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Spotlight on Juneau "An Informed Voter Is The Best Defense Against Bad Government"
"Spotlight on Juneau" September 22, 2003
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RALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE PERMANENT FUND!!!
A House Special Committee on Ways & Means will hold public workshops in Anchorage at the Legislative Information Office (716 W. 4th Ave) on Tuesday September 23.
The agenda is as follows:
10:00 a.m. Statehood and the Equal Stand Doctrine 11:00 a.m. Permanent Fund debates Noon -- Break 1:30 p.m. The Permanent Fund Dividend 2:30 p.m. Current operations of the Permanent Fund Corporation 3:30 p.m. POMV Subcommittee 6:00 p.m. Public Hearing
From 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. are "listen only" sessions. Public testimony will begin at 6:00 p.m. and every Alaskan is encouraged to attend and participate.
Alaskans should remember the following facts:
Governor Murkowski's "endowment plan", a.k.a. the P. O. M. V. (percent of market value) plan, if approved by a vote of the people, will eliminate constitutional protection of the Permanent Fund principal. Becoming extinct under their plan is inflation proofing of the fund. This endowment plan also invites legislative appropriation of the dividend. Their plan is all about providing a steady flow of revenue for funding state government at existing levels!
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE???
You can LISTEN to the meeting between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on the internet. Then comment during the public hearing session beginning at 6:00 p.m. Click HERE to find out if your local Legislative Information Office will be a teleconference site.
You can attend a rally in support of the Permanent Fund. These rally's will be held in front of each Legislative Information Office between 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Then comment during the public hearing session beginning at 6:00 p.m. If possible take a handwritten sign with your message to the legislature printed on it!
You can call or send an email to your friends, business associates, neighbors, and family statewide and encourage EVERYONE to get involved!
You can send a message to the legislators attending this workshop and hearing. House Special Committee on Ways & Means include the following Representatives: HAWKER (R - Anchorage) [Co-Chair] WHITAKER (R - Fairbanks) [Co-Chair] Heinze (R - Anchorage) Kohring (R - Wasilla) Rokeberg (R - Anchorage) Weyhrauch (R - Juneau) Wilson (R - Wrangell) Gruenberg (D - Anchorage) Moses (D - Unalaska)
The House P.O.M.V. Subcommittee include the following Representatives: MEYER (R - Anchorage) [Chair] Chenault (R - North Kenai) Whitaker (R - Fairbanks) Hawker (R - Anchorage) Joule (D - Kotzebue) Croft (D - Anchorage)
Or you can do NOTHING and lose the Permanent Fund forever!!!
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Please forward this message to everyone you know in Alaska, and ask them to do the same. Everyone is welcome and strongly encouraged to join AK Voters. It is absolutely FREE to join, and each member automatically receives future issues of the "Spotlight on Juneau ". Working together we CAN and WILL make a positive difference for Alaska's future!
Have you sent a letter to the legislature and governor lately? Click HERE and send your message in support of HJR 3/SJR 19 which will allow the public to vote whether to put the PFD into Alaska's Constitution, away from the clutches of our governor and legislature!
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