"I grew up in Nome and have spent extensive time rural Alaska villages. I understand how important passing Proposition #1 is to our rural communities and I hope you will join me by VOTING YES ON 1 to fund education, health care and power cost equalization in our most [Read More...]
Fair is Fair.
When SB 21 was enacted, many people were hopeful that more oil and jobs would would materialize. Five years passed and that didn't happen. What did happen was the State's revenue from oil was dramatically reduced. The experiment didn't work. Alaskans didn't get their fair share. Its time to fix [Read More...]
"If you want reliable ferry service, a strong University and Public Education system then join me in supporting the Fair Share Act. The Fair Share Act offers a solution to the state's budget deficit. The Alaska State Constitution Requires the development of resources “for the maximum benefit of its people”. [Read More...]
"I'm sixty six years old, retired from the army with thirty three years of military service and a small business owner. I have always paid my fair share of blood and treasure to my country and to my community because that's what honest Americans do. Not paying their fare share [Read More...]
"I think Alaskans have been let down by state officials on oil revenue. We have been shorted by either ignorance (of state government) or special interest lobby, either way - who in their right mind would pay to have oil taken to market. Us Alaskans have supported oil development [Read More...]
All of the provisions of the initiative are important. Based on 50 years experience with Alaska's oil tax, I believe three are particularly so. Getting the oil producers tax returns is essential. Alaska has tried unsuccessfully since before statehood to obtain those returns. Under the terms of the 2000 [Read More...]
"The questions to ask the oil companies and their sycophants are these. Are there any places in the world where they make as much profit on a per barrel basis as they do on the North Slope legacy fields in Alaska? Is there any place else where the effective [Read More...]
"We support the Alaska Fair Share Act because we honor our constitution and want to know the costs, revenue and profits on each of the three largest oil fields that Alaska owns. We need to know this data to provide maximum benefit of the development of Alaska resources to [Read More...]
"Alaska’s oil tax structure is flawed! It is a policy that creates the most profitable opportunities for oil companies but requires Alaska to actually PAY oil companies to extract our oil. It leaves Alaska with a huge deficit and oil companies walking away with 35% of their worldwide profit after [Read More...]
