Date: September 17,2018 Copies sent to the following: Major: Vern Halter Borough Manager: John Moosey Deputy Borough Manager: George Hays MSB Assembly Jim Sykes Matthew Beck George McKee Ted Leonard Dan Mayfield Barbara Doty Randall Kowalke City of Palmer City Council Media: Frontiersman Editor Current & former employee comments regarding…
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The very first post on this blog was this one: MatSu Borough School District Admin Office Expenditures 2014 – 2017 At the time, this blog was being used as a place to post raw public records so that the public could review them. Citizens would then comment on the public…
The Mat-Su Borough’s Attorney is given time at each Assembly meeting to give a report. (The Manager and Clerk also have regular time slots to give reports at each meeting.) These reports are not just for the Assembly members; they are for the public. However, the Attorney often fails to…
Lisa A. Behrens, the former Deputy Director of Emergency Services for the Mat-Su Borough, has filed a lawsuit against the Borough, Paul “Otto” Feather, the Director of Emergency Services for the MSB, and John Moosey, the Manager for the MSB. Ms. Behrens’ complaint, which was filed on May 22, 2018,…
I sent an email to the Parks and Recs Board members and the MSB Parks and Recs staff person (Hugh Leslie) on May 21st asking a lot of questions about the proposed Drone Racing Park and proposed Management agreement. However, I did not get any response. Here are some of…
This is the most recent tax return for the Mat-Su Health Foundation. MSHF 2016 tax return Let’s analyze this return. How did the MSHF spend our community’s money? In 2016, the MSHF had total revenues of $34 million. ($1.1 million from contributions/grants; $25 million from the hospital – i.e. the…
This post explains how to look up federal tax liens. Sometimes it is helpful to know whether or not a business entity or individual has any current tax liens against them. What is a federal tax lien? This is from the Internal Revenue Service’s website: How to look up on federal…
This Grizzly Bear display was donated to the Mat-Su Borough by recently retired MSB Port Director Charles Marc Van Dongen. It was set up last week in the lobby of the Dorothy J. Swanda Office building. Previously, it was on display at the Port building down at Point MacKenzie.
The City of Palmer advertised for a new Community Development Director in late March, 2018. Here is the full listing: City of Palmer CDD-Job-Posting Just two weeks after the closing date of April 13th, a curious action item appeared on the Palmer City Council’s May 1st meeting agenda: This Action…
This is on the Agenda at next week’s MSB Parks and Recs Advisory Committee Meeting (to be held out in Willow – which seems like an odd place to hold this meeting considering the Jim Creek Master Plan is at issue!) This is a follow-up to my UFVs and UFOs…