Old School Politics

Stuff that politicians are going to campaign on: the longevity bonus, state retirement debt, gas pipeline, oil and gas taxes.

Stuff that politicians may not talk about during their campaigns: rural representation fairness, fair distribution of funds with rural communities, connecting rural communities with any type of road, and moving the state capitol.

I am sure that they will argue that the state cannot afford to move the capitol in such a "critical" time while they are "negotiating" for a gas pipeline. I'm sure you have all seen the competing ads between an all-Alaska gasline and the AK-Canada gasline. I just have one little question regarding all this: what will Canada charge for building a gasline through their territories? I haven't done any research on this, but I soon will.

The politicians will certainly not want to connect disadvantaged communities to the road system, which will allow for better "access" to the greater economies. They will certainly not allow for an opportunity to build roads which may bring down the Tribal governments' and Native Corporations' lobbying costs. Like the man I spoke with yesterday said, "the oil companies can afford to send lobbyists to Juneau.

Access Party may just be the best idea I have ever come up with. I have contemplated about writing in favor of an existing party, but they are too narrow minded, inferior minded, and colonial minded. Why keep the capitol in Juneau? (Their secret in my words>>) We have safe haven to conduct business to benefit family, friends and major campaign contributors. We can conduct business behind closed doors without a large population at our doorstep to protest. We don't need to be lectured by anybody, you elected us.

I'm sure this might be a little extreme, but I am positive that you were thinking it too. So why did I say it, because I am not a politician, I have freedom of speech, and I just don't care if you don't agree with me (if you don't agree with me, you probably have political connections in Juneau, which most certainly would benefit you). Let me tell you now so you understand why a lot of people don't vote, the elected have egos bigger than Alaska and they simply do not want to benefit everyone (or they become resigned to not being able to).

I just took a look at http://www.aknativevote.com they say that if all eligible natives were to vote, they would be the largest voting bloc in Alaska. I wonder if I inspired all the natives to vote, would that mean that they could vote in their own governor election after election after election? I hope those reading this will take action.