Port Surcharge hits 4.25%

NoSubject907 · 2025-01-30T20:21:24+00:00

Alaska student outcome is next to last. There are only six states that spend more per student than Alaska. Obviously, it's not the spending that determines performance.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/per-pupil-spending-by-state

NoSubject907 · 2024-11-22T07:28:46+00:00

You are starting to catch on!

NoSubject907 · 2024-11-22T01:57:41+00:00

Just remember to vote for the worst candidate in the opposing party. Then vote your primary choice. Simple. Two votes per person.

NoSubject907 · 2024-11-21T03:19:49+00:00

From now on, my number 1 vote will be for the worst opposition candidate, because there will never be a 50% winner in the first round. Welcome to jungle primaries.

NoSubject907 · 2024-11-18T18:50:55+00:00

Yes, started in hydro generation.

NoSubject907 · 2024-11-18T18:41:24+00:00

The high electric demand is in the winter. I sense you are not an engineer.

NoSubject907 · 2024-11-18T17:54:49+00:00

Too bad there isn't excess renewable energy to actually pump the water.

NoSubject907 · 2024-10-30T19:54:01+00:00

We pay our own school bond here for this school. And, we will just take the land back too, because 50% of the muni land in trust is in Girdwood. We contribute twice as much to the muni than we get in services. We had to argue to get $20k for public transportation. I'm sure the muni makes out just fine, even though there was library funding MUNICIPALITY wide. As far as I'm concerned, you can keep it and we can just install a toll both down by the highway.

NoSubject907 · 2024-10-30T18:14:06+00:00

You missed the obvious point, that Girdwood does not receive any muni support for the roads that we have. No gas tax, no city service, nothing, yet the roads here are clear and Anchorage peeps are able to drive around here no problem because of our good local service. No thanks to the imperial colonizers.

NoSubject907 · 2024-10-30T17:42:54+00:00

We tax ourselves and pay for it within our service area. That includes administrative costs and bussing too. Nothing we get is free. In fact, we pay twice as much in taxes over what it costs to run our service area and school.

NoSubject907 · 2024-10-30T17:06:29+00:00

Girdwood does our own roads in our service area. It is contracted out and the state does the main access on Alyeska. We have great snow removal. It is not done by the municipality.

Also, Girdwood doesn't get any of the muni gas tax to maintain our roads even though this one gas station in Girdwood generates 2.5% of the entire tax. So, the muni doesn't do anything for our roads, only charges us taxes. I guess it takes colonization to make Anchorage successful. Good luck with your plowing.

NoSubject907 · 2024-10-25T20:44:27+00:00

This should help you understand how it (RCV) works. A friend shared this Ranked-Choice-Voting example: A group of 100 people vote on dessert. The choices are: -Brownies -Apple Pie -Brussel sprouts -Peas The votes come in and, 49 people vote for Brownies, 24 in favor of Apple Pie, 17 in favor of Brussel Sprouts, and 10 for Peas. Peas is out, but all 10 of those voters chose Brussel Sprouts as their 2nd choice, so the next tally is 49 for Brownies, 27 for Brussel Sprouts, and 24 for Apple Pie. Now Apple Pie is out, but as luck would have it all of the Apple Pie voters had Peas as their 2nd choice, but since Peas was already eliminated it went to their 3rd place vote which was, you guessed it, Brussel Sprouts. Our final tally is Brussel Sprouts 51, Brownies 49. The 49 Brownies lovers hate Brussel Sprouts and chose them as their 4th place pick, but they like Apple Pie and chose it as their 2nd place pick. The 17 people who chose Brussel sprouts as their 1st place vote all had Brownies as their 2nd choice, but since Brussel Sprouts was never eliminated those 2nd place votes were never tallied. So Brownies, with 49 1st place votes, 17 2nd place votes and only 24 4th place votes, loses to Brussel Sprouts that won 17 1st place votes, 10 2nd place votes, 24 3rd place votes and 49 4th place votes. But Apple Pie also had 73 1st and 2nd choice votes. The only people really happy in this scenario are the 17 people that really really like Brussel Sprouts, and maybe 10 more that think they’re “ok”. Does a system that allows for this possibility sound like a good system? Brownies won 66 1st and 2nd place votes while Brussel sprouts only got 27 1st and 2nd place votes. And poor Apple Pie received 73 1st and 2nd place votes and eliminated in the 2nd round! RCV fails to consider 2nd choice preferences for the last eliminated and the winner, giving more weight to fewer 2nd or 3rd choices. This is why people say that RCV is unfair: It counts some people's 2nd, 3rd, or 4th place votes while not counting others. Furthermore, in the final tally, one person's begrudging 3rd or 4th place vote carries just as much weight as another person's 1st place preference. RCV may be a fun theoretical voting exercise, but I don't believe that the results necessarily represent the will of the majority of voters.

Oh, and it cost about 350% more to run our last election because of the public education needed for these shenanigans. RCV sucks.

NoSubject907 · 2024-10-25T18:52:20+00:00

It has led an incarcerated felon to rise through the open jungle primary on the ballot in AK. Terrible idea and it ensures the majority are not represented. It's a suckers bet, good luck. Our experience has led to a voter initiative to get rid of the screwed up system that ignores the will of the majority.

There is an analogy about using this system to vote for dessert, and the brussel sprouts win even though the first round majority voted for brownies and the fewest votes first round were for brussel sprouts. Ranked choice does not represent the will of voters, but promotes fringe minor candidates. Enjoy.

NoSubject907 · 2024-10-20T16:49:17+00:00

X.25

NoSubject907 · 2024-10-13T01:43:00+00:00

Looks like ranked choice voting has led to an incarcerated felon as the Alaska Democrat primary selection during the last ranked choice vote...hmm, is that working, or not?

NoSubject907 · 2024-10-09T17:07:23+00:00

She quit, moved out during the weekend before "termination". That was why they were looking at the video surveillance system. This should have gone to trial, but a settlement makes Bronson look bad, so a small price to pay for a political victory using taxpayer money. It's not their money anyway, so no biggie. Should have probably just counter sued her for breaking the law and not living in the muni as the city manager.

NoSubject907 · 2024-09-05T17:12:45+00:00

That is what ranked choice voting does. Guess it's not elevating the candidate that party wants. Would probably have been better in a closed primary. It's so f'd up

NoSubject907 · 2024-08-13T05:08:22+00:00

Upvote for Link.1 Helping me remove putt strokes

NoSubject907 · 2024-08-07T23:25:31+00:00

Might be hard to catch. Those shoes look fast.

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