4-26-16 Alaska's Fiscal Crisis Continues. Later This Week, We Explain Why And How The State Can Prosper Again!

4-26-16 Alaska’s Fiscal Crisis Continues. Later This Week, We Explain Why And How The State Can Prosper Again!

Juneau Empire. The Alaska Legislature is being evicted.

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By May 1, renovations to the Alaska Capitol will force lawmakers to a new location for continued work to fix Alaska’s $4 billion budget deficit. … “It’s my desire and, I think, most of us here in the Senate, that since we’re in regular session and sessions are held in Juneau, we’re going to do it here,” said Senate President Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, on Monday afternoon. … the 98th day of the Legislature and voters in 2006 ordered lawmakers to stick to a 90-day limit written into state law, legislators have tended to ignore that and stick to the 121-day limit enshrined in the Alaska Constitution. That limit was approved by voters who approved a constitutional amendment in 1984. ….

More: http://juneauempire.com/state/2016-04-25/lawmakers-likely-stay-juneau-session-continues

Anchorage Daily Planet by Paul Jenkins. … The stampede to fix Alaska’s more than $4 billion budget sinkhole triggered by plunging oil prices and lagging production is beginning to feel a lot like that — a desperate search for a lightning-quick answer to a thorny problem, under lousy conditions, for dubious reasons. The question? Is quick necessarily best when you are facing a complicated, even Byzantine, task, whether it is brain surgery or fixing Alaska’s fiscal mess? … More: http://juneauempire.com/state/2016-04-25/lawmakers-likely-stay-juneau-session-continues

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.