9-12-16 Father Elliott: Dearly Departed - State Fiscal Crisis & Gas Pipeline Confusion Continue

9-12-16 Father Elliott: Dearly Departed – State Fiscal Crisis & Gas Pipeline Confusion Continue

FATHER ELLIOTT TAKES HIS LEAVE

Beloved to many Alaskans, Father Norman Elliott passed away on Sept. 9, 2016. He was 97.

Father Elliott was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was heading to seminary when he joined the Army in 1942, after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Elliott fought the Germans in France, Luxembourg, Germany, and England. In an interview, he said in 2013:

“I remember good times, I remember bad times. I remember times where I barely escaped by the skin of my teeth. You never forget. I remember, and there are things that I wish I had done, or didn’t do. I hope that as a whole, Alaskans remember what we did, because as a nation, we are losing our remembrance of WWII.” (More)

On Alaska’s Fiscal Crisis, Brad Keithley (NGP Photo). We are the most dependent university system in the United States on its legislature for funding-No. 1.

Saturday’s “First Post” from Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets: Two op-eds from the last week do an excellent job laying out opposite visions for where the state goes next on the #AKLNG project.

Governor Walker’s piece — “An historic opportunity for Alaska’s future,” http://goo.gl/uixg3T — argues that there is a path forward to achieve a successful project. On the other side, former state oil economist, now private sector oil & gas consultant and good friend Roger Marks ar…

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Thomson future?

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Alan Bailey, Petroleum News. NGP Photo by Dave Harbour

As debate continues over Gov. Bill Walker’s plan to continue to move towards the construction of a major gas line from the North Slope for the export of liquefied natural gas, with the AKLNG project involving both the state and the North Slope oil producers coming to an end, interesting questions arise over the future of the Point Thomson gas condensate field on the Beaufort Sea coast, to the east of Prudhoe Bay. (Subscribe and read more here….)

About the Author: wpnorthern

Dave Harbour, publisher of Northern Gas Pipelines, is a former Chairman of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, a Commissioner Emeritus of NARUC, NARUC's Official Representative to IOGCC and Vice Chairman of NARUC's Gas Committee. He served as Gas Committee Chairman of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners. He also served as commissioner of the Anchorage Bicentennial Commission and the Anchorage Heritage Land Bank Commission. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree: English, at Colorado State University, a Master of Science Degree: Communications-Journalism at Murray State University and graduated from Utility Regulatory School for Commissioners at Michigan State University. He served as a Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs at Alaska Pacific University, taught bank marketing classes at the University of Alaska and was an English teacher at Los Alamos High School. Harbour served in ranks of Private - Captain during a 4-year assignment with the Army in Korea, Idaho, Georgia and Fort Meade and received the Meritorious Service Medal among other commendations. Harbour is also a past Chairman of the Alaska Council on Economic Education, the Alaska Oil & Gas Association Government Affairs Committee, the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, the Export Council of Alaska and the Department of Commerce's District Export Council. He is a past President of the Alaska Press Club, American Bald Eagle Foundation, Consumer Energy Alliance-Alaska and Common Sense for Alaska. Harbour was instrumental in founding the American Bald Eagle Research Institute (UAS), the Alaska Support Industry Alliance, the Downtown Anchorage Business Partnership, and Arctic Power. He also served as CEO of several small Alaska organizations, including the Anchorage Parking Authority and Action Security, Inc. Harbour is also Chairman Emeritus of the Alaska Oil & Gas Congress. Harbour's wife, Nancy, is a professional, performing arts administrator and his three boys, Todd, Benjamin and William work in the fields of environmental management, energy marketing and medicine.