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Last year the single largest line item in the State Budget is to give everyone free money, $1.4 billion. Of that, $400 million was then sent to the federal government in the form of federal taxes. So the state spent $1.4 billion to get $1 billion into the hands of its residents. And we are essentially broke. And everyone wants to continue to give away "free" money. The state has a $4 billion budget hole, of that one third is giving away free money in the form of a "dividend". In no other place in the world would a responsible party continue to give a dividend when it was facing such a budget deficit. Do regional corporations give "dividends" to their shareholders when they have no positive cash flow? Thanks Mike for writing this article.

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This has already been discussed here: An anti-bark collar is not an electronic fence collar. And nothing in the article suggests either the electronic fence or the electronic collar was malfunctioning. If you read the article you will note that in 2015 his anti-bark collar had a dead battery, which lead to him barking at somebody and so the original complaint. That has nothing to do with an electronic fence collar in 2016. The collars that go with electronic fences normally are NOT anti-bark and for good reason -- you don't want the dog confused over whether he is getting shocked because he is close to the boundary or because he is barking. I know because I have both collars for my dogs and I need to choose which one they wear. Yes indeed he was barking because he did not have his bark collar on. He had his electronic fence collar on. And if you shoot an animal running he will continue moving for a short period of time, hence why dog was half out of his yard.

The owner's comments don't make a whole lot of sense. If the only problem the dog had was barking, and that was enabled because the collar that shocks him when he barks' battery died, it also presumably would not prohibit him from exiting said electric fence. The dog, according to the article, was used as a bear-dog, which are trained to aggressively confront animals substantially larger than themselves in the hopes that they run off. So, we have a dog, that by the owners own statements was barking yet again in this situation, which would lead a reasonable person to suspect that the batteries were once again dead in his collar, and was, a such, unrestrained again. We also the pesky fact that the dog was over the property line, which indicates the dog obviously also approached the man, refuting a construct where the dog was just sitting in the middle of the yard minding his own business. The guy had no reason to believe the dog was harmless, and in all likelihood was in fear.

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Very true Lee - electronic fences do not contain determined dogs - the muni needs to rewrite that regulation. We have a nice neighbor dog that used to run thru its electronic fence just to go on walks with us and our dog. We never enticed it or encouraged it. We'd head out of our yard and a few minutes later hear yelping and see the neighbor dog running shaking its head to join us. He'd keep going like that until he was out of range of the fence. On return he was reluctant to re-enter his own yard.

You are correct. I had a sonic fence on my property for my dog. The instructions give one a good explanation of how it works and how to set it up. Reading the fine print that comes with the fence it says that this fence may not contain all dogs and that some dogs who are more determined than others will break through and run loose.

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Bycatch, I agree they may run this story, it's popular and getting a lot of comments, I have made a number of them, but that's what popularity does to a profit oriented business, they give the customer what they want. As for the evil doctor, I read the story. What is there to say, " someone get a rope"? We all feel that way, but it would just be venting. here we have two clear sides, there only one. The result is, argument here, and disgust there. I did not comment on my disgust. Probably should have, but not having done so is not the same as find it unimportant.

I'm sure the Dispatch will have this on the front page for days all for the number of clicks it gets. As someone pointed out already, we have a doctor, of all people, who is unquestionably an evil vile person who preyed on children and this villany is treated as sorta ho hum. I find the ire shown here over unknowns is really depressing. We have a slow-motion trainwreck happening with the State finances and a dead dog supercedes that in importance. We have a legislature that that is more interested in Rub-and-Buff, daylight savings time and automatic trash cans than solving any real problems but we are more interested in a transplanted wannabe pilot?

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Yes I do have family Frankie and you just threaten them with this comment. Your type is why I carry.

What goes around comes around HaroldF, got family?

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Good points!

Maybe we should ban government funding of other causes of death that are more strongly linked to behaviors than disease processes. How about heart disease (sedentary lifestyle), lung disease and cancer (smoking), colon cancer (sedentary lifestyle and diet), hypertension (sedentary lifestyle) and type 2 diabetes (sedentary lifestyle and diet)? Why increase our knowledge of how these deaths are occurring and attempt to reduce their numbers when, just like gun deaths, they all involve individual choices?

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She's got it backwards. It's the legislature that has acted in a way, that is inconsistent with the best financial choices. Somebody's got to be the adult here, and that's the governor.

I'm not sure what MacKinnon was on , when she blurted out "I think the governor has acted in a way, that is inconsistent with the best financial choices of the legislature." The Governor was elected on a state wide ballot, while the majority legislators were elected only from Senate and House districts. Who has a better ear for Alaskan voices?

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Can you name a political candidate with national recognition that doesn't lie? Does Donald Trump lie when he says the absurd, or does he just get credit for being honest about his ignorance? I'm not a fan of Hillary Clinton, the Clinton's passion for attention is not attractive. They are political creatures -not exactly a compliment. I find Hillary more experienced and far less distasteful from the bombastic egotist Trump, or the self-rightous Cruz. She will have my vote if that's what it comes down to. I'll live with the winner and hope they do the best for their country. I understand that the winner is not going to share my priorities on many things. None of us are going to get everything we want personally.

Which story will get the most votes, or the most campaign contributions at the time and in the venue she needs them? That is her ethical lodestone. The 'Truth' in any context is totally irrelevant for her.

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How big will a sales tax need to be to close a $4 billion deficit? Let's do some math! It's actually pretty simple. $4,000,000,000 ÷ 730,000 people = $5,479 for every man, woman, and child. Average household size is 2.7 people, so each household would average $14,792 in sales taxes. The average household income is $70,000. If you spent every dime you made on taxable stuff, the tax rate would need to be 21%. Now exclude housing, food, clothing, medicine, and the other "basics of life", say $20,000 at a minimum, then the sales tax will need to be more like 30% on the remainder. Whee! It's fair!

Divide and conquer is how people such as the author of this article operate. The rich will not pay there fair share etc. Nothing more than the same old socialistic rhetoric . I am not rich by any means I think an income tax is unfair regardless who is forced to pay. A state sales tax is an option and if everyone is so worried about it make exemptions then for the basics of life and not tax food, clothing, medicines.

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The NRA used to be a gun safety group. Now it appears to be a gun manufacturer's lobby group.

NRA is a gun safety group. Its training courses for kids are outstanding. Bloomberg and his pack of trained animals are gun-grabbers who want to turn us all into disarmed slaves, one notch at a time.

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$53 billion is not that much money. We should have saved a lot more. If we had $106 billion we could take 5 percent of the market value every year, and fund state government forever.

No state income tax or a take from the Permanent fund will take place in this session. Because, it is an election year and the legislator's most important goal is always to get re elected. Always! And the votors will be very angry if they are forced into giving up their PFD or have to pay an income tax. So, expect the savings account to be tapped for the deficiency. Probably no harm done. Maybe crude oil prices will continue upward. Before anyone rushes to tax or take from the public remember we do have Around 53 Billion in the fund working for Alaskans. If we manage it properly and not over spend, it can go a long long way to help us in times of need.

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The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money

Headline is as presumptuous as Hillary's "win" in Indiana last night. I would say Sanders is going to make Trump look like the fool that he is.

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I agree that human societies have functioned for many years without formal sexuality education, but some things have changed. One, the onset of puberty for females is younger than it once was. "However, these [changes to sexual development] have not been matched by efforts to socially develop young people at an equally accelerated rate, leaving an increasing gap between physical puberty and social puberty." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2465479/ Second, we encourage young people to delay marriage and especially reproduction until they've completed an education and started a career, making it very important that we address effective ways to promote responsible sexual behavior. Parents should absolutely be encouraged to review curricula, but they have that ability already. I simply worry that some may object out of hand and deny their children the right to decide for themselves if they want information. Pregnancy and child birth comes with risks, always have.

Consider for a moment that Senator Kelly's own son (Kelly fully supports Dunleavy's efforts) was found guilty of child sexual abuse. We have discovered that child sexual abuse is very common and has been for centuries, but only recently have we begun to acknowledge the horrific prevalence of both child abuse and sexual assault of women. Sexuality education can help to clarify the meaning and nature of "consent." Child sexual abuse and sexual assault occur most commonly among those a victim trusts, including family members. An historical perspective from the Social Science Research Council: http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2012/07/13/placing-childhood-sexual-abuse-in-historical-perspective/. While the danger has always been present in human societies, we have recently begun to acknowledge the danger many children face, though denial also remains prevalent.

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I do agree that families are the best source of sexuality education, as much by their own behavior examples as by overt information they provide. But are parents accepting this responsibility? The research indicates that only some are but many are not. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892069/ http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/parents/136?task=view Do parents actually know what they need to know about human sexuality and reproduction?

Regardless of your political or religious alignment, I think you should consider that sex ed (like religion) should not be taught in public schools in any form, by any person-vetted or otherwise. These topics are (or at least should be) strictly within the role of the family. Parents should teach these values, not the state.

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Bingo!!

I missed the part of the article where Mr. Nanos points out that people were also sick of (un-elected) bureaucrats telling them what they were and were not allowed to think and say. Sometimes demonizing or harassing people who expressed concerns about sudden wholesale changes. Marxists and fascists are two sides of the same totalitarian coin. Rhetoric which demonizes opponents to such decreed policies governing thought, speech and writing; which oversimplifies the opposition into 'the xenophobic anger vote' only serves to steel the resolve of reasonable people against such dismissal. "Ruling class" indeed. The entitlement and haughtiness is palpable.

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Not to mention all the extra crime costs associated with pot and the follow on drugs pot users will eventually use when they can't get the pot high.

Sadly, in the way things are run in the Valley, even with the extra revenue the Borough would still waste it on some pie in the sky project, and raise the mill rate.

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It's to much for you to handle, ask someone to help you.

What the flip are you talking about, ItsMe? Income tax deductions is based on one's GROSS INCOME. So if someone is earning $30,000 and another person is earning $85,000, the higher income earner is going to pay more in federal taxes. Why? Because their income is higher. Most people that earn over $50,000 annually likely get a lot of tax deductions and tax credits if they are head of household and the number of dependents that they have. But your original comment was trying to imply that only half of the working class will pay an income tax. I challenged you to identify the other half that doesn't pay an income tax. Quit trying to weave and bob around your idiotic comment. If you made a mistake in your ass(umption) just say so. No dram required.

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Actually Feds currently allow a deduction for sales tax through a formula based upon state or local sales tax and one's income. No receipt needed, unless you want to claim you had some expensive purchases subject to sales tax.

Of all the various revenue proposals out there, this is the one that would cost the least to collect. Since it is a percentage of the Federal tax, most of the work of determining how much is needed is actually done by the IRS, and so relatively little work is needed by Alaska. Interestingly, this proposal is also the one that will get the State the most money for the least amount of taxes paid by Alaskan residents. Since state tax is tax deductible on federal forms, without needing to keep and store receipts (as you would for a sales tax), a substantial minority of the amount collected would be off-set by taxes Alaskans were not paying to Uncle Sam.

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Of course!

The yes votes were all the republicans of course.

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Clearly they haven't been listening to us about what their priorities needed to be. And this was the plan. Push the stuff that matters most until late spring when most Alaskans have much to attend to and won't be paying attention to the legistors.

"Coghill said lawmakers now plan to focus exclusively on a half-dozen deficit-reduction bills. Legislative leaders wanted to move past the horse-trading and deal-making that comes when other bills are in play." NOW lawmakers want to focus on fixing the budget? With respect, you had one job.

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Remind me, again, when Republicans have ever been 'fiscally responsible'.

Do not take money from the public (PFD or Broad-base Tax) and simply give the cash to Agrium or the Oil Companies. We the people will replace you in this Fall's election with fiscally responsible conservatives.

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Taggart, Please tell who will pay for the infrastructure to get natural gas to Interior residents? It is economically unfeasible because the market is way too small. Charity of that magnitude is a pipe dream in more ways than one.

Sell your story to someone else and ask the residents of the Interior how much they care about huge profits for international corporations. They just want to heat their home like anyone else, without having to sell off their appendages.

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Steve, I would agree with the first sentence. We are an imperfect people and, despite having a Constitution, have ways to amend it, knowing that we're never completely right about anything. But I would have to ask to see your scoring rubric to know on what basis you would award our legislators with "good job" on their report card. While I wouldn't give them an "F," since there is much more than fiscal issues to address, I might score them using the term "needs improvement."

It's an imperfect process by imperfect people representing an imperfect constituency whose needs are imperfectly known or represented. In a way it was meant to be like this, so all we can really say is - " Good job!..and keep up with the legislating!"

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Roid, that has to be about one of the dumbest comments I've read under the new posting system. Hopefuly, you are recovering somewhere besides Homer so I don't have to encounter you.

Obama does have a less developed sense of right and wrong than a child molester does. So I wouldn't put it past him, but not until after the election when he is a lame-duck. At that point he has nothing to loose and the voters can't take it out on the democrat nominee

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NON-smokers and their kids have been doing that, ever since fireworks got into the hands of people who fail to realize the damage they can inflict. Generations. Don't need pot to blow off your fingers.

Right up until the stoner, his eyes transfixed on the burning fuse blows his own hand off with the firecracker.

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There's some merit in your position with the A - E "merit steps. Theoretically, A and B are sub-market, C is market, and D and E are super journey for more experienced employees. Since the State hasn't done a comprehensive salary survey since the '80s, we really don't know what "market" is, however. State salaries are set by what you can get the State to offer, the unions to accept, and the Legislature to approve. The turnover might balance it out in entry classes, but despite all the railing about retention issues because of Tier IV, the State workforce is far more senior than it was a couple of decades ago. In the '80s the average tenure in the GGU was less than five years. When I left in '06, it was over ten years. Ten years in the same job class series even with a promotion or two puts you into Longevity. Oh, and last I looked, a LOT of them don't come in at the lowest step, when I left C was becoming the new A.

A step increase isn't normally considered a raise from the macro perspective. Those "additions" are built in to spending calculations and stay mostly even overall as an employer goes through turnover quite regularly with new folks coming in at the lowest step while the veterans move up the steps.

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Spring BLACK BEAR meat is fantastic! I love to cook and eat it. Wish I had some now. These cheechakos are talking about eating BROWN BEAR meat, which I wouldn't do with Joe Alaska's mouth.

Very true. Last summer I had back strap from a black bear shot in May. We let it sit in meat tenderizer for three hours & cooked it on a charcoal grill. The keyboard bear experts are out in force.

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just before I saw the check for $7740 , I accept that my brothers friend woz like they say trully bringing in money in their spare time on there computar. . there aunt has done this for only twentey months and just now repayed the morgage on there cottage and purchased a gorgeous GMC . Check This Out http://goo.gl/JwUEBv

Perhaps we ought to 'Banish' them instead?

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I would have invited them over, showed them what they were doing, berated them and then made them dig up the top 3 inches of topsoil all around my house and replace it with new turf. They were reckless on numerous levels - beyond the obvious shooting in your direction.

I am surprised there are not more accidental shootings at these informal ranges. People go out to what they think are safe areas in partially inhabited subdivisions in the valley and just start shooting with no real knowledge of what is near them. A few years ago some guys were shooting a shotgun not to far from my home and I heard the shot rolling off my metal roof. I should have just shot back with something heavier, but instead confronted them. #8 shot will travel about 600 feet. While not effective in hurting anything, I still should not have to put up with this. I called the cops and they refuse to do anything.

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Thanks for standing firm in the faith. Peace be with you.

great point last Patriot, they always zero in on Christians, it never fails. And they want to force us to accept abnormal behavior. I will never accept it, same with everyone I know.

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Everyone who applies and is accepted on Alaska DOC electronic monitoring has weekly UA's and check ins.....they also pay a weekly fee.

What I'd like to know is what a urinalysis has to do with PFD fraud...er, unsworn falsification...

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I can think of several possibilities James. Perhaps they received testimony that this was a common practice, or perhaps there was evidence that the pilot had used the plastic case for this purpose in the past. Perhaps there was a witness involved with loading the plane who saw the case in place. Perhaps in the aftermath of the crash they found the elevator still in the raised position and the case still jammed in place. Perhaps if there was a flight voice recorder in place (not sure if military planes use them), there is a recording of the pilots discussing the placement of the case. Lots of ways they might have found out.

It would be interesting to know how they came to the conclusion that the plastic case was the cause of the accident.

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How far did polar bears swim in 1950 or 1932 or 1821? If we don't know that, we don't know if they are swimming farther or not. 11 years is less than an eyeblink in biologic time.

Jim, you fail to see the truly important part. Finally they have a prediction that is proven to be true. That being, if the distance between land and Ice becomes greater, polar bears will have to swim farther.

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Gary, I believe it is possible that, for non-residential properties, a lease can be written which does not have the normal protections you cite that are part of Oregon law for residential property. Even in the storage locker situations, the owner has to advertise in the paper before the he opens the unit and sells the contents. I would be curious to see the terms of the lease. It is hard to believe this is a purely civil matter, but I think it is possible if the tenant agreed in writing to allow the owner to enter and take personal property in the event that rent was not paid.

Geez Boozer: You need to learn a bit about tenant/landlord laws before making such comments. 1) When you rent/lease property you can only enter that property under very specific, legally defined, conditions. Kicking open a locked door in the tenant's absence is not included in those defined conditions. 2) A landlord may file an FED (Forced Entry & Detainer) and follow the legal process to regain possession of his rented/leased property. It's a very specific legal process and needs to be followed to regain legal possession. 3) The laws regarding storage facilities are quite different and specific. They involve notifications, "over-locks" and a defined time line until the landlord is vested with "ownership" of stored property. Most importantly, being a landlord owed past-due rent, does not give an individual the authority to "break and enter" a property and remove a tenant's personal property. The charges Mr. Hammer faces are hardly "laughable."

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I really appreciate how fair, unbiased, and open-minded you are......

Nice long, drawn out crawfish.... Hammer is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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I'm guessing this was one angry man. he reached his limit somehow .

I won't ascribe motive to Mr. Hammer. However, I will say (and I'm a 73 year old guy), that over my lifetime, the stupidest things I've done have been when I was really, really angry. I've learned to control such anger and can't remember the last really, really stupid thing I did......of course, perhaps being 73 makes it easier to "not remember"......

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That's true to a point, Philbrick, but under Alaska's law they can still be considered a minor at the age of 18 if they're still living at home with their parent(s). But they're still considered a minor under the drinking age of 21 and buying cigarettes. Hopefully this perp will be tried as an adult.

He's 18, he would be considered an adult. A minor is anyone under the age of 18.

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You can't refute my arguments so you indulge in personal attacks by implying I'm a coward. I've received too many death threats in my lifetime to take that seriously. See my first reply to you: one of the reasons I oppose these idiots is the harm they do to the environment through their irresponsible 'no-kill' advocacy. Nor are my activities restricted to Alaska. Example, 75 MILLION native Australian marsupials, rodents, birds, reptiles and frogs disappear down feral cat gullets each NIGHT, while animal rights imbeciles like over-the-hill "sex symbol" Bridgette Bardot shriek and flail about Aussies' "murdering cats." Sorry, I want my Australian granddaughters to see king parrots, blue-tongued lizards, kookaburras, wallabies, children's pythons, echidnas, White's tree frogs and numbats somewhere other than in a picture-book of extinct Australian animals. And I would prefer they not have to struggle to survive amidst ecological collapse or cat-vectored pandemics. Next question.

I guess animal rights activists are easy to pick on, and you have to vent your wrath somewhere---Better to do it where they won't pick back, huh?

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I'll bet if you were denied service in a restaurant, or refused accommodation at a motel, you wouldn't think it was OK.

Everyone has the right to their own opinion, and even if they didn't have that right, they would still have their own opinions. Likewise, people have the right to discriminate (everyone does in one way or another) in that people have the right to make decisions based on their beliefs, and even if they did not have that right, people would still discriminate in their hearts. Laws that outlaw what some people view as improper discrimination are just kind of silly, because you cannot legislate away the deeply held beliefs some people have. I'm a live and let live kind of guy, and I really don't care if some people are gay and some people are fundamentalist zealots. However, I do find it to be aggravating and disappointing how much time and energy is wasted on trying to impress one set of values on other people through legislation, and it comes from ALL directions. People have the right to be who they are, and other people may not like you because of who you are. That is life. Live it.

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I believe that God exists; that is not the problem. I do not believe God hates or wants us to hate.

Better yet, you prove he doesn't. That's what I thought.

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mr drake, I admire your ideals. but you make a terrible candidate because of them. and you are playing chess, and everyone else has a get-elected2016 video game and they're using cheats. to be clear, I totally respect your values, ideals ethics, conscience. but you're unwillingness to play "the" game is akin to the donalds - except, morally, you couldn't be farther apart. but, the very not playing the game is what will hinder an elected official. so much time and energy swimming upstream achieves very little but frustration for you and those who supported you. projects or changes never happen because you cannot build consensus... other pols will resent you, and will not be overly helpful to you in navigating the "system". you have no built in support. +++I can see why you would be very disappointed by this change....but things happen. could it not have been accommodated and an alternative meeting set and mailers sent out to the relevant people?

The money I spent of my own generally occurred before I registered with ORESTAR and prior to my petition being filed and the recorded account for my election being opened. That being said, I've also intentionally limited campaign contributions to modest amounts. $50 dollars total for persons of significant resources as this is the full amount a person can use as a tax credit on their Oregon income tax. Persons making less than 33K a year are limited to the cost of one day's bus fare IE $3.50 total. (Getting an expansion and upgrade of Springfield's LTD access is one of my other projects/priorities.) I have not aggressively sold myself to business or wealthy donors or solicited political parties in opposition, I simply have engaged people in my community by listening and trying to promote those strategies that will get people a city they think is intelligently and prosperously run not just "surviving well." My campaign website: www.springfields-young-future.com

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Maybe this is the Springfield "tweaking" panhandlers' new mode of getting access to money in Springfield now that they cannot earn it standing at the bridge between Glenwood and Springfield. Just think they might be coming to your neighborhood soon..."Thank you, Springfield City Council and Police Chief"?

Those silent motion alarms should be illegal! How can a tweaker be expected to keep up his habit if they can just wait for him to come out the door 'red handed'? Actually, it looks like he needed a haircut and this was the cheapest way to get one. He'll be burglarizing another business or residence near you by this time next month. "Catch-and-Release". "Catch-and-Release".

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It seems that discrimination is only okay if someone is gay, according to Minnery. And that's because it's a "choice". Who cares if it is? Who are they hurting if it is a choice? The ones I know all say they didn't choose to be gay, and most of them (and their families) knew they were gay or trans before puberty. The "gay repair therapy" was proven useless long ago and one of them even admitted they were a bunch of frauds. How can someone persecute a small child for something they have no control over? Minnery is a monster if he hates gay/trans kids that much. He reminds me of that Fred Phelps guy, just without the signs.

Religious people probably have the most special rights of anyone in the country. If you think that's not true, fill your cubicle with religious stuff then see what happens. nothing will happen. Then fill it with anti-religious stuff. See what happens. Then fill it with gay stuff. See what happens. Spoiler: The religious stuff will be protected, whereas your boss will probably ask you to take the other stuff down.

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According to her fb page she now resides in Mexico. Spending the money already?

Hopefully the civil lawsuits will drain these folks of every $$ they have. Typically child molesters don't do well in prison.

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Darwin, you're a bit incorrect about the currency. The phrase has been there since the beginning, but doesn't mean what religious people think it does. I agree it has nothing to do with religious faith, quite the opposite as a matter of fact.

This is satire, right? The word "God" was just recently included on our currency in the 50's to inspire nationalism against the Soviet Union. It had nothing to do with faith. Our first amendment protects all of the citizens of the U.S. from a state established religion, that's it and it certainly doesn't mention Christianity at all.

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The Bonfire, the bar you refer to, opened in the late 1960s as I recall. I am sorry you can't honor the story of someone who experienced it and couldn't ignore it, which apparently you were able to accomplish. The fact that no one burned the bar down with people in it, doesn't make the case. A symptom of homophobia is the desire for us to be invisible.

You lost it about the second sentence. I grew up in anchorage and there was a gay bar downtown. We avoided it and couldn't care less. What you describe is bs. I don't buy any of your rant.

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What is the "freedom to practice religion"? Is that the freedom to go to the church I want? The Bible teaches me that that "true religion is ... to keep yourself unstained by the world." In other words, it matters to God how I live my life outside of church ... and that would include how I conduct my business and whether or not I will be seen to condone the sin of others. My "religious worship" does not just happen at church or in my home, but goes with me where ever I am.

We should respect religious views, but they should have no place in legislation beyond the freedom to practice religion. And honestly, I am finding it more and more difficult to empathize with the general outspoken "religious" views. I think a lot of community members, both religious and secular, are tired of hearing the divisive speech and the distraction from true community problems. I think most of our citizens are inclusive and don't really care about labels, which is why they like Alaska.

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Except foe the little Nuns, the cake bakers, and the people who refused to provide a homosexual ceremony. But the Muslims have no such accommodation problems in refusing to perform job duties such as delivery of lawful products that they were hired to deliver.

Read the whole story, Jay. Accommodations have been made for various religions, including christians. https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/10-22-15b.cfm

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The problem is no one else has money to pay taxes.

How stupid and I mean stupid are political groups that think increasing taxes on corporations won't end up costing customers more for the corporations products? Corporations are charged with making pensions funds (like PERS) and other investors dividends and rising stock prices, so they just figure out a way to pass the tax on to the customer.

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The problem with your statement is that this guy's actions didn't harm any children. Because of the public's outcry on child porn ( despicable I grant you ), there have been more than a few cases where those convicted of mere possesion/viewing of said porn recieved vastly harsher sentences than those who actually committed assaults, molestation, rapes and even murder of children. The sentencing guidelines are in too many cases( child porn being just one extreme example ) out of touch with reality.

There is no crime that bothers me more than crime against children. I see a prison term in this fellow's near future. The maximum sentences are never enough.

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It is confusingly written. I assumed that the non-criminal photos were of the skateboarders, but he was arrested for the allegedly sexual photo of a child. I was pretty clear in the dangers of lumping together different types of sexual and semi-sexual material in my previous comment, so I'm not going to defend arresting him if the content was solely of skateboarders. If he had a sexual photo of a child, then my comment about how child porn drives the rape/exploitation of children in order to create sexual content pertains, don't you think?

" In addition to at least one allegedly sexual photo of a child, the phone contained photos of girls estimated to be between 10 and 15 years of age, according to the court documents. The photos, the affidavit states, were taken in public and without the knowledge of the females. There were several photos of the same young girl riding a skateboard while wearing short denim shorts and each photo zoomed in closer onto the girl’s buttocks and crotch area, detectives wrote. While those photos may have been an invasion of privacy, they do not rise to a level of criminality." Still waiting for you to show the "harm" he did to children.

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http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2013/02/urban-heat-islands-and-u-s-temperature-trends/

Four hours ago you wrote: "I googled climate acronym and it came up with MMCCC. Man made catastrophic climate change." Using Chrome, dropdown bar: History-->4 hours ago Using Safari, dropdown bar: History-->4 hours ago Using Firefox, dropdown bar: History-->4 hours ago Using IE, dropdown bar: History-->4 hours ago I think you get the idea. I would like you to identify where you found the term "Man made catastrophic climate change." It's not hard. I can smell a WUWT'er as soon as you mentioned UHI. A constant higher temperature due to the UHI does not influence temperature changes. Per realclimate "The simple take-away is that while UHI and other urban-correlated biases are real (and can have a big effect), current methods of detecting and correcting localized breakpoints are generally effective in removing that bias. Blog claims that UHI explains any substantial fraction of the recent warming in the US are just not supported by the data."

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Ah.. Is that the way you were conceived? Down in the tank farm at the docks?

Ah,the tank farm;a location where the local partiers can probably trace their moment of conception. Hopefully the next vpso is a little more together in the neurons.

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The more control an agency has over an individual, the more accountability the agency should be assigned for any incident which adversely affects the individual. DOC has absolute control over inmates, but evidentally hasn't demonstrated the acceptance of absolute accountability.

So Mike, there is no accountability for the unnecessary deaths of inmates in our correctional system?

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Hi Jeff. The state's administrative costs associated with the Oregon 529 program come from a .05 percent management fee that is assessed on accounts. Thus, investors are paying for the costs of the program. There is a value to investors when marketing efforts are successful: More investors and more assets under management allow the management fee percentage to be reduced. (A decade ago, investors in the 529 plan paid .1 percent to cover administrative and marketing costs. As the total assets under management grew, that percentage was able to be cut in half).

Since you seem to know so much about it, who is paying the salary. I feel that it was right on the tip of your tongue, but you thought better than to actually say it.

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Mark: there is simply too much oil in the world; too many producers who feed their populations with the profits from oil. All it takes is one producer to break a cartel. I'm with the rest of the experts who believe that oil will remain at a low price. what happened has its roots in the oil embargo more than 40 years ago.

Who is/are the brainiac(s) predicting that oil prices won't reach $73 a barrel for at least 10 years? A little balance please? Okay then, two can play that game. http://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/120-Oil-As-Soon-As-2018.html

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I figured the 600 million barrels of condensates were worth about 60 billion dollars total...the value of the gas is additional to that.. (hope we get SOME tax off our gas if we sell it...!) And under SB21 they don`t pay a dime in severance taxes because they are calling Point Thomson oil "new" oil, to get the GVR and the 5-8 dollar a barrel credit, when we all know it`s "old oil" and gas condensates they sat on and delayed production of for two decades,..delaying prospects of gas production as well. Let`s be factual and honest. Exxon was caught lying,..again, just like they did about making us "whole" after the Exxon Valdez spill. They are still liars, and even the judge told us (Gleason-TAPS tax valuation case) as Alaskans we were "too trusting" of oil company BS.

Anyone know the total cost to Alaska for this production?

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As well, I don't understand why you're here, every week, Dick.

Instead of nearly every single week Shannyn lecturing us on how it's all the republicans fault for everything in this state , why doesn't she offer solutions ? After all , she does have some business experience down in Homer, doesn't she ?

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I suspected there was more to it, since Sen. Micciche was all 'bunched up' about it. How could any one person hold up his perfectly crafted legislation. His humblebrag is disturbing. Reminds me of Parnell, with a goatee.

Before you fire off on Ledux about the smoking ban, please understand why. It was stalled because it was targeted at cannabis smokers NOT tobacco smokers. They set a sneaky little provision that would ban "vape pens" (can be used for both tobacco and cannabis oil, odorless) and all smoke able "plant matter". I'm glad she stalled it while they make some amendments.

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Sure, as long as they are qualified. Many jobs you have to be a licensed journeyman.

Well in that case, the first to get a job should be the Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.

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Ahh but they can James Mason 771. If there is a "harm" from the guest who fights or destroys bar property, the bar can be sued in small claims court. It's easy, inexpensive and sends a good message when done and advertised.

This is about bars protecting themselves from America's predatory law industry. Too bad bars can't sue the troublemakers.

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He had the Unlimited Drinking Card from the U.S. Coast Guard approved drunks, in the Congressional Legislative Offices, of Ted, Don, and Murkowski. Three sheets to the wind, it's been a local party in Joe Juneau's Gold Mine, for generations. U.S. Citizen Drunks, also shown best at BP, when the pigs, a little confused going down the pipe, from the President at BP Alaska, rusty pipe's, just like those Bong Hits for Jesus, in John Roberts Court, explaining Juneau with perfection. The kid get $70,000 from the district of Drunks inbreeding, on drugs.

Hey, I'm going to use your own wikipedia against you, Joseph Hazelwood was from the lower 48. Hes the incompetent that crashed the tanker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hazelwood. Was 8th grade too hard for you?.

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Without the mining company risking millions of dollars and years of hard work "their" gold is worthless rock. Just because they squat out there does not mean the rest of us should fund and support their socialist welfare lifestyle. They deserve a royalty and job opportunities. Nothing less, nothing more.

If you owned a bunch of gold would you like a menial job hauling it to the bank for someone else. They need to think this thing over real good as when it's gone they will have spent the money on day to day living and the jobs will go away and the bank will be robbed.

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So you are saying the bikes are not free.

Ooooh, thank you refurbish bike volunteers! If I had an extra pile of money, I'd be delivering a truck load of bikes to children whose households can't afford a bike. I know exactly how these children feel; left outs. An age appropriate bike can make all the difference in a child's life. I remember growing up, me and my sisters use to go around our neighborhood and ask to borrow neighbors bikes for a few hours. One time we were so desperate to borrow three bikes and one of the bikes only had one peddle, but that didn't stop us. We each took turns trading off and riding the bike that had only one peddle. Borrowing bikes from neighbors was the good old days when neighbors knew how to be neighbors. Kudos to the volunteers and thank you for letting me reflect on a childhood memory.

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Because then we would end up with President Kasich who has vowed to eat every single bird in North America.

Why can't a bunch of birds commit jihad and fly themselves into the planes engine causing a crash?

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Those two are really serving no legitimate role on that board and are clearly inhibiting the pubic safety work that board needs to do to regulate this dangerous drug.

Bruce you and your other "industry rep buddy on the board with conflicts of interests will catch up with you soon! Just try to keep it subtle and “Don’t do anything that’s going to alarm people. Because oddly enough, as comfortable as we are with the cannabis culture, some people are absolutely terrified by the symbol of a marijuana leaf.” Rightfully so you are an illegal enterprise even if the state helped you do it.Willful ignorance or arrogance of the US Law is no defense. .

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Wow Rhymer. Why not join the NTSB? You profess to know everything. How is it that you have already ruled out engine or system failure and medical emergency as causes?

There is little doubt about what caused this crash and who is to blame . Another sad story of innocent lives lost .

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You are correct - but if things are going to change some of those officers are going to have to stand up and speak out regardless of the personal cost. Look back on most improvement in workforce conditions, or on the exposure and remediation of many seriously corrupt, self protecting systems and situations - reform usually starts with individuals of *inside experience and documentation [or fellow witnesses]* who are willing to risk it all and speak out - loudly and persistently. True, whistle-blowers usually suffer personally and professionally. I point out that this situation differs little from that in AST for decades - Troopers who speak out against corrupt practices are also likely to lose very hard. But no one else can speak with as much authority. It's a hard thing for those with a sense of ethics and fairness, but it's not nearly as hard on the COs and LEOs as on the people under their authority, who may lose more than a paycheck from the poor or corrupt practices.

Who are they to fight? The point of the article is the administration not supporting the officers in the field. The fight is with the governor and whoever they pick to run Corrections without any actual experience or knowledge of the real problems in the dept. If Officers choose to fight those individuals, how long do you think they will remain employed?

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Amen.

Trump wasn't my choice for president, but let's be honest here. Russia didn't "hack" the election. It would be just about impossible to hack 51 statewide election systems, many of which are controlled at the county level. The election results are what they are. The rural districts chose Donald Trump to be president ... or more properly, they rejected Hillary Clinton as president. Did the email dumps have anything to do with that? Oh, yeah! We learned the truth and some of us voted accordingly. Whether it was Russia that did the hacking of the emails or Wikileaks doesn't matter. The truth got out there and people voted according to what they had learned about Hillary. Our media should have been doing this, but it didn't, so it became necessary for outsiders to release information the people had a right to know. And it probably saved us from 4-8 more years of economic destruction and warmongering. Will Trump be better than Hillary? Doubtful, but at least he'll be different from her.

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I think Kerry Tymchuk also did a great job at the lottery...and he is a very funny guy.

I'm not a big lottery fan, but if anybody is going to be in charge of it, no one better than Roberts. This is lame. But we will oust Brown in seven months.

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He has zero chance.

I HAVE THE COURAGE FOR CHANGE! OUR FOUNDING FATHERS DID TOO! DO YOU? VOTE FOR BERNIE!

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Carbuncle is wrong about FDR too. He signed the Wagner Act. Truman vetoed Taft Hartley.

But using the power of government to deny a woman's right to choose .

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This happened on the hillside, too. Residents refused to pay taxes so they could get the Troopers for free. Maybe okay when money is raining from the oil gods, but when money's tight folks should pay for the services they demand.

I'd lean towards saying that AST is on the hook for policing the area. While Girdwood is inside the municipality, the MOA can't force APD officers on Girdwood unless Girdwood accepts the alteration to the metropolitan police service area. The city is expressly barred from altering it without a vote of the affected people. AST however is required under Alaska Statute to police the whole state regardless of anything else. Therefore if a crime were committed, AST would have the statutory requirement to be the lead investigative agency.

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Yes lurking wanting to fine a fellow citizen who is not endangering anyone. With the new police chief there has been less police work for revenue because of push back from the public. But this administration wants the money.

The Municipality extends to the Old Glenn overpass on the Glenn. Always love watching APD cars parked on the overpass, parked on the WRONG SIDE facing the opposite direction of travel so they can see inbound speeders.

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Don't go there if you don't like it.

Well, I can appreciate the idea of marijuana cafe, but I am a strong believer in the no-smoking policy of the city. Consumption of marijuana should be done with edibles only in businesses catering to the public.

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Yes. I'm Shi'a Muslim. And Burke used to have a hate-rant radio "talk" show. A few years ago he headed to California to try for the 'big-time'. Guess he didn't make it, because he's back in Alaska once more, seeking attention but only succeeding in being pathetic and slightly annoying. If he's got another show I'm unaware of it--I don't listen to radio much, so I'm spared his bigoted drivel if it's on the air, Allah Shukr (thank God). And I thank you for your honesty and introspection. We all need to make a habit of looking at ourselves in the mirror with our eyes open. I was born in the US (62 years ago), but I thank you for your welcome nonetheless. I do have relatives in four other countries. Also, my mom is a Christian. And you guys don't have a lock on imbecilic projectile-vomiters--we got plenty of 'em too. In the words of both Jesus son of Mary and Muhammad son of Abdullah (alayhimus-Salaam): "Shalom alaychem", "Salaam alaykum", "May the Peace (of God) be unto you."

Are you Muslim? And what show does Burke have? I never heard of him. I haven't experienced bigotry myself at least not for my color or religious choices, but I have seen plenty of it considering I'm from the south and 64 years old. Bigotry makes me ill, but I still don't know that I would lower myself to a bigots level. Of course, I did lower myself on occasion with my ex-spouse so I guess I'm being a hypocrite. If you are a Muslim, welcome to America. I'm a Christian, but don't vomit much of the stuff that my fellow Christians do.

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Well said

I love to see all of the "experts" and the adn assigning motives to people who don't support an income tax that insinuate that it is because they are greedy, corrupt, etc...while ignoring the main reason shown in polls and stated in public testimony - the state budget has not been reduced enough. The house increased the size of government. If legislators ae unwilling to reduce even the simple things that don't result in layoffs or a reduction of services - like funded, unfilled positons - why would we give them more money? Its interesting that Keithley only attacks the Senate majority, when the house is proposing to do the same thing - and add a myriad of new taxes?

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Yeah, if you abuse a spouse, then it's easy to get a DV charge. If you don't, it's not easy. Pretty simple, kids.

A domestic violence charge means your life is over. You won't be able to get a job, you won't be able to rent an apartment, you can't buy or own a gun, you will be treated like the scum of the earth by everyone. Honestly, it might as well be a felony because that pretty much what it is, but it's worse because the state will aggressively pursue the charges against you and you are presumed guilty until proven innocent. Even if you just made a mistake one night and things got out of hand(not saying that this is what happened here) it will affect your life forever. There's basically no way for repenting for the sin of domestic violence no matter what you do in the future. The scary thing is that while many people don't realize it, a DV charge is very easy to get. Be very careful who your roommates are, stay away from unstable boy or girlfriends. If your significant other hits you, do not hold it in until you're sick of it. Get away from them. There mere accusation will ruin your life.

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I'm still waiting for tRUMP to release his college transcripts. What does he have to hide?

The king of photo radar, an overzealous out-of-whack contract for APD, he annexed south Anchorage without the courtesy Girdwood just received, and not to mention he has no higher education than a high school diploma. I'm worried about him why?

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Your "road blockers" [citizens], do not want this drug in our state. The election was too close to call without a recount. Had they thrown out the illegal, fraudulent votes, it would not have passed.

Just another attempt to shoot down the legalization of marijuana. I wonder how many more road blocks are in the future?

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That "genius" was a white guy in the US government who forced Alaska's Natives to give up their nomadic way of life in that region. He shouldn't be too hard to track down. Are you working on that?

man, what a dumb place for a village. let the genius who built the first shack there pay to move everything.

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Are they more deserving than ANY state employee killed in the line of duty?

Dedicated men who died in the pursuit of public safety? They were dispatched to protect people they'd never met. Now their kids are growing up without fathers... And you say they're no more deserving than anyone else? Hmmm...

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regurgitating propaganda does not make it true. America today has the highest tax rates on corporations than any other country in the 1st world. Furthermore, you should head what JFK had to say of those tax rates pre-1980's, and how they cause recessions and prevent an economic recovery.

Young people are better informed today because they have the internet and can share. They realize that supply side economics is only to benefit the rich, and that the only way to get this country back on track for all is to go back to pre 1980 tax rates and getting rid of the loopholes for the rich to avoid paying taxes at the rate that is good for all and the country. For starters we need to raise the inheridence tax to 95% of everything over 3.5 million. The tax on stock transactions (equal to the rest of the industrial world) would easily pay for the free public education. ALL income should be taxed at a rate at least equal to that payed by those who labor. Corporations were created to serve the people, not rule the people. Look up the meaning of Fascism in the dictionary. Keep the businessman out of government.

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"They" are the alcohol industry who profit from the deaths, injury, and otherwise destroyed lives which result from the poison they sell. "They" sell this stuff knowing full well what the result will be. "They" use advertising which portrays their product as being safe when it clearly is not. "They" would be out of business if they were a manufacture of a product like automobiles which were unsafe and killed people. That is who "they" are. Is that clear enough?

Who's "they"? The store doesn't force anyone to purchase or consume their product. It's the persons choice to do so. Same with any other product. Many people can consume alcohol responsibly. Why should the people who can't control themselves ruin it for everyone?

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Yes, there is an employee portion of unemployment which is withheld. It was capped at $220.59 per employee for 2015. Hardly an amount for an oilfield contractor to hold their decisions by. I agree there is a problem with out of state workers on the slope. I spent ten years working up there. It's important for the facts to be represented properly though, otherwise it invalidates the argument.

ESC (Employment Security Tax) is partially paid by employee witholding and partially paid by employer. Paid to State of Alaska.

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Unions keep poor workers employed and prevent good workers from being hired. When you have a life job, you tend to do what you are told. Organized crime knows this well.

What a lame analysis. Numbers ranging from 642 thousand to 1.2 million in 25 years. Licking your finger and sticking it up in the air is just as accurate a prediction. The only thing certain about this report, is that it shows the Alaska Department of Labor economists should all be fired. Alaska has a 4 billion deficit going on right now, and we can't afford to pay state workers that don't have a clue.

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Wish women would subsidize my car insurance, that would be just as "fair"

If you really are a man, then your health care costs are subsidized by every woman in the country, because we pay more for our coverage. Or, rather, we used to, before the ACA made charging women more for insurance illegal. So now that it's not YOU getting the subsidies and benefits, you're all mad. Got it.

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Wow. One kid out of Millions being raised by left leaning parents. The best part is you say, " I know a kid" instead of saying "my kid". LOL

David, I know of a kid chasing after the "athletic rainbow". He is on track to graduate from high school by the age 16, because he is chasing HIS dream. His parents have a left lean. How could he have done this, without any of this- "kids who have discipline, respect the teachers and the other students, and value academics"? Yours truly, Left leaning parent

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Same one as Slick Willy Clinton and Neil Goldschmidt.

Which restroom would Denny Hastert have to use?

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thanks

Eyes stay looking from the highest heaven. Ala Moana is the venue for the arrogant elite.

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You must be so proud of your choice: Hillary Clinton. I do agree it has now become a media controlled food fight. Nonetheless, I do think President Trump has many good qualities. BTW is this new commenting system a debate or a one-liner contest? Why not have one comment section for real people and another one for anonymous posters?

You just can't make this stuff up. Wow! The republican party is circling the drain. Make sure someone flushes twice! Pass the popcorn please! This is going to be reality TV in its finest!!

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This is all about getting everyone in the same room. I think (or know) they will get it done. Obviously not everybody will be happy with the outcome.

Why isn't it a capital and will be? This whole capital thing is a farce. If they can run the government from here why isn't it the capital? Who doesn't have the whatever to tell the people that the capital in Juneau is being phased out and better start making it into a hotel, don't these people have any whatever it takes to make a decision?

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Sorry make that $12.8 million https://www.eugene-or.gov/1619/Budget-Facts-at-a-Glance

I am aware. The money from the tax would have to be used to alleviate the $5 million the city spends from the general budget each year for roads. The money could then be used to fund the program. Just a matter of budget reapportipation. Maybe put your name on a comment?

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You appear to be excusing away something which many here find to be morally indefensible regardless of what's written into statute. More Fun Trivia: Vadla Way is a part of the same subdivision as Jerry Prevo's house. I'm pretty sure that ABT or persons with close ties to same played a role in subdividing and/or developing that tract.

Because child endangerment or neglect is not written into the statutes as a felony law.

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ahhh, another fool with unproven racist remarks. cute, real cute

Senator Elizabeth Warren put it best in a Tweet: "More enthusiasm for Trump in the KKK than the GOP leadership."

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So posting us some quote from a rag like the National Enquier to make a point that a 14 yr old innocent female tennis player says that tennis pro Rene Richards has a deep voice and is scary? I read all the bigotry already that came with Richards sex change decision. I think it was more like a "14 yr old aspiring tennis champ learns her game from the hands of a top rated player".

I remember when Rene Richards was playing tennis on the women's tour. Rene had been a top-rated amateur player as a man and then at age 42 got a sex change operation. As a woman he was soon playing 14 and 15 year old girls. Andrea Jaeger said "She's got a read deep voice and is sort of scary."

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it is the actual election i'm thinking of. it would be strong Bernie supporters doing a write in campaign and taking valuable votes from Clinton. it wouldn't affect trumps talley, just Clintons in the actual election. it is what happened to gore. ralph nader pushed it and tho gore won the popular vote, bush won the electoral votes that actually are the ones counted... had people not voted for nader and went with their most likely second choice, gore...looking ahead every vote for nader was like a vote for bush. let's not repeat a well intentioned but poorly thought out mistake again...

Then I am confused about what you're saying here, given that Clinton is almost certainly the nominee no matter how voting goes from here on. My point is twofold: first, in a contest between Clinton and Trump, most people have already decided. Second, a lot of people who were never going to vote Clinton find Sanders acceptable. If Sanders isn't the nominee, then they are not going to suddenly shift their stance and go with Clinton. Neither of those things have anything to do with Sanders, so he's not a spoiler for those people in any sense of the word. And I think the vast majority of voters fall into one of those two camps. Voting third party is very, very far from "wasting a vote to make a point", by the way. For those who find both the Rep and Dem candidates unacceptable, it's voting for the candidate they feel is in the best interest of the nation rather than voting for an unacceptable candidate.

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in addition to what others have posted, it would also allow you to buy insurance in a state that doesn't require coverage for services that you don't need. For example, if you are a senior citizen, you probably don't need maternity coverage. Some states require that all health insurance plans cover these things when not everyone needs or wants them.

So, how does buying insurance across a state line lower medical cost? The article says that its the insurance raising their rates to cover the sky high patient cost from the providers.

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With the exception of being, a Goldwater Girl, aid to Gerald Ford, and supporter of Nelson Rockafeller, your right

Bill and Hillary have never been Republicans. Only ignorant people would say that.

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I'm with you. I hope evey smoker boycotts the fair so that the rest of us don't have to put up with you habit.

Come on--people are hooked on smoking . You can't expect older smokers to walk all the way back out of the fair grounds each time they need a smoke. Some do gooder came up with this. I hope every smoker boycotts the fair this year .

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