Comments by Alinak
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Posted on June 29 at 10:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)
James-go outside and play for awhile and let your brain have a chance at catching up with your little angry typing fingers.
More foreign tourists is a great thing as they bring in new $ to the economy rather than just recycling $ in the US. Additionally this article points out that German speaking tourists tend to be independent travelers and therefore spend proportionately more money at small locally owned stores
As a small business owner (non-tourism related) I can appreciate the value of each and every customer. Its a whole different ball-game earning a living a business owner as opposed to a wage earner...something I'm pretty certain James knows nothing about!
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Posted on June 25 at 9:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)
A little hardship is a good way to restore a little commonsense and ingenuity. I'm curious to see all the things we as individuals and a society can come up with.
As for the city it can save money by taking the company car away from its City inspectors who use them to commute to homes far outside the city. Nothing personal but their is a city inspector that lives in a very nice home up on Moose Mtn and he commutes everyday (for at least the last 5 yrs) with his official city truck. That might make sense if he were some sort of borough inspector who is expected to be on call for the Moose Mtn/Goldstream area in which case it would be cheaper to not have drive all the way out from town but I can't see why the city and its tax payers are paying for his commute form far outside city limits to a CITY inspector job.
As for street lights, ANC is switching to Compact Fluorescent bulbs and expect this to pay for itself within a few years. Would this work up here or is it too cold? As for the upfront costs the state could give the city a low interest LOAN.
Posted on June 1 at 12:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
For the record I am "drifter" but I think chenariverboy has a couple valid points, mainly that everyone needs to informed and responsible in the watercraft ettiquette. Just because I and my friends are in canoes/rafts doesn't mean that our behavior couldn't present a hazard to other boaters. For instance if a group of us are floating down the river together it isn't very smart or reponsible for us to spread out across the entire width of the river in narrow sections especially on a bend in the river. To be safe I'd stay to the inside of the bend and leave room for a powerboat to get by. By definition sharing a resource means some form of compromise.
All boaters need to be smart, be respectful and have a good time on the water.
I don't know all the factors in "newsreaders" unfortunate swamping but to answer his question about how does a canoe present a danger to a powerboat consider what I said above and the following analogy: Pedestrians not repsonsibly crossing a road (in the crosswalk etc) are a very real danger to an automobile driver whos swerves or slams on the brakes to miss the jaywalker on an icy road. Just another perspective.
Posted on May 11 at 10:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)
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Thank you for the info, I didn't catch that detail in the News-Minus article.
Posted on May 11 at 10:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
A "technical setback". I'd call this outrageous, $150K just to collect fewer than 150 signatures! Maybe a good way to save some taxpayer money would be to keep it away from the type of folks who would waste it like this. For a $150K perhaps the borough could have had their staff attourney take a look at the "confusing" form before they sent it in...I guess $150K doesn't buy what it used to. Did I mention they spent $150K (more than double my annual income) to screw up a petition!?
As for the tax break, it still comes down to the same old math...you can't cut taxes and balance the books unless you reduce spending... either
Posted on May 5 at 12:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
ADF
Thank you for the info. So exactly which of the "good faith" interpretations of a translation of an interpretation should I be working with. It is easy to be confused because there are so many "brands" of Christians...I never know who to believe. Word on the street from my Bible Baptist co-workers is that the Catholics, Lutherans, and Mormons (forget the Episcopalians) don't have a snowball's chance in H-E-double toothpick (code for HELL) of sharing in lasting eternity.
So assuming we establish the "right" version (by amendment to the Constitution if necessary) are "we" to "interpret" these writings figuratively or literally?
P.S. Is Leviticus is tellin' it straight? (see "oldakcuss" Posting above) Can us good Christians go get us a good Pagan slave? If so I've got dibs on Lisa Smith, she's the smarty pants that opened this can of worms.
On Pagan advice
Posted on May 5 at 9:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)
AKMomof9, Re: ...looked up about 10 versions...
Isn't the Bible the "written word of God"? I had no idea it took him ten tries to get it "right"!
On Pagan advice
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Posted on August 10 at 7:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Yeah! Damn govt, I hate the govt, rah, rah, rah ....grumble grumble, grumble, grumble....
Ok enough of this, let's eat...uh Ted could you please pass the Pork. Thank you!
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