Don Young Will Crush You.
April 30, 2008
Newsminer.com:
“He was very angry, very animated at the governor, and he basically told me, he held out his hand and said, ‘She’s like a crystalline figure in my hands and I’m going to crush her,’ and he basically said I’m going to do the same thing to you,” Parnell told the editorial board.
Clark apologizes for campaign violations
March 4, 2008
ADN: “Alaskans are right to be disappointed and upset with me. I today pled guilty to a federal offense, predicated upon what were in essence violations of Alaska campaign finance laws, which I committed by requesting pre-primary and primary campaign contributions from VECO. Read more
Governor Sarah Palin Stands by AGIA Process
January 26, 2008
Alaska governor Sarah Palin released a statement Saturday expressing her belief that AGIA is on track and that she has spoken to Conoco about their alternate (and unqualified) proposal - despite president Jim Bowles’ inference that she hasn’t.
Jim Bowles has been a controversial figure in Alaska's oil politics.
Bowles' name came up on June 6, 2006 during the Pete Kott corruption trial. With the state House of Representatives on the verge of adopting a new 23.5-percent tax on oil production, convicted oil company bagman Bill Allen placed a phone call to Bowles. The FBI recorded every word.
From governor Palin's press release: Governor Sarah Palin today responded to claims made by ConocoPhillips regarding the State's rejection of the company's natural gas pipeline proposal, which was submitted outside the AGIA process."AGIA sets forth a vehicle that delivers North Slope gas to market with certification and construction benchmarks, expansion provisions, tariff terms, and other protections the state, and the nation, need. It is unfortunate that ConocoPhillips elected not to participate in this sensible competitive process as did other fine companies."The Governor also clarified that the state has never refused to work with ConocoPhillips on a mutually beneficial plan to get the producers' gas into a pipeline to market.
Governor Palin on Wednesday spoke with ConocoPhillips president Jim Bowles about this issue.
"While the ConocoPhillips' alternative obviously falls outside of AGIA's terms, we have long sought a way for ConocoPhillips to work with the state and the AGIA licensee toward a mutual goal of getting ConocoPhillips' gas into a line to market. We have had several discussions along these lines, and will continue to do so. Statements to the contrary are simply untrue, and only serve to confuse Alaskans."
Source: The Alaska Report
January 26, 2008
Community leaders worry Palin ignoring their concerns
January 22, 2008
Source: KTUU
Local municipal leaders are complaining Governor Sarah Palin is not living up to her campaign promise of an open and transparent government.
Members of the Alaska Municipal League gathering in Juneau said they are disappointed with the administration’s efforts to help Alaska’s communities. And some are upset they can’t get a hearing with her to talk about it.
AML President Tim Beck of Fairbanks says members were pleased with her efforts to reinstate municipal assistance last year. But they lost confidence when she obliterated scores of local community projects around the state with her veto pen this summer.
Palin told the group her administration would work with local governments this year to help meet their priorities.
Earmarks Seen Likely to Continue
January 21, 2008
The New York Times:
President Bush is unlikely to defy Congress on spending billions of dollars earmarked for pet projects, but he will probably insist that lawmakers provide more justification for such earmarks in the future, administration officials said Monday.
Fiscal conservatives in Congress and budget watchdogs have been urging Mr. Bush to issue an executive order instructing agencies to disregard the many earmarks listed just in committee reports, not in the text of legislation. Read more
