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Showing posts with label PFD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PFD. Show all posts
Monday, April 26, 2021

Alaska Officially Has 733,391 People - According To The 2020 Census - UPDATED

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Just got his email from Peter Torkelson, executive director of the Alaska Redistricting Board.  (You can subscribe to these email updates fr...
Thursday, July 11, 2019

Will Dunleavy’s Budget Lower Alaska’s Carbon Footprint?

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Alaskans use more energy per capita than residents of any other US state.*  Much of the total energy use comes from the development of oil a...
Sunday, March 24, 2019

Legislative Info Office Hearing on the Budget [UPDATED]

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Given that the Governor's 'budget roadshow' is being handled by Americans for Prosperity , a Koch funded group, and requires one...
Friday, March 15, 2019

How Social Media Allow Fringe Candidate To Get An Audience - Andrew Yang In San Francisco

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I don't even know who Andrew Yang is.  I'll look him up in a second.  But below is a video of him giving a talk on the street with a...
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Why People In Anchorage Don't See Much Of Alaska

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Alaska Airlines extended its Permanent Fund Dividend sale .  I've just copied the first six destinations from Anchorage that were listed...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Traffic Jam Anchorage Style On My Way To Ask Voter Registration Questions

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The traffic wasn't moving on Benson as I was heading to the elections office to turn in to registrations and ask some questions about PF...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

The Permanent Fund Dividend Is The Speed Bump For Legislative Spending

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This hit me as I was reading a letter to the editor today that said the PFD is a 'gift.'  After reading Hammond's autobiography,...
Sunday, September 18, 2016

Hammond On Income Tax Repeal: "Once repealed, we'll never get it back until we've raided all other revenue sources, and/or traumatically cut even crucial state programs."

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Charles Wohlforth's column in the Alaska Dispatch News today is headlined, "Permanent Fund hard-liners play chicken with Alaska&...
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Thursday, September 08, 2016

"Replumbing Permanent Fund doesn't create more water" or Nerd Nite Alaska Budget AND Facial v Verbal Portrait

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I went to the Nerd Nite beer and budget meeting last night.  Before I get into that I'd like to offer you a 'how you know' thing...
Wednesday, September 07, 2016

Note The Nerds' Numerical Aesthetics

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Did you catch it?  The meeting is September 7 at 7 pm.  And it's at 49 th State Brewing Company.   Pretty nifty, eh? And the to...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

"Leave My Damn Dividend Fund Alone" Ignorance, Greed, and The PFD

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I've passed this sign a few times and it seems to beg for comment. This is a big sign.  Someone really wanted to make a state...
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Sunday, May 01, 2016

While Legislators Plot Raiding Permanent Fund, Russell Read, The Fund's New CIO, Starts May 9

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 image from  Professional Pensions It looks like the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has done a pretty good job of hiring a new Chief...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Last Day To Apply For Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend Check

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We were headed to a meeting downtown around 2pm and noticed the line outside the PFD office.   A lot shorter than the lines at the Democrat...