Comments on: Keithley releases legislative ‘hit list’

By: Shattered

Shattered — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 22:07:32 +0000

Mr. Keithley, I must disagree with you on Anand Dubey. Take a good look at his tenure as Director with the Department of Administration. He is anything but fiscally responsible and has no business in any capacity as a public official. According to Anand, he was a superstar in that capacity. The truth is far different than his version.

I will not go into detail, but there are many reasons that Anand is unfit for public office. I went through four administrations and six Directors in that division, and he was by far the least competent.

I do not know much about Matt Claman, but I am certain that he is a far better choice than Anand Dubey. There are few people that I worked with at the State of Alaska that are less fit for public office.

By: Mae

Mae — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:07:37 +0000

*waves at Brad*

By: Garand Fellow

Garand Fellow — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:03:45 +0000

In reply to Shame on You. I haven't always agreed with Mia Costello since she has been a legislator but I have found her to be extremely hard-working, scrupulously honest, and easily as intelligent as anyone can hope to be. She is a caring conservative whereas I am simply a conservative, but she works so hard it is entirely worthwhile to overlook the shortcoming she has in this regard. I consider Mia to be one of the great Alaskans of her generation, and she is a good shot.

By: Shame on You

Shame on You — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:19:58 +0000

In reply to Rebecca Logan.

@Rebecca:

Go to Brad Keithley’s website (blog) where he has publicly shared results of the candidate surveys. Some like Mia Costello, Bill Stoltze and quite a few Republicans did not even bother answering the questionnaire, which is a good indication that the Republicans that did not send their responses were the same ones which created the $2 billion deficit problems in the State of Alaska. I suggest you do some of your own research on the REPUBLICANS who are currently in office, have been responsible for the HUGE deficits in the last 4 years and the ones that “feign” fiscal prudence, and the ones that have NOT bothered to send responses to Brad’s questionnaire. Guess what? Almost all the Republicans I’m describing are the ones that fall into the above categories I’ve just described.

By: Shame on You

Shame on You — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:06:39 +0000

To Brad Keithley:

How about you support Clare Ross and get rid of that “liberal” pretending to be fiscal conservative Mia Costello? You said you would like to put your money where your mouth is right? Then put your money to work to get rid of Mia Costello. Costello is a real piece of work. She supports nonsense such as minimum wage and has been part of the finance committee on the legislature bringing on huge $2 billion deficits in the last 4 years. I see Mia Costello as a REAL problem. I think its high time we get rid of this career politician who cares nothing about Alaska, but cares more about climbing the political ladder. I believe from your own records, Mia didn’t even bother to send your fiscal sustainability questionnaire back to you. That should tell you something. Mia is part of the “corrupt bastards club.”

By: LysanderSpooner

LysanderSpooner — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 04:56:57 +0000

I wonder who the two senators are. Mike Dunleavy, in the Valley, would be a great target. Not only is he part of the free-spending gang, he also wasted huge amounts of legislative time, on the public dime, pushing a radical revision to the state constitution that he knew from the start was unpopular with Alaskans.

He is also a first-termer, so he should be less firmly mired in the muck of incumbency.

By: Lynn Willis

Lynn Willis — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 04:18:02 +0000

Sixty members in the Alaska State Legislature and Mr. Keithley could spend $200,000 to defeat three of them and elect one more? That would cost $50,000 per legislator. I assume his tactic to defeat includes financial support for their opponents. Now if those he financed can avoid an ethics problem for appearing to vote based on a campaign contribution, remain true until time for re-election, not be rendered ineffective by banishment from the majority caucus for failure to support the budget, and require no further funding for re-election from Mr. Keithley, he can, over the next few election cycles, have the other 56 for a mere $2,800,000.
Or, he could focus, perhaps for less money and in a much shorter period of time, on the Governor’s race because the Governor has the authority per Article 2, Section 15 of the Alaska Constitution to: “…by veto, strike or reduce items in appropriations” regardless of what the legislature proposes. The current Governor did not veto one penny from the latest legislative budget so maybe that is a race to look into.

By: Rebecca Logan

Rebecca Logan — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 22:59:32 +0000

In reply to Rebecca Logan. I apologize for suggesting that the Ethan who wrote this might be someone benefiting from the expenditures. It has been pointed out to me that is not the case. Sorry to both Ethans!

By: Rebecca Logan

Rebecca Logan — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 22:16:44 +0000

Ethan – what are you talking about? Brad isn’t supporting candidates based on their merit. He is opposing incumbents who didn’t do exactly what he wanted them to do and who he feels are easy targets -not the worst offenders – and supporting their opponents who, by their APOC reports and endorsements, show that they are not likely to be fiscally conservative. In the other races he is supporting brand new candidates who have only words to judge – not actions. But if this is Ethan who’s firm is benefitting financially from Brad doing this – got it. PS – Where are the survey results? Brad promised to share them. I’d like to see the written answers that led to Brad’s decisions.

By: Garand Fellow

Garand Fellow — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:48:29 +0000

So for the next 5 weeks this fellow is going to spend $40,000 per week to defeat 3 candidates. How is he going to do that?

Stand this guy in front of a wind-powered generator where he can amount to something real.