Anchorage Edition: February 13, 2009

Fri, February 20, 2009
Posted in Anchorage Edition

Each week, host Michael Carey gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics this week include:

Attorney General Talis Colberg suddenly resigns from the Palin administration. Was it due to some ethical disagreement? Burnout?
Is ‘Troopergate’ now behind us?
Stimulus plan is getting through Congress and there’s money for Alaska. What will we do with it? Will it create jobs?
President Obama suggests Alaska’s natural gas line project has “great potential”
Is the natural gas line a market-compatible project?
Alaska Permanent Fund has lost billions in this market, and a lot of finger-pointing has ensued
Will there be a Permanent Fund Dividend this year?
A two-lane Knik Arm Crossing bridge project may now cost $700 million, according to a new estimate; the report also suggested the project would take more than 3.5 years to complete
An Anchorage group is promoting a “tax cap” law, possibly up for a public vote
The Rasmuson Foundation announced a reduction in grant sizes and numbers based on losses in their endowment
Government bureaucrats and appointees have been going to the Legislature making the case for their budgets

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HOST: Michael Carey, freelance editorial writer for the Anchorage Daily News

GUESTS:

Paul Jenkins, conservative commentator
Frank Gerjevich, editorial writer, Anchorage Daily News
Gregg Erickson, editor-at-large, Alaska Budget Report

KSKA (FM) BROADCAST: Friday, February 13, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.

KAKM (TV) BROADCAST: Friday, February 13, 2009 at 9:00 p.m.; repeats Saturday, February 14 at 5:00 p.m.

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