'I am supporting Vote Yes for Alaska’s Fair Share for the following: People supporting SB21 (current tax structure) did so to encourage the oil industry to invest more to increase production. According to an article in the Anchorage Daily News, April 9, 2013, “...The companies that operate on the North [Read More...]
"I think this initiative is the PEOPLE of Alaska standing up to claw back what was taken from us by multinational corporations. They recruited and financed the people they wanted to do their bidding and got them elected to the Alaska state legislature. Then those elected officials could give [Read More...]
If we want a state that supports good schools, construction jobs, seniors and kids, or protecting the Permanent Fund, we need fair revenue and to end our budget gap. Ending Alaska's oil company tax credits, and fixing the lowest combined oil tax and royalty among major U.S. states, is a [Read More...]
The price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude oil for May delivery fell far below $0 on Monday. Co-sponsor of the Alaska Fair Share Act, Jane Angvik said , “While this was a surprising price it does not appear to be reflective of the price of oil for [Read More...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2020 ANCHORAGE –The Fair Share Act initiative released the following statement regarding the lawsuit filed yesterday challenging the initiative’s certification: “Surrogates for the international oil producers apparently agree Alaskans will vote in favor of getting a fair share of revenues from our three largest and most [Read More...]
by Dave Carter While many will agree with Larry Persily’s Feb. 2 commentary noting that we have not seen leadership from Gov. Mike Dunleavy, and that Alaskans are willing to generate new revenue to restore at least part of the Alaska we knew and loved to live in, he left [Read More...]
by Paul Seaton Nearly all Alaskans have a common problem. They want more money for an increased Permanent Fund Dividend or they want more money for maintaining vital Alaska services. However, there is no recurring source of revenue from which to get the money. There is not even recurring money [Read More...]
by Dermot Cole The Dunleavy administration wants to defeat the oil tax initiative in the worst way. Attorney General Kevin Clarkson and Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer have chosen to go about it in the worst way, distorting what is supposed to be a “true and impartial summary” of the ballot [Read More...]
by Dermot Cole Attorney General Kevin Clarkson appears to be taking lessons from Bill Clinton’s—“It depends upon what the meaning of the word is, is”—handbook of political babble. Clarkson signed off on a ballot summary for the proposed oil tax initiative that is so misleading that it appears designed to [Read More...]
by Les Gara Gov. Mike Dunleavy has presented Alaskans with a false choice. He claims we have to pick between our seniors, schools, university, construction jobs — the state’s construction budget has been slashed during this self-inflicted deficit crisis — and economy, or a larger Permanent Fund dividend. This false [Read More...]
