7 thoughts on “Tweets of the day: Wielechowski v Balash”

  1. Seriously?

    Bill Wielechowski,

    You “don’t like back room deals,” you say? And you supported the Walker-AK Democratic Party-Begich-Beltrami back room deal and switcheroo on the voters? Can you say “hypocrite.” Talk to the hand, Bill.

  3. Donlin

    BILL W IS SIMPLY A HYPOCRITE ANRI-DEVELOPMENT POLITICIAN THAT TALKS OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF HIS MOUTH. CONFIDENTIALITY WAS FINE UNDER AGIA. BUT NOT NOW? RIDICULOUS.

  4. Bill Wielechowski

    There are times when confidentiality provisions are necessary. In AGIA we had a confidentiality provision, but it was much more limited as the burden was on the organization seeking to keep something confidential to prove it was proprietary or a trade secret.

    In SB 138, the legislature, wrongly in my opinion, allowed the Commissioner to “enter into confidentiality agreements to maintain the confidentiality of information related to contract negotiations and contract implementation associated with a North Slope natural gas project.” As a lawyer, you should know that “information related to contract negotiation and contract implementation” is way too broad, and potentially allows ANY discussions related to the gasline contract to be confidential and hidden from the Alaska public. This is unnecessarily withholding information from the public and bad public policy, in my opinion.

  5. Crude is Rude - Gas is gold

    I agree with Bill Wielechowski…

    If Alaska’s legislature was a food production operation, like a school cafeteria for example…
    ..then how would we know how many flies are in our soup ??
    Will we all get botulism tomorrow ??
    Or will I get kidney failure 10 years from now ??
    There are many brands of food that I refuse to eat because I have visited and seen with my own eyes how this food is grown, sourced, and prepared.

    There is not any way you will ever quibble, tapdance, equivocate, or rationalize enough to ever convince me that daily domestic governance or business needs to be concealed.
    If you need to protect your property we have standard methods for that,
    too bad lawyers are often overpriced.
    …warfare is not a part of civilized daily life.

    …this is a truly pathetic situation.

  6. Jon K

    Why did Senator W allow for confidentiality under AGIA? Did Alaskans not deserve transparency at that time?

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