbMZqtcaqWdj6Ct3Kqm1N9dAYw-owma-pYH4YwHMX_GYRKKrZHFWXyhDT8m6awMa5lpYqar8D4KtkKdD2jr_0yNbvxPE7zXxGkvnsb3-cJV1PipvHDTwFD8=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="428" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiH6Ly6ltUe47bjwpqKfVVV_TUK5fkfeFKUxC2zdOu5FxL_OdY4iKafiqKuh68zt-3YRIbMZqtcaqWdj6Ct3Kqm1N9dAYw-owma-pYH4YwHMX_GYRKKrZHFWXyhDT8m6awMa5lpYqar8D4KtkKdD2jr_0yNbvxPE7zXxGkvnsb3-cJV1PipvHDTwFD8=w268-h400" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">Vietnamese boat people </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">fled by boat and ship following the end of the <b><i>Vietnam War</i></b> in 1975. This migration and humanitarian crisis was at its highest in 1978 and 1979, but continued through the early 1990s. Many of the refugees failed to survive the passage, facing danger from pirates, over-crowded boats, and storms. According to the <b><i>United Nations High Commission for Refugees</i></b>, between 200,000 and 400,000 boat people died at sea.[1]</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We who have won Gods’s great lottery to be Americans (4.25%
of the world’s population)[2]—greater odds for Alaskans!—can only imagine what
depravity and destitution occur from the ravages of war. Being the state with
the highest percentage of veterans, active and retired, we know survivors among
us who experienced combat while in uniform, and know vigilance and strength are
required for our safety, freedom, and way of life. Also among us are
people who somehow--by the same grace of God--live here after having experienced
war first-hand, as human collateral damage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn6JE9t51npQDcGR27LgSE4ME2frg9kaPFsZQY_wlpEx9s6VEK8xrG1y4nUQncRnE27PM2ghHiH-kMrzrFRcyZUb6PB_Y6Ucx87yjsfYf0uWwdobwDxzkY5FFcnaew7F-GfPJV06LfCwA_BEjptOw_WmjwsZy74wVDQMO9HtsiGX0mRe2SGocehfoD=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="2048" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn6JE9t51npQDcGR27LgSE4ME2frg9kaPFsZQY_wlpEx9s6VEK8xrG1y4nUQncRnE27PM2ghHiH-kMrzrFRcyZUb6PB_Y6Ucx87yjsfYf0uWwdobwDxzkY5FFcnaew7F-GfPJV06LfCwA_BEjptOw_WmjwsZy74wVDQMO9HtsiGX0mRe2SGocehfoD=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Read about MatSu Food Bank here: </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">For <b>Chi “Kim” </b></span><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Nguyen</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> the experience with
her husband as Vietnamese Boat refugees has resulted in </span><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">incredible endurance and drive for
success in multiple American businesses, including <b><i>Nail Time & Spa </i></b>and
<b><i>Kim’s Asian Cuisine and Bistro, </i></b>in Eagle River.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidB49fp9OqCTsM1PR8ew2N-SQcF-RfP4JAV7FbtzGbfq6hPq2Hlw3uy4tODrWduLNfLJ0N9rP46M0qYlbbU2qCFt4rmYbrUdmgCpuSRcwv67FUF1pi0MxnfPAuGdQAN76LNCPH4BlyFIP-Flk3fqz1IInBu09TKD1qJx9q5MjO2sFIQPlR1pecr97A=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1681" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidB49fp9OqCTsM1PR8ew2N-SQcF-RfP4JAV7FbtzGbfq6hPq2Hlw3uy4tODrWduLNfLJ0N9rP46M0qYlbbU2qCFt4rmYbrUdmgCpuSRcwv67FUF1pi0MxnfPAuGdQAN76LNCPH4BlyFIP-Flk3fqz1IInBu09TKD1qJx9q5MjO2sFIQPlR1pecr97A=w329-h400" width="329" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Friends since 2009, </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Kim Nguyen</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> and </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Rep. Sharon Jackson</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> embrace on the occasion of presentation of a Legislative Commendation to </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i>Kim’s Cusine Asian Bistro</i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> in March of 2020.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Having nine kids has also contributed to Nguyen’s drive for
success. All of her kids have learned to work when not in school. Now
grandchildren are also involved in the family businesses.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Alaska is a challenging place for any small business. Our
state has an economy inflated by cost of transporting goods and competition for
workers who are spoiled by government salary and benefits negotiated by public
sector unions. For Nguyen, the experience of escaping the Vietnam debacle has
inspired her to take charge of circumstances and create a future for herself
and her large family in business.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRfznuJNSo68A3d5X3p-fF8EXab2NjEdqwtK7CkRirvvydyhZeyBH6J15TTKYcOfMolUCIiL4_JBjBNzq3Zk6SBOjkC_IB6gCRVGCDCUhsq4DTlHGUuinikdUqDVqTH1VWXL1fmVZAE8-UACHV6JrHJ0yFcBO5C-ugefnN_4CMwaM9GSNcwhWsOA1J=s720" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="720" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRfznuJNSo68A3d5X3p-fF8EXab2NjEdqwtK7CkRirvvydyhZeyBH6J15TTKYcOfMolUCIiL4_JBjBNzq3Zk6SBOjkC_IB6gCRVGCDCUhsq4DTlHGUuinikdUqDVqTH1VWXL1fmVZAE8-UACHV6JrHJ0yFcBO5C-ugefnN_4CMwaM9GSNcwhWsOA1J=w400-h295" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Alaska Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>My husband and I left Vietnam
in April 1980</i>, explained Nguyen seated with eldest daughter Stephanie at a
table in her restaurant. <i>We were rescued and went to Singapore for the
paperwork, and then to America August 14, 1980. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The experience is burned into her psyche.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">We first came to Juneau where we had a sponsor there through <b>Catholic
Social Services,</b></span></i><b><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">
</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">continued Nguyen. <i>I attended
<b>Juneau-Douglas High School</b> and remember walking from school near the
boat harbor to a senior center up the mountain on 6<sup>th</sup> Street, above
the Alaska Capital building, to work as a prep & cook’s helper.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The young couple had their first child in Juneau in 1999 but
transitioned to San Diego, California, where Mr. Nguyen took a job as a welder
in the shipyards there. They started a small restaurant business but when she
became sick with another childbirth, they struggled.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnURJDWLtcgEtVSi9BlxwJ5QnoJ6isnB-C4fktXER9MlyYY0hrloizQSa8uCyW7qdWGg9q6t7A5DEd2Wf8Dhacv204REbPzici19sFXCYfy94k3p2YAJ03LLdnmUKghVk_dQJfxVrsP_4VfBZrInlg049FxYhFem8N_7WXIVxDFD61_Nf3Khf3bOCx=s400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="400" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnURJDWLtcgEtVSi9BlxwJ5QnoJ6isnB-C4fktXER9MlyYY0hrloizQSa8uCyW7qdWGg9q6t7A5DEd2Wf8Dhacv204REbPzici19sFXCYfy94k3p2YAJ03LLdnmUKghVk_dQJfxVrsP_4VfBZrInlg049FxYhFem8N_7WXIVxDFD61_Nf3Khf3bOCx=w400-h286" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Sheldon Air Service</i></b> story
here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">We liked the Asian Community in San Diego, </span></i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">said Nguyen.<i> But we sold the
business, and being pregnant with Stephanie I couldn’t get a job, so I started
an in-home sewing business. I contracted to cut and piece garments, doing
alterations, while managing the baby. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That business grew and expanded making garments for companies
like Nike and Adidas piecemeal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">Over time we had a factory producing a minimum of 5,000
garments per day, </span></i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">explained
Nguyen. <i>We had many machines, and cutting tables, and we provided jobs for
many people. I would have to bid a year ahead for the contracts and each day I
would leave home early in the morning, coming home late at night. My husband
took care of the kids; we did that for 12 years.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNigzNbRgAIqnR7Y7xwvAb_DJcem7owRRbNlOYHIT9q_N0HFNyfgC6CxhtzBBTAlLI4pZw2XGYpTJdbl3FmehtNd1anDGOqsuUYTZraHNo_vMSLgx7_Mce78JvWkJoMerFExi3mlp7W8GWcSrfPWzC6btqLKxUUx8uTD85TAo5XMKNqPOCcHiu8LbX=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1699" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNigzNbRgAIqnR7Y7xwvAb_DJcem7owRRbNlOYHIT9q_N0HFNyfgC6CxhtzBBTAlLI4pZw2XGYpTJdbl3FmehtNd1anDGOqsuUYTZraHNo_vMSLgx7_Mce78JvWkJoMerFExi3mlp7W8GWcSrfPWzC6btqLKxUUx8uTD85TAo5XMKNqPOCcHiu8LbX=s320" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kim Nguyen and daughter, Stephanie.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><br /><i><br /></i></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">We never saw our mother,</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> chimed in oldest daughter, Stephanie. Seven Nguyen children were born over
this time in San Diego.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">Bill Clinton</span></i></b><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"> became president and all that work we were doing went to
China,</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"> continued
Nguyen. <i>We lost the contract because what we could do for five dollars they
did for 50 cents. We had work but it didn’t pay anything, so we sold that
company and moved to Anchorage when I was pregnant with my youngest child.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Nguyen found friends she knew by searching the Anchorage
telephone book and called them for help. Good Alaskans helped them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo8D1mOLgwnqG6JbOl5LyDxIM5rRYIbrXOITMgL2KhV7Bu336WIdsmwpNoflbjL2vqTNK5zVJGMyjfNYQr9T_wsb_G2I_Grs-6s3AUuUhrAHrsZdnNxtQ9xA88lrC-q-F_2Sh6WG0brqjCgqOZ-5mkMsmJ06QxyRnmWZKE7g1X3U0BieOezUdKQytj=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1277" data-original-width="2048" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo8D1mOLgwnqG6JbOl5LyDxIM5rRYIbrXOITMgL2KhV7Bu336WIdsmwpNoflbjL2vqTNK5zVJGMyjfNYQr9T_wsb_G2I_Grs-6s3AUuUhrAHrsZdnNxtQ9xA88lrC-q-F_2Sh6WG0brqjCgqOZ-5mkMsmJ06QxyRnmWZKE7g1X3U0BieOezUdKQytj=w400-h250" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Nail Time & Spa is located at 12110 Business Blvd Ste 26</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="font-family: arial;">I bought this Nail Salon in
Eagle River in January 2008, after going with Stephanie to train and get
experience for professional certification in Chicago,</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> explained Nguyen. </span><i style="font-family: arial;">But
some of my kids were going to <b>East Anchorage High School </b>and didn’t want
to drive to Eagle River after school to work. I opened another nail salon on
Boniface Parkway—near the Pizza Hut—so the kids could work there. We don’t
allow any kids to stay home by themselves after they reach middle school. And,
when I am busy working I don’t want to worry about whether my kids are doing
things that could harm them. We have a room with a computer specifically for
doing school work at the business.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHzv3SN02XmzH656-zYSEK0rKwcwERlxfjLIHPrbOrBYkkcr57Q2jmL3LlOhYdxW0W46WTIQ29o_yFS4BgLqff3DPFK4KGdEFMSbctwMvH95q1XIYfBA8CirO2D-hJgcejnRjEuM8YRQ58vh8afTiFahafIN8GPbP7wviDV8ZZWVPXr6FOlNFmOvYC=s662" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="628" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHzv3SN02XmzH656-zYSEK0rKwcwERlxfjLIHPrbOrBYkkcr57Q2jmL3LlOhYdxW0W46WTIQ29o_yFS4BgLqff3DPFK4KGdEFMSbctwMvH95q1XIYfBA8CirO2D-hJgcejnRjEuM8YRQ58vh8afTiFahafIN8GPbP7wviDV8ZZWVPXr6FOlNFmOvYC=w380-h400" width="380" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read about Mike's Quality Meats here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/an-eagle-river-institution.html"><span style="background: white; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/an-eagle-river-institution.html</span></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><b>Nail Time & Spa </b>was
originally a hair salon at a different location, with four chairs and three or
four tables. Our business outgrew that location</i>, explained <span style="background: white; color: #202122;">Nguyen. <i>We sold the Boniface business
and moved it in 2015 to the larger space</i></span><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">. She </span><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">bought
the Asian restaurant next door in 2019. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As a health benefit to customers of both businesses, Kangen water purification is used. The Kangen machine provides six levels of ph
including medical grade water.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOGt4Pv43FQeMZy82fuTcmXwch9jQIt6i-eRxSYch1zWqTMizZW5i6-EKNeHjYCQ67QazvBxY7fEvs_5DZcON1aAtn9kIKFjrikXuCv-jzWAWrJI4iYDV01kjnJuLfmIzwqhTWdS2WJvD9vuXcwlnXPFFeOJ1cXRsCu4RLjt98aRwlsuE0LNrR-n1I=s1873" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="1873" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOGt4Pv43FQeMZy82fuTcmXwch9jQIt6i-eRxSYch1zWqTMizZW5i6-EKNeHjYCQ67QazvBxY7fEvs_5DZcON1aAtn9kIKFjrikXuCv-jzWAWrJI4iYDV01kjnJuLfmIzwqhTWdS2WJvD9vuXcwlnXPFFeOJ1cXRsCu4RLjt98aRwlsuE0LNrR-n1I=w400-h260" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Further Information: <a href="https://benefitby.com/kangen-water-articles/doctors-scientists-nutritionists-say-alkaline-ionized-kangen-water-part-1/">https://benefitby.com/kangen-water-articles/doctors-scientists-nutritionists-say-alkaline-ionized-kangen-water-part-1/</a><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://youtu.be/jZvkVZE_5H4">https://youtu.be/jZvkVZE_5H4</a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This writer watched a demonstration of the Kangen water
purifier designed in Japan. Readers who are interested in the benefits of this
system--that provides medical grade purified water--may find out more at either
of the businesses described in this story.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOmH0T7l-Yy0Mwvwg-c1Nte7_7vBQW5KZbHEmLzONU8XYpYx9Zsd0h_qSGdnYd3F37HzzhS_mH38WpKgl97ti2f35f1eJZ86cP5V9dmKAI7sUF9alVVu6vRFrvGE5X0JK_dHFKvowCNNYEduaR0QWAKKrf8JE2AndDJhPh1jBcjy1nBAcXw6w9tIg_=s1706" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="1706" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOmH0T7l-Yy0Mwvwg-c1Nte7_7vBQW5KZbHEmLzONU8XYpYx9Zsd0h_qSGdnYd3F37HzzhS_mH38WpKgl97ti2f35f1eJZ86cP5V9dmKAI7sUF9alVVu6vRFrvGE5X0JK_dHFKvowCNNYEduaR0QWAKKrf8JE2AndDJhPh1jBcjy1nBAcXw6w9tIg_=w400-h330" width="400" /></a></span></i></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Click here to order for takeout: <a href="https://www.kimscuisineasianfusionbistro.com/menu.aspx">https://www.kimscuisineasianfusionbistro.com/menu.aspx</a></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>We bought the restaurant in
October 2019 and were shut down by the <b>Municipality of Anchorage</b> in March
2020, </i>continued Nguyen. <i>It caused me a lot of worry and stress. Several
of my customers at the nail salon said they had to go to the school to get free
food for her kids. I realized we had food we could not sell because of the
lockdown. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgK5odhN7gzRY7MxTVyGk9BuQQkkkJB_9YF0N1sJC3l9z5kiHWW9yCVGX_T8clCWM_07k5YoSwfE9NuOy21wL0hCoOYEGiKR7398tL9BgTtkEKgu4xiOj1997r_Gtz5EEbEzwmvOEMa6GuqwuGMVRHAbzw2Afk3-YI0p92BivBKWyY9DZl-oLCbCPet=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1453" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgK5odhN7gzRY7MxTVyGk9BuQQkkkJB_9YF0N1sJC3l9z5kiHWW9yCVGX_T8clCWM_07k5YoSwfE9NuOy21wL0hCoOYEGiKR7398tL9BgTtkEKgu4xiOj1997r_Gtz5EEbEzwmvOEMa6GuqwuGMVRHAbzw2Afk3-YI0p92BivBKWyY9DZl-oLCbCPet=w284-h400" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; text-align: left;">This is the order to shut down Anchorage businesses. To learn about how another restaurant business with stores in Anchorage and the MatSu Valley dealt with the different approaches to addressing the Covid Pandemic in the two localities, go here:<br /> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 14.98px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/challenges-from-anchorage_20.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/challenges-from-anchorage_20.html</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>We had a cook on salary! </i>Declared
Nguyen.<i> So I let everyone know that anyone 12 years old and under could have
free meals</i>. </span><i><span style="font-size: medium;">We were busy with constant calls and I felt very good that
we could help out in the crisis. But it was rough to have a new business and be
faced with a health crisis shutdown. </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /><!--[endif]--></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJrk8LJ0_qcuVku3-hZJSTolKnf2ir0w4WG_Klb_XlYFd_F4Ixky8SjZGuSrdlf7G6Db6jJpGL0Co7a2cfaz5n9ppgM7jobvA8KJnZ0-qchG_QvKGrIE4LQxfrc4jo7Qs_zWHMbUY494jo_sdOGq4pguYZ_0lT9-qZtR1figkzc7Uau8TVteFZUAhI=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1715" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJrk8LJ0_qcuVku3-hZJSTolKnf2ir0w4WG_Klb_XlYFd_F4Ixky8SjZGuSrdlf7G6Db6jJpGL0Co7a2cfaz5n9ppgM7jobvA8KJnZ0-qchG_QvKGrIE4LQxfrc4jo7Qs_zWHMbUY494jo_sdOGq4pguYZ_0lT9-qZtR1figkzc7Uau8TVteFZUAhI=w335-h400" width="335" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Stephanie: <i>I am so proud of my
mother; sometimes I ask “how can you do so many risky things so well and hope
it will turn out?”<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Kim: <i>I have so much faith in God.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>References:</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">[1]</span><i><span style="background: rgb(234, 243, 255); color: #202122;">Associated Press</span></i><span style="background: rgb(234, 243, 255); color: #202122;">,
June 23, 1979, <i>San Diego Union</i>, July 20, 1986. See generally Nghia
M. Vo, <i>The Vietnamese Boat People</i> (2006), 1954 and 1975-1992,
McFarland. </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_boat_people"><span style="background: rgb(234, 243, 255);">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_boat_people</span></a><span style="background: rgb(234, 243, 255); color: #202122;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #eaf3ff; color: #202122; font-family: arial;">[2]US Population</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population/">https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Reform Bait-And-Switch</span></span></b></p>
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</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Many
Alaskans appear to be in denial that our modern elections could be circumvented
by forces of evil. They seem to think the <b><i>Alaska Ranked Choice Voting</i></b>
proposition that barely passed in 2020 is about taking power away from the
established <b>Democrat </b>and <b>Republican</b> parties.[1] Other concerned Alaskans
continue to comb the <b><i>Alaska Division of Elections’ </i></b>sanitized
voter rolls, asking questions and identifying election problems, in search of
the smoking gun of election fraud.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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if the circumstances of the diseased election were manipulated so that the
symptoms are all we can discern? Smoke but no fire.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I am
myself extremely concerned about <b>Ranked Choice Voting</b> that passed in this state,
<b>Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Member</b></span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> and <b><i>Fox News Contributor</i></b>,
<b>Kimberley Strassel</b> explained to a group of conservative Alaskans gathered Saturday,
September 20. <i>I realize it must go through one voting cycle, but it is an
issue we should not just let pass. It needs a lot of attention because that is
also part of the game: <b>To change very trusted and tried systems not because
it is viewed as necessary voting reform but rather as a means to gain political
dominance.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b></b></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgE93quLNkfgVZcic_MesSU9XHhOsXZ3atXAGY5cohKlAsZT21SlKqbPBGvbjqXOzo8UFX4PLpDDHc7Orvmke_Jz7Sp-CINHuxOB9e39xBe93ye3HUUbLpVj2JOfWs5A_sCJ8pKlDc3cnWpzYjq2ukjYVZepPK_5CKH9yDv62R4elGuBpanhrVwLad8=s526" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="526" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgE93quLNkfgVZcic_MesSU9XHhOsXZ3atXAGY5cohKlAsZT21SlKqbPBGvbjqXOzo8UFX4PLpDDHc7Orvmke_Jz7Sp-CINHuxOB9e39xBe93ye3HUUbLpVj2JOfWs5A_sCJ8pKlDc3cnWpzYjq2ukjYVZepPK_5CKH9yDv62R4elGuBpanhrVwLad8=w400-h386" width="400" /></a></b></i></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></b></i><b><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 107%;">What we
face as Alaskans</span></b></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As a colony
of the <b><i>United States of America</i></b> we in Alaska are easily
manipulated by other states. We cannot look to our nearest neighbors, Russia or
Canada, for help. We must run our state in accordance with laws of <b>Mother
America</b>. Still, Alaskans must stand our ground when faced with policies and
practices foisted on us by outside interests with ulterior motives who do not
share our long-term values.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, we
look to Washington, to Oregon, to California and wonder: <i>Why would we do
what THEY are doing?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGW4NPSXn318LcKY5RYvN9B1wj-Bj0ttf-16fxz09XndAVXqeDqqUSuIgYYNxJOJdvzVXeSm7onpSZiiu0bCSPEnCvtTMhMnS8tmNoKPtT8dAmdW2pk6vkJULHLhx1DXSVenKaGMXVKBKHsqQ4M1JwKkTqeCdekyDct1SvtbJnUZAlaswjiAqIpVld=s410" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="410" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGW4NPSXn318LcKY5RYvN9B1wj-Bj0ttf-16fxz09XndAVXqeDqqUSuIgYYNxJOJdvzVXeSm7onpSZiiu0bCSPEnCvtTMhMnS8tmNoKPtT8dAmdW2pk6vkJULHLhx1DXSVenKaGMXVKBKHsqQ4M1JwKkTqeCdekyDct1SvtbJnUZAlaswjiAqIpVld=w400-h286" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Sheldon Air Service</i></b> story
here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Strassel: </span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">We
know Democrats used Covid as an excuse to change all the rules in a way that
would help them on election day.</i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">The reason we know this is very
telling: when <b>Nancy Pelosi </b>was elected Speaker again in 2018 the very
first bill she brought up to the floor for consideration—long before Covid—was about
<b>election reform</b></i><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
Democrats called it an “anti-corruption” bill.[2] Haha.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Strassel
writes the <i>Potomac Watch</i> column and podcast for the WSJ helping international
readers understand correlation between actions in DC and politician’s words.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3KgDC43yEXRySyXcrer7VHwCa4Fh7RVMMtBX18kwRaplGx6b14T8V-1IILzR0V-ehEsPQKwlV1sldZYWA2z2d12rDUcxtZtOh0sC3BU9Xkr9pky-EVr_LUSBSjG569ZVnYD5vcslYTJnAPOatYs3u3awoCdamc7LdGqkM1WpzqpuEEzo-YiRJXlNI=s400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="400" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3KgDC43yEXRySyXcrer7VHwCa4Fh7RVMMtBX18kwRaplGx6b14T8V-1IILzR0V-ehEsPQKwlV1sldZYWA2z2d12rDUcxtZtOh0sC3BU9Xkr9pky-EVr_LUSBSjG569ZVnYD5vcslYTJnAPOatYs3u3awoCdamc7LdGqkM1WpzqpuEEzo-YiRJXlNI=w400-h295" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Alaska Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Strassel
explained: </span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Whenever a new majority takes over in the <b>U.S House of
Representatives</b> the first bill they bring up is considered their greatest
priority, and it gets the title <b>HR 1</b>. House Speaker <b>Pelosi</b> and
her people had campaigned on all kinds of things--healthcare, immigration
reform, cost of living--but yet, when they took over, their number one priority
HR 1—was <b>Election Reform</b>. That tells you everything you need to know
about what has happened in the subsequent two years.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This is
called <i>duplicity</i> (</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">deceitfulness; double-dealing)</span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">That
election takeover bill they pushed in 2018--and that they are pushing now—and that
they want to break the Senate filibuster rule for[3], is a bill that replicates
what we saw in the Covid Emergency: Same-day voter registration, all mail-in
balloting, ballot harvesting—In which people are paid to go out and collect voter’s
ballots to turn them in. You can’t know what is happening behind the scenes,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> continued Strassel. <i>This is
essentially the system they have in California; Pelosi wants to
“California-ize” the entire country’s election laws by a <b>federal election
takeover</b>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Big
government politicians and bureaucrats must understand: ELECTIONS ARE RUN BY
THE STATES.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p>
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of a modern-day colony of the US, Alaskans know what federal takeover means. We
have seen policies regarding access and development of our natural resource
bounty played like a football at the <b>Super Bowl</b>. <b><i>Medicaid</i></b>
has swamped our healthcare system, giving better benefits to people on the dole
than to <b><i>Medicare</i></b> seniors who earned their benefits over years of
working and contributing. If it weren’t for our strategic location on the globe
Alaska might be relegated to a federal preserve for the <b><i>US Park Service.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Oh, and
don’t forget: The filibuster they now want to replace has traditionally been a
tool of the Democrats. The record for the longest individual speech goes to
South Carolina's Strom Thurmond, who filibustered for 24 hours and 18
minutes against the <i>Civil Rights Act of 1957.[3]<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Strassel
continued: <i>Democrats will say “we need this because it makes it easier to
vote and it will cause greater voter participation. If you don’t believe in
this, then obviously you are for <b>Jim Crow</b> and you are racist.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">What ABOUT
California voter participation?</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">If you
look at the statistics from the past four presidential elections, do you know
what state has some of the lowest participation rates--</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">at the bottom of the pack in
presidential elections? Over the past four presidential elections it has ranked
46th, 49th, 49th and 43rd in voter turnout—<i>CALIFORNIA!</i> <i>By contrast,
do you know what state has some of the toughest voting laws in the country? NEW
HAMPSHIRE!</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-XLBxZNQhG7uvM-w5EDsOYXGe34oO1vsQrzK2Tjv9JLlofFpQZ_0umoZ6pR8OAmHmtUISrjVzlERdH-PB_X_bqIhlEefXzF1shpqhPO19LTIst8H5XRKveBHs8CK9rC4gLvOpwDRjd5jnsBqAvkPcZt43JhX_fF8moEGQPq7SptMSHDW5wvyMdT6g=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="2048" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-XLBxZNQhG7uvM-w5EDsOYXGe34oO1vsQrzK2Tjv9JLlofFpQZ_0umoZ6pR8OAmHmtUISrjVzlERdH-PB_X_bqIhlEefXzF1shpqhPO19LTIst8H5XRKveBHs8CK9rC4gLvOpwDRjd5jnsBqAvkPcZt43JhX_fF8moEGQPq7SptMSHDW5wvyMdT6g=w400-h290" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Read about MatSu Food Bank here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The
Constitution of New Hampshire sets a high bar for voting integrity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It is written in their state
constitution that you MUST vote in person in New Hampshire. There are a few
exceptions--for serving overseas or for disability--but otherwise you must vote
in person, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">explained
Stossel. <i>They don’t have “provisional ballots,” where a voter says: “oh, I
forgot my ID so if you will just let me fill this out, if it is necessary after
the election you can verify it,” because New Hampshire has a rule--again in
their Constitution--that says every ballot has to be opened on election day and
must be called out in a public square at the end of the day. And each voter
must show an ID.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska’s
Constitution provides for <i>suffrage and elections</i> in Article V.[5] The
two suffrage issues which generated the most controversy at the constitutional
convention were voting age and literacy requirements. Our voting age is 18 and
the requirement that voters must be able to read and write English has been
eliminated. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And of
course, running elections is the biggest job of the Lt. Governor. This writer
has written previously about election management concerns.[6]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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New Hampshire has had to stand its own ground.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As one of the
original 13 colonies, control of the New Hampshire colony changed several times
before the colony declared its independence. It was a Royal Province prior to
1641 when it was claimed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was dubbed the
Upper Province of Massachusetts. In 1680, New Hampshire returned to its status
as a Royal Province, but this lasted only until 1688 when it again became part
of Massachusetts. New Hampshire regained independence—from Massachusetts, not
from England—in 1741. At that time, the people elected Benning Wentworth as its
own governor and remained under his leadership until 1766.[6]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We share
some similarities. Alaska was first owned by the <b><i>Russian/American Company
</i></b>under the relentless dictatorship of <b>Lord Aleksandr Baranof</b>. In
the 1950’s a Republican President, <b>Dwight Eisenhower</b> asked why a state
that was wall-to-wall Democrats--and broke--should become a state? Alaska statehood
became possible by bringing in Hawaii--which was rich with sugar production and
wall-to-wall Republican. Tit for tat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">How
things have changed!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Since the
2020 election many Alaskans have become exercised about election integrity. They
are combing the <b><i>Division of Election </i></b>databases and a lawsuit was
filed challenging the constitutionality of <b><i>Ranked-Choice-Voting</i></b>.
I have posted the legal filing in its entirety in References.[7]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu5FdZfFcEuFNzc-CzDkHw6lKtAT1dX_lC7fBzwj3z4IMjMjkAHS9zxYBIB564HZKwcEVHCLGk9AKgxTzn4hqFDiMLyaetWM1K7HLEjhTSpA3DK0HPvn_aJZhaI9Xl3dA_GlUaJolBP6Q5GQ8G1SH9LwniEBjlcNld1O4ILYpl3UKxc849ATkVm9yC=s400"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="322" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu5FdZfFcEuFNzc-CzDkHw6lKtAT1dX_lC7fBzwj3z4IMjMjkAHS9zxYBIB564HZKwcEVHCLGk9AKgxTzn4hqFDiMLyaetWM1K7HLEjhTSpA3DK0HPvn_aJZhaI9Xl3dA_GlUaJolBP6Q5GQ8G1SH9LwniEBjlcNld1O4ILYpl3UKxc849ATkVm9yC=w323-h400" width="323" /></a></span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Cozy Interiors</i></b> Story Here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/01/destiny-happens.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/01/destiny-happens.html</a></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In her
talk to Alaskans, Strassel further reflected on conditions that have made New
Hampshire a bastion of election integrity and strong voter participation:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">They have
a great <b>Secretary of State</b> there, named <b>Bill Gardner</b>, who is the
longest serving <b>Secretary of State</b> in the nation,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> Strassel said. <i>He has been there
for something like 24 consecutive two-year terms, and he is a Democrat. But he
came to Washington DC to rail against Pelosi’s bill, and he made the point that
what we should want in elections is both ease of voting—don’t make it difficult
for people to vote—and we must have belief and trust in the system. THAT is
what encourages people to come out and vote.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Many Alaskans
who care about this state are longing for the same thing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk88567316"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">References:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[1]Happytalk
about Ranked Choice Voting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://campaignlegal.org/democracyu/accountability/ranked-choice-voting">https://campaignlegal.org/democracyu/accountability/ranked-choice-voting</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[2]HB
1 presented as “anti-corruption” legislation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/30/18118158/house-democrats-anti-corruption-bill-hr-1-pelosi">https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/30/18118158/house-democrats-anti-corruption-bill-hr-1-pelosi</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[3]Senate
Filibuster Rule<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture/overview.htm">https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture/overview.htm</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[4]Alaska
Constitution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://ltgov.alaska.gov/information/alaskas-constitution/">https://ltgov.alaska.gov/information/alaskas-constitution/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[5]<span style="background: white;">What if Alaska’s
Election was hacked?</span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/04/what-if-alaskas-election-was-hacked.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/04/what-if-alaskas-election-was-hacked.html</span></a><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Are
Honest Alaskans Being Played for Fools?<br />
<a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/alaska-election-questions.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/alaska-election-questions.html</span></a><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Fighting for
Election Integrity</span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/04/what-if-alaskas-election-was-hacked.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/04/what-if-alaskas-election-was-hacked.html</span></a><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[6]ThoughtCo.com:
New Hampshire Colony<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/new-hampshire-colony-103873">https://www.thoughtco.com/new-hampshire-colony-103873</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Must
Read Alaska Explanation of Ranked Choice Voting, July<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://mustreadalaska.com/ballot-measure-2s-jungle-primary-ranked-choice-voting-set-for-court-monday/"><span style="color: #2585b2;">https://mustreadalaska.com/ballot-measure-2s-jungle-primary-ranked-choice-voting-set-for-court-monday/</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #2585b2;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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Aspires </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">to Provide Alaska Food Security<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[endif]--></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIcuJKTSeyc9vpsHcH2PpmeKnVQIzMW3KZdusKEf_KdsGRPxw-SxJo3yWL8slCfeB1d64E5DZtwzD1TkuL2Cfo4nL_9FVB_WKpYYXvRBHjhgL_96laOj2uOscxI1s6a5bVEGr06fcCncXmFuRFZK0W6hdfzb9DNi9UF4Dbm_Vcfmehw3MIflw1mcAh=s761" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="761" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIcuJKTSeyc9vpsHcH2PpmeKnVQIzMW3KZdusKEf_KdsGRPxw-SxJo3yWL8slCfeB1d64E5DZtwzD1TkuL2Cfo4nL_9FVB_WKpYYXvRBHjhgL_96laOj2uOscxI1s6a5bVEGr06fcCncXmFuRFZK0W6hdfzb9DNi9UF4Dbm_Vcfmehw3MIflw1mcAh=w400-h198" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The herd of cattle moved toward the far end of their enclosure after a long haul from Delta.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An immigrant from Greece, as a youth <b>Greg Giannulis</b>
had worked in the fields picking grapes and olives, but his life changed when
he started selling produce purchased from farmers in the afternoons and
weekends. He also worked in a livestock slaughterhouse and learned how to harvest
and butcher animals for sale.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I was making more money in 2-3 hours than I was making
working all day in the fields, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">explained Giannulis. <i>And I learned to live within my means--whenever
I borrowed money I paid it back quickly.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinMYb8wMmtUZUjNp7xjkrv70eG5PPDXuzfPclQqrotLoPGmlYPrneGrIWdwUJf33KBT1PCoEFGPu6M4KSEKLqc36ykMrRKozFKNhN76IxEdZucnOR2hF4e4kfu-cWTjJLMhleGrhFEFN_49w123DS1wNvDdNxioLxDCk7NSxv2HoCk9Qrgh7gvjjIY=s400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="322" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinMYb8wMmtUZUjNp7xjkrv70eG5PPDXuzfPclQqrotLoPGmlYPrneGrIWdwUJf33KBT1PCoEFGPu6M4KSEKLqc36ykMrRKozFKNhN76IxEdZucnOR2hF4e4kfu-cWTjJLMhleGrhFEFN_49w123DS1wNvDdNxioLxDCk7NSxv2HoCk9Qrgh7gvjjIY=w323-h400" width="323" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name="_Hlk87518414"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Cozy Interiors</i></b>
Story Here: </span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6144703834679089068/5306569816903717711">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/01/destiny-happens.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ultimately Giannulis joined the Merchant Marines, worked as a
bull cook aboard ships, and jumped ship in Houston, Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He knew this was the land of opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I was an illegal immigrant. I left Texas to go to Chicago,
Illinois, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">continued
Giannulis. <i>I stayed there about 8-9 months before I came to Alaska.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From Chicago, Giannulis became a modern <b><i>Alaskan cheechako</i></b>.[1]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ-V-_fYBJbOHJEzjLbbZe-ktnl4hiJSjDPk-8ukWfoAwKqnZv-Zpws0tnnlWAFekRTpeQ31ioSqsA4kbxgbBCLh9KYnOpkXVHuIP7cibxO_nTomqBTayPBQ1OnfVCc0IvQQxjvPG0QPKWuCHCkchhPV7PUI6nW5CWUKQpSinn_k5YrUr219wrYckv=s400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="400" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ-V-_fYBJbOHJEzjLbbZe-ktnl4hiJSjDPk-8ukWfoAwKqnZv-Zpws0tnnlWAFekRTpeQ31ioSqsA4kbxgbBCLh9KYnOpkXVHuIP7cibxO_nTomqBTayPBQ1OnfVCc0IvQQxjvPG0QPKWuCHCkchhPV7PUI6nW5CWUKQpSinn_k5YrUr219wrYckv=w400-h295" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Alaska Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Giannulis continued: <i>Long story short, I went back to
Greece and came back to Alaska through Canada and I have never left. I got
married in 1987 and we had eight kids.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">That’s right, eight kids raised in Eagle River with this
business, now grown.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I worked at pizza places, I did many jobs</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">, reflected Giannulis’. <i>I went to
school to become a licensed heavy equipment operator. I fished in Bristol Bay
for several years, and I butchered animals for individuals. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaVlNNjOx20lhco3mCLCDWcFc-KA84RiArANhEUuzP54VnRB03rQkMZXwsLUjpSFKbZ3ZCUwBTm2tS9rUf9GHIVmnVUbCq5nxRE_EQxAZpEhh3UgKMa_Xm4epFTWlthjCRccnMVpwOMsjtHttxVZ1Eq58vok1M1__1sunzpIdSgQIf73WbOOB1AEPU=s410" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="410" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaVlNNjOx20lhco3mCLCDWcFc-KA84RiArANhEUuzP54VnRB03rQkMZXwsLUjpSFKbZ3ZCUwBTm2tS9rUf9GHIVmnVUbCq5nxRE_EQxAZpEhh3UgKMa_Xm4epFTWlthjCRccnMVpwOMsjtHttxVZ1Eq58vok1M1__1sunzpIdSgQIf73WbOOB1AEPU=w400-h286" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Sheldon Air Service</i></b> story
here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><br />Giannulis bought </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;"><i>Mike’s Quality Meats</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">in 1990. He explains: </span><i style="font-size: 14pt;">It was a retail store
and a guy named Mike was running it. I went in as a partner and within 2-1/2
years I bought out his share.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He jokes that he kept the name because he couldn’t afford to
pay for new signage to change it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgig-s64AV9-3v-Aa1k9m9SFFPG3E24K0WPkYRd1rgXLvpU_zDwW4JohdwVaGAsHGZu8rdnNzyubEhK-W0kYpZn80MWjeUwtIJRblbzDk5h7tbJ6yletB8VUHy7V6z9eb1czBZALwBvjb-jTzzel_7uuXJAiHvgc3YsMHcGoJr5pet0do79DWFEUZMy=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1942" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgig-s64AV9-3v-Aa1k9m9SFFPG3E24K0WPkYRd1rgXLvpU_zDwW4JohdwVaGAsHGZu8rdnNzyubEhK-W0kYpZn80MWjeUwtIJRblbzDk5h7tbJ6yletB8VUHy7V6z9eb1czBZALwBvjb-jTzzel_7uuXJAiHvgc3YsMHcGoJr5pet0do79DWFEUZMy=w379-h400" width="379" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read about Mike's Quality Meats here: <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/an-eagle-river-institution.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/11/an-eagle-river-institution.html</a></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Today </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><i>Mike’s Quality Meats</i></b><span style="font-family: arial;">
has wholesale and retail divisions serving Alaskans in every corner of the
state. Giannulis' office is at the retail store at 12112 Business Park Blvd. in Eagle
River, and includes two nearby warehouses. Most days Giannulis can be found at
his desk taking orders and scheduling shipment. He has a firm grip on
everything that happens in his operation, which also includes </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><i>Rocket
Ranch</i></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> in Palmer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Prices for Alaska meat for restaurants and individual
consumers have generally been decided by Seattle, where most of the meat has come
through over the last 30 years Giannulis has been in business.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But he has aspired to change that dynamic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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pigs and cattle, </span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">said
Giannulis. <i>You must make a profit on everything you sell but you cannot
gouge people. I put a reasonable price on everything I sell. A lot of producers
objected to the overall price reductions I caused, so they tried to boycott me
through the state-owned slaughterhouse, <b>Mt McKinley Meats & Sausage (MMMS)</b>.
Since the <b>State of Alaska</b> owned the slaughterhouse some didn’t think
they should have competition for price of meat processed there.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>I love competition. Bring it on! </b></span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>he enthused.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Selling the MMMS plant to a private owner was necessary since
the State was losing hundreds of thousands of dollars on it each year,
according to Giannulis. It had been offered for sale by the <b><i>Alaska Department
of Agriculture</i></b> through a Request for Proposal (RFP) a number of times before
Giannulis paid cash for it in 2017. Having a private company buy it saved the
USDA stamp for Southcentral Alaska.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhX6X_QFVcZ2YIQmZfUvU1huzBUevswiSbd0j9Iq3BsjIHGOOp0i9CNJk2Gjs1xWPuTRf9RYL4nyxmHAfAXK0PhHLUrJ7qkv3jKrm2W_zNNKjVhx92Jb4jVZvnxsUWVEEfTAa887dTctccxSwKtiutJVcwKX7uS1Ibalq9liGGl3B3h8xZF_nOaqTK4=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="2048" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhX6X_QFVcZ2YIQmZfUvU1huzBUevswiSbd0j9Iq3BsjIHGOOp0i9CNJk2Gjs1xWPuTRf9RYL4nyxmHAfAXK0PhHLUrJ7qkv3jKrm2W_zNNKjVhx92Jb4jVZvnxsUWVEEfTAa887dTctccxSwKtiutJVcwKX7uS1Ibalq9liGGl3B3h8xZF_nOaqTK4=w400-h290" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Read about MatSu Food Bank here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />That stamp is worth millions, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Giannulis declared<i>. It isn’t about
whether you can make money or not make money. It is about providing food for
Alaskans.[2]</i></span></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The USDA stamp assures a quality standard that is the best in
the world for human consumption. A secured office provides administrative
support for USDA inspectors at the processing plant. This stamp assures the food safety
standard is met from the time the first knife is picked up until the last cut
is made and the meat packaged for sale.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhieXrWULxnm5U1mBMs_-FjyreoONDR4LUqPT2VZtoJVVzQDljZ03C9J2lPiRU3U7W8yTEX9bMvowPAqhfK0Dbxw_F6HZ7ujq16Xdeh0baclBXmhukG6l0lVj2QPZFjpoYkWSKVgvLTvAqeFK7_-YZsEXjPO6ee2axOHBC9eTOLZOQ_fsKZmWo5cj7X=s3385" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="3385" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhieXrWULxnm5U1mBMs_-FjyreoONDR4LUqPT2VZtoJVVzQDljZ03C9J2lPiRU3U7W8yTEX9bMvowPAqhfK0Dbxw_F6HZ7ujq16Xdeh0baclBXmhukG6l0lVj2QPZFjpoYkWSKVgvLTvAqeFK7_-YZsEXjPO6ee2axOHBC9eTOLZOQ_fsKZmWo5cj7X=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">The black USDA stamps are visible on these beef carcasses at MMMS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><b>With major investment into the MMMS plant, Giannulis was able
to make a profit on production from the plant despite a lack of animals
available in Alaska. The November 2019 earthquake followed by the Covid
pandemic brought home the need for Alaska food security and Giannus began to
seek recognition of this need by elected officials.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is a copy of one of the letters sent to legislators and
select members of the Dunleavy Administration.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI52fCNvorlzNex4gmUGUgy8o0HR9ra_t-jua0vW5IGfE8AlPrFGVvVhgfl_SImloy6klZOZhf00VqfRicFriZmlfqVsoS6C3mJ7HfMtfRvEOkejnXm7NUGSGgL8JK1mxNWHq0tlMj2S_cCRr4GtGPgC6mwNAcKQKKkEObVjlYnRxokFbGATi5vCAk=s1656" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="1398" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI52fCNvorlzNex4gmUGUgy8o0HR9ra_t-jua0vW5IGfE8AlPrFGVvVhgfl_SImloy6klZOZhf00VqfRicFriZmlfqVsoS6C3mJ7HfMtfRvEOkejnXm7NUGSGgL8JK1mxNWHq0tlMj2S_cCRr4GtGPgC6mwNAcKQKKkEObVjlYnRxokFbGATi5vCAk=w338-h400" width="338" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Response was disappointing.</span></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">$1-1/2 Billion is being spent per year to buy beef for Alaskans.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Giannulis continued: Mostly we need policy that will allow us
to feed ourselves. I have traveled to Canada five times and spent a week each
time to see how their agriculture business works. The smallest farm is 10,000
acres. They have 30,000, 50,000 100,000 acre farms raising animals for meat. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He will be required to bring meat from Seattle for his retail
business until Alaska plans beyond having a network of subsistence farmers and
gardeners supplementing the majority of food shipped here from someplace else.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Many were disappointed by <b>Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s </b>Lackluster
speech to the 2021 <b><i>Alaska Farm Bureau Convention</i></b> at the <b><i>Egan
Center</i></b> over Veteran’s Day weekend..<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska land policies favor vegetables and grains. But true
food security for Alaska requires raising livestock. We do not have a
commercial poultry farm. <b><i>Havemeister
Dairy</i></b> was our last commercial milk producer in Southcentral Alaska.[3] If
elected officials approved a plan for industrial agriculture in Alaska tomorrow
it would take years to clear land and build infrastructure for this purpose.[4]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Having a plant that can process 300-700 animals per week is a
step, but we need much more than that for true food security.[5]<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">References:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[1]Someone new to Alaska or the
Yukon. Originally a reference to the Gold Rush newcomers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://dare.wisc.edu/words/word-of-the-month-archive/cheechako/">https://dare.wisc.edu/words/word-of-the-month-archive/cheechako/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[2]How Can Alaska Gain Food
Security?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2020/06/how-can-alaska-gain-food-security.html</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[3]Last Days of the Havemeister
Dairy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2021/10/06/the-last-days-of-the-havemeister-dairy-alaskas-oldest-commercial-milk-producer-is-shutting-down/">https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2021/10/06/the-last-days-of-the-havemeister-dairy-alaskas-oldest-commercial-milk-producer-is-shutting-down/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[4]Alaska Has Food Security
Options<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Slaughterhouse Gains new Owners</span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">The
slaughterhouse formerly known as </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Mt. McKinley Meats and Sausages</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">
(MMMS) has been purchased by a North Pole Farming family and will return to
processing red meat for Alaskans soon. The plant had been shut down and was on
the market after owner </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Greg Giannulis</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> realized it was not profitable
given current in-state livestock availability.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
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buyers who wanted to pay more to use the facility for other purposes</span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">, explained <b>Bill Borden</b>,
broker at <b><i>High Caliber Realty</i></b>. <i>But I told the director of the <b>Division
of Agriculture</b> that we would try to keep it as a slaughterhouse if
possible, and to Greg’s credit he will take less money, and I will forgo some
of my fee, to make this possible.</i></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVaWaBx6py15fneGbyjs-DmjwxSmFrQSWQ-uVAJGaVuTK9gom8dQU38pptK7N6G-BEX_GncYLta_vrYQnZ7I4Snh3U_6J_p4k4Aik5fqiUDBA9RuWmI9v0zjdnzCURLWL-H54iaCEb2to1MKLnl5mBVQerbeDlbuuVdOT7j0dr8XiiaWnghxXX-IO8=s2016" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVaWaBx6py15fneGbyjs-DmjwxSmFrQSWQ-uVAJGaVuTK9gom8dQU38pptK7N6G-BEX_GncYLta_vrYQnZ7I4Snh3U_6J_p4k4Aik5fqiUDBA9RuWmI9v0zjdnzCURLWL-H54iaCEb2to1MKLnl5mBVQerbeDlbuuVdOT7j0dr8XiiaWnghxXX-IO8=w400-h300" width="400" /></b></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Bill Borden</b> is Broker of High Caliber Realty and <b>Ken Peltier</b> is Alaska Regional Manager.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjptW7x27WxEMhPbTfIzktGC4uisv-RIN0SgFdkO9m0E8u1d_iV0vei0oBM7xJST1VbnE6MC71x9dEyyY3bYDuV-TqfTx_s96ybd5soILp9Wd4JrCqzICNNCRz9bUHGTRT0Igv8bPQzqnd1u475S8_U6qtXKjynvbsO2qVkG-GPClmODRfkEvpu6G4t=s1259" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1259" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjptW7x27WxEMhPbTfIzktGC4uisv-RIN0SgFdkO9m0E8u1d_iV0vei0oBM7xJST1VbnE6MC71x9dEyyY3bYDuV-TqfTx_s96ybd5soILp9Wd4JrCqzICNNCRz9bUHGTRT0Igv8bPQzqnd1u475S8_U6qtXKjynvbsO2qVkG-GPClmODRfkEvpu6G4t=w400-h234" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rumors
that a group of farmers were attempting to purchase the facility are untrue. No
state funds or federal grants are being paid in this deal. The owners will
schedule processing of red meat animals from any Alaska farmers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzy1ZwcPDcr4v5uvBzveM1fIltvEap9rpJFbkfc09XSODNJytilwAmdSnr3zsweTDuinZ6NElbMfxURzVk-rK96T_94JPulZLxA23Lf4jQ5znNu6asBzJP1f36HqShFFkn86qSn0igv-XvMfKj_mZsQbfIUnUsP1VtFxu1A54TKNoPvN1_yeavLLwj=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="2048" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzy1ZwcPDcr4v5uvBzveM1fIltvEap9rpJFbkfc09XSODNJytilwAmdSnr3zsweTDuinZ6NElbMfxURzVk-rK96T_94JPulZLxA23Lf4jQ5znNu6asBzJP1f36HqShFFkn86qSn0igv-XvMfKj_mZsQbfIUnUsP1VtFxu1A54TKNoPvN1_yeavLLwj=w400-h290" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Read about MatSu Food Bank here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Confidentiality agreements forbid revealing the price of the purchase, by </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Todd and Sherrie Elsberry</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> of </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Elsberry Farm</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">. This will put the facility into the hands of a </span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">producer</i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> of meats for slaughter instead of a </span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">marketer</i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> of products as is </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Mike’s Quality Meats</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">, owned by Giannulis. Elsberry Farm produces primarily pork but the slaughterhouse will be available for cattle, pork, sheep and goats.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
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purchased the plant in 2017 out of frustration when State Employee managers slow-rolled processing his own cattle and hogs. It had been run at a financial
loss with work done by </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Department of Corrections</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> prisoners for
decades. Gov. </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Bill Walker</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> ordered it sold when a bill from Corrections was
sent to the </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Department of Agriculture </i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">for employee and other
operational costs.[1]</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Challenges
of Alaska food security due to the difficulty of the work and lack of animal
availability have required artificial insemination of animals for genetic
diversity. Robust <b><i>4-H </i></b>and <b><i>Future Farmers of America</i></b>
programs promote a future for agriculture in Alaska. [2]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3cMgT5MEvKwDXZCFYzUNBFl3-oTOhyB0AduxS9koQJ6Zq4wCeCkx6W3Gru4erXrCOJEOw3psSaKrHZJLGu9Wq5_NaSJ7xaVBTlcr6zyKCYb5YdFhuoX8UcdGcbMOLH5ci3WaM6LegfcVCX1ENpTbiOa40oTQxCD54oLfEa3QvcmeUEjKWZoCGWK-U=s400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="400" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3cMgT5MEvKwDXZCFYzUNBFl3-oTOhyB0AduxS9koQJ6Zq4wCeCkx6W3Gru4erXrCOJEOw3psSaKrHZJLGu9Wq5_NaSJ7xaVBTlcr6zyKCYb5YdFhuoX8UcdGcbMOLH5ci3WaM6LegfcVCX1ENpTbiOa40oTQxCD54oLfEa3QvcmeUEjKWZoCGWK-U=w400-h295" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Alaska Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Our Alaska
dependence on Seattle for food has kept prices high, according to Giannulis. </span><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Seattle is the choke point for Alaska
food imports. From there most food shipments land on the docks at Anchorage.
[3]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Alaska policymakers have long known that food security is
lacking. MMMS was a failure until Giannulis took it over and says he made a
profit until recently. Giannulis estimates he has invested $2.5 million in his
operation including the farm, storefront and processing plant, without taking out
any loans. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">When I came to Eagle River 40 years ago I had a
pair of pants and a jacket with a hole in it,</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> he proclaimed.[4]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All across
Northern Canada commercial agriculture operations produce food for that country
on 10,000-50,000 acre farms, while we in Alaska have many homesteaders on small
plots with subsistence farms. According to former Natural Resource Manager for
the MatSu Borough, <b>Ray Nix</b>: <i><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a;">The challenges for a successful agriculture operation are <b>sufficient
infrastructure, viable products, and viable market.</b> If any one of those
elements are lacking successful commercial agriculture cannot succeed. Small
operations can be successful, can succeed, but expansion is limited if they
don’t have a road to the farm or power. Infrastructure is key.</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a;">[5]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2j2axCO-snPJMBDaTO2_n16blmygfl2gZngvjkMzMywe2Z9brOJsFZ0-0taBlJ5UD5xR1uf2oLMHsSbNA6Gs2nr83xuOoqnhNJaCUEWY6YoSCvvMoLhrsBKHtBwLwJFdz8ulm0TDNmYCudOsOU-lVdq0OMXtxDIw0UjHDBn2M8UhH9LCE1k9pBrJM=s1344" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1082" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2j2axCO-snPJMBDaTO2_n16blmygfl2gZngvjkMzMywe2Z9brOJsFZ0-0taBlJ5UD5xR1uf2oLMHsSbNA6Gs2nr83xuOoqnhNJaCUEWY6YoSCvvMoLhrsBKHtBwLwJFdz8ulm0TDNmYCudOsOU-lVdq0OMXtxDIw0UjHDBn2M8UhH9LCE1k9pBrJM=w323-h400" width="323" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Cozy Interiors</i></b> Story
Here: </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6144703834679089068/5306569816903717711">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/01/destiny-happens.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Commercial agriculture requires large parcels
of land which are available but will require years to develop. Denial seems to
be easy in backwater Juneau where legislators are fed very well by Seattle.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On the other
hand, Alaska has had agriculture operations here for a long time and some of
the individual farms are doing pretty well, according to Director of
Agriculture, <b>David Schade</b>: <i><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a;">We have at least one farmer who makes more than $5 million per year in
sales, 12 farms that make over $1 million per year,</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a;"> <i>66 making between 250,000 and a
million, and 101 who make between $50,000 and 250,000,</i> said Schade. <i>But
of the 990 farms in the state, 582 of them make less than $10,000 per year. So,
I am not disagreeing with your assertion that we need more large commercial
producers, but there is opportunity—the pie is huge!</i>[6]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a;"></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kYJMJo7Y2IY5x0wPzLU6r20GUxmr6aZMEVMAOfTfi6gDWVKHRsXE04AOkFFuTQopX_IYNvV9R8q0CTwPT-hEjkiIzh9bIM17EqwUs8FbNhc81FXi54uBJfQlj1nHLcQUiH_m60yP9fc/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="410" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kYJMJo7Y2IY5x0wPzLU6r20GUxmr6aZMEVMAOfTfi6gDWVKHRsXE04AOkFFuTQopX_IYNvV9R8q0CTwPT-hEjkiIzh9bIM17EqwUs8FbNhc81FXi54uBJfQlj1nHLcQUiH_m60yP9fc/w400-h286/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Sheldon Air Service</i></b> story
here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a;"><br /></span></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Putting the largest USDA slaughterhouse in Alaska back into
production is an important step in Alaska Food Security. Bringing Alaska
producers together to meet the demands of consumers is another step, but the
question is how much livestock can be raised in-state to keep a plant capable
of processing 300-700 animals per week? According to Giannulis it takes 4-5
acres per animal to raise cattle.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">That will be the challenge of the new owners. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Resources:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[1] How Can Alaska Gain Food
Security? June 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2020/06/how-can-alaska-gain-food-security.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2020/06/how-can-alaska-gain-food-security.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[2] <span style="background: white;">Who Dares to Farm in Alaska,
September 2020</span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2020/09/who-dares-to-farm-in-alaska.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2020/09/who-dares-to-farm-in-alaska.html</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="MsoHyperlink">[3]</span><span style="background: white;"> Who is Making a
Difference? December 2020</span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2020/12/who-is-making-difference.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2020/12/who-is-making-difference.html</span></a><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">[4]<a name="_Hlk68162889"> Food for
Thought for Alaskans</a></span>,
December 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2020/12/alaskas-food-security-options-2020.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2020/12/alaskas-food-security-options-2020.html</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">[5]</span><span style="color: #050505; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Addressing
Alaska's Hierarchy of Needs, February 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/alaska-has-food-security-options.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/alaska-has-food-security-options.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[6] Are Alaska agriculture efforts
working? April 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">As a precursor to the election on October 20 </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Alaska
Department of Labor and Workforce Development (AKLWD)</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> Economist, </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Neal
Fried,</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> presented his annual overview of the MatSu economy to my </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Susitna
Rotary Club</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fried’s assessment was optimistic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Must Read Alaska</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> presented a very good overview of these
election results on November 3: <a href="https://mustreadalaska.com/election-results-conservatives-sweep-mat-su-valley-elections-for-a-mandate/">Election
results: Conservatives sweep Mat-Su Valley elections for a mandate - Must Read
Alaska</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I wrote about Fried’s previous popular presentation, in
October of 2020, when it was mostly a review of the devastating economic results
of the Covid Virus. That story provides perspective given continued upward
economic trajectory of the MatSu area since then.</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">[1]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_VQGZCDnjO2L_AOFABSvrsfUGXdbJFYuidsUEjXxs3IP_swUuwiWQC67Z7ap35Fh9AERWNbfREA2ND_vaswkhT6M6urnqXv7VRZmo6Uyu7IYYB1mZbMQX0th-n5YMD1jWC5tlTWIsBk/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="219" data-original-width="400" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_VQGZCDnjO2L_AOFABSvrsfUGXdbJFYuidsUEjXxs3IP_swUuwiWQC67Z7ap35Fh9AERWNbfREA2ND_vaswkhT6M6urnqXv7VRZmo6Uyu7IYYB1mZbMQX0th-n5YMD1jWC5tlTWIsBk/" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Read about MatSu Food Bank here: </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">By contrast, the <b><i>Municipality of Anchorage Assembly</i></b>
further depresses the economy with aggressive denial of the voter’s will—demonstrated
by electing <b>David Bronson</b> as Mayor—with continued lockdowns, and soap
opera fear mongering at assembly meeting spectacles. I have also written about
this contrast between valley and Anchorage approaches to Covid mitigation.[2]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, <i>smart money</i> is moving to the valley.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">According to statistics from <b><i>AKLWD</i></b>, nearly 60
percent of Alaskans who live in the MatSu Valley also work at jobs there, with
30 percent of valley residents working in Anchorage. This writer has driven
this commute going the opposite direction of Valley-to-Anchorage cars </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18.6667px;">during rush hours </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">over more
than four years. In mornings and evenings I saw a steady
and continuous line of traffic.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The profile of where Mat-Valley residents work has not
changed much over last year’s <b><i>AKLWD</i></b> findings, but unemployment
claims have declined. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">People in the valley are working!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>And, while Alaskans who have year-round jobs are mostly able
to retain them, overall we remain among the bottom of states that have
recovered economically from the Covid Pandemic. According to Fried we are more
similar in our economic profile to Louisiana than any other state.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One indicator of the strong MatSu Valley economic position is
home sales. The first two quarters of 2021 are already approaching the record
high levels of 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoen2rKqMlbZTg8jdVmSaQXds0jSuFYWML-Jf8KxsKFmXC87qqhWJdSTQFuX8QRaXBNnIlMZ_Xj0zHN7fjRXqUS2pFcvF6uWLWsSyW4dJMQvuhaxkKkCS2y0OFumYlPyqFqp7yo4HkueU/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="322" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoen2rKqMlbZTg8jdVmSaQXds0jSuFYWML-Jf8KxsKFmXC87qqhWJdSTQFuX8QRaXBNnIlMZ_Xj0zHN7fjRXqUS2pFcvF6uWLWsSyW4dJMQvuhaxkKkCS2y0OFumYlPyqFqp7yo4HkueU/w322-h400/image.png" width="322" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Cozy Interiors</i></b> Story
Here: </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6144703834679089068/5306569816903717711">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/01/destiny-happens.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We can also see from this indicator that by having the <b><i>State
of Alaska</i></b> subsidize the Juneau economy with the state capital located
there, housing costs are disproportionate from the rest of Alaska. Southeast
Alaska continues to lose population, while MatSu attracts residents who cherish
the country lifestyle and wholesome community life.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Residential Vacancy Rates are trending upward as supply
increases ahead of demand. This is how a vibrant economy looks. It has resulted
in a drop of residential building permits there from the peak in 2006. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Affordability is also increasing overall.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For those who want to stay in Alaska, however, housing
upgrade opportunities exist as the overall market becomes more affordable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska’s population dynamic in the Mat-Su is in constant
change.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And although the population is growing, net migration is
falling for the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Still Alaskans continue to move from Anchorage to MatSu in
greater numbers than those moving from the valley to Anchorage. Obviously, many
feel the 30+ mile drive to work each way is worth it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Overall, people are moving out of Alaska at a greater
percentage than people moving out of any state in the nation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One year ago at this time employment on the Prudhoe oil
development was holding. It has fallen since then as the price of oil continues
to rise. At his presentation last year Fried expressed hope that the price of
oil would stabilize at around $40 per barrel but the November 2020 election and
immediate attack on fossil fuels by the <b><i>Joe Biden Administration</i></b>
has caused price to nearly double<b>. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Americans are paying at the pump. Alaska is gaining
increasing State income from inflated gas prices.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some are saying our <b><i>Permanent Fund</i></b> may reach $100
Billion by the end of the year. That has not stopped elected legislators from
trying to minimize <b><i>Permanent Fund Dividend</i></b> payments to pay for
more government. As the price of oil continues to go up the arguments against
statutory PFD Payments become harder to make.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaskans understand what it is like to live in an inflated
economy. Transportation costs impact everything we buy from other states and
abroad. But result of this political whiplash has been dramatic for Alaska.
Deflation in 2020 bounced back to 5.7 percent <b>inflation</b> to our economy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Everything is becoming more expensive.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Of course, our Covid-anemic tourism industry is something
dangled as a hopeful potential.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska is losing population. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our Alaska economy is fragile. As the economic epicenter of
the state, MatSu Valley voters have elected a strong conservative delegation
and expect elected officials to follow the law and minimize gamesmanship in
Juneau. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The games in Juneau have become too expensive.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">References:</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>[1] Our Economic Sweet Spot:
The Mat-Su Valley</b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2020/10/alaskas-economic-reality.html"><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2020/10/alaskas-economic-reality.html</span></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">[2] Alaska’s Pandemic Battle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/ship-of-fools-fights-covid-19-at.html"><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/ship-of-fools-fights-covid-19-at.html</span></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska elections have sometimes been volatile. This writer
experienced first-hand perhaps the most volatile election for governor in our
history, in 1978, when my business was contracted to help <b><i>Jay Hammond for
Governor</i></b>. The <b><i>Primary Election</i></b> included charges of election
fraud.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the end Alaskans came together and we got a <i>The Permanent
Fund</i> in lieu of unlimited state government. How ironic that today our
legislature is split between people who want more state government and those
who think the longstanding statutory formula for distributing the Permanent Fund
earnings to Alaskans should be honored. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The 1978 <b><i>Republican Primary Election</i></b> determined
who would be the Republican candidate in the <b><i>General Election</i></b>
that year. That close win was referenced in a 2000 <b><i>University of Alaska
Fairbanks</i></b> publication establishing the historical importance of voting.[1]
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<o:p></o:p></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixR8xq64_u6-3-8uPDRrhtzjSQ5WVZQMgNbZ_fUSCW32Jub5QmtsfOCGDCrMzrS27nxX6xzqCkKclcRpYwQnVT6sOcVXjk3w4TKrXPhWv6mrockJGgzpbvvgYWR-VGGZuF7E8U4wp-4jYWXxHB4HnAPK9iphC-B3R_mL_-xBU7QzLLgrUvqw6ixdt2=s1187" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1187" data-original-width="739" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixR8xq64_u6-3-8uPDRrhtzjSQ5WVZQMgNbZ_fUSCW32Jub5QmtsfOCGDCrMzrS27nxX6xzqCkKclcRpYwQnVT6sOcVXjk3w4TKrXPhWv6mrockJGgzpbvvgYWR-VGGZuF7E8U4wp-4jYWXxHB4HnAPK9iphC-B3R_mL_-xBU7QzLLgrUvqw6ixdt2=w249-h400" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This publication in 2000 was an appeal to educated Alaskans, <br />many who had witnessed the election of 1978.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Charges of primary election fraud were leveled by former </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Alaska
Attorney General</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Edgar Paul Boyko,</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> on August 22 in a letter to
Col. </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Tom Anderson</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> of the </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Alaska State Troopers</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">. Boyko
cited four incidents and “well over 50 reports of election irregularities not
just in Anchorage but all over the state.” [2]</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lt. Governor <b>Lowell Thomas</b>, who was responsible for
conducting the election, ordered a recount to begin September 13. Hickel reportedly
trailed Hammond by 147 votes and Democrat <b>Ed Merdes</b> trailed <b>Chancy
Croft</b> by 277 votes in the then open primary election.[3] Some 112,000 votes
had been cast and both candidates asked for a recount.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At a September 9 <i>Republican State Convention</i> in
Fairbanks, both Hickel and Hammond called for party unity, with Hickel
predicting he would be the ultimate winner after the recount. He had led in the
count from the start but lost his lead when challenged ballots were counted.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Challenged ballots determined the outcome.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-fIHcjh2ZcIqgoRsONft33QdR7l3QlL9cxQfKWHvD6JZH9lWKb77pUnLrONWTyPhm2Jh3F4-hACq217_QR0Sx3wKEqGYr9wgJkgUf1409KPCxrD5oNBSoHh-q7cZHes-m7FvUNZqKv9WRyTIQnJ7L66RRzwApJYUhObk9Pr9jWkHHhKs2xa4lpm4D=s400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="322" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-fIHcjh2ZcIqgoRsONft33QdR7l3QlL9cxQfKWHvD6JZH9lWKb77pUnLrONWTyPhm2Jh3F4-hACq217_QR0Sx3wKEqGYr9wgJkgUf1409KPCxrD5oNBSoHh-q7cZHes-m7FvUNZqKv9WRyTIQnJ7L66RRzwApJYUhObk9Pr9jWkHHhKs2xa4lpm4D=w323-h400" width="323" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Cozy Interiors</i></b> Story
Here: </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6144703834679089068/5306569816903717711">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/01/destiny-happens.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On October 13 Presiding Superior Judge <b>Ralph Moody</b>
threw out the primary election and ordered a new one be held. One week later,
On October 20 the <b><i>Alaska Supreme Court</i></b> overruled Moody and
ordered the general election be held November 7 as planned.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Members of that Supreme Court were justices <b>Jay Andrew Rabinowitz
</b>(Selected by Gov. Egan), <b>Roger Connor</b> (Selected by Gov. Hickel), <b>Robert
Boochever</b> (Selected by Gov. Egan), <b>Edmond W. Burke</b> (Selected by Gov.
Hammond) and <b>Warren Matthews</b> (Selected by Gov. Hammond).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The final primary count saw the gap between Hickel/Hammond
narrow to 96 votes, Hammond 31,894 to Hickel 31,798, of 108,057 cast. Former <b><i>House
Speaker </i>Tom Fink</b> also ran and gained 17,487 votes while a fourth
Republican, <b>Jimmie Drew Lockhart</b> got only 451 votes. Democrat <b>Chancy
Croft</b>, a former <b><i>Alaska Senate President</i></b>, won 8,911 votes to
Merde’s 8,639 votes and <b>Jalmar Kerttula</b>’s 7125 votes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcM9sHzgPB2yoKO1XOVtwh78WeVqzhvS2-S0eyYcT8Zs6n1E_6jS68pa0VcCjCG-fy2LVpyB9nip46Y-2lL3dA8xvMn3p2ZyOqbTK5w-pNtIPoLYACbCfDktsvVJ6HXUVloSmCwTC_rVG3uTPa0giFdQCpvUKZxfI-adocRRjr0HAYWpKGH_qg6PWC=s400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="400" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcM9sHzgPB2yoKO1XOVtwh78WeVqzhvS2-S0eyYcT8Zs6n1E_6jS68pa0VcCjCG-fy2LVpyB9nip46Y-2lL3dA8xvMn3p2ZyOqbTK5w-pNtIPoLYACbCfDktsvVJ6HXUVloSmCwTC_rVG3uTPa0giFdQCpvUKZxfI-adocRRjr0HAYWpKGH_qg6PWC=w400-h295" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Alaska Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Everybody jumped into the primary election and the person
with the most votes won. Democrats split their small pie evenly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The general election would be between Hammond and Croft.
Hickel mounted a write-in campaign even after his <b><i>Primary Election</i></b>
defeat. <b>Terry Miller</b> had won the Republican Lt. Gov. primary with 26,492
votes and <b>Katherine Hurley</b> won the Democrat Lt Gov primary with 11,015
votes. <i>These numbers are easily found on the Division of Elections webpage</i>.[4]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hickel threw the first punch on October 29, with a <i>Anchorage
Times</i> ad aimed at activating supporters, declaring: “Unless the
Hickel/Miller write-in succeeds, Jay Hammond will be the next governor.” Using
primary election numbers, this ad urged voters to not throw away their votes on
anybody but Hickel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">That tactic failed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is what did work<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My Spenard business was recruited. It was understood that the
<b><i>Anchorage Times </i></b>supported Hickel. It was further understood that
any ad placed there would be seen immediately by the opposition forces for
their simultaneous response. As the largest voice in the state, the <b><i>Times</i></b>
was the field of battle. The continuing Hickel effort had to be countered by
stealth. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A Hammond campaign plan required construction of full-page
advertisements in my shop for delivery to the <b><i>Times</i></b> for placement
in pre-paid pages at the last possible moment before publication. Those ads
were constructed using my typesetter, photo screener and light tables. They
were then taken across Spenard Road to <b><i>Anchorage Printing Company</i></b>
to make a Master Photo Mechanical Transfer (PMT). This full-sized photo-ready print
was rolled into a cardboard tube and delivered to the <b><i>Anchorage Times
Advertising Department.</i></b> That Advertising Department manager, <b>Vic Hussey</b>
told the Hammond campaign that our facts would be checked before publication
was possible. Those tubes of Hammond campaign missiles passed by Hickel Campaign
workers picking up stickers for write-in ballot placement--also
produced at <b><i>Anchorage Printing!</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">That became my job. I was briefed prior to each relay by a
campaign operative, <i>Bob Clark</i>. I delivered each to the <i>Times Advertising
Department</i> and stood my ground. No facts were found to be incorrect. Clark commented
on one occasion that my business waiting room—located at the back of a laundromat—was
<i>like waiting at a bus stop.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read about MatSu Food Bank here: </span></span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This series of ads in the <b><i>Anchorage Times</i></b> in
the final days of the election were devastating. But he final ad, published
Nov. 7, election day, provided an overview of “The Campaign of 1978.” These
were the words on that ad above the signature of Gov. Hammond:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">You and I have endured together an extraordinary
experience.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">The Campaign of 1978, even with its most divisive moments,
is a common bond we share. In the years to come, others will hear and read
about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those of us who have lived
through it, citizen and servant alike, the drama finally comes to a close.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">There have been many differences among the candidacies of
Jay Kerttula, Ed Merdes, Chancy Croft, Jimmie Drew Lockhart, Tom Fink, Wally
Hickel, Don Wright, Tom Kelly and myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For all those differences, we too, have had something in common. Each of
us has believed his ideas for governing Alaska are the best for the state. And
we have taken our collective case to you, the Alaskan people, to decide.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Whomever you chose, I hope the divisiveness among us will
come to an end as well.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">For it does us no good, either as a State or as a people,
to stand divided any longer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
too much at stake. There is too much to gain or lose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no other land like Alaska.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we can hardly predict, let alone perceive
fully, what all the future holds except that it is rich with opportunity and challenge
alike. Divided, our potentials are in jeopardy; together, we have the
advantage.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">More important than who is Governor for the next four
years, is that the Alaskan people heal the wounds of this past year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I pledge myself to this goal, and I ask your
vote for that privilege.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">To you who have endured the experience on the Campaign of
1978, and on behalf of those who have worked so hard for their individual
candidates, I wish to express my congratulations and appreciation.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hammond was re-elected with 49,580 votes. Hickel got 33,555
in his write-in bid. Croft got 25,656 votes. Alaskans who had previously voted
to move the state capital from Juneau to Willow denied a bond proposition for
$966 to move it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nearly $1 billion to get the Alaska Capital out of the grip
of Seattle seemed too expensive for Alaskans then. We had no understanding of
how much we would pay for decades to have state policy decisions made by politicians
who say anything it takes to get elected—then join coalitions to change positions
overnight once they arrive in Juneau—almost every year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nobody questioned how Lt Gov Thomas ran that state election.
No data breaches with new machines to facilitate the already simple process
were alleged to be a potential source of fraud. Once it was over, in 1978, we
all sighed relief.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But the election of 2020 still burns<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP3RPjqW57i2CbQdMAxHlli8rAQBs30SB7EVGWKF6LbB2VIyM1UUgWk1p9ML2hN1k-gXG-H9GonGPnLmdVVEzVN7XI4Z8pJBDGRuy2r1vlOj5IgBSqQtoaLc1naKLUql32UZJo1GLfd55GYaxztHPXsjaInKiHrO7NWKqLLQbm9tFtamZY7oJfCeCO=s2883" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1091" data-original-width="2883" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP3RPjqW57i2CbQdMAxHlli8rAQBs30SB7EVGWKF6LbB2VIyM1UUgWk1p9ML2hN1k-gXG-H9GonGPnLmdVVEzVN7XI4Z8pJBDGRuy2r1vlOj5IgBSqQtoaLc1naKLUql32UZJo1GLfd55GYaxztHPXsjaInKiHrO7NWKqLLQbm9tFtamZY7oJfCeCO=w400-h151" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>The Alaska Roundtable</i></b> meets at the <b>Ray Kreig Conference Room</b>, Boardwalk Office Suites, 201 Barrow St, Suite 102A. Ric Davidge, MPA/PM is shown furthest right in photo, conducting this meeting including zoom participants. He is <i>Chairman, Founder, and Referee</i> of the organization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFHGWkjYEXv_NdKpYcZUTYcKWujFV_G8Oh-90fWm0hkNaFBUhaaXMLaGrwRgq1PO3wwt3hUF9IMhDF-lki3EzBiu8-AS5yxJBm0ak_yncWT1RHJ6M0vG3obU7EvSS-aJXZIgg0yYzfAqKkm0j1JFxj-Nshl-HY1wuhnm0H_tkrigrTXKjrcPV3i7-o=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1816" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFHGWkjYEXv_NdKpYcZUTYcKWujFV_G8Oh-90fWm0hkNaFBUhaaXMLaGrwRgq1PO3wwt3hUF9IMhDF-lki3EzBiu8-AS5yxJBm0ak_yncWT1RHJ6M0vG3obU7EvSS-aJXZIgg0yYzfAqKkm0j1JFxj-Nshl-HY1wuhnm0H_tkrigrTXKjrcPV3i7-o=w355-h400" width="355" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Some Alaskans were concerned about voting machines before the
2020 election and took steps to tell their concerns to Gov. </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Michael Dunleavy</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">
and Lt. Gov. </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Kevin Meyers</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Selective hand counts occurred. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We fought
for a year against buying these machines</span></i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, said </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;">Holly Sheldon</b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">. </span><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The state bought them befor</span><span style="font-size: medium;">e the
election for $4 million. They arrived in August. </span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sheldon has documented: </b><i>The </i></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">State of Alaska ordered three hundred and six Dominion Part# 181-000028 ICPT 321C
voting machines and four hundred and forty Dominion Part # 190-000056 Image
Cast X Prime, Vendor/Mft Part# HID-21V-BTX-BIR voting machines, and launched
them into service despite public skepticism, warnings, and three certified
legal notices to Alaska's Lt. Governor and Governor, with a demand not to use
the Dominion voting machines due to evidence of voting machine
vulnerability. <b>This information is part of a resolution which Sheldon has prepared and is circulating to others who share her concerns. It is posted in its entirety in the References</b>.[4]</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Lt Gov. Meyer was condescending in his response.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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to get information from the </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Alaska Division of Elections</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> and he reports
also being stiff-armed. Shower has been turning up the heat at public events,
including the one with several legislators in attendance held at the </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Alaska
Roundtable</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> on October 25</span><sup style="font-family: arial;">th</sup><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVv8C7YhC8DZRxGzG_DoUNNzg19YF-4Y8hc44_DeJnKehmeZE-H-XJubg-SDIMsL2Be6vThcuM1PC489Zss6NzZvg13GDrXMLLcwXcNwUZ_oXxRL8gR-oIBBe89imCPkCZugNWM_vg10GHGWgv8TCnYEb05bC32BPKppD5XUOrxK1Zuqmq_Wp87QeZ=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1393" data-original-width="2048" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVv8C7YhC8DZRxGzG_DoUNNzg19YF-4Y8hc44_DeJnKehmeZE-H-XJubg-SDIMsL2Be6vThcuM1PC489Zss6NzZvg13GDrXMLLcwXcNwUZ_oXxRL8gR-oIBBe89imCPkCZugNWM_vg10GHGWgv8TCnYEb05bC32BPKppD5XUOrxK1Zuqmq_Wp87QeZ=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sen. Ron Gilliam, Hans von Spakovsky, J. Christian Adams, Sen. Shelley Hughes, Sen. Michael Shower, Rep. James Kaufman, Rep. Cathy Tilton, Rep. Sarah Vance, Sen. Roger Holland, kneeling.<o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The public’s lack of confidence in how our elections are being
conducted with machines that can be hooked to the internet, continues to be a
concern. Many other states are facing election integrity challenges and policy
groups like <b><i>The Alaska Roundtable</i></b> have arrived at some
expectations before the next general election.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This writer stated concerns about what happened in the last
election in a previous blog posting:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">I don’t trust this way of voting.
It isn’t enough that we all register online for everything and the data becomes
voluminous as it is interfaced with everything else we have ever filled out
online in the <b><i>World Wide Web</i></b>. I was amazed at the amount of
Outside money poured into wack-job candidates for U.S. Senate and Congress in
2020. Adding to my skepticism, after that election, I was notified by Lt. Gov. <b>Kevin
Meyer </b>that I was one of some 119,000 Alaskans who had been “hacked,” and my
personal information may be compromised! VOTER INFORMATION. How can this be?
Isn’t protecting the integrity of our elections the primary job of our Lt.
Governor--besides protecting the state seal?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">Now I’m worried about the state
seal.</span> [5]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But there is another result of the 2020 elections we know
will impact HOW Alaskans vote in very tangible ways: Proposition 2 won by 3,781
votes out of 344,283 cast. [6]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Until the votes were counted this Outside-inspired initiative
was too close to call. The education campaign was pure propaganda, appealing to
people’s worst feelings about politicians. It suggested if we had more opportunities
to vote we would pick better elected officials. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But worse than that, hand-counts of ranked choice voting may
be impossible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Before the 2020 election we were provided information about
candidates, and given the choice among those candidates, first in the primary.
Then, from the candidates who won in the primary we were given the opportunity
to choose candidates to go to Juneau and represent us in deliberations there. Ranked
Choice Voting does nothing to improve the quality of candidates available for voters
to select from.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We deserve the people we elect. We don’t need a
re-structuring of elections. Under the traditional election system we each saw
the product of our choices directly, under the principle of “one man one vote.”[7]
If we didn’t like an elected official we simply mounted a campaign to remove
them in the next election.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The <b><i>Division of Elections </i></b>provides the
following explanation of how the new election scheme will work:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx8yWbE1acyVlUuaDzEGurYzE_AA9zagJzIqgFNiZl7J2c5ehUycoKn4OVK2BOEzuoiGINA62Pz0Rg0jwVV-Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska is a great place with great people. Some were born
here, some came here from other places, but we mostly share our love of
independence and liberty. Our elected officials are accessible, and our
institutions must be constrained and transparent. Currently the top executives
refuse to consider serious concerns brought forth by serious Alaskans. We must
have confidence in the basic relationship between Alaskans and elected
officials as it occurs in the election process.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Furthermore, honest elections should bring honorable Alaskans
together for the good of our wonderful state.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">References: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>[1]</b></span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">University of Alaska booklet to promote lobbying efforts<br /></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTsakEBbfoMd4aCUQRIgFJ0LIqQxPuhP0BvZTONZq_jLYkQW9txlfk94-7h7xVIassJ3Gb9_BPTWLv2wKknH1e-IPcjCO1PDkPuygYinaUJMoRNXrP0F-NoMQI5gLbckMAf1JZ2dZ9pvzSrEETqQkHArLSD0lpbRMiQioStfsGNdu8MhAw4Y-GVbia=s1358" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="873" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTsakEBbfoMd4aCUQRIgFJ0LIqQxPuhP0BvZTONZq_jLYkQW9txlfk94-7h7xVIassJ3Gb9_BPTWLv2wKknH1e-IPcjCO1PDkPuygYinaUJMoRNXrP0F-NoMQI5gLbckMAf1JZ2dZ9pvzSrEETqQkHArLSD0lpbRMiQioStfsGNdu8MhAw4Y-GVbia=s320" width="206" /></a></b></div><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7yE6jASRTTY1HaUSBlyYHbZRzS6Vo3BpynHqvSov2CGtTa87YT_eNYf1th-sXG5J-ibkN7_1Ts4LnleubDDfE_Rw7QOscmZZtiwhXVHXPTGqy6M4twrDxIEW4jRDRiAsce1UCIuaSlJ3IsYrN2-4tglaUsRbjP1X3nEsQ4rWWbapgZzdhhc2njLRl=s1311" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="706" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7yE6jASRTTY1HaUSBlyYHbZRzS6Vo3BpynHqvSov2CGtTa87YT_eNYf1th-sXG5J-ibkN7_1Ts4LnleubDDfE_Rw7QOscmZZtiwhXVHXPTGqy6M4twrDxIEW4jRDRiAsce1UCIuaSlJ3IsYrN2-4tglaUsRbjP1X3nEsQ4rWWbapgZzdhhc2njLRl=w215-h400" width="215" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7yE6jASRTTY1HaUSBlyYHbZRzS6Vo3BpynHqvSov2CGtTa87YT_eNYf1th-sXG5J-ibkN7_1Ts4LnleubDDfE_Rw7QOscmZZtiwhXVHXPTGqy6M4twrDxIEW4jRDRiAsce1UCIuaSlJ3IsYrN2-4tglaUsRbjP1X3nEsQ4rWWbapgZzdhhc2njLRl=s1311" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh03kUzf1KXHV4aHU1kxrKOScdtgAsXch1tkBh9LQE3ZmKqXgu-owWXyyPGorBLRiszmQGkXUGeZrD9FYDI9qHeo9SJx7SIXoo0z2C_KH_Jknb-GBouu_XM9LdXydBraSJijoDnbiYp8KG2PwIZKmG1TZ3lEcJ5a2fPfyzYmM0YC132KVGrEWNI-0S5=s1257" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1257" data-original-width="776" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh03kUzf1KXHV4aHU1kxrKOScdtgAsXch1tkBh9LQE3ZmKqXgu-owWXyyPGorBLRiszmQGkXUGeZrD9FYDI9qHeo9SJx7SIXoo0z2C_KH_Jknb-GBouu_XM9LdXydBraSJijoDnbiYp8KG2PwIZKmG1TZ3lEcJ5a2fPfyzYmM0YC132KVGrEWNI-0S5=w248-h400" width="248" /></a></div></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">[2] </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><i>Anchorage Times</i></b><span style="font-family: arial;">
story, August 1978.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[3] Definition of open primary: a
primary in which the voter is not required to indicate party affiliation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20primaries">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20primaries</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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Played for Fools?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/alaska-election-questions.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/03/alaska-election-questions.html</a></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[6] Alaska Division of Elections Information<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/20GENR/data/sovc/ElectionSummaryReportRPT24.pdf">https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/20GENR/data/sovc/ElectionSummaryReportRPT24.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[7] One Man One Vote Rule<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/one-person_one-vote_rule">https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/one-person_one-vote_rule</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0.5in 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Definition<o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The One-Person One-Vote Rule refers to the
rule that one person’s voting power ought to be roughly equivalent to another
person’s within the same state.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.5in 7.5pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.5in 7.5pt; text-align: left;"><br /></p>
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Concerns:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Fighting for Alaska Election
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">(2021</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">©</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">donnliston.com)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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stumbles through its <b>Fourth Special Session </b>with very little to show for all
the per diem racked up by elected officials cavorting in Juneau, perhaps now is
a good time to look closer at a crisis being amplified by Covid hysteria amid
outright legislative dithering.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When will our elected officials deal with Alaska’s Healthcare
Crisis? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As in Alaska public education, the Covid-19 Pandemic has turned
on the morning light to practices contrary to the interests of most reasonable
Alaskans. We are awake now and must become more informed about how this impacts
every one of us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I didn’t submit more than four bills of my own this session
because nothing was likely to happen,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> explained Sen. <b>David Wilson,</b> whom I interviewed about
his expertise in public health care administration for this story. Wilson was a
co-sponsor on several other bills, but his healthcare bill, <b>SB 26 Repeal of
Certificate of Need Program</b>[1] was offered as <b>SB 1</b> last session. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sen. <b>Shelley Hughes</b> has also offered <b>SB 41 Health
Insurance Info.; Incentive Program</b>, which would promote free-market
economic principles by providing Alaskans with the information needed to make
healthcare decisions--with incentives to save money.[2] <b>Gov. Dunleavy</b>
has also proposed a bill to make health payment information available for
decisionmakers, <b>SB 93 An Act relating to the establishment of an all-payer
health claims database</b>.[3]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">None of these critical bills have gotten any traction. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">While action on our healthcare crisis is necessary to bend
the healthcare cost curve down, we consumers cannot expect much to happen in a
system controlled by monopolies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I have been told by folks who tried to get rid of Certificate
of Need (CON) in other states that we are facing many millions of dollars from
opposition lobbying groups</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">, continued Wilson. <i>We have one hospital in Alaska that pays about $20
million per year just to fight other organization’s efforts to establish Certificates
of Need. They have a monopoly and fight reform of the system.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMUMvTxrnESQ2KCb2a8pYdy3Q3TjNL5wkaUygOgzHkSrzbcdZnhrHmUbqwJrTxGov8V-b8c674JW3cFNPKdWyt0oOOS-9QCp9jWrj7jLU_Q2vQi2w3vzK8oTnc03lnLBdYzWJXlRG-C4-k0TsAx5UrqoIQYRCr4YLONKtYX39SYsJsTwHA5Q2c65LC=s400" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="322" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMUMvTxrnESQ2KCb2a8pYdy3Q3TjNL5wkaUygOgzHkSrzbcdZnhrHmUbqwJrTxGov8V-b8c674JW3cFNPKdWyt0oOOS-9QCp9jWrj7jLU_Q2vQi2w3vzK8oTnc03lnLBdYzWJXlRG-C4-k0TsAx5UrqoIQYRCr4YLONKtYX39SYsJsTwHA5Q2c65LC=w323-h400" width="323" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Cozy Interiors</i></b> Story
Here: </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6144703834679089068/5306569816903717711">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/01/destiny-happens.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">CON as a Barrier to Competition<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">CON programs were originally intended to
restrain healthcare costs and improve access to care for the poor and underserved
populations. CON laws regulate and limit entry and supply of medical services
and facilities, which has resulted in fewer incentives for providers to improve
quality and outcomes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Four decades of data and studies show CON laws have not
controlled costs, improved quality and outcomes, or increased access to
healthcare for the poor or underserved. CON laws have established healthcare
monopolies, which has resulted in barriers to new or expanded medical facilities
and limited healthcare choices for consumers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The great
state of Alaska should be making strides to lower costs and create more
accessible care for patients, and this starts with repealing antiquated CON
laws</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">, according to
testimony to the legislature by <b><i>The Heartland Institute</i></b>. <i>Supporters
of CON typically argue these laws lower health care costs by preventing
overinvestment in a certain area, but this couldn’t be further from the truth.</i>
[4]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There is
inherent cronyism embedded deep into the roots of CON laws. Established industry
leaders are protected from competition by limiting entry into the marketplace,
which in turn hurts consumers, resulting in fewer health care choices at higher
costs. If Alaska repelled CON laws, the state would have at least 10 additional
health care facilities, three additional ambulatory surgical centers, and seven
rural hospitals, according to a <b><i>George Mason University Mercatus</i></b>
profile on Alaska’s CON laws.[5]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The odds are against us as healthcare consumers<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">According to Wilson: <i>Before the pandemic we had some
740,000 people who live in Alaska, of which 210,000 work. Those who work are
going to be paying for health care for the rest. We have to get a system of
healthcare in Alaska that we can afford. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ideally CON provides essential requirements for a new medical
facility, but there are exemptions. Alaska Native entities don’t have to apply
for a CON under the law. Native health organizations can set up their own ambulatory
surgery centers, for instance, without having to go through this process. This
is simply an exclusion afforded them. But once established these non-profit
organizations don’t have to only see Native patients, they can see anybody in
those facilities. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Southeast Alaska is an example, with Southeast Alaska
Regional Health Center (SEARHC)</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">, explained Wilson. <i>They have taken over a lot of health facilities
and are expanding at a rapid rate. It is good for that area, but they don’t
have to go through a process to determine if new facilities are needed or not. <b>Alaska
Native Medical Center</b> can do it through nursing homes and ambulatory care
settings, without going through any kind of process for Certificate of Need. The
other traditional option is to establish a surgery center,and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>requires expenditures for the new facility be
below a trigger amount—$1.5 million. That amount will provide a one- or two-bed
operation with one doctor and a nurse. In this scenario, when something goes
bad it is going to go bad fast—with that level of medical staff—so quality of care
can go down in some of these places where they try to set up a small clinic
like that. Some doctor-owned facilities are also helping provide facilities
without the CON requirement.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Most of rural Alaska is served by regional health
corporations,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> continued
Wilson. <i>So, they are protected, but there is a clinic at Delta Junction that
wants to expand because it is too far to drive to Valdez, and too far to go to
Fairbanks. They have a small clinic that is not meeting community needs today
and they are trying to expand. To do that will put them over the $1.5 million
cap. That would be nothing more than a new MRI machine or ultrasound equipment
or x-ray equipment, to put them over the cap. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wilson continued: <i>On the other hand Tok is building a new
facility, which is not as far away as Valdez or Fairbanks, but it will be a
Native clinic. The people in Delta have been trying to get a CON for a very
long time and have not been able to get it to meet community needs because when
you have other entities fighting against your application it becomes costly and
prolonged. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">That is why Wilson proposed his bill.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">To change the system is very difficult to do because people
see it as being uncaring for the providers, or the patients</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">, explained Wilson. <i>We can have
banker boxes of information showing how the process can be improved but one
antidotal story about someone’s bad experience and it all falls apart. It may
be an outlier but if a legislator is influenced it can create a barrier. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEham9AE2ilbwIZCoTEX52shYSXmnVj4BUK6lTOBbcC3jslp1uM2mS8mEhE1_srFfcyUwgouPvIxEd1nwNhCdRDuj6hx6_YfOyBa9VBiXu1zUjS2XMeimw71OxOsO6m_iQpb1V44JgfWYrporE7BBNat_7DTrky1FBX5Dtaja-Q8teas-J72DYoMBhz_=s400" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="400" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEham9AE2ilbwIZCoTEX52shYSXmnVj4BUK6lTOBbcC3jslp1uM2mS8mEhE1_srFfcyUwgouPvIxEd1nwNhCdRDuj6hx6_YfOyBa9VBiXu1zUjS2XMeimw71OxOsO6m_iQpb1V44JgfWYrporE7BBNat_7DTrky1FBX5Dtaja-Q8teas-J72DYoMBhz_=w400-h286" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Sheldon Air Service</i></b> story
here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An Overview of the Problem<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An <b><i>Alaska Policy Forum </i></b>report, <b>Controlling
Health Care Costs in Alaska</b> describes the problem this way: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the years
since the <b>Affordable Care Act (ACA)</b> became law, most Alaskans have found
their health care costs going not down, but up. By some measures, in fact,
Alaska has the most expensive health care in the country. There have been many
studies and theories posited over the years about why this is so. And yet the
high costs continue with no significant reforms to address this far-reaching
state problem. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Health care
costs affect so much that matters. These costs influence the actual health of
people, as individuals forgo essential and preventative care simply because
they cannot afford it. These costs shape our labor market, as employers try to
balance providing quality coverage to attract superior employees with rapidly
increasing health care costs. These costs affect our state economy, as the health
care industry provides much-needed and high-paying jobs. And of particular
interest to policymakers, health care costs make up significant portions of our
government budgets: the State of Alaska pays out hundreds of millions of
dollars each year for Medicaid claims, and hundreds more for state employee
health care coverage. [4]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGNAiYejmmHUVXGf-apWE38kVTt7WxrCEUxpDY8noO8otgeNGoknU0EejLo38dqxGSRCF4l3JB-XScm_cHNwHQJLNVs5rsRse2_vswagfFcE4CdJdlr0XFFDD6-48jG23h6ANhyUY_TVLPjD4kLqLbnL0NNdX503bHl3DNb6oCO21g2R70GGvC9t_P=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="2048" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGNAiYejmmHUVXGf-apWE38kVTt7WxrCEUxpDY8noO8otgeNGoknU0EejLo38dqxGSRCF4l3JB-XScm_cHNwHQJLNVs5rsRse2_vswagfFcE4CdJdlr0XFFDD6-48jG23h6ANhyUY_TVLPjD4kLqLbnL0NNdX503bHl3DNb6oCO21g2R70GGvC9t_P=w400-h219" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Read MatSu Food Bank story here: </td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/07/feeding-alaskans-in-mat-su.html</span></span></a><span style="background: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska healthcare costs have not always been unusually high.
Through the 1990s our costs were like many other states, but the expenditure growth
in Alaska has far outpaced the rest of the country. This APF Report documents
the factors for this phenomenon as: 1) Labor costs--as the primary driver of
total expenditures--are 50-80 percent higher than the national average; 2) Alaska
Medicaid expenditures are 56 percent higher than the national average, with
Medicad payments to physicians higher than Medicare payments, contrary to
virtually anyplace else in the United States; 3) Prescription drug spending at
the state level is substantially below the national average; 4) An unusually
large portion of our very high commercial health costs are paid by employers,
meaning individual Alaskans don’t have any incentive to strive for cost
efficiencies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wilson continued: <i>The powerful players want to keep their
profitability levels as they are. One way they do that is with the onerous CON
requirement. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But wait, there’s more! Fifty percent of Alaskans born today
are on Medicaid! <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Alaska Healthcare Crisis was exacerbated by former Gov. <b>Bill
Walker</b>, who in introduced HB 148 providing for <b>Medicaid Expansion under
the ACA. [7]<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Medicaid expansion more than doubled—actually 2/3rds
increase—in the number of people who qualify for state services, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Wilson continued. <i>We didn’t have
the capacity and we didn’t know what that would do to our state budget at that
time. It all sounded wonderful that the federal government was going to pay for
the increase initially at 100 percent, then dropping down incrementally to offer
more benefits, but in reality It has created a huge influx of additional people
requiring government funding.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska doesn’t have many options available from the Federal
Government now to mitigate the state’s accelerating costs for Medicaid. Our
elected officials would have to demonstrate courage to deal with this crisis,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">References:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[1]Senate Bill 26 bill and sponsor
statement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.akleg.gov/PDF/32/Bills/SB0026A.PDF">http://www.akleg.gov/PDF/32/Bills/SB0026A.PDF</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=32&docid=12927">http://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=32&docid=12927</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[2]Senate Bill 43 Health Insurance
Info.; Incentive Program sponsor statement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=32&docid=13830">http://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=32&docid=13830</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[3]Senate Bill 93 Health Claims
Database Bill and Sponsor statement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=sb93#tab5_4">http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=sb93#tab5_4</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=32&docid=12495">http://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=32&docid=12495</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[4] Controlling Health Care Costs
in Alaska, Benedic Ippolito, Ph.D., Alaska Policy Forum, June 30, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://alaskapolicyforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020-06-30-APF-Health-Care-Costs-in-AK.pdf">http://alaskapolicyforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020-06-30-APF-Health-Care-Costs-in-AK.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[5]Heartland Institute Testimony
before the Committee on Health and Social Services, Christina Herrin, March 23,
2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=32&docid=12960">http://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=32&docid=12960</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[6] George Mason University
Mercatus Center Report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.mercatus.org/system/files/alaska_state_profile.pdf">https://www.mercatus.org/system/files/alaska_state_profile.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[7]HB 148 Medicaid Expansion, Gov.
Bill Walker, 29<sup>th</sup> Legislature, 03/18/15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/29?Root=hb%20148#tab1_4">http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/29?Root=hb%20148#tab1_4</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Transmittal Letter, Gov. Bill
Walker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Previous story on Alaska’s
Healthcare Crisis:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Threat of Competence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">(2021</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">©</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">donnliston.com)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQT5RX-SpMb2qSl0pIQ-LW7AgmNpYGIPTR17sVznLnlQOHprqr0lZ_BiZhMZEFTgMnkMrct-utumWBsctwX1xBV_VqCERBlbxCGEdbxsJl6gZxwmDq1AnbaLnwKvSiUUfn1kbwnKLw8XU/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="429" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQT5RX-SpMb2qSl0pIQ-LW7AgmNpYGIPTR17sVznLnlQOHprqr0lZ_BiZhMZEFTgMnkMrct-utumWBsctwX1xBV_VqCERBlbxCGEdbxsJl6gZxwmDq1AnbaLnwKvSiUUfn1kbwnKLw8XU/w400-h308/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaskans for Free, Fair and
Equitable Redistricting proposed map. To enlarge specific areas with the
interactive map go to: <a href="https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=bedbcaa49cd8494c8a7153db6cc84314&extent=-180,40.3071,-83.306,73.8227">AFFER
Redistricting (arcgis.com)</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">**********</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">As a young man just graduated from </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>East Anchorage High
School</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> in the summer of 1969 I was at loose ends. I had built a camper on
the back of a 1962 Chevy truck after Dad kicked me out of the family home
mid-way through my senior year and lived in it until spring, but I finished
high school. That summer I ended up spending quite a lot of time cleaning up a
construction site where legislator </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Nick Begich </b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">was building some
apartments. I also took care of Nick Jr., Mark, Tom and Stephany when needed.</span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">That summer I also learned first lessons about what a
politician must do to get elected.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nick let me stay at their home and we spent many a late night
reading constituent mail and discussing issues of the day—as a possible oil
pipeline was proposed to be built from Valdez to Prudhoe Bay. Nick showed me
the election district map of the state with his east Anchorage senate district
clearly marked. A former teacher, Begich had gone door-to-door and maintained a
file of 3 x 5 cards with names and pertinent information about every person he
met. That’s what it took to be elected first to the Alaska <b><i>House of
Representatives</i></b>, and then to the <b><i>Senate</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>District voters sent Begich to Juneau to represent them in the
legislature.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMbT95IgCoW6vFL_zSePBZViPMXvB2bZMTyIuZlc0m7DXu-Tzl4TnBeu_Zv1meBD8MCs8fv-YNcIYBBBWx17RyreIwjX_3EVbszxVzgP4900X1ALMebnBVG3ow4-0Xb9ycD1PVMx3zl8M4BBNIBT-4ev3Ouy42Yyb9BIaAXzxoJqFss5OVF49j-vwO=s400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="400" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMbT95IgCoW6vFL_zSePBZViPMXvB2bZMTyIuZlc0m7DXu-Tzl4TnBeu_Zv1meBD8MCs8fv-YNcIYBBBWx17RyreIwjX_3EVbszxVzgP4900X1ALMebnBVG3ow4-0Xb9ycD1PVMx3zl8M4BBNIBT-4ev3Ouy42Yyb9BIaAXzxoJqFss5OVF49j-vwO=w400-h286" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Sheldon Air Service</i></b> story
here: </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />In high school we voted for class president and prom queen
based on popularity of candidates. Typically, they were students who made good
grades, participated in Student Council, and pretended to represent all
students when school authorities needed compliance. Adult elections are
different; schools are not constitutional republics.</span></span></b><br /> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In adult life a good politician knows the district to be
represented and the hopes and dreams of his/her constituents. For some of us
our wish is minimum government and maximum opportunity. For others it is more
government and desire to be loved in a cruel world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">What determines the constituency of any district?</span><o:p style="font-size: 14pt;"></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska’s constitution provides for Legislative Apportionment
in Article VI, establishing distribution of legislative seats among election
districts of the state. This original article was repealed and rewritten in
1998 because some of it had become obsolete as a result of <b><i>US Supreme
Court</i></b> rulings.[1] Originally the governor chose all members of the <b><i>Alaska
Redistricting Board</i></b>. Our constitution now features a dedicated
mechanism for redrawing legislative election districts every ten years (after
the census). This politically charged task is assigned to a five member
districting board; two members of whom are chosen by the governor, one member
by the Senate President, another member by the Speaker of the House and a fifth
member by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Four people pick the five people who determines who you get
to vote for according to where you live. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Current members of the Alaska Redistricting Board are: <b>Melanie
Bahnke, John Binkley, Nicole Borromeo, Bethany Marcum,</b> and <b>E. Budd
Simpson</b>. They had six meetings during 2020 and the meeting videos and
miscellaneous documents relating to their efforts is available at the link in
the References. [2]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is important because how districts are drawn determines
whether people we elect really represent the interests of a majority of voters
in the district.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Example:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> A person can be elected to the Alaska Legislature as a Republican in a
wealthy part of Anchorage, become a leader in the Senate supporting
soft-on-crime legislation while opposing statutory PFD distribution to regular
Alaskans—and collude with a Democrat governor whose greatest wish is to sell
out Alaska gas to China. When this senator loses her bid for re-election to the
Senate, she becomes an antagonist of the majority constituency of her district
who voted against her. Two years later, this year, the former Senate President
has recently endorsed and become actively involved in re-election campaign of
the former governor. We all remember Gov. <b>Bill Walker</b> didn’t dare even
try to run for re-election at the end of his failed term, but like a bad penny he
is back as a declared candidate for governor. Shamefully, former Sen. <b>Cathy
Giessel </b>has come out of the closet as a Democrat enabler since she was no
longer able to fool her district constituents in the last election.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Normal people hate those kinds of politicians. I submit that
we are witnessing what happens when self-important adults win election as if
they were running for high school class president and prom queen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIpDsboGFbLUv-LtoxnOJ7i_Mmthv-Ln4sy8K_OB5ITbSdL3nxmM9yRT8sfswcPHbNUG0rOlB4oVkOnPnz_bQMpJd0ne5hB-G3ENP09oZkW1Bk0tPKE-3ot7lO2ikMLSpXD4TZSUlceLoNfM5qdvXfcnBqIeQ-bM8lR8btjKj9WKTPXvqGuPYcc4DV=s720" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="720" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIpDsboGFbLUv-LtoxnOJ7i_Mmthv-Ln4sy8K_OB5ITbSdL3nxmM9yRT8sfswcPHbNUG0rOlB4oVkOnPnz_bQMpJd0ne5hB-G3ENP09oZkW1Bk0tPKE-3ot7lO2ikMLSpXD4TZSUlceLoNfM5qdvXfcnBqIeQ-bM8lR8btjKj9WKTPXvqGuPYcc4DV=w400-h295" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Alaska Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Redistricting is happening now.</span></span></b></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="text-align: center;">***********</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">Updated AFFER Information 10/08/21:</span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6jQLVcLkR5hUkaTX5Ai8Z1wiWyb38RcjzgwiCa_YtZnk53AsME-DcPRPrCztEbwJnU39eX--b5k6hcVysE4tuT152NmOtoYr5E14v40qt_rQImPsL-6HwKk-eG67o4MfJIwsV19HXeBnAo2wvqBZwESCkwG7l_1gVJ-YBGCE0a3SJ2biXmtN7Vsud=s1209" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1209" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6jQLVcLkR5hUkaTX5Ai8Z1wiWyb38RcjzgwiCa_YtZnk53AsME-DcPRPrCztEbwJnU39eX--b5k6hcVysE4tuT152NmOtoYr5E14v40qt_rQImPsL-6HwKk-eG67o4MfJIwsV19HXeBnAo2wvqBZwESCkwG7l_1gVJ-YBGCE0a3SJ2biXmtN7Vsud=w400-h272" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQEY513Wu7gVD2-oLChxEYCS8HPaa-M0qbd10Lcm-xKAeXW_81Ijuj_HqVoUvQdRcGwUvdZn_T4GKv8EAmhbl3CyHn-dN82gVMHRxPTSLgngxeTy9-pY54kMn7KK2sk7hNIWxuS1RDyrO9w6m1czDkiL7a7MvPr66zEfC30UkPh1TlZFByg-c-uRaK=s777" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="777" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQEY513Wu7gVD2-oLChxEYCS8HPaa-M0qbd10Lcm-xKAeXW_81Ijuj_HqVoUvQdRcGwUvdZn_T4GKv8EAmhbl3CyHn-dN82gVMHRxPTSLgngxeTy9-pY54kMn7KK2sk7hNIWxuS1RDyrO9w6m1czDkiL7a7MvPr66zEfC30UkPh1TlZFByg-c-uRaK=w400-h217" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">New AFFER Northside District 10 covers the borough from west
of Ester to half way to Chena Hots Springs. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Simply the neighborhoods north of the other FNSB districts
form AFFER District 10.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The more rural FNSB population to the northeast, north and
northwest of AFFER District 10 are assigned to AFFER District 5.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">FNSB population makes up 21.5% of AFFER District 5. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">When paired with District 6, FNSB has over 60% of a 3</span><sup style="font-family: arial;">rd</sup><span style="font-family: arial;">
FNSB senate district.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The AFFER 2021 Map for the FNSB provides full borough representation with 5.215 house districts and 2.61 senate districts.</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">***********</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The redistricting board has a deadline to present a map of
the newly proposed election districts: <b>November 10, 2021</b>. Most Alaskans
have lives that don’t involve worrying about whether they will be
disenfranchised by a board of partisans who draw up a map and manage to get it
foisted on us so we can elect Democrats in mostly Republican areas of the state.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We all need to be informed about voter party affiliation in
our state, and that information is available from the Alaska Division of
Elections.[3]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxeM5Ef1khKyMipQGucBkSIFk4Rbyu5PNy8036z9BaZjNhFNAGw72lkweopXQkh6h_YJw0skReHB2GwsoUcDE4pwAlGrvYqcnPvA7VRIqrU9600Cqf5iaNKCyl73iOqREAflmaxz0rF4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="100" data-original-width="434" height="74" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxeM5Ef1khKyMipQGucBkSIFk4Rbyu5PNy8036z9BaZjNhFNAGw72lkweopXQkh6h_YJw0skReHB2GwsoUcDE4pwAlGrvYqcnPvA7VRIqrU9600Cqf5iaNKCyl73iOqREAflmaxz0rF4/" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As of September of this year Alaska had a total of 594,152
total registered voters. Of those 144,249 were registered Republican, 78,946
Democrat, and 18,947 Alaska Independence Party. Eleven political groups allow
Alaskans to declare their unique nature but all of them combined total only
11,249 registered voters, of which the Libertarian Group is the largest with
6870. Granted, we have a lot of Alaskan characters but what we know from the
data is Republicans outnumber Democrats almost 2:1.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some might argue: What about Non-Partisan and <a name="_Hlk84196558">Undeclared</a> voters? Non-Partisan registrations number
81,258 and Undeclared are 259,603! That’s more than all party affiliated voters
combined. To that I say the reality is--as I have learned from looking at
Alaska election returns since the early 1970s--those voters break out at the
same proportion as Republican/Democrat/Alaska Independent almost every time
with some minimum variation. The newly finagled <b><i>Ranked Choice Voting</i></b>
may be an attempt to suck ignorant voters into selecting the opposite of what
most Alaskans want from their elected officials--since it was an initiative driven
by <b>Lisa Murkowski’s</b> prior campaign staff—but we don’t know yet. The
effort to vilify party affiliation has created a Jungle Primary where we may
expect only monkeys and hyenas to run the government in Juneau.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Six redistricting maps are now before the Redistricting Board
and a case must be made for what the final map must include.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxTM7ZAa5VexcVbRKKi6NkQLeDNeoPhJFF43kaBsuqgIdtXalQ2K6J5mcuUFbSYH6IT-st13Z3JmafTzRXY6F9EMM8FvritpEa5RO8zCz8RCkCezoczo8j2hbmdhwF0LfkZ37rEoL4to/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="442" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxTM7ZAa5VexcVbRKKi6NkQLeDNeoPhJFF43kaBsuqgIdtXalQ2K6J5mcuUFbSYH6IT-st13Z3JmafTzRXY6F9EMM8FvritpEa5RO8zCz8RCkCezoczo8j2hbmdhwF0LfkZ37rEoL4to/w400-h238/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Former chair of the Alaska Republican Party, Randy Ruedrich has kept the Alaska Districting Board honest over now three cycles.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I would contend that the constitution is extremely clear and
the courts have further clarified it, explained <b>Randy Ruedrich</b>, an expert
on Alaska Redistricting after having challenged the board’s map in court and
won in 2001, resulting in redrawing of 27 of the 40 districts.</span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> Ruedrich describes himself as
“Resident Antagonist” and has been a keen observer of the process over three
cycles. He continued: <i>It’s a straight-forward process to draw a map that
complies with the Alaska State Constitution with interpretations from the Alaska
Supreme court.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The goal of Ruedrich’s group, <i>Alaskans for Fair and
Equitable Redistricting </i>(AFFER) is to build a map with supporting testimony
to withstand challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Easy for him to say. Right now there are six maps before the
board, two of which the board itself proposed. One map presented by the
Democrats was thrown out and a couple of others may be democrat/liberal dreams.
The board can adopt any map, parts of any map, or build something completely
different. When finished all of the people of Alaska must be accounted for in
40 House Districts, which must be paired to create 20 Senate districts. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">There are some maps that simply ignore the law,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> Ruedrich continued.<i> They may be
as questionable as the original 2001 Redistricting Board Proclamation map. There
are many things among them that I find highly flawed in terms of what the
Alaska constitution requires as interpreted by Alaska Supreme court.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here’s what the courts care about and how AFFER has met that
criterion. Ruedrich has been educating Alaskans and can recite the proposal off
the top of his head: <b><i>A district must be a socio-economically integrated
as practically possible. <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Back to the Alaska Constitution: Under Article X, Section 3
Boroughs </span></b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">…shall
embrace an area and population with common interests to the maximum degree
possible…<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKPP0GclvCwWyiM_a5nxO8XXku-CmKZtuFqDUPWSBcKWXwDd1H7OvaEtrDsuj9q5Q8sn2rpupwVw5k6OfT0-liS8FODCbQAqQ5PZFuGK2EJida9sct83PG7twj4amzlaYx1VOZ392LXk/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="440" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKPP0GclvCwWyiM_a5nxO8XXku-CmKZtuFqDUPWSBcKWXwDd1H7OvaEtrDsuj9q5Q8sn2rpupwVw5k6OfT0-liS8FODCbQAqQ5PZFuGK2EJida9sct83PG7twj4amzlaYx1VOZ392LXk/w400-h299/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Anchorage and MatSu Districts make up a natural 22 legislative seats.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The court has affirmed that all boroughs meet this test
required of election districts, </span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">explained Ruedrich<i>. So, if you look at Alaska’s 40 seats,
you have 16 of them in Anchorage based on population. You have six seats in the
MatSu borough for a total of 22 assigned election districts. There are five
plus seats in Fairbanks, bringing the number to 27; three plus on the Kenai
brings total to 30; just under two in Juneau, one in Sitka, one in
Wrangel-Ketchikan (which are both boroughs), plus the Kodiak Borough brings it
to 35.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Looking at the interactive map link at the start of this story, anyone can see
how these pieces have been set.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ruderdich continued: <i>We have three little boroughs in SW
Alaska—Lake and Peninsula, Bristol Bay, and East Aleutians—for 36 districts,
Northwest Arctic and Arctic Slope form the 37<sup>th</sup> naturally occurring
socially-economically integrated districts, demonstrated by case law and
affirmed by the <b>Alaska Supreme Court</b> as having qualifying status. That
leaves three seats to be determined, and the formula becomes very simple. One of
those three remaining includes the large population of the <b>Bethel Census Area</b>
around Bethel in western Alaska. Next is the <b>Bering Straits Census Area</b>—Nome
and the villages of the <b>Bering Straits Native Corporation</b>. The 40<sup>th</sup>
district is the <b>Yukon-Koykuk Census Area</b>, which is essentially the
predominantly Athabaskan villages in eastern Alaska to the top of the Brooks
Range, up around to the upper Kuskokwim-Middle Yukon Rivers.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwsHFn3jnrVvPLadvuunqMT_xngHTWF7bfO6yx9yFBa4V0Tl2Mck3ouudByvyT49yunntMjZKH0lrDM844M6ta_stxtQzMYhPehDQxnxjkfQnuKqj0xd-RlTVi12kD-Kf5MGaZ5KTiTLwNyg3tkKoOrKAvV_tox64f790UVK33LrsG8ztg1Dw1IJqM=s400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="322" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwsHFn3jnrVvPLadvuunqMT_xngHTWF7bfO6yx9yFBa4V0Tl2Mck3ouudByvyT49yunntMjZKH0lrDM844M6ta_stxtQzMYhPehDQxnxjkfQnuKqj0xd-RlTVi12kD-Kf5MGaZ5KTiTLwNyg3tkKoOrKAvV_tox64f790UVK33LrsG8ztg1Dw1IJqM=w323-h400" width="323" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Cozy Interiors</i></b> Story
Here: </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6144703834679089068/5306569816903717711">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/01/destiny-happens.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">But wait, there’s more!</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Let’s talk about the 2-3 things that don’t fit into this
category,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> continued
Ruedrich. <i>The largest population block that is not a borough, and not
essentially the nucleus of a native regional corporation, is the Delta/Delta
Junction Area. They have population to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>add somewhere. Then you have the <b>City of Valdez</b> and its census
area, which is smaller—they are a city, not a borough—and Cordova, which is
smaller yet. Those are the three larger unassigned pieces left over after we
have defined the 40, and they must go somewhere.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Additionally, there is the <b>City of Whittier</b></span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> said Ruedrich. <i>Prince William
Sound Native Villages—Tatitlek, Cheniga—and throughout Southeast Alaska there
are small areas and the <b>Haines Borough</b>, which has borough status that
needs to be respected, but it is additive to something. The <b>Denali Borough</b>
with separate towns in it is under 1/10<sup>th</sup> of a house seat. So they
must also be an add-on. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As I listen, I can hear in Randy’s voice detailing the easy
arguments he has for this configuration of <i><b>Alaska House Districts</b>, </i>as they
might be presented to the <b><i>Alaska Supreme Court </i></b>if necessary.
Glennallen goes with Palmer, Delta goes toward Fairbanks and every voter is in
a district. AFFER is locked and loaded.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Alaska Redistricting Board shouldn’t want to pick a fight
with this guy. This isn’t Ruedrich’s first rodeo and he
doesn’t care who loves him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">References:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[1]Alaska’s Constitution; a
Citizen’s Guide, Fourth Edition, Gordon Harrison, Alaska Legislative Affairs
Agency, 2002<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[2]Alaska Redistricting Board
Information<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Committee/Details/31?code=HRDB#tab2_7">http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Committee/Details/31?code=HRDB#tab2_7</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[3]Alaska Division of Elections
Number of Registered Voters by Party Within Precinct, 09/03/2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.elections.alaska.gov/statistics/2021/SEP/VOTERS%20BY%20PARTY%20AND%20PRECINCT.htm">https://www.elections.alaska.gov/statistics/2021/SEP/VOTERS%20BY%20PARTY%20AND%20PRECINCT.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Redistricting board adopts six
propossals for public c to weigh in on, but takes a pass on map offered by
Alaska Democratic Party, <b><i>Must Read Alaska</i></b>, September 20, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://mustreadalaska.com/redistricting-board-adopts-six-proposals-for-public-to-weigh-in-on-but-takes-a-pass-on-map-offered-by-alaska-democratic-party/">https://mustreadalaska.com/redistricting-board-adopts-six-proposals-for-public-to-weigh-in-on-but-takes-a-pass-on-map-offered-by-alaska-democratic-party/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A National Website reviewing
Alaska redistricting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://redistricting.lls.edu/state/alaska/?cycle=2020&level=State%20Upper&startdate=">https://redistricting.lls.edu/state/alaska/?cycle=2020&level=State%20Upper&startdate=</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi02vnwzqip_6_E6JlGMsLjx3WPqiyQ5jH_RBW_vEkNOxsV23nqCrMk7ZOp40eAYIf4g1AT17sEgfnFyA9WUSSDh33XuxQwQPv4TgW0xrGnkPZMz-UG060IzfGAuOWBen0TRqcLPUp3j4RF4wtYqBljexNk5BkywMI-L2DuuW6ibKSAcd-APrsnm6GB=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi02vnwzqip_6_E6JlGMsLjx3WPqiyQ5jH_RBW_vEkNOxsV23nqCrMk7ZOp40eAYIf4g1AT17sEgfnFyA9WUSSDh33XuxQwQPv4TgW0xrGnkPZMz-UG060IzfGAuOWBen0TRqcLPUp3j4RF4wtYqBljexNk5BkywMI-L2DuuW6ibKSAcd-APrsnm6GB=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> _____</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Did you like this story? If so, please copy the
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members pulling together to face good times and bad; any individual member or
family could need help at any time, and all shared in opportunities. Quality of
daily life along the Southcentral rail belt was determined by conditions of
nature. Today the community of Willow is thriving, as is Talkeetna, but Curry,
north of Talkeetna, is long gone and the very nature of life in these remaining
communities has changed.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For myself. during the mid-1960s I lived a few years at a <i>White
Alice</i> military installation near the community of Yakutat, a meridian rainforest
Native village at Yakutat Bay—which turns the corner to Southeast Alaska. That
community had two k-8 schools--one for whites and one for Natives--but no high
school.[2] On the Southcentral Alaska Railbelt, in Talkeetna, a little girl was
experiencing a different Alaska and today she is conflicted by the changes she
has witnessed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Holly Sheldon Lee,</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> Is an assertive community advocate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBYOfS0RTBTp4G1kZ2rhErq9Pz6r6bqll3KIEQQNNALR5lwKmG_nDCeGO4tEd4UmUk9PWIGzYCYJwkM-4pm8wFtLO9BGKKcIAItUUmlRumr8V4-b-ZEYazl1gnf7VYZnyW9lzlvlu1FE/s2048/2021-08-28+16.28.16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBYOfS0RTBTp4G1kZ2rhErq9Pz6r6bqll3KIEQQNNALR5lwKmG_nDCeGO4tEd4UmUk9PWIGzYCYJwkM-4pm8wFtLO9BGKKcIAItUUmlRumr8V4-b-ZEYazl1gnf7VYZnyW9lzlvlu1FE/w400-h300/2021-08-28+16.28.16.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></i></div><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyj8Or6WAg4v5AiyTrWYqnYJvsObmrWOHpLkMX-Ac00KJ4f_UuYwcUbD8f9cWkeRDpt4KJcmFyYEK6U6tjrlrlt0-p8EPHLPAUHt61T9uTSpxYes3qopTG1KPxs8cAnwShe_95SlAC1I/s2048/2021-08-28+16.39.20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyj8Or6WAg4v5AiyTrWYqnYJvsObmrWOHpLkMX-Ac00KJ4f_UuYwcUbD8f9cWkeRDpt4KJcmFyYEK6U6tjrlrlt0-p8EPHLPAUHt61T9uTSpxYes3qopTG1KPxs8cAnwShe_95SlAC1I/w400-h300/2021-08-28+16.39.20.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></i></div><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></i></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Sheldon Lee explained:</span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> My memory goes back to the late
1960s, when what is now <b>Nagley’s Store</b> was the <b>B & K Trading Post</b></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">.
</span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">The B & K grubstaked the miners, trappers and homesteaders in the area.
This is something I haven’t seen in decades. Dad would fly the first Denali climbers,
and he flew the grubstaked miners and trappers into the area mountains, and the
lowlands below the Alaska Range. The B & K would ready supplies for miners
and trappers like <b>Rocky Cummins</b> and <b>Jim Beaver</b>, jeep them over to
my dad’s airplane, and they were gone for the entire summer—three to four
months—after signing for the goods and for the flight cost. Everybody hoped for
a productive summer to pay for what they had committed.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Her dad was <b>Don Sheldon</b>; Holly was born at <b><i>Providence
Hospital</i></b> in Anchorage and at three days old Sheldon flew wife Roberta
and their newborn to Talkeetna, where Holly grew up in the lifestyle of rural
Alaska observing people and events through a lens of traditional values.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kilugtbR1aILaTXJUmUF9WnNMDWn7hVfmVjLfP4fJ-iHWoIrbrCYOSNIHIalN_GjHryDvn3kbhrHzsz_AW9T9pp34ErITuKwRcy-HjxbiLokRN1QhSylMlU3-P2LtzYcH2W1L1pXeNY/s400/image.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="400" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kilugtbR1aILaTXJUmUF9WnNMDWn7hVfmVjLfP4fJ-iHWoIrbrCYOSNIHIalN_GjHryDvn3kbhrHzsz_AW9T9pp34ErITuKwRcy-HjxbiLokRN1QhSylMlU3-P2LtzYcH2W1L1pXeNY/w400-h295/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Alaska Chalet BNB </i></b>story here: </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6144703834679089068/5306569816903717711"><span style="line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">When the miners, trappers and homesteaders returned from the
field, they had furs and gold and what they had grown,</span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> continued Sheldon Lee. <i>At the <b>Fairview
Inn</b> about the end of September we had a potluck every day. Whole families
would come with wares to sell or trade. Anchorage furrier <b>David Green</b>
would be here, and I remember as a child: “Oh, there is Mr. Green!” He had a
big envelope packed with cash. He would buy furs. Jewelers would come to buy
gold at the end of the season. The B & K would be paid for the supplies
they had grubstaked. That is very different than what goes on here now.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A walk around downtown Talkeetna this year, in late August, confirmed
that statement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9AdArjiCyQQG3ngYAi_fF1plQSV9IPdMhfq5Ws9ckX_1-Jaxd5FV_atrcJWjS-rEoqQqx9Pn1v2dzla-YRLFHdq_Bs2wEU7acB1LcMPpWyrX0xaZhA48k7oiIH-9tF48wYKXEtG895A/s2048/2021-08-28+16.28.05.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9AdArjiCyQQG3ngYAi_fF1plQSV9IPdMhfq5Ws9ckX_1-Jaxd5FV_atrcJWjS-rEoqQqx9Pn1v2dzla-YRLFHdq_Bs2wEU7acB1LcMPpWyrX0xaZhA48k7oiIH-9tF48wYKXEtG895A/w400-h300/2021-08-28+16.28.05.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">The Fairview Inn has been for sale for years.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Fairview Inn has always been a tavern, but it used to
also serve as our Community Meeting Place when we were a very small town</span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">, Holly continued. <i>The Village Air
Strip is across Main Street. That is where my dad’s operation was based. When
that air strip was too muddy in the spring, or fall, Dad would taxi the
airplanes down the road to the state airstrip--but mostly he worked off the Village
Air Strip.</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i><br /></i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIk7m0FMrhhPTQ8HLhyphenhyphenVyGXR1IbmPKK2uGpHDq7DT3ibumzaEyhhAh5tQ0xIYNy3wa3Y747I_8MR7GGskEFJC0fD7IHmzoBzGaTpBs34BwRkhjPW3aWO6nb0wpp-soydx6A65AZHHMCY/s2048/2021-08-28+16.33.27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIk7m0FMrhhPTQ8HLhyphenhyphenVyGXR1IbmPKK2uGpHDq7DT3ibumzaEyhhAh5tQ0xIYNy3wa3Y747I_8MR7GGskEFJC0fD7IHmzoBzGaTpBs34BwRkhjPW3aWO6nb0wpp-soydx6A65AZHHMCY/w400-h300/2021-08-28+16.33.27.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">The still active Talkeetna Village Airstrip.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Holly continued: </span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">These are fond memories of the kids from
around the territory coming here to the Fairview Inn--and I lived just across
the street--so I got to see everybody and participate in everything. We played,
the community had square dances in the street, and it was a big celebration at
the end of the summer. Nothing like how packed Main Street is now.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQSI_HDYTPqUhcEqFIy0v1zRRAgCv05v_TbCek_whyphenhyphenmT4txPK0ijQsn3xwWh-ADPK6BX5xxYi7VrHmZiZTJkgKUrnOvOeeIPslfH9ji4KbHQUakFMhBctrJBiXYK7asf8_IeNb8fTQBc/s2048/2021-08-28+16.30.39.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQSI_HDYTPqUhcEqFIy0v1zRRAgCv05v_TbCek_whyphenhyphenmT4txPK0ijQsn3xwWh-ADPK6BX5xxYi7VrHmZiZTJkgKUrnOvOeeIPslfH9ji4KbHQUakFMhBctrJBiXYK7asf8_IeNb8fTQBc/w400-h300/2021-08-28+16.30.39.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The house where Holly Sheldon Lee grew up is today screened from tourists.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">That yellow house is where I grew up</span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">, continued Sheldon. <i>What is now a
large art gallery next door is where my dad used to keep his planes. I attended
the last first grade class in the little red schoolhouse on the other side of
the yellow house. When my dad would land and fuel up the planes, I got
permission to go help my dad during the school day. I would bring friends with
me.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_VSt_Md9rBjT5OIlGUw3OIO_d3Uxc9FId5vZuGVCgbv70P6UxzQCa2kSLlwepG55xZkDr6a8UpJ2ZVgmz_JWZOh8gF7LwJzgQVREOUNodQ1T7-BZtN1JpV1i7NqY8rJb088coULZ6oU/s2048/2021-08-28+16.30.13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_VSt_Md9rBjT5OIlGUw3OIO_d3Uxc9FId5vZuGVCgbv70P6UxzQCa2kSLlwepG55xZkDr6a8UpJ2ZVgmz_JWZOh8gF7LwJzgQVREOUNodQ1T7-BZtN1JpV1i7NqY8rJb088coULZ6oU/w400-h300/2021-08-28+16.30.13.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">This used to be the vacant lot where Don Sheldon parked and refueled his planes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Turning to the other side of the street, Holly pointed out: </span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">This
used to be the gas station I worked at, Union76. It is <b>Denali Brewpub</b>
now. <b>Rose and Gene Jenne</b> operated it as a gas and service station for
decades.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Talkeetna stays open all winter but a lot of the tourist
businesses close. Coronavirus has also impacted business operations, including
the <b>Talkeetna Roadhouse</b>, which this writer has previously written about.[3]</span><span style="background-color: white; background: white; color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; background: white; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio06MvpJLlXzMP7yX2_TQolamLo56KpJdcT2Ri3jo5jaAgp2oUBRyC9ALir3XgQEXiTGNFqAYlaWyTABIqvuGL9OG8CbVxHYXELK85OpXC0QbgNlL095tW1L3TdQhJu4O3dET6pagM3-A/s2048/2021-08-28+16.55.43.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio06MvpJLlXzMP7yX2_TQolamLo56KpJdcT2Ri3jo5jaAgp2oUBRyC9ALir3XgQEXiTGNFqAYlaWyTABIqvuGL9OG8CbVxHYXELK85OpXC0QbgNlL095tW1L3TdQhJu4O3dET6pagM3-A/w300-h400/2021-08-28+16.55.43.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Sign of the times—Notifications on the door of the </span><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Talkeetna Road House</b><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Another sign of the times is a Cannabis shop in the cabin
built by Legendary Denali climber </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Ray Genet</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">. Previously it was a chocolate
shop prior to being purchased by an Outside interest to make it a pot shop.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuMNc1OfM7aJsMFuPeXmmHXm9_eBzpRKqm2SHMTQuWdkWxWjI6-rCIT08tmjzzThUjpA6jb0ZPRD_BtLJqi7lsMI1muoNIK4wGSXWklsH_FB-8JkAC1-RcbYSNbbBWaytQdM07r8p9T0/s400/image.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="322" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuMNc1OfM7aJsMFuPeXmmHXm9_eBzpRKqm2SHMTQuWdkWxWjI6-rCIT08tmjzzThUjpA6jb0ZPRD_BtLJqi7lsMI1muoNIK4wGSXWklsH_FB-8JkAC1-RcbYSNbbBWaytQdM07r8p9T0/w323-h400/image.png" width="323" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read <b><i>Cozy Interiors </i></b>Story Here:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6144703834679089068/5306569816903717711">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/01/destiny-happens.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">A posting on another blog enthuses about how cleaver and
really cool this pot shop is. You know, dude? In all it’s delusion, the story
also accidently states one undeniable fact about Genet:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in 22.5pt; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For those who
don’t know, Ray Genet is a legend. He was a Swiss-born Mountaineer and Guide
best known for his pioneering efforts on Denali, the tallest mountain in North
America.[4]</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Holly was part of the effort to have this cannabis shop located
in a different part of town instead of in the heart of the community on Main Street. She and others opposed
it being 66-feet from a camper park, and 126-feet from the <b><i>Talkeetna NPS Ranger
Station</i></b> where children’s programs were offered before this business was placed
here. Political power of the <b>Mat-Su Borough Marijuana Cartel</b> has allowed
it. She is further affronted by advertising for air taxi services in front of a
cannabis dispensary. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One might ask: <i>Are they encouraging flying intoxicated?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Holly resents use of Genet’s picture on the signage of the pot
shop: <i>He was a clean, sober man. He was a <span style="background-color: white; background: white; color: #1a0dab;">Teetotaler.</span> What is happening now with legalized
marijuana is something none of the men of that generation would have allowed in the heart ofTalkeetna, </i>she said. <i>They might not have cared about it on the periphery but not as a predominant feature of our community</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnfn-pbjZbR_eZrDN_Yay-x12WmrfEcP-emGf353xdSqhmUMrdSMIPVWia9LrH5pGPjRfXh9XPjWGlxFj4TMCklQ6u7lEC8aa0024YW60XVv3yVTlVKlLemk866xdaxN6ZCEbVdi_vWs/s2048/2021-08-28+15.12.40.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1625" data-original-width="2048" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnfn-pbjZbR_eZrDN_Yay-x12WmrfEcP-emGf353xdSqhmUMrdSMIPVWia9LrH5pGPjRfXh9XPjWGlxFj4TMCklQ6u7lEC8aa0024YW60XVv3yVTlVKlLemk866xdaxN6ZCEbVdi_vWs/w400-h318/2021-08-28+15.12.40.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The cabin built on Main Street Talkeetna by legendary Denali Mountaineer, Ray Genet, features his likeness although many believe he would NOT have likely endorsed a substance used solely to cause intoxication.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Holly should know what Genet would have allowed. An account
of a 1970 climb is on the Sheldon Air Service website.[5]</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This red hanger was my dad’s hanger</span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">, said Holly. <i>My mom gave it to
the town, It was moved back and another story built under it for community
events.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sheldon continued: <i>The hanger and my dad’s warehouse and
some other outbuildings actually came from Curry. They had a fancy dining hall
there, and you can still find chips of fine china and crystal glassware
fragments. When Curry ceased to exist my dad went up there and purchased
several buildings--trading flight services--and they took the buildings down
and moved the parts by railroad to Talkeetna. The buildings were reconstructed here
for his business.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHVpV3xb-vhc6henjPRbPKKXyJUfqaJfRH82Klq1KmjEBhgzKOVNMTHmcjEyKRvEuFQgXMAMmM8PByvJU8PoZYjdwGSWW6SnOuyK0TLVIn8CeLasnn1j97vxmcgFo4jrXYWHec4FO1ps/s450/CurryHotel.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="450" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHVpV3xb-vhc6henjPRbPKKXyJUfqaJfRH82Klq1KmjEBhgzKOVNMTHmcjEyKRvEuFQgXMAMmM8PByvJU8PoZYjdwGSWW6SnOuyK0TLVIn8CeLasnn1j97vxmcgFo4jrXYWHec4FO1ps/w400-h245/CurryHotel.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">The historic Curry Hotel.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Leaving downtown Takeetna, we travel to the far end of the
Village Airstrip.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Here we are now at the confluence of the Talkeetna, Susitna
and Chuitna Rivers, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">explains
Sheldon. <i>From here it creates the Big Su River. This is a sight to see in
the summertime; the river now is silty from glacier melt off, but in the spring
and after the melt out happens--and in the fall before winter sets in-- it
becomes pristine blue and green before the ice of winter. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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and there is plantain here too, </span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">continued Sheldon Lee. <i>It used to be a longer strip, but
they built a parking lot because that is what they have to do now, leaving a
much smaller place for planes to land.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We cross the Alaska Railroad tracks and head back to Sheldon
Air Service, where Holly’s Husband, David Lee, is doing what pilots do in fixed
based operations stations all around the state after a day of providing services—drinking
coffee and talking to customers and visitors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I came up here at about 14 years old, </span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">explained David Lee. <i>I had come
home from school one day and they were building this hanger over here, they had
a pile of plywood there and said: “Hey kid, help us load this plywood.”</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">So, I started working there on weekends to build that hanger,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> continued Lee. <i>And I became a
ramp rat, you know, sweeping floors and washing planes. Soon I started getting
instruction, and I focused on my private pilot’s license. By 1980 I was a commercial
pilot, and we did a few scenic flights of Denali with a Cessna 206 on wheels.
That started it.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwE4DaD_oGolRlKosWgM1H6QDpzv11px_kkaxL1MNUgtDvBYXEaoMMDvngzvuO-3i3enAVy-v-U1uc8ml9o-a0XsRuOtSczspu1JlisuJ8D-9uNCV7a9dCPtXGfG-kEyRpyg0kQHsueI/s2048/2021-08-28+15.37.12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwE4DaD_oGolRlKosWgM1H6QDpzv11px_kkaxL1MNUgtDvBYXEaoMMDvngzvuO-3i3enAVy-v-U1uc8ml9o-a0XsRuOtSczspu1JlisuJ8D-9uNCV7a9dCPtXGfG-kEyRpyg0kQHsueI/w400-h300/2021-08-28+15.37.12.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Two always sober Alaskan pilots. David Lee and George Murphy. Murphy happened to drop by for a visit to Sheldon Air Service on this occasion. George flew many years for the </span><b style="text-align: left;"><i>Iditarod Sled Dog Race.</i></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Did you have to learn some things the hard way?</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Yes. Back then there was no training program, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Lee responded<i>. The guy I worked
for told me: Do you see that fork out there? Well, there’s a notch in the
mountain when you get there. You need to fly through there and on your right is
a glacier, watch out and you’ll see some tracks...I started out on nice days
when everything was calm and eventually started going up there when the weather
wasn’t so good, It was a steep learning curve. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTsbLUt3Cz-ffuTMc5h19DW9axYQm4tBPFWC9H57G-L9Cj7Pa7UjEBhEVTIcSIJqQRyEtWWFTuRS_A86_aJrLwKJk2EiLbzojCpLNJ4bL8hSP4LTJLpLwIJllaMXhLjLA3R5V8CRBiHo/s400/image.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="400" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTsbLUt3Cz-ffuTMc5h19DW9axYQm4tBPFWC9H57G-L9Cj7Pa7UjEBhEVTIcSIJqQRyEtWWFTuRS_A86_aJrLwKJk2EiLbzojCpLNJ4bL8hSP4LTJLpLwIJllaMXhLjLA3R5V8CRBiHo/w400-h286/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read </span></span><b><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Sheldon Air Service </span></i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">story here:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6144703834679089068/5306569816903717711" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /><i><br /></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">How has the business changed?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I made three tourism flights to Denali today,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> Lee responded, <i>but in the past I
might fly as many as 7-8 flights to the mountain. We had a 14-hour duty period
and I remember having to get back to stay within the legal limits. We also had
other pilots working for us.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Today Sheldon Air Service has its niche, with deep roots in
the community of Talkeetna. Covid has impacted this business greatly but obviously
some changes have been easier to accept than others.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQ5cF2jrr2p11t_UTTeoGPYFWJ1UbhWKWCr6MCuohzcidKRihcnOu15fNVI3R-AboJlzj1f2K3wglbEPCCQDWXuLueG9doT2Ze15dt0189z257cfXRNQ4_kA9THouhxR9xx-hyyPRDEo/s2048/2021-09-19+14.27.47.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQ5cF2jrr2p11t_UTTeoGPYFWJ1UbhWKWCr6MCuohzcidKRihcnOu15fNVI3R-AboJlzj1f2K3wglbEPCCQDWXuLueG9doT2Ze15dt0189z257cfXRNQ4_kA9THouhxR9xx-hyyPRDEo/w400-h300/2021-09-19+14.27.47.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The Talkeetna Cemetery graves of Don and Roberta Sheldon.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">References:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>[1]</b> National Park Service
Historical Information<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/dena/hrst.htm#maps">https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/dena/hrst.htm#maps</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>[2]</b>Nike Site Reflections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; background: white; color: black;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2018/07/nike-site-reflections.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2018/07/nike-site-reflections.html</a></span><span style="background-color: white; background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>[3]</b>The Historic Talkeetna Roadhouse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-historic-talkeetna-roadhouse-july-2.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-historic-talkeetna-roadhouse-july-2.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>[4] </b>ExploreInspired Blog<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://exploreinspired.com/the-high-expedition-ray-genet/">https://exploreinspired.com/the-high-expedition-ray-genet/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>[5]</b> Account of Ray Genet
assent with Don Sheldon delivery to the mountain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.sheldonairservice.com/news/eight-days-to-the-top">https://www.sheldonairservice.com/news/eight-days-to-the-top</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">(2021</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">©</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">donnliston.com)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">As a former employee at </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Providence Alaska Medical Center</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">,
and chair of former </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Mayor</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Dan Sullivan’s</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Health Care
Commission</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">, </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">David Morgan</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> asks the hard questions and has demonstrated
with his own actions how principles of economics can provide better care at
cheaper rates, while assuring health care providers make enough money to stay
in business. That’s the real reason why the </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Anchorage Assembly</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">
challenged his recent appointment by </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Mayor David Bronson</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"> to head the </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Municipality
of Anchorage (MOA) Health Department</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Assembly majority isn’t qualified to shine Morgan’s shoes
and doesn’t want Mayor Bronson to be successful in bringing Anchorage out of
the mess created by these misfits. When Morgan realized the caliber of people
he was being judged by in the confirmation process, he withdrew his name from
consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The problems I ran into had to do with my past political
affiliations, </span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">said
Morgan in our recent interview<i>. <b>Republican Party</b> conservatives want
to reduce healthcare costs at the state and local levels. This is in contrast
with the <b>Alaska Hospital Association</b> and the <b>Alaska Medical
Association</b>—the industrial state of healthcare. They are not happy with me
because anywhere I have worked costs go down, service goes up, and I produce
more revenue, without increasing costs or restricting competition, but by
providing better services through efficiencies of scale.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Morgan has an impish smile and talks <i>Kentuckian</i>, as does
my wife Waneta. They determined it is possible they are cousins. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">How could the majority of elected officials on the Municipal
Assembly understand this approach as they strive for politically-charged government
dependency over individual Alaskan autonomy?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The point is the entire system of health care for the state
of Alaska is designed NOT to have competition</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">, Morgan continued. <i>Opponents to my appointment
were upset because I pointed out the military option. Their biggest argument
for making us wear masks and require lockdowns was a shortage of ICU beds. They
don’t want anybody to know the <b>JBER 673<sup>rd</sup> Medical Brigade</b> can
staff 55 ICU beds anytime and hasn’t. If all the local hospital beds are really
full, in five days new ICU units could be set up in the parking lot of <b>Providence
Medical Center</b> or <b>Alaska Native Medical Center</b>—we could have 30 or
40 beds with professional staff quickly available. For the mere price of $1
such an intervention would be called a “training exercise.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These would be high quality care facilities, too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">My goal for the short time I was Health Director wasn’t a
political goal,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">
continued Morgan. <i>My goal was to meet five-year budget projections by
reducing costs by eight percent and increasing healthcare for Alaskans. While
on the previous Muni health commission under Mayor Sullivan we found that the
health department was doing stuff that had nothing to do with the mission of
that department. <b>It was doing stuff for politics.</b></i> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Morgan also
served on the <b><i>State Health Commission</i></b> for 5 years, representing <b>Primary
Care (CHCs) Programs and Clinics</b> for the <b><i>State of Alaska</i></b>. That
Commission was dissolved by the Legislature--<b>as it started to get to the
heart of the healthcare cost and access problems for the State.</b> This was
explained in MUST READ ALASKA story: <i>Lawmakers Took Big Bucks From Hospital
Group, And Vetoed Accordingly</i>.[3] <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This practice
continues to today.</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> <b>A
number of bills in the Alaska Legislature to reform healthcare were killed in
the 3<sup>rd</sup> Special session.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Both political
parties have members who are captive to the Healthcare Lobby, according to
Morgan. Nothing the <i><b>Alaska Legislature</b></i> or the <b><i>Anchorage Assembly</i></b> majority have
done is about <i>providing a better</i> quality of life for Alaskans or Anchorage
property owners who pay for this circus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKSRG1oWOKpd_cNaO0TobOx05QhzVayeJqQ8twpIfMwm-8WuGeFi5gQBj3aVdg3ATdv4chfzFJJTNId7KReKHNTjnzdsnYKcKHUzfNf-7H0Fy_lU1DEokZASe6GgDmD0DQjA4hLZQVuU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="322" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKSRG1oWOKpd_cNaO0TobOx05QhzVayeJqQ8twpIfMwm-8WuGeFi5gQBj3aVdg3ATdv4chfzFJJTNId7KReKHNTjnzdsnYKcKHUzfNf-7H0Fy_lU1DEokZASe6GgDmD0DQjA4hLZQVuU/w321-h400/image.png" width="321" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Read Story Here: </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6144703834679089068/5306569816903717711">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/01/destiny-happens.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The argument they are using is “it’s a panic,” </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">said Morgan. <i>In reality, we only
have a pandemic of the <b>unvaccinated.</b> There is no reason we cannot reduce
cost and provide better health care for Alaskans overall. I have done it. I
have a track record of doing it but they won’t do it because they don’t know
what it would require.<b><o:p></o:p></b></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska’s Colony Status<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLmuuykHrbr_EiATaAeFf16oCBD66gZlzszeHlz-ti3txtl9ows6bc3xmvYfSQuWu3lz-QTIIA5JhdDIFUa48qEq0Ydrh7nwujjD3ZMUFCKWyMnw4Bhud9V3kkftRqhO9cjFUFa1TTNA/s2048/IMG_1487.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1355" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLmuuykHrbr_EiATaAeFf16oCBD66gZlzszeHlz-ti3txtl9ows6bc3xmvYfSQuWu3lz-QTIIA5JhdDIFUa48qEq0Ydrh7nwujjD3ZMUFCKWyMnw4Bhud9V3kkftRqhO9cjFUFa1TTNA/w265-h400/IMG_1487.jpg" width="265" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anybody who has lived in Alaska for any amount of time knows
this state was a marriage of convenience with the <b>United States of America</b>.
<b><i>University of Alaska</i></b> History Professor <b>Steven Haycox</b> wrote
an entire book celebrating this reality, <b><i>Alaska; An American Colony</i></b><i>.</i>[4]
The result is that public policy is convoluted and skewed to benefit a few short-sighted
special interests over the long-term good of Alaskans.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the case of healthcare, that means Alaska has a lot of rich
doctors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Over more than a year Covid-19 has shed a light on the
problems of our healthcare cartel. It has become a reason to suspend rights
under the US and Alaska Constitutions, with a disproportionate reaction given our
state’s many other serious health care needs.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Morgan explained: We are the only clinic other than the
military hospital that treats people with TB in airtight rooms</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">. <i>Sexually Transmitted Diseases</i>
(<i>STDs) also require special protocols by health professionals for their
protection. Homeless people can get runny sores, polyps, and samples must be
taken to be cultured. Sometimes when that is being done it can spray—from
everywhere on the human body that sexual activity can happen. We don’t judge,
we are simply trying to stop syphilis, gonorrhea, and other life-threatening communicable
diseases. I required all health workers in the <b>Anchorage health Center </b>to
wear N95 masks.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But the myopic political focus of the Assembly is on Covid:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Around twenty percent of Alaska hospital beds are being used
for Covid patients.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A couple of times in the past we have been full,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> said Morgan. <i>But the argument is
never about increasing supply, it is about requiring everybody to get a
vaccination, everybody to wear a mask, everybody to lockdown, and we aren’t
going to have normal public school, either.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Previously I used my training to reduce costs, expand service
and make money for the provider,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> continued Morgan. <i>I might reduce the amount we billed,
but money from the state and federal governments through <b>Indian Health
Services</b> plus <b>Medicaid Treaty Rights</b> provisions expanded it overall.
What we got was not based on billing, it was based on how many people we
served. I started applying community health standards to see people who are not
part of the tribal organizations. For people who were not Alaska Native but were
living in Barrow, later in Sand Point, it is a $900 trip to go to the doctor
for a typhoid shot. We got grants for the rest of the people living in those
rural communities because we were seeing them anyway, with agreements with
other providers like <b>Providence Hospital</b>, to provide tertiary care. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>More recently, as director to yet be confirmed by the
Assembly, Morgan had begun the process of gaining nurses-in-training for the
MOA. Approved candidates could have their entire tuition paid for by working in
Alaska hospitals designated as high need areas. This was a supply-side effort that
has gone away now in favor of hysteria of overworked nurses driving healthcare
decisions by misfit Assembly Majority members.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Political Threat of Competence</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Morgan came from a family of physicians. His grandfather was
a doctor, his grandmother was a nurse, his father and two brothers are doctors,
and 14 cousins are doctors. He was weaned on the medical profession but chose
to train in healthcare service administration. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">From 1983 t0 1986 I worked for a health co-op called <b>Hunter
Health</b> at Bartholomew County Hospital,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> said Morgan<i>. It had started back in the 1800s in
Lexington, Kentucky</i>. <i>I was assistant manager for budget and cost. We had
28,000 members. That organization had started as an agriculture co-op, but at
the turn of the century they couldn’t get a doctor. The way agriculture co-ops
work is everybody pays a little money to buy a number of tractors, for
instance, so the cost of a tractor for an individual farmer member is half.
They also sold their crops as a collective. They had a small clinic with two
doctors, three nurses and 4 or 5 beds. Back then the doctors actually went on
rounds by horseback.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAdr9j8rGN-1E_VvtElDU6zvgwo_Eml_7wcyKulzCqzUOEwd0U_EBq4zHBFNbbNKlXDfylZ76IZXT18b2w3ewdaU-p_jOQuP_FN1f8BxvGoUpXG0I99-p4SogEl1pS53kv5utKyUro5A/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="400" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAdr9j8rGN-1E_VvtElDU6zvgwo_Eml_7wcyKulzCqzUOEwd0U_EBq4zHBFNbbNKlXDfylZ76IZXT18b2w3ewdaU-p_jOQuP_FN1f8BxvGoUpXG0I99-p4SogEl1pS53kv5utKyUro5A/w400-h295/image.png" width="400" /></a></span></i></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Read story here: </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6144703834679089068/5306569816903717711"><span style="line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In 1987 Morgan went to<i> <b>Providence Hospital </b></i>in
Alaska<i>, </i>where he worked as manager of patient accounts until 1991. After
that, until 1996, Morgan was Finance Director and Acting City Manager for the <b><i>City
of Whittier and Alakanuk</i></b><i>. </i>He was next elevated to Deputy
Director for Operations and Finance for <b><i>Eastern Aleutian Tribes, Inc.</i></b><i>
</i>where he managed day-to-day administration and financial operations for
five primary care clinics, supervising 24 employees, until 2001. From 2001 to
2003 Morgan was ANA Project Manager for the <b><i>Chugach Region’s Chugachmiut
Inc.</i></b> as ANA Project Director. Next<i> <b>Southcentral Foundation</b> </i>employed
Morgan as Reimbursement Director to direct revenue cycle operations, compliance
and Medicare/Medicaid Medical and Home Health Costs. Since 2015 Morgan has been
a consultant with <b><i>Affordable Healthcare Consulting Services</i></b><i> </i>providing
strategic financial and data analysis, auditing services, planning
recommendations and other technical services.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Most recently Morgan led a group of <b>Alaska Roundtable</b>
community leaders in development of a comprehensive policy paper on healthcare.
He provided a copy of the executive summary of that 28 page book with tables
for this story. I provide it here in complete form:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">Personally, a</span></span></o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">s a citizen journalist, I admit being intimidated by the
challenge of providing an overview of the healthcare crisis we face as
Alaskans. It’s a complex and specialized problem, but I am struck by the smallness of some elected officials who are so dogmatic that they cannot see the value
in having a proven administrator like David Morgan put the <b><i>Anchorage Department
of Health</i></b> on a solid administrative footing, ultimately for the good of all
Alaskans.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mayor Bronson knows we can do better but it may take an
election of new Assembly members to <i>reimagine</i> local government competency.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Resources:</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[1] Alaska Health Care Costs
compared to other states<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[2] JBER Medical Personnel Deemed
Best<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.jber.jb.mil/News/News-Articles/NewsDisplay/Article/1515433/jber-medical-personnel-deemed-best-in-pacaf-air-force/">https://www.jber.jb.mil/News/News-Articles/NewsDisplay/Article/1515433/jber-medical-personnel-deemed-best-in-pacaf-air-force/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[3] Lawmakers Took Big Bucks From
Hospital Group, And Vetoed Accordingly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://mustreadalaska.com/alaska-lawmakers-took-big-bucks-from-a-hospital-trade-group-and-then-voted-accordingly/">https://mustreadalaska.com/alaska-lawmakers-took-big-bucks-from-a-hospital-trade-group-and-then-voted-accordingly/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[4] Dr. Stephen Haycox, Alaska; An
American Colony, University of Washington Press, 2002.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2zAs7qVhMgOfo89JStmrnWCMAt7sVx80sRRHm-waT0GneQMVmcMzX__ttJYJWj_xB4xH-XAAJ3-ZH40VH78bh79VbasOpAalECtZ-NiqY2q-2KA-LjB6L-PGC1emjCd-LUcZc4t4WNU/s2048/DonnListon+branding+image+and+logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2zAs7qVhMgOfo89JStmrnWCMAt7sVx80sRRHm-waT0GneQMVmcMzX__ttJYJWj_xB4xH-XAAJ3-ZH40VH78bh79VbasOpAalECtZ-NiqY2q-2KA-LjB6L-PGC1emjCd-LUcZc4t4WNU/w400-h300/DonnListon+branding+image+and+logo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">_____</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Did you like this story? If so, please copy the link below and send by email or post to social media.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-threat-of-competence.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-threat-of-competence.html</a></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaskans love the Alaska Railroad. I was reminded of what a delightful
part of Alaska this historic railroad represents when <b><i>Waneta</i></b> and
I won a free trip to Denali during the <b><i>Willow Winter Carnival</i></b> raffle
in 2019. We enjoyed every minute of the trip in mostly empty cars during summer
of 2020. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is our train. Alaskans subsidize its operation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Alaska Railroad was turned over to the <b><i>State of
Alaska</i></b> from the federal government in 1982 under US Code Title 45,
Chapter 21, the Alaska Railroad Transfer Act “ARTA.”[1]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ARR has been our baby for 30 years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The <b><i>Alaska Railroad Corporation 2020 Annual Report</i></b>
reveals the decline in revenues it has recently suffered. Waneta and I were two
of the mere 32,000 passengers—down from an average ridership of half a million
passengers—who rode the trains last year. We used free tickets.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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1- March 12, 1914<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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US Congress agrees to fund construction and operation of a railroad from Seward
to Fairbanks. Estimated construction cost - $35 million.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tourism is only part of ARR’s function. Passenger travel is
not enough to sustain the corporation that manages this system. The bread and
butter of ARRC is 1) hauling freight, 2) grants from the government, and 3) real
estate. Passenger revenues are typically 20 percent of revenues. 2020 saw
another financial downturn in that respect: ridership declined and grants again
increased.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This corporation is hungry.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From the corporation Press Release, <i>April 1, 2021: ANCHORAGE,
Alaska</i> — <i>The Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) released its 2020 annual
report today. Audited financial statements show a net loss of $7.8 million,
with total revenues of $150.7 million and total expenses of $158.5 million.</i>[2]<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Those are the big numbers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In short, freight revenues for 2020 were down to $73,649,000 from
2019’s gross of $85,340,000—a loss of $11,691,000. Passenger revenues in 2020
were down to $3,348,000 from 2019’s $39,571,000. Covid-19 has taken its toll,
but operation of trains is only one part of the equation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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2- July 15, 1923<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 45.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 45pt 0in 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">President
Warren G. Harding travels to Alaska to mark the completion of the Alaska
Railroad by driving the golden spike in ceremonies at Nenana, one of the state's
largest cities at the time. President Harding died from an attack of food
poisoning on his return trip to San Francisco on August 2, 1923.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_anyKlDkpcLzUI3hjsJszKPBDn8XLKhqfXAgGwn9mIIZl6pFKD5jX4uP-T-1LPEbfPePsFXyyOf1i5Y4Fzk7DfvnbIfNYdkz4-6RrXA1H1m7f4mR8jjHQGodnW54ysJVV4zJ_8W77X4/s978/SheldonAir_HiResFnl7-14-21+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="978" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_anyKlDkpcLzUI3hjsJszKPBDn8XLKhqfXAgGwn9mIIZl6pFKD5jX4uP-T-1LPEbfPePsFXyyOf1i5Y4Fzk7DfvnbIfNYdkz4-6RrXA1H1m7f4mR8jjHQGodnW54ysJVV4zJ_8W77X4/w400-h286/SheldonAir_HiResFnl7-14-21+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read story here: <span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; background: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For an overview of how our State Railroad has performed, I
have gone through the financial report for every year since 2005 to consider
how the leadership of the company describe results of their efforts. Since the
primary mission is to operate a railroad, I gleaned from the annual reports
basic operation costs/expenses and created an overview chart with those simple
numbers. I am not an accountant and the complicated financials of this
corporation are far beyond my training, but as Alaskans we can reach some
general conclusions about the railroad gifted to us by the federal government, and
perhaps explanations for current business practices.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 40.5pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 40.5pt 0in 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Milepost
3 January 14, 1983<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 40.5pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 40.5pt 0in 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">President
Ronald Reagan signs into law legislation authorizing transfer of the Alaska
Railroad to the State of Alaska.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRF74f7QXX8T-BVhX2CuRecRpLAV6RqboApyTK0r1o2k9h3svCNDGyLbhz0sZ9HlPxRzZO0nP1FCkD46kbJVW78GLFjZBvjBacS3Lw7KHiFk1zYroYEO5iFKWhRDt6qyu52RfQYcJbuPA/s720/AKChaletBB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="720" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRF74f7QXX8T-BVhX2CuRecRpLAV6RqboApyTK0r1o2k9h3svCNDGyLbhz0sZ9HlPxRzZO0nP1FCkD46kbJVW78GLFjZBvjBacS3Lw7KHiFk1zYroYEO5iFKWhRDt6qyu52RfQYcJbuPA/w400-h295/AKChaletBB.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Story Here: </span></span><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-best-thing-about-being-in-anchorage.html</span></a><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This railroad is considerably more than the train some of us we
were gifted under the Christmas Tree as children; we like our railroad, and we
want it to be successful. But some Alaskans have begun to express concern about
business practices regarding easements on privately owned land. They have
become an organized political force.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Facebook Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1711686915617367">https://www.facebook.com/groups/1711686915617367</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Blog: <a href="https://alaskansforpropertyrights.com/">https://alaskansforpropertyrights.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f9f6f1; background: rgb(249, 246, 241); line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #413e3a; font-size: 22pt; letter-spacing: -0.75pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">WHO ARE WE AND HOW CAN YOU HELP
STOP THE INJUSTICE?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f9f6f1; background: rgb(249, 246, 241); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #93908b; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">ALASKANS FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS is a joint
response public relations campaign to educate the public on the injustices
caused by the Alaska Railroad. We are a group of Alaskan Citizens, Businesses,
Municipalities, and Utility Companies fighting for the injustices being caused
by our own Alaskan Company; The Alaska Railroad Corporation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And their message has become shrill:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I first learned of these concerns
as staff for <b>Rep. Lora Reinbold</b> in 2018 when an effort was made to
address railroad easement property right concerns with <b>House Joint
Resolution No. 38.</b> I recall extensive conversations with representatives of
ARRC--including former Gov. <b>Bill Sheffield</b> who is now <i>Director
Emeritus</i> on the <b><i>ARRC Board of Directors.</i></b> Sheffield is the
only Alaska governor to be impeached but he has been a mainstay on the ARRC
Board.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 40.5pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 40.5pt 0in 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Milepost 4 April 1995<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 40.5pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 40.5pt 0in 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Former Governor Bill Sheffield is appointed to the
Board of Directors and elected chairman.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">See my previous story about Gov.
Sheffield here: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2019/12/alaska-corruption-and-failed.html">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2019/12/alaska-corruption-and-failed.html</a></span><span style="background-color: white; background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another bill in the 2017-18 Alaska
House (HB 93) had a companion bill in the Senate (SB 68), sponsored by then-<b>Sen.
Michael Dunleavy</b> clarifying state law to protect landowners with ARRC
easements. [4] That resolution (HJR 38) went through two committees and was <span style="background-color: white; background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">rolled into HB 119 which passed the legislature in
the very last hour of the session despite a huge lobby effort against it by the
ARRC. It </span>established the intent of the <b><i>Alaska Legislature</i></b> and
expressed concerns about ARRC business practices.[5]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska Congressman <b>Don Young</b> was part of the
deliberation that transferred ARR to the state in 1982 and in an April 16, 2018
letter to Alaska<b> Rep. Chuck Kopp</b> the intent was spelled out:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 40.5pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 40.5pt 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">House Joint Resolution 38 outlines what can only be
described as a failure by the agencies to understand clear direction from
Congress and to dutifully recognize basic tenets of due process, needlessly
resulting in a cloud on title for both the Alaska Railroad and its neighbors
along the rightof-way. There is no way a bill quietly annexing private
property rights, especially without any notice or compensation, would have
passed Congress in 1982. You only have to read the plain language of ARTA to
know that -the transfer of "rail properties of the Alaska Railroad"
over privately owned land only included the "Federal interest" in
those lands. If the federal government did not own it, it was not included in
the transfer. There is no canon of statutory construction, or even common sense
reading, that could argue an unconstitutional taking of private property rights
was the intent of Congress.[7]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ARRC Doesn’t Care<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Direction from the Alaska Legislature and our US Congressman
didn’t solve the problem, which seems to be getting more elevated. The parties
are likely to be in court before too long although Gov. Dunleavy has urged mediation
of the issue. These Alaskans who own land with railroad easements are facing a
corporation with tremendous resources. As recently as August 2, 2021 Gov.
Dunleavy sent a letter to ARRC Vice-Chair <b>Judy Petry</b> urging the
corporation to back off. In that letter Gov. Dunleavy conveys his view that the
transfer of the railroad rights-of-way <b>for train tracks and utilities</b>
does not mean exclusive use ownership. Because ARRC has sued a South Anchorage
Homeowner’s association, <b><i>Flying Crown HOA</i></b>, and asked the court
for summary judgment, other interests have stepped up to charge they have also
been harmed by ARRC. [8]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In their legal brief ARRC in federal court asserts that there
are two questions at issue:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 45.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 45pt 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(1) the scope
of the interest reserved by the federal government in the Federal Land Patent
issued to defendant’s predecessor in interest; and (2) the scope of the
interest conveyed by the federal government to the state of Alaska in its
right-of-way over the same property.</i>[8]<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Defendants have alleged that
the State cannot give to ARRC what the Federal Government never possessed. They
have launched a public education campaign to explain this point.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Other interest’s Legal Briefs<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The <b><i>Municipality
of Anchorage</i></b> on August 8, 2021 filed a brief in opposition to ARRC’s
request for summary judgement. (Case 3:20-cv-00232-JMK Document 86). It
concludes the following:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 45.0pt; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 45pt 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As described above, the right of way reservation in
patent under the 1914 Act reserved an easement limited for railroad purposes
similar in kind to the types of easements created under the 1875 ROW Act and
the 1898 AK ROW Act. Contemporary legislation and legal precedent support this
conclusion in addition to broader legal precedent and public policy
considerations. Further, no more than the easement limited for railroad
purposes which was reserved under the 1914 Act was transferred to ARRC by ARTA.
To find otherwise would go against the public policy supporting the determinant
nature of deeds and create an impermissible, unconstitutional interpretation of
ARTA resulting from a federal taking of property rights previously conveyed
under patent. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Enstar Natural Gas Co.</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> also submitted an amicus legal brief August 23, 2021 in
support of Flying Crown’s Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment. (Alaska
Railroad Corp. v. Flying Crown, Case No. 3:20-cv-00232-JMK)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40.5pt; margin-right: 45.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 45pt 0in 40.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The width of the 1914 Act railroad easement is “one
hundred feet on either side of the center line of any such road.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At Potter Marsh, the pipeline runs parallel
to the tracks between railroad mileposts 100.33 and 103.12 along the Turnagain
Arm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pipeline is buried
approximately 80 to 97 feet to the southwest (ocean side) of the tracks. This
is well outside of the railbed itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The majority of the pipeline at Potter Marsh is within the Turnagain Arm
tidal area—an expanse of mudflat that floods at hightide and is scraped by ice
in the winter. The fee interest to the relevant Potter Marsh land was conveyed
to the State of Alaska in 1969 by Patent 50-69-0199, subject to a reservation
for the 1914 Act right-of-way easement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Railroad currently charges $5,875/year for ENSTAR’s permit to this
stretch of subsurface tideland. This is more than six times what ENSTAR would
pay were it to simply acquire a right-of- way from the State of Alaska
Department of Natural Resources, the actual owner of the tideland.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>ARRC has already initiated a payment scheme for recreational
users, rock climbers and wind surfers on the ROW along Turnagain Arm and has
expressed interest in expanding this practice.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaskans love our railroad. We are proud to take visitors on
the trains through pristine wilderness to magical destinations. We respect our
railroad’s need to be profitable and accept the reality of that challenge. Historically,
intrepid Alaskans have settled Alaska homesteads and depended upon the Alaska
Railroad, accepting its need for room to operate on lands it doesn’t own
outright. But that is where our charity ends; we do not expect the Alaska
Railroad to be a predator organization, usurping land, overcharging for use of
land or dragging good Alaskans into federal court at great expense to bully
landowners who must rally popular support for justice. That isn’t the Alaskan
way; this bull-headed business practice tarnishes the brand when we all know
the AARC future is bright for many reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This spectacle needs to end and ARRC can end it NOW.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Resources:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[1] “ARTA” US Code Title 45
Chapter 21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.alaskarailroad.com/sites/default/files/akrr_pdfs/Corp_ARTA_2005.pdf">https://www.alaskarailroad.com/sites/default/files/akrr_pdfs/Corp_ARTA_2005.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[2] ARRC Press Release April 1,
2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.alaskarailroad.com/sites/default/files/Communications/04_01_2021_ARRC_2020_AnnualRpt_Release.pdf">https://www.alaskarailroad.com/sites/default/files/Communications/04_01_2021_ARRC_2020_AnnualRpt_Release.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[3] AARC Annual Reports
(2011-Present)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.alaskarailroad.com/corporate/leadership/reports">https://www.alaskarailroad.com/corporate/leadership/reports</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[4] 2017 Legislation RE ARRC
Right-of-Ways<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.akleg.gov/PDF/30/Bills/SB0068A.PDF">http://www.akleg.gov/PDF/30/Bills/SB0068A.PDF</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.akleg.gov/PDF/30/Bills/HB0093A.PDF">http://www.akleg.gov/PDF/30/Bills/HB0093A.PDF</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[5]</span><span style="font-family: arial;">House Joint Resolution No. 38</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.akleg.gov/PDF/30/Bills/HJR038A.PDF">http://www.akleg.gov/PDF/30/Bills/HJR038A.PDF</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">HJR 38 Supporting Documents: <a href="http://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=30&docid=54490">http://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=30&docid=54490</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[6]Letter to Rep. Chuck Kopp from
Congressman Don Young<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.railroadedalaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Don-Young-letter-41618-re-HJR38.pdf">https://www.railroadedalaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Don-Young-letter-41618-re-HJR38.pdf</a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[7] Gov. Dunleavy recent response
to ARRC Legal Action:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[8]Alaska Railroad Corporation vs
Flying Crown HOA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.railroadedalaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ARRC-Complaint-v.-Flying-Crown-HOA-1.pdf">https://www.railroadedalaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ARRC-Complaint-v.-Flying-Crown-HOA-1.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-W-QBYVeY33TsAf5u36QnKE418CmZ0chCH3KyPOnzYWynl56QcZkpTf4_okb6x0sT_i_Hp0k91uuhGHejxdNl7MkTMLTWVEpFjncwUJ8EpgSiKsEXMBrXcKfJc9dkHsc0Ro8YW5BaTw/s2048/DonnListon+branding+image+and+logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-W-QBYVeY33TsAf5u36QnKE418CmZ0chCH3KyPOnzYWynl56QcZkpTf4_okb6x0sT_i_Hp0k91uuhGHejxdNl7MkTMLTWVEpFjncwUJ8EpgSiKsEXMBrXcKfJc9dkHsc0Ro8YW5BaTw/w400-h300/DonnListon+branding+image+and+logo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">_____</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Did you like this story? If so, please copy the link below and send by email or post to social media.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52)" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/09/is-this-way-to-run-railroad.html</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Advertising is available on this blog. Contact me at </span></b><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">donn@donnliston.com</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">(2021</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">©</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">donnliston.com)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEip-Cg7StZK8I3Vei2tWQofVnbi3qhwmRRHJCTA8TFN0I9lk7jcjW35mkaavsgy4KnkK7HYrBte1hZ3J6fsSjmuojGHlduS-n_QaL9ZxJMK2aLmvRE-3fg2DOsh_EIXcZMSmQeOzVKLcdEm1t1PVG11e6mIKcYlf6KD-fFOTixplXA22-Qn8nEy_LSt=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1885" data-original-width="2048" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEip-Cg7StZK8I3Vei2tWQofVnbi3qhwmRRHJCTA8TFN0I9lk7jcjW35mkaavsgy4KnkK7HYrBte1hZ3J6fsSjmuojGHlduS-n_QaL9ZxJMK2aLmvRE-3fg2DOsh_EIXcZMSmQeOzVKLcdEm1t1PVG11e6mIKcYlf6KD-fFOTixplXA22-Qn8nEy_LSt=w400-h369" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">An enclave dining area features a model of the Piper Cub flown by legendary pilot </span><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Don Sheldon</b><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> at the </span><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i>Coast Inn at Lake Hood</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">. A large banquet room is being remodeled in honor of Sheldon and a grand opening is planned, themed with memorabilia provided by Sheldon’s daughter, </span><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Holly Sheldon Lee</b><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">, who runs </span><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i>Sheldon Air Service</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> in Talkeetna.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As a kid delivering and selling the <i>Anchorage Daily News</i>
at old time bush pilot operations along Anchorage’s Merrill Field during the
late 1960s, I witnessed a way of life that is rare today. Gritty pilots flew
through all kinds of weather to deliver people to places they needed to be. My
father often flew as a civilian contractor out of Merrill to the military
Installations serving as “Top Cover for America.”</span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Graphic from <i>Top Cover for
America</i> book.[1]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This was the time when our US military monitored the <b><i>United
Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR)</i></b> from Alaska. And, as the eldest of
three kids, my parents had provided a letter saying I could fly excess baggage
if any Merrill pilot was willing to take me along for the ride.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I had conned adults on both sides into this deal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sometimes the ride was naturally rough, and sometimes the
pilots would do maneuvers to get my attention, but I reflect on this as a time
of wonder for a boy from Albuquerque, New Mexico.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">According to <b><i>Top Cover for America</i></b> by <b>John
Haile Cloe</b> the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II did not end
the need for a strong military presence in Alaska, the only place in the United
States besides Hawaii that had actually been attacked by Japanese forces. The
Soviet Union had quickly taken advantage of postwar confusions and
uncertainties to assert its dominance in Eastern Europe and parts of the Far
East. By the end of 1949 the Soviets had developed an atomic bomb with means
for delivery. Alaska’s strategic location astride anticipated bomber routes
required a strong military presence during what became <b>The Cold War</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From Cloe’s book: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In early
1949, the <b><i>Joint Chiefs of Staff </i></b>concluded that all nations
capable of waging war on the U.S. were located north of the 45<sup>th</sup>
parallel. The shortest attack route lay across the polar regions, and the only
means of countering the attacks was an air defense system stretching across
Canada and Alaska.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I have written previously about the experience of having a
father who worked as a communications technician on the <b><i>White Alice System</i></b>
during The Cold War:</span> <a href="https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2018/07/nike-site-reflections.html"><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2018/07/nike-site-reflections.html</span></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Meet Holly Sheldon<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sUkbRHb275w4i4CaAHKN2xMs9lX2C6s5sECDHATwxlzB4iV_39LDRkfGe_CJJXVH18UcXBedkrjbLMeEQ0derkAHcRDaV37WM8UK3-L-YeuDv3pGBu9ESywqodmsTXM2v21wwrmgdX4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="433" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sUkbRHb275w4i4CaAHKN2xMs9lX2C6s5sECDHATwxlzB4iV_39LDRkfGe_CJJXVH18UcXBedkrjbLMeEQ0derkAHcRDaV37WM8UK3-L-YeuDv3pGBu9ESywqodmsTXM2v21wwrmgdX4/w400-h300/image.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Photo by Waneta Liston</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">About this same time another Alaskan was experiencing a
different aspect of the bush flying life. <b>Holly Sheldon</b> was also the
eldest of three children. Her father was the legendary Denali Mountain pilot <b>Don
Sheldon</b> and her mother was <b>Roberta Sheldon</b>. Roberta was the oldest daughter
of Bob and Tilly Reeve who established and operated <b><i>Reeve Aleutian Airways.</i></b> I talked
recently to Holly about our varied Alaskan experiences during lunch at the <b><i>Sheep
Creek Lodge</i></b> located on the Park’s Highway north of Willow and South of
Talkeetna.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">My memories as a child were of tagging along with my dad, who
tied the seat belt to my ankle so I wouldn’t fall out of the airplane when we
were air-dropping to the early climbers of Denali, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">explained Sheldon.<i> Dad flew the
pioneer climbers from all over the world and now we have the honor of
transporting some of the grandchildren of the first climbers who ever climbed
Denali!<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Don Sheldon was also instrumental in mapping Mt McKinley over
a decade with </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Bradford Washborn</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unassuming and precise, Holly Sheldon’s eyes sparkled as she
shared her rich experience inspired by her father. She and her husband, David
Lee have owned and operated <i>Sheldon Air Service</i> in Talkeetna since 2010.
Previously Lee flew for all the air services at the Talkeetna Airport and
owned <i>Talkeetna Air Taxi </i>during the 1990s.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In the beginning of our air service I had planned on being
one of the pilots,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">
adds Sheldon. <i>But getting into and operating a successful air service in the
21<sup>st</sup> Century has required much more than when Dad was doing it. I
have predominantly run the business, my husband has flown, and we have had
other support pilots. I have had a great experience interacting and networking
with all the climbers of the world and generations of flight-seers and folks
who want to be transported into Alaska wilderness to homesteads, or just
camping on the glacier.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjM6yvXIkNe27SQtLUcWngJovwbig7uZXouM-nZG563vHlWVg6eaKmZ8dZELOOVnIjbHpNqi9IfeTmUG5EpPaV5fuWIsRk6LkDuDSqt0H_qJClN1r1FiXH31o6KXThh12sUDk-ssMuz-T3XGx4opM-Uv_QkNovws2x8mPUFAxtSXRrEJnnQQZjdd6Dj=s978" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="978" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjM6yvXIkNe27SQtLUcWngJovwbig7uZXouM-nZG563vHlWVg6eaKmZ8dZELOOVnIjbHpNqi9IfeTmUG5EpPaV5fuWIsRk6LkDuDSqt0H_qJClN1r1FiXH31o6KXThh12sUDk-ssMuz-T3XGx4opM-Uv_QkNovws2x8mPUFAxtSXRrEJnnQQZjdd6Dj=w400-h286" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Courtesy of the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An old time Alaskan business run by Alaskan values.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When climbers come from international locations or the lower
48 to climb Denali they are flown to the<b><i> Kahiltna Base Camp,</i></b> which is at the
7,200-ft level, of the Kahiltna Glacier. They start their assent of the west
buttress, or other peaks of the area, from the Kahiltna side. Earlier in the
season, say in April, <i>Sheldon Air Service</i> flies rock climbers up the
west fork of the Ruth Glacier, into the amphitheater, or into the gorge or what
is known as the Root Canal. Husband <b>David Lee</b> is one of the few pilots
who land there regularly because it is very challenging—with a fantastic
landing area—and only one way out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Modern technology has done wonders for our ability to know
the status of climbers on the mountain,</span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> continued Sheldon. <i>Normally we put up a base camp tent at
the landing area with radio communications so when climbers come back into the
area they alert us and we fly up as soon as practicable—according to weather
and conditions—to bring them back. This year we used devices that are satellite
driven to communicate with climbers at the landing area. We were not sure as to
how far the Covid concerns would go so we didn’t put in the base camp radio but
the alternative communication techniques this year have worked out really good.</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Beginning at the end of April what are known as the “Long
Liners” arrive to climb Denali until the glacier “melts out” or rots at the
beginning of July. The world renowned climbing season ends soon after that, but
the business continues to fly people to various locations in the Alaska Range. David
Lee and <i>Sheldon Air Service</i> flew generations of customers to the Sheldon
“Mountain House,” located on a 4.9 acre rock outcropping on Ruth Glacier, staked
and built by Don Sheldon. This occurred over 30 years while Roberta was still
living. This Mountain House was a treasured part of Holly’s childhood. As an
inholding of <b><i>Denali National Park,</i></b> Holly says to her knowledge neither of her siblings
has ever visited this special tourist destination in their adulthoods--until
they took it over upon Roberta’s death.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Dad and I had a quartz vein up there
and he would have me put pieces of bright white sparkly quartz under my arm while
I played so the quartz would heat up,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> reflected Sheldon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Then
I held those warmed pieces of quartz in my hand on the walk back down to the
glacier landing strip to the airplane. The quartz comforted me as a child as it
continued to keep my hands warm on the flight home in our Cessna 180 or the Super
Cub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Sheldon Air Service</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> is based on traditional Alaskan values, flying traditional
glacier aircraft; a Cessna 185--300 hp with on-wheel skis--and a DeHaveland
Beaver with an Alaskan Door. <i>It is a great aircraft to bring climbers and
their gear including the kitchen sink up onto the glacier or other points
around the country,</i> added Sheldon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">David Lee is the longest-time, highest-time pilot in
southcentral Alaska flying to the Mountain. He is going into his 42nd year of
flying, with over 16,000 mountain hours and approximately 20,000 glacier
landings, all with an excellent safety record. Don Sheldon would have been
proud of his son-in-law.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Dad started with a Piper Cub, and purchased a Super Cub in
1964, which I still fly--23Zulu—the plane shown on the cover of the book about
him, <b>Wager With the Wind</b>, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">said Sheldon. <i>He also flew a Cessna 180. Those were
predominantly his aircraft until the fall of 1974. He passed in January, 1975.[2]<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Don
Sheldon at Ruth Glacier<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From the Forward of that book:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 31.5pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 31.5pt 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Don is a rare combination of warmth and efficiency, mirth and
seriousness, conservativeness, and just sheer guts. Few professional pilots are
blessed with his refreshingly youthful joy at drinking in the wonders of the
country over which they ply their daily trade—and few pilots anywhere on earth
have such a suberb spot in which to ply it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 4.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 4in; tab-stops: 3.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bradford Washburn<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 4.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 4in; tab-stops: 3.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cambridge Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 4.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 4in; tab-stops: 3.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: arial;">February 18, 1974<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 4.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 4in; tab-stops: 3.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 3.5in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Two other flight businesses serve passengers from Talkeetna
and another one flies out of Healy </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">using </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">de Havilland </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Twin Otters with turbine
engines capable of carrying 10 passengers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">They leave a different mark in the terrain, they sound
different and they smell different with the turbine engines,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> said Sheldon. <i>So, Talkeetna over
10 years has seen up to 30 busses a day of tourists from the big industrial
tour companies. They have changed the nature of the little town I grew up in
and the mountain experience.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQMoCJIPgFOvc4iFZx5HqpDEXwL4hsvTg7MWF3x78Ip-COzriBhvJTdOdRvRD4__bNUrvPTiXSNDuzTlao06YbeSKd9HvWodL9trUfnQaekpUBu1R6X4UxE9ljlIuLbwOGtMUumhA0wNfIIy8YJHQcLvovPw0Uzm967wv5wBy8G8kZyXFmpZZQ8uL5=s720" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="720" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQMoCJIPgFOvc4iFZx5HqpDEXwL4hsvTg7MWF3x78Ip-COzriBhvJTdOdRvRD4__bNUrvPTiXSNDuzTlao06YbeSKd9HvWodL9trUfnQaekpUBu1R6X4UxE9ljlIuLbwOGtMUumhA0wNfIIy8YJHQcLvovPw0Uzm967wv5wBy8G8kZyXFmpZZQ8uL5=w573-h183" width="573" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I once witnessed this myself in Juneau during the tourism
buildup of the 1980s-90s. Every year more tourists were disgorged from the
giant tour ships to walk around town or take advantage of featured activities
including flight-seeing. I have always favored independent travel myself.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From <b><i>Wager With the Wind</i></b>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For millions
of years, the upper reaches of the mountain have been held in the
almost-constant grip of severe coastal storms, which travel inland from the
Pacific Ocean and crest along McKinley’s South and West Buttresses. These
storms consistently produce winds well in excess of 100 miles per hour, with
accompanying chill factors that commonly exceed 125 degrees below zero during
the summertime. When the ubiquitous coastal storms are not pummeling the
mountain above 17,000 feet, McKinley, which seems to thrive on malicious
perversity, is making its own weather. Due to its tremendous vertical dimension
and the accompanying cloud stratification and temperature variation, McKinley
is, within itself, a veritable weather factory.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prior to the
year 1930, venturing on foot into this world of freight-train winds and
temperatures that make rubber snap like glass was considered pure folly, even
by the eternally optimistic Alaskans. In the adolescence of aviation, to fly
over the area was known to be highly perilous, and to land upon the flanks of
the giant mountain was considered madness. But there were some bush pilots who
believed there was a method to flying in the cold, thin air at high altitudes,
a method waiting, like the proverbial plum, for the right man.[3]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Author James Greiner tells of the various pioneer expeditions
and their successes and failures through the eyes and voice of Don Sheldon.
Holly and her siblings have grown up in the shadow of their famous father, but
she alone has had to deal with the challenges of the business she and David built
from his inspiration.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We are very conscious of our responsibility to provide the
safest possible transportation and support while considering the environment,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> she states with pride.<i> Having
grown up here we are familiar with the conditions, landmarks going in and
coming out, and we are very sensitive to the weather. We ask that our clients
provide as much of a window as possible to design their trip during the time
they will be here. We really offer a personalized traditional service. We
provide a flight of a lifetime not available anywhere else. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Being raised in Talkeetna by my Dad and my Mom I always knew
I could be anything I wanted to be if I put in the work, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">said Sheldon. <i>I have put in 20
years preparing a future for Sheldon Air Service. I attended the University of
Alaska at Merrill Field to learn the technical aspects in the 21<sup>st</sup>
Century for such an endeavor, in addition to earning my private pilot
certificate, my instrument rating, and my commercial certificate. My goal has
always been to fly our clientele to the Mountain House that my dad built. I
have now passed through the traumatic experience of not having things go as
planned. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Roberta Sheldon died June 4, 2014 and
brother <b>Robert Sheldon</b> is exectutor of the estate. He has taken steps to
block <i>Sheldon Air Service</i> from utilizing the Mountain House destination
in its business, or even visit it personally. In fact he has arranged for a
competitor air taxi company to fly turbo otters aand helicopters full of
tourists to the family heirloom and blocked <i>Sheldon Air Service</i>. Of
course everything is now tied up in the courts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtCmQHf4oR-6Qx706ob7Voo6BgtDnKWVsLN1uu_Kmu4SHzxtpx-8-sBS0tI_q6qxqx-P6ODQMtu92zFVXw3McrAv8qV_oMkxj3Bd8Ga50UtnqIgv4g4xdRpYGN_1Q9k-cA3ATUyT1R-VluiLmoZsAC3KkviPv1RBm08GLl51g9GGxf4XuG6dK74erL=s1344" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1082" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtCmQHf4oR-6Qx706ob7Voo6BgtDnKWVsLN1uu_Kmu4SHzxtpx-8-sBS0tI_q6qxqx-P6ODQMtu92zFVXw3McrAv8qV_oMkxj3Bd8Ga50UtnqIgv4g4xdRpYGN_1Q9k-cA3ATUyT1R-VluiLmoZsAC3KkviPv1RBm08GLl51g9GGxf4XuG6dK74erL=w323-h400" width="323" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52)" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><b>https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/01/destiny-happens.html</b></span></div></span><div><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I have had challenges that have taught me a lot,</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> concluded Sheldon. <i>I am very
grateful to my siblings for all that I have been through because I wouldn’t be
where I am at today without those experiences. They have been painful and have
actually forced business from our clientele who we flew to our Mountain House
for 30 years. But, as an Alaskan<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we’ve
got to keep the sunny side up so I just keep on truckin’.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is the spirit successful climbers must embrace to be
successful ascending Denali.[4]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is hard to imagine Alaska courts will determine this is
what Don and Roberta Sheldon would have wanted to happen to their legacy, but
we have all been disappointed by multiple Alaska court decisions before. The
new Don Sheldon Banquet Room at Coast International Inn will keep the sunny
side up, regardless,<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">References:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[1] Top Cover for Alaska, John
Haile Cloe and Michael Monagan, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 713
South Third St. West, Missoula, MT 59801, June 1984<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[2] Wager With the Wind; the Don
Sheldon Story, James Greiner, Rand McNally & Company, 1974.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[3] Ibid, Page 73.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[</span><span style="font-family: arial;">4] One Man’s Guide to Climbing Mt. McKinley (Denali)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://climber.org/reports/images/1500/1519-McKinleyClimbingGuide.pdf">https://climber.org/reports/images/1500/1519-McKinleyClimbingGuide.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">_____</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Did you like this story? If so, please copy the link below and send by email or post to social media.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52)" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Advertising is available on this blog. Contact me at </span></b><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">donn@donnliston.com</b></p>
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