Kevin McCabe (R – Big Lake)
It is telling that none of the House or Senate finance committee co-chairs are part of the group. The next meeting is this Wednesday at 2 pm at the Anchorage LIO. Don’t hold your breath for a comprehensive plan. There has been several of these groups over the decades. Zero has changed. There are three levers: Permanent Fund, spending, revenues. That’s it. A comprehensive plan will require pulling a bit on all three, which is unlikely. And even if they manage to do the impossible, whatever results from the group will still need to go through the legislative process. Which means a bill that goes to at the very least the finance committees and then the floor. The next special session is set to start in just over three weeks. But according to many at the meeting, it won’t begin until the group is finished. As I said last week, most legislators do not want to go back to Juneau in August. My bet is it gets pushed back to September. In addition to the fi
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Artsline - Celebrate Independence with History, Arts, and Music!
Henrico County of Recreation and Parks brings Red, White, and Lights, a Fourth of July celebration at Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park, featuring the Richmond Symphony. See below for details.
Artsline: Virtual Edition || June 28, 2021
“First, freedom is never free; in fact, it has always been bought at great cost, whether on the battlefield, in the legislative assembly, in the law courts, in the schoolroom, or in synagogues, temples or churches. Also, it is never self-perpetuating, but has had to be re-won again and again.” ~Author unknown, 1960s
Independence Day means so much more this year as we celebrate our freedom to be with each other and enjoy the amazing art, culture and history this region has to offer. Let us, too, remember the sacrifice that has gone before us – this past year and in years gone by. And also remember there is so much work left to do in order to bring our community back to
Think the system is broken, as in not working the way it was intended? Think you only have two options? Think politicians are the problem? In a series of videos, Gehl breaks down common misconceptions and misunderstandings about the way our political industry works.
A vibrant democracy depends on two factors: the scope of participation and the depth of participation. In other words, how many different kinds of people can participate and what is the extent of that participation. Generally, democracy reformers have aimed to