Comment: 

Peninsula Clarion by Rashah McChesney.  

It was a friendly gathering, but Alaska LNG project representatives found themselves in the hot seat on Thursday during the first of two informal community meetings planned in Nikiski.

For two hours, community stakeholder adviser Josselyn O’Connor and socioeconomic adviser Mark Jennings fielded questions ranging from 

Yesterday's Forum On Alaska's Fiscal and Economic Future verified that Alaska has no consensus for avoiding the fiscal cliff.

Alaska's future is the product of its own decisions, and that future looks dire. Only exceptional leadership can knit together the remedy and that leadership is noticably absent, at present.

We'll have more comment in the coming days. Today, we are left with the image of Nero fiddling while viewing the burning of Rome from his rooftop terrace…

The Governor and/or legislature should be calling for a special session on Alaska's disastrous fiscal fix, rather than debating whether to invest 25% equity (that we don't have) into a gas pipeline.  -dh

Reference:  https://northerngaspipelines.com/cont…/9-18-15-whos-first