Giessel-Newsletter

Dear friends and neighbors, Money Choices What a title for this week’s newsletter! Not exactly an appealing opener. But its reality.

Dear friends and neighbors, My staff and I are all Alaskans who graduated from public school. Four of us graduated from Alaska public schools. Education funding is still front and center. The House and Senate majorities agree on almost all points but are still working to find alignment with the Governor’s office.

Dear friends and neighbors, The hot topic this week is education. Should a child’s ability to read depend on the price of a barrel of oil? I say no, it should not. Our Constitution requires the State to “maintain a system of public schools open to all children of the State…”

Dear friends and neighbors, The Senate Resources committee opened our work last week with hearings on Cook Inlet gas supply for 70% of Alaska’s population.

Dear friends and neighbors, Meet your State Senate District E team in Juneau: (House Districts 9 & 10)

Dear Friends and Neighbors, I have enjoyed my last week at home and am now packed for Juneau. My personal belongings are on Alaska Air Cargo. My office materials, generated over the interim (a few documents) have been shipped already. If you’ve never been to Juneau, the photo is of our State Capitol. We are

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Inflation (and why it matters related to Permanent Fund) My best friend (since we were 3 years old), Emily Melissa May and I would save our pennies and walk down to College Inn, in Fairbanks, to buy candy for a penny, or maybe 5 cents if its an expensive candy bar.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Happy New Year! Let’s get right to work on the really big pieces coming forward this year.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, No newsletter next week on December 26. In the meantime, you might enjoy the Christmas video embedded in the aurora picture, called Silent Night, Holy Night. Happy 1st Day of Hanukkah on December 25.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Royalty Relief Determination for Furie/HEX oil/gas in Cook Inlet: “After detailed consideration where all the materials presented by the applicant were reviewed and incorporated into our analysis, DNR has determined that Furie meets the necessary requirements and that royalty modification for the seven leases…is warranted…”