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The “Build the Line!’ rally Tuesday demanded that legislators answer the wrong question.

See if you can spot what’s wrong with the question. And see if you can spot what’s wrong with the answer given by 10 Republicans and Democrats who showed up at the rally in Fairbanks.

Here’s the question:

“Are you willing to pass a bill that meets the needs and r...


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The “Build the Line!” propaganda campaign is perfect for people who think that numbers don’t matter.

The cost of the line doesn’t matter. The cost of the gas doesn’t matter. The cost of construction doesn’t matter. The details of the contract the state signed with Glenfarne don’t matter.

All that matters is allowing uninformed politicians to lead angry crowds in ...


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Unless another candidate files for State Senate Seat Q today, now held by Robb Myers, the seat will go to Rep. Frank Tomaszewski as the two men enacted a secret plan to have Myers retire and Tomaszewski file for the Legislature in his place.

Myers file...


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The “Build the Line!” pressure campaign against the Legislature by Glenfarne and the Republican Party is oversimplified gasbaggery.

The company and the GOP are trying to con Alaskans into strong-arming legislators under the cover of the “Build the Line!” slogan, claiming that there is nothing for the Legislature to do but cut taxes and get out of the way.

It’s an ...


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I want to pay tribute today to Elstun Lauesen II, who was lucky to have two names that strangers misspelled and mispronounced from Badger Road to Harvard Square and back during his 81 years.

He was a good friend of my brother Patrick from the mid-1970s on, while my twin brother and I enjoyed his company and marveled at his wit, especially with the alchemy that occurred ...


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