Decision expected on push to recall Alaska governor

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Becky Bohrer, Associated Press
Updated 3:04 pm CST, Monday, November 4, 2019



Photo: Bill Roth, AP
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FILE - In this March 26, 2019, file photo, protesters unfurl a banner as Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a roadshow with Americans for Prosperity in 49th State Brewing Company in Anchorage, Alaska. A fight is brewing over whether Dunleavy, a Republican who took office in Dec. 2018, should be recalled. Critics say he’s incompetent and has recklessly tried to cut spending while supporters see a politically motivated attempt to undo the last election. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP, File)

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A fight is brewing over whether Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy should be recalled from office, with his critics saying he's incompetent and has recklessly tried to cut spending while supporters see a politically motivated attempt to undo the last election.

Dunleavy, a Republican, has drawn parallels between himself and President Donald Trump, casting himself as a chief executive trying to implement an agenda of smaller government and resource development while facing attacks from the left.

Trump, the subject of an impeachment inquiry, has defended Dunleavy on Twitter.

A state elections official could decide as early as Monday whether the first serious attempt to recall an Alaska governor since the early 1990s should advance to a second phase of signature-gathering. The decision could be challenged in court.




Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Alaska-governor-cites-Trump-as-he-faces-recall-14806663.php

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy and little Donald Trump

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

1. *blinks*

Is there an actual placard on AF1 that says: "Aboard Air Force One"?

I wonder if Donnie J Tangeranus because if they don't have that there, he'd forget where he was?

[dewsgirl]

2. Oh dear.😉

[Judi Lynn]

10. It's really shabby, the lowest. It's a surprise it doesn't say how much the plane would cost. n/t

[rictofen]

14. It was inside AF1 under Obama, too

There was also a different version:

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

16. Ahh. Thanks!

It's still a very odd placard to have, though.

It'd be like having a sign next to my shower saying "In Your Bathroom". Maybe it's just the wording that seems odd to me.

Thanks again!

[rictofen]

17. Agreed

It seems to clash with the surroundings as well.

[Brother Buzz]

3. That's one hell of an optical illusion, I guess....

The orange anus says he's is 6? 3?, while Mike Dunleavy is an honest 6' 7".

[TheRickles]

4. Height

If Trump is 6' 3", then Governor D. must be at least 6' 7". Anyone know for sure? Not that it matters, but that's one tall Governor, and probably why his campaign slogan is "Standing Tall for Alaska".

[Merlot]

5. "a politically motivated attempt to undo the last election. "

Otherwise known as a recall.

[hibbing]

6. Has that Aboard Air Force One sign always been there?

[Judi Lynn]

11. No! It's something only a lame idiot like Trump would conceive.

Remember he also had a "coat of arms" created and put it around his various properties, and it was in NO WAY connected to his creepy greedy imbecile family.

I'm surprised there isn't a Trump "coat of arms" hanging there on the wall, too.

[hibbing]

13. I thought it was stupid enough to be his idea n/t

[rictofen]

15. Are you sure about that?

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Journalism shouldn't embrace GOP Talk points: "undo last election"

Undo last election is all I hear and see. Recall is a political/legal method of kicking incompetents to the curb. That's just the way it is.

[Eugene]

8. Election official rejects effort to recall Alaska governor

Source: Associated Press

Election official rejects effort to recall Alaska governor

By BECKY BOHRER
13 minutes ago

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Supporters of an effort to recall Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy are vowing to take their fight to court after an election official on Monday rejected their bid to move forward with seeking to oust him from office.

Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai said she based her decision on the legal opinion of Attorney General Kevin Clarkson, a Dunleavy appointee, who found the reasons listed for the recall were “factually and legally deficient.”

Critics of the Republican governor say he is incompetent and has recklessly tried to cut spending, while his supporters saw a politically motivated attempt to undo the last election.

Among its claims, the pro-recall group said Dunleavy violated the law by not appointing a judge within a required time frame, misused state funds for partisan online ads and mailers, and improperly used his veto authority to “attack the judiciary.”

Dunleavy cut from the court budget an amount the administration said was commensurate to state funding for abortions. This happened after the Alaska Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional a state law and regulation seeking to define what constitutes medically necessary abortions for Medicaid funding.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/cdf153dceb49452fbd5af9ef0eb60260

[winstars]

9. Off topic but how tall is the Guv?

[Judi Lynn]

12. I finally found it: he's 6'7".

Here's the article:

https://www.adn.com/politics/2018/10/22/gops-dunleavy-campaigns-as-a-budget-hawk-and-tough-on-crime/

Really funny to see Donald having to look up at someone far taller.

I think it kinda makes one wonder if Trump is really 6'4".

[winstars]

19. 6'4"..... thats what I am getting at. Chump ain't 6'4"!!! "Someone far taller" LOL

[Polybius]

20. Trump claims he's 6'3, not 6'4

I don't think he is more than 6'2 tops, but he may have been 6'3 25 years ago.

[riversedge]

21. I really wondered that also.

[Cha]

18. I see tiny hands has his

asshole face on A-gain.

[Nitram]

22. Big dude. Maybe he should have gone into professional wrestling instead of politics.