ADN by Alex DeMarban.  What Are Alaska Politicians' New Year's Wishes?


 

www.danfagan.us.  Not trying to be cynical here but can someone please explain to me why Republican Sen. Kevin Meyer is demanding the average Alaskan give up more of their hard earned money via a new sales tax while at the same time state leaders for all practical purposes refuse to cut the bloated budget. I can see politicians like Meyer asking you for more of your cash if they had shown any kind of effort controlling state spending. They have not.  (More….)

ADN by Annie Zak.  Sen. Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, said in an email this week to 14 state senators that “in light of the taxation legislation package recently submitted by the governor, it seems a statewide sales tax should also be part of the discussion.”​

Meyer and House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, later said the Legislature would pursue deeper cuts but didn’t offer many concrete ideas for how to close the budget gap.

Meyer, who didn’t respond to repeated requests for comment, said in the email that he has requested a draft of a sales tax bill — to be modeled on proposed legislation from the House Special Committee on Ways and Means from 2003 — “that can be used to bring the discussion forward.”  (More here….)