1. In a back-of-the-envelope atmosphere near the end of its meeting Monday, the state retirement board approved a 1-year cut to contributions to the health care portion of the state pension systems. #akleg #akgov 2. I missed the importance of this 1-year cut when it took place. I went back and listened to the recording again today. The board cut FY 23 health care payments to zero on grounds that the system is overfunded. This gives Dunleavy what he wanted in a different manner. #akgov

1. Dunleavy revenue commissioner Lucinda Mahoney needs to go. This latest proposal from Mahoney and Dunleavy would disguise the financial health of state retirement assets by assuming the current market value, not longterm performance, is a foundation for action. 2. Here is a sample of the reckless or false information she has presented in recent months. "The timeline doesn't work."

1. On Feb. 2, @adndotcom posted a press release from Gov. Mike Dunleavy saying "this is Alaska's time to think big" on the gas line. He said it is closer than ever. Most Alaska newspapers printed the same press release, without asking questions. #akleg #akgov 2. In Dunleavy's press release, he misled the public by suggesting his pipeline dream would be a private venture. "The good news is that, in addition to private funding, there is a strong possibility of federal funding." #akleg #akgov

1. Just before the pandemic, John Binkley, a political ally of @GovDunleavy, whose family owns @adndotcom, announced plans for a group to fight the recall, which had been illegally blocked by former AG Kevin Clarkson. #akleg #akgov
dermotcole.com/reportingfroma… 2. Clarkson’s illegal stalling and the pandemic stalled the recall. Now comes @adndotcom with another high-handed defense of Dunleavy, linking his recall to Felix Rivera, claiming it is a similar situation. #akleg #akgov
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1. Former Gov. Sean Parnell and former Sen. Mark Begich are each getting hundreds of dollars an hour for promoting the Dunleavy gas pipeline dream—which consists of hoping the feds will pay $4.5 billion for it. #akleg #akgov 2. Parnell and Begich teamed up last year to offer high-profile support for Dunleavy's point of view on raiding the Permanent Fund and opposing the election initiative. The state contracts should have been disclosed. Parnell signed in April. Begich in Sept. #akgov

The revelation that @GovDunleavy gave a gas line consulting contract to former Gov. Sean Parnell, at the “discount” rate of $450 an hour, starting April 30, 2020, puts this April 24 Parnell/Begich plug for bigger PFDs in a new light. #akleg #akgov A similar valuable gas line contract with Begich followed in the fall. The Dunleavy administration never announced or revealed why it hired the two for a total cost of close to $250,000. #akleg #akgov

1. I've had second thoughts about the value of the extensive weasel words the @adndotcom published from the lips of @SenDanSullivan the other day. Thanks to @AK_OK for offering this profile in evasion. I've added annotation.
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adn.com/politics/2021/… 2. Sullivan covers for Trump, the inciter-in-chief with a deflection, never admitting that Trump lit the fuse. "I think had the president accepted the election results earlier and repudiated the mob violence earlier and more forcefully, it could have had an impact yesterday.”

1. The claim by @repdonyoung, who is running against @AlyseGalvin, that he changed his position on the "beer virus" only "when it became serious" is nonsense. COVID was serious when Young called it the beer virus on March 13. But the oldest Congressman was seriously inattentive. 2. “This is blown out of proportion about how deadly this is. It’s deadly but it’s not nearly as deadly as the other viruses we have. But we respond, I’ll call it the hysteria concept,” Young said on March 13.

1. @GovDunleavy pretended Tuesday that he learned of Kevin Clarkson’s pursuit of a young, low-level state employee that day. He said Clarkson did the right thing to quit. #akleg 2. But Dunleavy knew about this “deeply disappointing” behavior for months. Clarkson was suspended without pay starting Aug.1, which Dunleavy kept secret from state employees and the public. Clarkson was due back Sept. 1.