A Legislator’s Perspective: Coronavirus | Why all the Hype?
In the movie D.O.A. (1949), Edmund O’Brien’s character walks into a police station to report his own murder. He was poisoned. It was a fatal dose. There is no antidote. In …
Mat-Su Legislator Punished Thursday after Publicly Opposing Taxpayer Funding of 5,000,000 $1 Coins
(Rep. David Eastman shares concerns over high levels of coercion in AK Legislature) Yesterday, I joined current and former Mat-Su Republican Senators Shelley Hughes, Mike Shower and Mike Dunleavy, in …
Legislators Push Tax to Increase Price at the Pump for Alaskans to 4th Highest in the U.S.
Alaskans already pay more for a gallon of gas than 45 states and the District of Columbia. No matter, a majority of Alaska legislators are currently backing legislation (SB115) that …
Masks/Goggles Sell Out as Alaskans Prepare for Significant Disruption Ahead of Coronavirus
I drove over to Home Depot this afternoon and walked past the aisles where masks, respirators and goggles are normally found. Even without my saying anything, another customer explained that …
Military Heroes Pushed Aside by Alaska Legislature
While patriotism runs high on The Last Frontier, the legislature has been a less than welcoming place to our Alaska military veterans over the past year. This week, members of …
Monday Update: Packing up and Making Room
The first order of business this morning was packing up my desk on the House Floor. When the Democrats took over last February, I was reassigned to the least desirable …
Vote Scheduled Today | As an Elected Official, is it Legal for me to Cast an Official Vote in Secret?
Thank you to the 754 Alaskans who have participated in the poll I put out this week about legislators voting in secret. Those who have participated to date voted 774 …
Alaska Legislators Resurrect Government Program it Took Conservatives in Congress Decades to Finally End
As they say in politics…be careful what you vote for, because you just might get it. On Monday, we received news that the U.S. Mint has committed to working with …
Juneau Swamp Shocker: Alaskans Asked to Turn in Dollar Bills for “at least” $5,000,000 in $1 Dollar Coins
Lawmakers in Juneau have passed their first piece of legislation for the 2020 session—And it’s a doozy. (Read the full text here.) The legislation, House Joint Resolution 9, asks Alaskans to …
Cheap Sanctity in Alaska (National Sanctity of Human Life Day—January 22nd 2020)
47 years ago today, seven men in black robes opined, and the rest of the nation tolerated, the notion that a child in the womb can have the right to …
