Pat Galvin

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Our future is too bright for 'put Alaska out to pasture' fiscal plans

OPINION: If a comprehensive fiscal program were in place today, our current low oil price environment would be merely a concern and not a tsunami.

By Pat Galvin●

June 07, 2015 at 7:40 am

It's time to school our wayward lawmakers on Alaska's need for education funds

OPINION: Not only have legislative leaders cut school funding, they've gutted the public education fund to cover their own failure to pay for the budget they sent to the governor.

By Becca Bernard and Pat Galvin●

May 21, 2015 at 10:15 am

Cut school funding, and we rob Alaska's present and future

OPINION: Don't shortchange education, or Alaska will create a gap far worse than the fiscal one.

By Valerie Buckendorf and Pat Galvin●

February 13, 2015 at 5:50 pm

Community cafés will increase community involvement, strengthen schools

OPINION: Conversations over shared meals will be an effective way forward to solve problems and address challenges facing all of us on behalf of our children and their education system.

By Alison Arians, Alyse Galvin, Val Buckendorf, Pat Galvin, Aaron Poe, Sarah Sledge, Jessie Menkens, Joann Mitchell, Gretchen Stoddard, Andrea Cordano, Donna Jardin, Terry Snyder, Michelle Church, Deena Mitchell, Kelly McBride, Debby Retherford and Carole Shay●

September 03, 2014 at 6:32 pm

Stewardship of Permanent Fund precludes snap action

Global financial markets are in the midst of turmoil unseen in the past 75 years. Given this investment climate, it is no surprise that the Alaska Permanent Fund has been hit with losses similar to those suffered at other large investments funds.

By Pat Galvin●

December 03, 2008 at 10:19 pm