The decision by the Assembly to terminate half of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum staff and endanger the viability of the museum serves as an example of the haphazard way the city sets priorities.

Jose Tagle is a business owner who wants to serve East Anchorage residents in the Alaska House of Representatives. But it seems he didn’t understand the state law that requires candidates for public office to file a financial disclosure statement. He submitted a completely blank form.

In terms of sending ballots by mail, many civic-minded people are elderly or disabled and they deserve to have the vote-by-mail option.

During the legislative conference committee debate on the Alaska LNG project, House Speaker Bryce Edgmon questioned whether the Legislature had enough time to move the project forward. That concern deserves consideration. But as the owner of a Kenai business that has supported Alaska's energy industry for decades, I see another side of the equation: Alaska no longer has the luxury of waiting.

Until last week, Alaska voters were facing one important decision on this year’s ballot to choose elected officials who work for the public, not political parties.

I have written before about the Trump administration’s headlong rush to adopt regulations that stifle dissent and force conformity to its ideological bent.

There’s a strange bit of cognitive dissonance sitting in Juneau mailboxes right now.

Eaglecrest is the crown jewel of our recreational facilities. Whether you ski or not, everyone knows someone who met their future spouse, taught their kids to ski, watched their teens ski race, hiked the ridge for the 360-degree view or enjoyed their retirement at Eaglecrest. Our local ski area was created and still treasured by those with a love of lifelong, healthy winter activities.

For far too long, bipartisanship and compromises have been dirty words in American politics. It may be part of the reason why Congress’s approval rating recently fell to an all-time low while the percentage of independent voters is at an all-time high.

Nine years ago Bill Walker, in his last year as governor of Alaska, sat in the laborer’s union in Fairbanks and signed House Bill 331. It had been passed in the last three days of that year’s session. Walker accompanied his signature ceremony with a shockingly untrue mantra about jobs, oil company investment, and basically the standard mythology that accompanies any legislation that directs more Alaska public resources into resource development corporate hands.

Juneau is a great place to live and work. We either grow or we stagnate. We need to put the pieces of this puzzle together, get past our habitual sclerosis by process and productively and positively manage our growth.

My Gmail account was hacked last week. So much for spending the Fourth of July eating ice cream — after hot dogs first, of course. I spent much of my Saturday resetting passwords, signing out, taking a digital shower and signing back in.