Anchorage Edition: August 24, 2007

Fri, August 24, 2007
Posted in Anchorage Edition

Host Michael Carey gathers journalists and commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska.

Representative Mike Kelly (R-Fairbanks) has called on Senator Ted Stevens, Representative Don Young and others to resign.
Anchorage Assemblyman Dan Sullivan wants to change the way Anchorage officials are elected.
The new oil tax the Legislature instituted last year will bring in some $800 million less than predicted.
Florida officials don’t want the $10 million Congressman Don Young appropriated for Coconut Road near Fort Myers.
Todd Palin, Governor Sarah Palin’s husband, returns to work for BP. This inevitably raises the question of conflict of interest.
The last hurrah of the Murkowski jet.

HOST: Michael Carey, independent journalist

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