hypocritexposer
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Shannyn Moore was one of the ones that constantly attacked Palin, but now she seems to realize that Sarah was one of the few that was not corrupted by the big oil money in Alaska.
http://www.adn.com/2011/04/09/1801688/with-mineral-interests-alaskans.html
With mineral interests, Alaskans come first
SHANNYN MOORE
COMMENT
(04/09/11 19:26:06)
I miss Sarah Palin.
Not the post-nomination, self-serving, political opportunist who has become an embarrassment to many Alaskans. Rather, I miss the governor who had 85 percent approval ratings. I miss the "Wally Hickel" glint in the eye of a governor who stood in the sanctity of "Owner-State."
Gov. Sean Parnell and the Republican House have been acting like the dairy farmer who gives his cows to the butcher on the promise that the money from hamburger "could" be used to buy more milk cows. No guarantee, Farmer Sean. The recent "endorsement"-- not to be confused with "commitment" -- to drill more from Jim Mulva, president of Conoco Phillips, only came after the Senate dug in its heels and asked for one. As the Church Lady would say, "Isn't that con-ven-ient?" What changed? Why would Mr. Mulva leave his mansion on the sixth hole of a Houston country club, fly to Alaska and say: Well OK, we might drill some more holes if you give us a few billion dollars? Why wasn't a specific commitment written into Parnell's original bill? Why couldn't the House get what we all want, which is more production, before it passed the bill on to the Senate?
Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, has been courageous under undue amounts of pressure from corporations and their lobbyists. Sens. Burt Stedman and Tom Wagoner, both Republicans, have asked the obvious questions, "How many more barrels? How many more jobs?"
Democratic Sen. Bill Wielechowski used the governor's own data to flip the bill on its back like a halibut in the bottom of a boat. Gov. Parnell responded gangster-style, holding needed and urgent capital projects over lawmakers' heads despite a $3.4 billion surplus this year.
Instead of threatening Alaskans, Gov. Parnell should have been tough with the oil producers and demanded they increase production. In Iraq, BP signed a contract for $2 per barrel. They only get paid after they hit 10 percent incremental production targets, and they only get paid on the 10 percent, not the base production.
Capital projects, education and infrastructure are how we gauge the health of our communities. I've personally benefited from new boat harbors and docks; a straightened highway connecting Homer to Anchorage; rural airports; a new high school in Homer that replaced portables with icy boardwalks; a state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center. We have all enjoyed improvements to our lives paid for with oil revenues. The list is endless.
These improvements and the jobs that employed our families, neighbors and friends were not, and are not, gifts from the most profitable corporations in the history of civilization. As an Owner-State, Alaska collectively bargains our mineral rights. ACES isn't a tax so much as it is our share of a resource we all value.
The million-dollar campaign to promote billions of dollars of corporate welfare for the oil companies has been relentless and fierce. The fear of "no jobs" is false. In 2009, under ACES, the North Slope had a record 12,900 jobs. Last year the number was an impressive 12,800. I'm not just pulling these numbers out of my tackle box, they're the governor's numbers. It's understandable the oil companies want more profits. It's their obligation to their shareholders, and I don't blame them. I don't blame sharks for not being guppies either. Our lawmakers have a constitutional obligation to act in the best interest of the "Owner-State" shareholders: Alaskans. You'll get your check in October. You'll see it in the investment of projects and jobs in your community.
I have to wonder after seeing Mr. Mulva zoom in on a private jet. He's not worried about Alaska jobs. Whether ACES is dismantled or not, Mr. Mulva still makes $1.5 million a month.
Before becoming Sarah's silent lieutenant, Sean Parnell was a Conoco Phillips lobbyist. His cry of "Alaska is closed for business" to help the oil companies isn't true and does not project a positive image of our state. Alaska was rated second in the country by The Tax Foundation in its state business tax climate index.
I won the Ovarian Lottery to be born in Alaska. We shouldn't apologize for owning our resource. Remember who we are.
Sarah Palin was right. ACES has been fair and created jobs. When the producers' first-quarter profits are revealed in a few weeks, you'll see they can afford to keep the lights on and Mr. Mulva will be just fine.
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