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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 Alaska. [...]
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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 over economic [...]
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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 record of [...]
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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 ballot [...]
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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 TransCanada [...]
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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 expect any [...]
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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 of the [...]
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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 open [...]
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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 takeover of [...]
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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 or [...]
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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 attempting [...]
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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 also done [...]
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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 is [...]
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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 [...]
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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 Gerald Heikes, [...]
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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 waiting [...]
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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 officials say [...]
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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 hired Dahlstrom [...]
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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 cubic feet [...]
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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 [...]
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Where’s Sean?
By Mike Dingman, Alaska Standard Contributor
I had the distinct pleasure of attending the University of Alaska Anchorage College Republicans State Convention at the Petroleum Club on Tuesday June 22nd. Until recently, the College Republicans (CR’s) have had a very short and fairly non-existent history at UAA. Jason Cline, Ryan McKee, Jeremiah Campbell and [...]
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AFL-CIO endorses Walker in GOP primary
Article from Anchorage Daily News
JUNEAU — Alaska’s largest labor union has endorsed Bill Walker in the Republican primary for governor.
On the Democratic side, Vince Beltrami, president of the Alaska AFL-CIO, said the union was unable to choose between state Sen. Hollis French and former lawmaker Ethan Berkowitz. He said both have [...]
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June Newsletter: Bill Walker Blazes Campaign Trail!
…and blazes past his opponents in a poll conducted by the Alaska Republican Party this week!
Alaska Republican Party Poll
The Alaska Republican Party ran a Facebook poll this week and Bill took the lead by a 2-to-1 margin:
Voters
Percentage
Bill Walker
208
59%
Ralph Samuels
110
32%
Sean Parnell
32
9%
Our path to victory is clear. The electorate understands that Bill Walker is the only [...]
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Walkers for Walker Wanted for Five July 4th Parades
Bill Walker supporters are coming to a City near you!
Team Walker will be participating in five, yes five! Independence Day parades and we need YOUR help!
Check out the times and locations below. If you’re going to be in one of these areas for the 4th of July and want to walk with fellow Walker for [...]
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Search for consultant smacks of cronyism
by Paul Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News
Here’s something odd: Gov. Sean Parnell’s administration is chomping at the bit to hire a $2 million consultant quickly — very, very quickly — to take a peek at any proposals from the oil industry or lawmakers to change Alaska’s oil and gas taxes to promote construction of a gas [...]
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Walker submits request for TransCanada open season records
by Rhonda McBride
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Gov. Sean Parnell’s office has been served a records request regarding TransCanada’s natural gas pipeline.
Bill Walker, one of Parnell’s opponents in the Republican gubernatorial primary, submitted a letter Thursday at the governor’s office in Anchorage, requesting documents related to TransCanada’s open season negotiations, which began on April 30.
During the three-month [...]
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Walker wants pipeline, tax bill documents
The Associated Press
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Republican challenger to Gov. Sean Parnell has filed a records request seeking documentation of any conditions on bids as part of a proposed major natural gas pipeline.
Anchorage attorney Bill Walker also wants a better explanation of why Parnell vetoed a bill that would have changed Alaska’s system of taxing [...]
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Bill Walker Files Freedom of Information Request on Governor
FOIA Request to Release Open Season Results
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Today gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request demanding that the Governor make public the results of the open season for a natural gas pipeline.
Walker said, “Now more than ever, we need openness in our government. Our governor [...]
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Talking the Talk
Andrew Wellner, Frontiersman, published June 17, 2010
WASILLA — Valley issues played a central role Thursday as gubernatorial candidates Ethan Berkowitz and Bill Walker faced off at The Alaska Club in Wasilla.
The debate was the second in a series of political events put on by the Greater Palmer and Greater Wasilla chambers of commerce. It was [...]
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The Late Hickel Still a Player in Governor’s Race
The Associated Press, published June 17, 2010
JUNEAU, Alaska – More than a month after his death, former Alaska Gov. Wally Hickel is still playing a role in state politics. He’s featured in a campaign ad for Bill Walker, a Republican seeking his party’s nomination for governor.
Walker’s campaign uploaded the video to YouTube on Thursday. [...]
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Ermalee Hickel Hosts Fundraiser for Bill Walker
Taylor Bickford, Campaign Manager
Anchorage- On Monday, June 14, over 150 guests gathered at the home of Mrs. Ermalee Hickel to raise money for Republican gubernatorial candidate, Bill Walker. The late Governor Walter J. Hickel endorsed Walker’s candidacy last fall and Mrs. Hickel has pledged her full support and endorsement of Walker.
The standing [...]
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The Truth, the Whole Truth, Nothing but the Truth – after the Election
Paul Jenkins, Anchorage Daily Planet
While Gov. Sean Parnell is busy ducking election campaign debates and telling us how he did the two-step around the Alaska Constitution to hire Nancy Dahlstrom, he is not bashful about trotting out minions to give us the good news about his administration, such as it is.
Read the article online [...]
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Red Face Test Failed: Governor’s Use of Loophole Violates Spirit of Law
Anchorage Daily News Editorial
Sean Parnell says he acted on the advice of his Department of Law when he offered then-Rep. Nancy Dahlstrom the job of special adviser for military affairs. That same Department of Law is taking a longer, second look at its advice, and for good reason.
Read more >>>
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Bill Walker Statement on Bob Poe’s Campaign Decision
Taylor Bickford, Campaign Manager
Anchorage – Today, Democrat candidate Bob Poe announced that he will be ending his campaign for governor. Republican gubernatorial candidate, Bill Walker, made the following statement:
“I enjoyed getting to know Bob on the campaign trail. While we may not agree on every issue, Bob and I share a mutual passion [...]
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Governor Debate Now Down to Three
Andrew Wellner, Frontiersman
MAT-SU — The list of candidates participating in the second round of local events leading up to the gubernatorial election has been winnowed to three. Initially, the greater Palmer and greater Wasilla chambers of commerce said that after Thursday’s forum they would choose four candidates from among the 12 seeking the state’s [...]
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Anchorage Daily News Covers Parnell’s Continued Debate Dodging: Walker only GOP Candidate with Perfect Attendance
Sean Cockerham, Anchorage Daily News
Gov. Sean Parnell was a no-show at last night’s gubernatorial candidate forum in Wasilla, after not appearing at the debate last month in Fairbanks. That wasn’t a surprise because they were never on Parnell’s list he’d attend. But that didn’t stop his opponents from hammering him on it.
Read the full article>>>
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Cheniere Energy Prepares for LNG Export From U.S. Terminal
Edward McCallister, Reuters, June 4, 2010
New York – Cheniere Energy late Thursday unveiled plans to build the first liquefied natural gas export plant in the United States for 40 years, another clear sign of the market revolution caused by unconventional gas development.
In an about-face for a company that in 2008 built the biggest LNG import [...]
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Viewpoint from Lawrence “Snapper” Carson, Ketchikan
Opinion Letter from Lawrence “Snapper” Carson, Ketchikan, Alaska
Stories In The News, Ketchikan, Alaska, June 4, 2010 – As Alaskans we have a lot to be thankful and grateful for. What a beautiful place to work, play and live. Its stewardship should be of utmost importance to us all. We have the opportunity this year to [...]
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Something’s Fishy
Bill Walker, published by Alaska Dispatch, June 4, 2010
This weekend I had the opportunity to participate in the annual Kodiak Crab Festival, which featured a very unique gubernatorial debate last Friday. The Kodiak Debate is important because of its primary focus on Alaska’s second largest employer, the seafood industry. The debate preparation alone gave me [...]
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Bill Walker Files Declaration of Candidacy
Taylor Bickford, Campaign Manager
Anchorage – Today Bill Walker filed his paperwork declaring his candidacy with the Alaska State Division of Elections. Walker issued the following statement:
“I am running for Governor because I am ready to make tough decisions. We cannot be content when our economy continues marching toward a cliff with drastically declining [...]
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Bill Walker on Track to Emerge as the GOP Frontrunner for Governor
Recent debate clips highlight that Bill Walker is the bold new leader Alaska needs to secure its robust economic future. The poll results following the clips confirm that Bill Walker is on track to become Alaska’s next Governor.
Bill Walker will emerge as the frontrunner in the Republican gubernatorial primary as soon as the campaign heats [...]
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Bill Walker at the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce Gubernatorial Debate
At the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce’s gubernatorial debate on Wednesday, Bill left no doubt as to why he is running to replace Sean Parnell as Governor of Alaska. Enjoy the media coverage and video clips below!
Gulf Oil Spill Shadows Gubernatorial Debate
Alaska Dispatch by Joshua Saul, May 5th
Six candidates for governor, including the [...]
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Parnell’s “AGIA Bailot”
Taylor Bickford, Campaign Manager
Anchorage, AK – Today, Sean Parnell opened the door for upwards of $20 billion in oil tax concessions to Exxon, BP and ConocoPhillips.
Parnell’s veto of SB 305 will result in the state of Alaska subsidizing a collapsed Canadian gas market, according to Bill Walker, Republican candidate for Governor.
“This is nothing more [...]
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Global Gas Thirst Set to Surge, Says Senior Shell Executive
“We see global gas demand growing by at least 2% a year over some decades, so by 2030 we look at gas demand hitting 4.5 trillion cubic metres of gas per year,” Reuters quoted Malcom Brinded telling an oil conference. “That’s 50% up from today’s level.”
Brinded was equally bullish on prospects for liquefied natural gas, [...]
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Walker shares his vision for AK gasline
By Melissa DeVaughn
Alaska Star
Bill Walker is convinced that what the state needs is a full-scale gasline that runs from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez. A bullet line is a stopgap and a line to Canada would be giving away our resources, he says.
If Walker’s elected governor, building that gasline is the one thing he vows to [...]
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Yard Signs & Heart Run Team!
The Anchorage Heart Run is just around the corner & we are looking for volunteers to join the Walker for Governor Team. The race is on Saturday, April 24th at the UAA campus. If you would like to run or walk on our team, please register here & make sure you join the team Walker [...]
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Great event, Letter to the News-Miner
To the editor:
In February while in Fairbanks participating in my gubernatorial campaign activities, I visited the World Ice Art Championships with my brother. As lifelong Alaskans, myself having been born in Fairbanks, we could not believe that neither of us had experienced this event that has been a part of Fairbanks’ history for more than [...]
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Ted Stevens calls for priority on in-state gas pipeline
By Sean Cockerham
Anchorage Daily News
Former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens said Friday there’s not enough market for Alaska natural gas in the Lower 48 to justify a pipeline through Canada, and that the state should instead pursue construction of pipelines to Kenai and Valdez to export gas to Asia. Read more on adn.com >>>
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Polls, Parades, Pups & Path to Prosperity
With less than 6 months to go until the Republican primary on August 24th, Governor Parnell can no longer hide behind fluffy approval ratings and misleading polls conducted by outside political consultants. This election will be decided by the people of Alaska, not hired guns from Washington D.C.
Governor Parnell seems content to let the state’s [...]
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Walker: Alaska should build gasline itself
Story by Deanna Garrison, KSTK Stikine River Radio
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA (2010-02-17) With the Trans Alaska Pipeline nearing the end of its useful life, gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker says Alaska needs to stop waiting for someone else to build a gas pipeline and build it itself. The Republican discussed the gasline and other state issues during a [...]
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Walker for Governor at the Fur Rondy Grand Parade
Several people traveled hundreds of miles to participate, others cut weekend plans short to deliver coffee for the crew, spent hours making homemade signs and gathering hard hats, flags, and stickers, and exposed fingers to the 14 degree temperatures to take pictures and video of one of the most memorable floats of the 2010 Fur [...]
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All-Alaska Gasline Drives Candidate, Juneau Empire story
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker has positions on many Alaska issues, but he has passion for developing the state’s huge reserves of natural gas.
And he has a preferred strategy, markedly different than that of fellow Republican primary candidates, incumbent Gov. Sean Parnell and former House Majority Leader Ralph Samuels.
Walker endorses what supporters call the “all-Alaska [...]
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Hickel Reaffirms Support of Bill Walker
I am humbled by Governor Hickel’s continued support of my candidacy. Today, he made the following statement in an opinion piece that ran in the Anchorage Daily News:
“Unless we have a change of direction in the coming election, we will return to the closed-door negotiations that Gov. Frank Murkowski utilized to guarante…e “fiscal certainty” [...]
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Bill Walker Campaign Youth Meet and Greet a Great Success
On Dec. 28, 2009, the Bill Walker Campaign for Governor held a young Alaskans meet and greet. The Alaska Republican Party said that this was the largest turnout of young Alaskans for any candidate that they could recall. Nearly 100 Alaskans under 30 attended the event. Continue reading on Examiner.com >>>
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All Alaska Governor January 2010 Update
YOUNG ALASKANS FOR BILL WALKER.
After a great month of meetings and events on the Kenai Peninsula, Fairbanks, Willow, Valdez and Anchorage (including an in depth radio interview on KFQD), 2009 finished with an exclamation mark when nearly 100 young Alaskans gathered at an event organized by volunteer extraordinaire, Mary Graham, and her family. My wife, [...]
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All Alaska Governor December 2009 Letter to Supporters
We are in full stride with the campaign. This past month I have had the opportunity to address the Alaska Municipal League, UAF student government, the Valdez Commerce group, and other groups in Anchorage and Fairbanks. Several speaking engagements are already scheduled this month and I welcome all invitations. I am especially enjoying getting out [...]
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All Alaska Governor November 2009 Letter to Supporters
Dear Fellow Alaskans: What a month we have had with the campaign. After the announcement of my candidacy for governor on September 28th, I was on the talk radio circuit in both Anchorage and Fairbanks. I especially enjoy the call-in segments where I have an opportunity to provide in depth responses. Folks are asking all [...]
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Candidate Speed Dating
Elevate Alaska’s first speed date the candidates event.
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July Campaign Update
July 30, 2010