Comments on: Inside/Outside morning news roundup for 12.29

By: AH HA

AH HA — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 19:17:27 +0000

In reply to Lynn Willis. As an alternative we can always raise the rent on the federal government. They ought to pay through the nose until the day comes that the percentage of land locked up in Federal Hands in New York is the same as in Alaska

By: Lynn Willis

Lynn Willis — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 00:56:13 +0000

Regarding the coliform contamination in Cottonwood Creek; do I see a way to save the State of Alaska another potential $449,000 by saving up to $425,000 of state spending to reduce water way pollution plus $24,000 of grant funds from Alaska Clean Water Actions ? I suppose some of this is already federal money;however, couldn’t we at least “re-appropriate” it to a more worthy cause?
How to deal with poop contamination in Wasilla’s Cottonwood Creek is a great example of how our elected officials are going to have to deal with our future in these times of declining revenues. According to the linked article, currently state government funds are being used to monitor the contamination level and to help mitigate the problem; however, facing our fiscal future should any state funds be expended for this problem? Henceforth, should this be treated as a local government problem and any funds required for monitoring and/or mitigation be paid by local residents?
Or, should our leaders simply ignore the situation in Cottonwood Creek and “hope” nothing happens to harm anyone or their property? Or perhaps they might wait until the Federal EPA becomes involved, then, to save face, some of them can claim all necessary funds to address this problem have been owed to us since statehood or perhaps these same elected officials might authorize state funds to sue the Feds for interfering in state affairs.

By: AH HA

AH HA — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:49:23 +0000

Wow! Given what we have been hearing Rand Paul say at speeches and events over the last year or two, Charles Koch sounds like he is laying down the ground work for supporting Rand Paul in a Presidential run.

And that promises to be lots of fun… It’ll make lots of the ‘old guard’ in the GOP pretty nervous.

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:53:01 +0000

Interesting break-even production chart by Citi Group. There is a lot of oil that is far cheaper to get out of the ground than anything in Alaska. Focus on the second chart and look to the far right and there is Point Thompson, not a good place.

http://www.businessinsider.com/citi-breakeven-oil-production-prices-2014-11

By: John Q. Public

John Q. Public — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:47:30 +0000

Medicaid payments (to providers), not “statements.”

By: John Q. Public

John Q. Public — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:46:29 +0000

Re the The Frontiersman story “about how the snafus in the state’s Medicaid program are affecting local providers.”

This is about a State-funded contract to make Medicaid statements that has been all bollixed up. In fact, it was all bollixed up when Parnell- certain commissioners- were complaining about the initial hiccups in the Obamacare online system. Later his campaign and certain commissioners were still at it.

At least the feds pretty much fixed their system. That’s more than Parnell and his fellow hypocrites in the former administration did with theirs.