Alaska Dispatch News

• Letter: State perpetuates mistreatment November 12, 2019
  On Oct. 21, Superior Court Judge William Morse gave the state 45 days to produce a plan on how to reduce psychiatric patient mistreatment.Creating psychiatric patient rights and quality of care on an emergency basis through the courts demonstrates a legislative failure. And the shortcomings of advocacy organizations tasked with protecting the disabled.Fifteen years ago, […]
• Letter: Preferential treatment November 12, 2019
  So for clarity, Rep. Don Young can “head butt” a photographer, and can somehow justify it because the photographer had asked a question repeatedly? He can push a reporter because the reporter was in his way. I find it interesting that battery, which by definition is “the unwanted physical contact with another without their permission,” […]
• Letter: Supporting impeachment November 12, 2019
  Rep. Don Young made this statement on impeaching the president:“The president of the United States, who is also the commander in chief and top law enforcement official in the country, cannot be allowed to assault our system of justice and rule of law without prosecution. We as a society, and as the people’s representatives, would […]
• Letter: On the matter of studs November 12, 2019
  t’s too bad a precise study of tire stud damage to roadways hasn’t been made and publicized. I find the figures presented in the University of Alaska study a little hard to believe. Alaskans understandably assume the worst, but a little reflection would reveal some interesting contrasts.Often, several miles of highway have been resurfaced in […]
• Letter: Remembering Richard Nelson November 12, 2019
  I was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Richard Nelson. I didn’t know him, and I wasn’t likely to be interested in sitting still to hear a squeaky voice on the radio talking about nature. But from the first time I heard “Encounters” on KSKA, I was totally enthralled. I tried to listen […]