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Tag Archives: Alaska politics
Three things I did at lunchtime
This post has nothing to do with the Anchorage equal rights ordinance — aren’t you glad for a break? — but two of the things I did have to do with two of our staunch allies in that fight. The … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska politics
Tagged Alaska politics, blogs, Celtic Diva, Eddie Burke, Fargo, LGBTQ allies, Marge Gunderson, McCain/Palin 2008, Meghan Stapleton, Sarah Palin, Shannyn Moore
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Equality Works fundraiser
Usually Friday nights for me are home nights. After all, that’s the night “Battlestar Galactica” is on! Except that… “Battlestar Galactica” is over [sigh]. But [brightening up] at least I have the DVDs! Okay, well, that’s the night “Dollhouse” is … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska politics, Ordinance
Tagged Alaska politics, Anchorage, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, Equality Works, lgbtq
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Channel 11 interview, part 1 (the video)
It was a surprise to me: around 10:30 or so this morning I got a call at work, on my direct line, from someone identifying himself as a reporter. I’m not entirely unused to getting calls from reporters — faculty … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska politics, Anchorage, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, KTVA Channel 11 News, lgbtq, politics
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Same-sex marriage: A personal history
Good news from Maine Wednesday: its legislature passed, & its governor signed, a law making it legal for same-sex couples to marry. This makes Maine the 5th state in the U.S., after Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, & Iowa, to grant the … Continue reading
WAR goes down! 23 yeas, 35 nays!
WAR goes down! 23 yeas, 35 nays. Repeat: Wayne Anthony Ross will NOT be Alaska Attorney General. We fought the good fight, people, and we WON! The lima beans of the state are dancing. And so, I bet, are Alaska … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Alaska politics, politics, Sarah Palin, Wayne Anthony Ross (WAR)
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Alaska newspaper editorials against WAR
At least one of Alaska’s daily newspapers have come out editorially against the confirmation of Wayne Anthony Ross to be Alaska’s attorney general: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner — “Reject Ross: Nominee for top legal post is wrong man for the job” … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Alaska politics, antigay, lima beans, politics, Sarah Palin, Wayne Anthony Ross (WAR)
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WAR's antigay letter to the Alaska Bar Association, 1993
You’ve heard about it, now here it is: the famous letter written by Wayne Anthony Ross to the Alaska Bar Association and published in the Alaska Bar Rag in the early 1990s (turns out it was 1993) which referred to … Continue reading
Jay Ramras: "We won't necessarily be coloring within the lines"
Representative Jay Ramras, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, doesn’t seem to mind joining Alaska attorney general-nominee Wayne Anthony Ross — not to mention Gov. Sarah Palin herself — in coloring outside the lines of Alaska state law. Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Alaska politics, Jay Ramras, politics, rule of law, Sarah Palin, Wayne Anthony Ross (WAR)
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Pro-WAR = anti-LAW
Just last night I posted about the opinions that Alaska attorneys with direct experience dealing with Attorney General-nominee Wayne Anthony Ross have of WAR’s mediocre legal abilities: His middling scores on the Alaska Bar Association surveys when he applied for … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Alaska politics, politics, Sarah Palin, Wayne Anthony Ross (WAR)
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Anti-WAR letter: Opposing Wayne Anthony Ross
I’m a writer-blogger, not a political blogger — though I did try it out a little last fall after Palin became a vice-presidential candidate. But it proved too emotionally exhausting for me, & other Alaska progressive bloggers were doing it … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Alaska Legislature, Alaska politics, letter, lima beans, politics, Sarah Palin, Wayne Anthony Ross (WAR)
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