Joe Mehrkens

Alaska statesmanship is dead for all practical purposes — the victim of gerrymandering, big money and where conflicts of interest are rarely an impediment. The Legislature’s repeated failure to even debate our fiscal crisis is the epitome of this death. Now, many citizens see that our second best solution is term limits. I fully agree. Our solvable … Continue reading It’s time for term limits for the Alaska Legislature

OPINION: Those in favor of saving SB21 from a referendum rest their position on fallacies; Alaskans will suffer higher taxes if we don't repeal the tax cuts.

The Sealaska land exchange is being touted as jobs bill. Indeed, Sealaska does provide local employment -- about 400 jobs by one estimate. Unfortunately, most of the jobs in the past have been in booms and busts related to logging.