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 major announcements” when the open season closes on July 31, as reported by the Associated Press.

Persily confirmed that while there is nothing in federal law that requires the open season results to be made public, there is nothing in the law that precludes them from being released, either.

According to Bill Walker, it is up to Gov. Parnell to decide whether or not to share the results with the people of Alaska. “I have said it before and I will say it again – if this governor truly had Alaska’s best interests in mind, then he would bend over backwards to release this information to the public. Alaska needs a leader who will stand up and fight for our interests, aggressively and relentlessly. That is what I will do as governor.”