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The Botched Election: Mel Green & Linda Kellen Biegel on the 2012 Anchorage municipal election

Friday, 3 August 2012 – 5:15 PM | Comments Off on The Botched Election: Mel Green & Linda Kellen Biegel on the 2012 Anchorage municipal election
Melissa S. Green (left) and Linda Kellen Biegel

Melissa S. Green of Bent Alaska and Linda Kellen Biegel of The Mudflats were were the guests last week of Alaska Commons for an hour-long on-camera discussion of issues surrounding the botched April 3, 2012 Anchorage municipal election. Alaska Commons posted video from the discussion last Friday; we repost it here, with some additional commentary.

How to eat red herring, or, Prevo’s response to the MOA tax assessor ruling

Monday, 16 July 2012 – 4:57 PM | One Comment
Jerry Prevo of the Anchorage Baptist Temple

In August 2011, court documents in the divorce of Allen Prevo, son of Anchorage Baptist Temple pastor Jerry Prevo, raised questions about the actual ownership of certain ABT properties benefiting from religious property tax exemptions. Now, nearly a year later, Municipality of Anchorage tax assessor Marty McGee has ruled that $61,000 in back taxes are owed on two of those properties. ABT pastor Jerry Prevo is already marshaling his arguments. What will they be? Chances are, they’ll include an unhealthy, high-sodium serving of red herring.

Anchorage Baptist Temple prepares to enter Prop 5 debate, as tax assessor’s investigation continues

Wednesday, 29 February 2012 – 8:00 AM | One Comment
Anchorage Baptist Temple prepares to enter Prop 5 debate, as tax assessor’s investigation continues

After a period of relative silence, Anchorage Baptist Temple is now preparing to raise its head in public discussion on Proposition 5. ABT associate pastor Glenn Clary filed on February 21 with the Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) as chair of a new group called “Protect Your Freedoms Vote No on Prop 5.

Prevo divorce documents raise “loosey-goosey” questions about Anchorage Baptist Temple house

Monday, 29 August 2011 – 8:04 AM | 37 Comments
Prevo divorce documents raise “loosey-goosey” questions about Anchorage Baptist Temple house

Court documents in the divorce of Allen Prevo, son of Anchorage Baptist Temple pastor Jerry Prevo, and Holly Jo Prevo raise questions about ABT religious exemption housing. Or, in the judge’s words, “if there was a tax appraiser or a reporter from the Anchorage Daily News, things would not look good… it’s pretty loosey-goosey to me.”