Legislature Candidates Guide
forward. To grow Alaska, I am focused on the following priorities: n Working with legislators and the public to create a sensible, sustainable fiscal plan that provides stable funding for priorities like education, public safe- ty, healthcare, reliable transportation, and more; n Preserving the Permanent Fund and guaranteeing a lasting dividend; n Working to make government more efficient, while realizing we can - not cut our way out of this deficit and comprehending what we’ve already done: a 40% cut to the budget and 3,200 fewer state employees; n Rebuilding our economy and putting Alaskans to work by proposing a bond package to invest in local projects: roads, bridges, harbors, school repairs, and water and sewer systems; n Working with communities and the private sector to encourage econom- ic innovations; and n Encouraging and supporting re- sponsible economic development proj- ects.
Andi Story, Democrat Candidate I am honored to represent House District 34 (the Mendenhall Valley and Out the Road) in the Alaska State Leg- islature. I have lived in Juneau for 34 years with my husband, Mike, and to- gether we’ve raised three kids here. Be- fore being elected to the House in 2018, I was a five-term Juneau School Board member. We in Juneau are fortunate to have Hecla Greens Creek and the Coeur Kensington mines in our community; they are good neighbors to Juneau, pro- vide hundreds of well-paying jobs, and contribute hugely to our community. These have been a very difficult two years to be in the legislature. Major fiscal challenges, years in the making, finally came to a head. We were con - fronted with a once-in-century pan- demic that resulted in tens of thousands of Alaskans losing their jobs, dropped the price of oil, and crashed earnings of the Permanent Fund. Yet I believe Alaska still has a bright future, though it will take everyone coming to the table to determine a way
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