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The Governor  of Alaska proposes to eliminate Alaskan Jobs and
Support OIL Companies hiring Out-Of-State Help
by Gerald Newton
Alaska Reporter
from Newton's International Electrical Journal
http://www.polarnet.com/users/GNewton/newt.htm

Due to an extraordinary
close relationship with BIG OIL, Tony Knowles, the Governor of Alaska, has
taken
sides with the OIL Industry against Alaskan Residents.  
Indeed, it is difficult to understand Tony Knowles, the governor of Alaska
elected in 1994.  But considering that he did not graduate from Alaskan
High
Schools and never experienced the homestead like poverty of true Alaskans
it is
no wonder that this store clerk from Anchorage, Alaska has gotten in bed
with
the OIL Industry.  It is a crying shame, as some say.  As one Old Timer
stated,
"Cowper wouldn't do it.  Even a Republican like Hickel wouldn't do it. 
Then  Along comes Tony Knowles, and we have an OIL Industry whore."  

Within months after being elected to office by a slim margin Tony Knowles
dropped all suits against the oil industry that were initiated by the tough
oil
company fighter and former governor, Walley Hickel.  Next, the Tony Knowles
administration was rewarded by considerable campaign contributions from OIL
industry supporters.  Next, the Tony Knowles Administration rewarded the
OIL
industry with gigantic Tax breaks at the BP Milne Point project.  This is
the
very same project where a State of Alaska Inspector reported in October
that
over 70 per cent of the Contracts went to non union contractors that hire
over
50 per cent of their help from outside the State of Alaska.

Yet, in the Tony Knowles 1996-1997 budget, he proposed to lay off long-time
Alaskan residents because of budget shortfalls, the same kind of cuts that
Arco,
BP and Alyeska have been lobbying for throughout the State.  Of course,
these
budget cuts are needed to give Arco and BP the TAX breaks they need so they
can
hire out-of -State workers at lower pay than Alaskans can work for.


Is this a governor of Alaska?  No, it is not.  Tony Knowles is the oil
industry's man in the governor's mansion.  He has advocated over and over
to
lower OIL industry taxes.  Tony Knowles is the oil companies' lobbyist.  He
is
owned and bought by BIG OIL Companies that operate in the State of Alaska.