Alaskans have about $40 billion invested in our Permanent Fund. Dollars invested in businesses and nations throughout the world. Most believe dollars are wealth. In the end, dollars are only a tool used to help the people, prosper.

Let's help the federal government, with the debt problem. Seventy percent of Alaska is owned by the federal government.

...decision issued to the National Labor Relations Board that by disciplining, suspending and firing Nikiski resident Ray Southwell in accordance with two of their employee rules, that CPH broke labor laws. Kocol ordered CPH to offer Southwell his...

Moody investor service warns of weakening of Germany's banks. According to an article in the New York Times (October 19), Moody believes Germany has too many banks. They are quoted as saying "Intense competition and low interest rates are causing margin pressure that will likely further erode already-weak bank revenue and profits."

Last week, during the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting, Mayor Navarre read three proclamations. Two concerned behavior I have observed over my lifetime, Domestic Violence and Workplace Bullying. Assembly member Linda Murphy made comments about the Mayor's proclamations. She commented how she experienced domestic violence, at a time, when it was not talked about. She also stated how the mayor was going to show us where all the bullies are. She chuckled at the end of her second statement. She acted like she had no clue, what the mayor was referencing.

As I stood listening to the speakers at the recent groundbreaking ceremony for our new Central Peninsula Hospital Radiation Oncology Center, I got to thinking. The politicians and hospital corporate board members kept slapping themselves on the back for a job well done. They were able to secure an additional $2 million from state government, to bring the building start to fruition. The Hospital Corporate Board did change their behavior to accomplish this endeavor. They decided to work with an independent physician, instead of threatening him, as they did the independent surgeons.

...disappear. Most of us will remember that about the time of Ray Southwell's wrongful termination, the Hospital Service Area...Sunday Editorial and its below-the-fold article about Ray Southwell's selfless effort to blow the whistle on harmful management...

In 2002 my wife and I moved to Alaska from Michigan. One of my last nursing jobs there, was in the Emergency Room of Cheboygan Memorial Hospital (CMH) in Cheboygan. It was the largest employer in the County and opened its doors in 1942. They filed for bankruptcy in March of this year after losing 7 million dollars in 2011. On April 3, 2012 they closed their doors leaving all 403 employees without work. There are now daily prayer services and rallies attracting 2000 people wanting the hospital to reopen.

...regional director of the NLRB for Region 19, said the independent federal regulatory agency has found some merit in Ray Southwell's claims against CPH. The NLRB filed on Feb. 24 an administrative complaint regarding Southwell's firing and...

...Thursday. The National Labor Relations Board requested the hearing before an administrative law judge to determine if Ray Southwell's allegations were true and required action from the federal board. The hearing started on Tuesday and included...