See special Op-ed and related stories, 6-30-09, and our 7-15-09 related story below.  -dh       7-15-09.  Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) appeared before the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Monday along with other members of the business community.  Parnell briefed members on his succession plans.  Bill Popp (NGP Photo), President of the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation, briefed members on findings of the "Anchorage Industrial Land Assessment", providing a sober outlook on Anchorage's capacity for expansion.  Assembly Member Debbie Ossiander (NGP Photo-r) addressed the extensive history of Anchorage land [...]

7-14-09.  Former Assembly Member Allan Tesche (60, NGP Photo) passed away today following heart surgery in Houston.  Here is the ADN Story.  But here is a story that is less known.  I first met Allan in 1965 at Los Alamos High School, high on a hill above San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico, somewhere between Taos and Santa Fe.  He was a well known student leader and I was the new English teacher in town.  The 1966 Yearbook pictures Allan (NGP Photo) as a member of the Senior Executive Committee [...]