Lisa Behrens, the former Deputy Director of EMS, who is suing the MSB for wrongful termination, is accusing the MSB of threatening a key witness in her lawsuit. Ms. Behrens filed a Motion for a Protective Order and for Sanctions against the MSB on January 7th. She claims that the…
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From the Manager’s Memo dated January 12, 2018: Attachment:
The MSB has released the previously confidential Manager’s Memos pursuant to a Public Records Request. There are a total of 34 memos. The format is – a few pages of updates from the Manager – followed by many pages of attachments. The memos are all marked “Not for Distribution.” Memo…
The Mat-Su Borough Assembly used to require the MSB Staff/Purchasing Office to file a monthly report disclosing all new contracts (and all amended contracts) under 100K and all sole source procurements. The MSB stopped providing this information in the Assembly meeting packets a few years ago. I have sent several…
The Big Lake Iron Dog Trail Bridge building project has been delayed because two pieces of heavy equipment have fallen through the ice. Above is a photo of the scene out in Big Lake shared by a poster on Facebook. (Update: Apparently the dozer is undernearth the excavator!) Apparently, this…
Col. Paul “Otto” Feather had had it with the MSB and flown away. Here is his resignation letter from January. (Highlights are mine.) UPDATE: The MSB gave Otto Feather three months’ pay as “severance.”
The MSB fulfilled my Public Records request for copies of the Internal or “Confidential” Manager’s Memos to the Assembly. These are the memos (which come with lots of attachments) that the Manager shared with the Assembly on a regular basis – but which were “not for distribution” to the public. …
The MSB has a new section of its website titled “Transparency.” However, a close examination shows that this section is akin to a “Non-Apology Apology.” I.e., it only pretends to be transparent. Here is the new section: It has new nifty bar graphs. Click on any section and see if…
The MSB sent Port Director Charles Marc Van Dongen plus Robert Sheldon and two Assembly members – Stephen Colligan and Ron Arvin – to Tokyo Japan in September, 2015. Director Van Dongen apparently was going to speak at an Oil & Gas Opportunity seminar. Why did three other Mat-Su Borough…
This was posted on Borough Budget Watch on Feb 7, 2019: The (proposed but not yet built) Gateway Visitors Center. Jesse Sumner made some great points in his closing comments at this week’s Assembly meeting. Everyone should go take a listen. He pointed out that the old Visitors Center…