Monthly Archives: July 2010
July Campaign Update
Friends, Something is happening – can you feel it? We are peaking now with the momentum on our side. This race has emerged as a two-man battle between Walker and Parnell and with less than 30 days to go, the campaign machine is clicking on all cylinders. Why is there so much excitement behind this [...]
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Support Bill Walker for Governor
Letter to the Ketchikan Sitnews Editor, July 28, 2010 We listened to gubernatorial candidate Samuels on the radio this week. Ralph talked about the decline of oil output, which provides 90% of our State income, but we didn’t hear any plan to replenish this lost revenue. He would like to see more oil drilling in [...]
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Walker, Parnell exchange blows at Republican debate in Juneau
Taylor Bickford, Campaign Manager Today, “GOP candidates for governor made their case for votes – and even took occasional jabs at each other – during a debate in Juneau,” as reported by Becky Bohrer of the Associated Press. Gov. Sean Parnell and Republican challenger Bill Walker laid out their platforms and duked it out, primarily [...]
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Bill Walker Statement on Therriault Resignation
Anchorage – Today, Gene Therriault stepped down from his position as an energy advisor to the governor amidst mounting evidence that Parnell violated the Alaska Constitution by hiring him last fall. Bill Walker, Republican candidate for governor and vocal critic of Parnell’s illegal hiring practices, made the following statement today: “This governor has a track [...]
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Voter Registration Instructions – July 25th Deadline is Approaching!
Taylor Bickford, Campaign Manager This Sunday, July 25th is the last day to register to vote in the August 24th primary election. To vote in the Republican primary you must be registered as a Republican, undeclared or non-partisan voter. Please use the tools below to make sure that you will be eligible to cast your [...]
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Bill Walker responds to Parnell attack
Taylor Bickford, Campaign Manager On Tuesday, Larry Persily, formerly with the Palin administration and recently appointed by President Obama as federal pipeline coordinator, held a press conference to make clear that while nothing in federal law requires the results of AGIA open season to be made public, nothing in the law precludes the Governor and [...]
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Parnell’s first problem is AGIA
Larry Wood, Alaska Standard Contributor AGIA was pronounced as DOA by Parnell himself with respect to any expected success of the Open Season. Parnell’s refusal to answer rival Bill Walker’s FOIA request for disclosure of the Open Season is proof that Parnell is playing a delaying game without any expectation of success. Against AGIA is [...]
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Federal Alaska pipeline coordinator confirms that the results of Gov. Parnell’s open season will be kept secret
Taylor Bickford, Campaign Manager Bill Walker, Republican candidate for governor, recently filed a public records request against the governor demanding that he make public the results of the AGIA “open season” that closes July 31. In a press conference today, Larry Persily, the federal coordinator for Alaska natural gas projects, stated that “the public shouldn’t [...]
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Rasmussen Reports: Bill Walker leads Democrat rivals by a wide margin
Taylor Bickford, Campaign Manager Anchorage – A poll conducted on July 15th by Rasmussen Reports shows Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker leading in hypothetical general election match-ups with both of his Democrat rivals. According to the analysis released Monday by Rasmussen Reports, “Walker captures 50 percent support when matched against French who earns 32 percent [...]
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Parnell pushes gas charade: TransCanada isn’t serious about Valdez
Bill Walker, Fairbanks Daily News Miner On Monday, Gov. Parnell posted a new state of Alaska website touting that the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act open season provides an option for both a gas pipeline project into Canada and a Valdez liquefied natural gas option. But the website fails to inform Alaskans that after the initial [...]
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Rumored BP sale raises concerns
Bill Walker, Alaska Dispatch, July 15, 2010 It is being widely reported that various companies are considering acquiring BP. As Alaskans we must be ever diligent to ensure our interests are protected. It has been reported that Exxon Mobil Corp. has approached the White House for affirmation that the Obama administration will not oppose its [...]
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Online Poll: Vote For Bill Now!!
Anchorage Press Vote for Bill in the Anchorage Press Reader’s Poll!!
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Voter registration deadline is approaching! Are you registered?
Friends, The State of Alaska’s July 24 voter registration deadline is quickly approaching! You must be registered as Republican, Undeclared or Non-Partisan by Sunday, July 25 to be eligible to cast a vote for Bill Walker in the primary election! Click HERE for instructions on how to register online, by fax or in person at [...]
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State: Bullet line won’t be cheap
Tim Bradnermorris News Service-Alaska, Peninsula Clarion A state technical team has completed a first-phase cost estimate for a 24-inch natural gas pipeline that could be built from the North Slope to the state’s larger cities in Interior and southern Alaska. The estimate was done in the event that a planned large-diameter pipeline by either TransCanada [...]
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Parnell’s veto of SB 305 means giving away billions
Letter to the Editor by Anna von Reitz, Anchorage Daily News July 11, 2010 The Parnell Administration is giving away $20 billion dollars of our money to the oil industry. That’s what Sean’s veto of Senate Bill 305 allows. Where’s the media when you need them? Sharing this year’s best salmon recipes? Meanwhile, APP is [...]
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker visits Ketchikan
Scott Bowlen, Ketchikan Daily News Staff Writer, July 3, 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker made a whirlwind visit to Ketchikan earlier this week, meeting with a variety of groups and local officials in addition to opening his campaign headquarters in Ketchikan and speaking to the First City Republican Women’s Club. “It was a great [...]
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Bill Walker, Republican gubernatorial candidate, deserves your consideration
Letter to the Editor by Barb Lander, Ketchikan Daily News, July 3, 2010 Editor, Daily News: Bill Walker, Republican gubernatorial candidate, deserves your consideration. He is a lifelong Alaskan. Like most real Alaskans, he has a broad background. Most recently he has worked as a lawyer focusing on oil and gas issues, but he has [...]
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Why is Gov. Sean Parnell balking at the notion of opening records
Editorial, Anchorage Daily Planet A rational person would ask: Why is Gov. Sean Parnell balking at the notion of opening records pertaining to natural gas pipeline company TransCanada’s open season – until after the November election? Why is he citing “logistical” concerns? What are they? Why would releasing the information on Aug.1, when the information [...]
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KTUU: Parnell Turns Down Request to Open TransCanada Records
KTUU, Channel 2 News Staff Gov. Sean Parnell has denied Bill Walker’s request to make natural gas pipeline company TransCanada’s open season results public. Walker, a Republican candidate for governor, filed a request asking Parnell to make results public after the open season closes July 31. Parnell responded Thursday, citing logistical concerns in a letter [...]
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There will be mud – Two formidable candidates line up against Governor Parnell in the Republican primary
Brendan Joel Kelley, Anchorage Press It’s inevitable in a contested primary with an incumbent running that the incumbent—in this case Governor Sean Parnell—will be a virtual dartboard for his competitors. This race is made all the more peculiar since part of what Parnell—appointed in the wake of former Governor Sarah Palin’s abrupt 2009 resignation—is running [...]
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Walker Continues Battle With Parnell Over Gasline Secrecy
Anchorage – Bill Walker, Republican candidate for governor, recently filed a public records request against the governor demanding that he make public the results of the AGIA “open season” that closes July 31 and release all records related to his decision to veto SB 305, thereby offering $20 billion in incentives to the North Slope [...]
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Upcoming Parades and Thank You to 4th of July Volunteers!
Thanks to the 300+ volunteers in at least 8 cities across Alaska who participated in July 4th parades and celebrations across the state! This massive grassroots effort really captured the momentum that this campaign is gaining every day! Go to our Facebook page (sign up as a fan if you haven’t already) and see the [...]
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Walker records request needs clarification, state says
Joshua Saul, Anchorage Dispatch Bill Walker filed a records request on June 24 looking for information about the bids the TransCanada Corp. open season was bringing in. “When the election comes about, Alaskans need to know whether we’ve had a failed open season or not,” Walker said at the time. Well, Gov. Sean Parnell’s office [...]
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Alaska gubernatorial candidates tout pipeline, policy to Fairbanks voters
Jeff Richardson, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner FAIRBANKS — A local audience put the heat under Alaska’s governor candidates during a rapid-fire lunch forum at the Carlson Center on Tuesday, grilling them on resource development, the economy and even their preferred candidate for U.S. Senate. The forum, sponsored by the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, attracted Republicans [...]
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Walker Takes on Parnell at Fairbanks Debate
Taylor Bickford, Campaign Manager Anchorage – Republican candidate Bill Walker questioned Sean Parnell’s leadership ability at a gubernatorial forum in Fairbanks today. Walker took Parnell to task for what he called a complete unwillingness to stand up and fight to secure Alaska’s economic future. “We currently have a governor who is comfortable sitting back and [...]
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Walker fights to open gas pipeline files
By Richard Mauer, Anchorage Daily News TRADE SECRETS: Candidate for governor believes public funds demand transparency. Bill Walker, a Republican seeking to take Gov. Sean Parnell’s job, is demanding the state provide details by August about who wants to ship gas through the proposed TransCanada pipeline, months before any final transportation agreements are reached. State [...]
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Ex-lawmaker quits disputed job as governor’s military adviser
By Sean Cockerham, Anchorage Daily News MILITARY ADVISER: Legality of Parnell’s choice is at issue. Former state Rep. Nancy Dahlstrom resigned Friday as Gov. Sean Parnell’s senior military adviser after the state attorney general said a court might find it illegal for Parnell to have given her the job. Attorney General Dan Sullivan said Parnell [...]
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Bill Walker Statement on Parnell’s Illegal Hiring of a Sitting Legislator
Taylor Bickford, Campaign Manager Anchorage – Sean Parnell’s illegal hiring of a sitting legislator is further evidence of an absence of open and transparent leadership according to Bill Walker, Republican candidate for governor. Last week Walker filed a public records request with Governor Parnell’s office demanding public disclosure of: 1) the AGIA open season results [...]
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Deep breaths: Bullet line idea needs some more stress tests
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Editorial Enthusiasm for the proposed bullet line to deliver North Slope natural gas to the Railbelt needs to be tempered with some hard questions. The report released Thursday estimated that a mid-size line, among those analyzed, could cost up to $8 billion. If the line’s cost were spread across about 500 million [...]
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In-state gas line and facilities could cost from $6 billion to $11 billion
Dermot Cole, Fairbanks Daily News Miner A 24-inch pipeline from the North Slope to Southcentral, with a 12-inch lateral line to Fairbanks and associated facilities needed for the project, would cost from $6.4 billion to $11.8 billion, a state study released today says. That puts this project in the $9,000 to $15,000 per Alaskan range. [...]
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Cheers for Walker