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Bartlett Political Forum Scheduled Speakers - 2008 Anchorage, Alaska When: Thursday, 12:00 Noon to 1:00 pm Where: DENNY'S, 3950 Debarr Road (Debarr and Bragaw across from Costco) Join us for lunch or a cup of coffee! Everyone Welcome! Questions? Call 346-2529 or Art Curtis at 272-7360 |
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Featured Speaker: Bob Buch, Alaska State House Representative -- "Current Campaign and Insights from the State Legislature."
Featured Speaker: Susan Reilly -- "The Lilly Ledbetter Affair: The Face of Discrimination in the Workplace."
Featured Speaker: Harry Crawford, Alaska State House Representative.
Featured Speaker: Linda Beagle, new media consultant -- "The Democratic National Convention in Denver."
Featured Speaker: Eric Croft, former State House Representative and Candidate for Governor of Alaska -- "The Long View of Politics in Alaska."
Featured Speaker: Bob Shavelson, Executive Director, Cook Inlet Keeper -- "The Port of Anchorage and Other Issues Involving Cook Inlet."
Featured Speaker: Richard Berkowitz -- "New Ramifications of the Jones Act."
Featured Speaker: Rick Davidge, Chairman of the Alaska Veterans’ Foundation -- "Veterans Issues."
Featured Speaker:
Ray Metcalfe, agent of change and candidate for United States Senate.
Featured Speaker: Shannyn Moore, progressive on-air personality.
Featured Speaker: Kate Troll, Alaska Conservation Alliance -- "Issues of the Environment."
Featured Speaker: Pete Petersen, candidate for Alaska State House of Representatives from District 19, NE Anchorage.
Featured Speaker: Chris Tuck, Anchorage School Board member and Business Agent of the IBEW.
Featured Speakers: Scott Heyworth and Harold Heinze, Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority -- "Update on Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline, including the special legislative session on AGIA called by Gov. Palin, the All Alaskan option & Mitsubisi partnership, and the producer partners' Denali plan."
Featured Speaker: Ethan Berkowitz, Democratic Congressional Candidate.
Featured Speaker: Diane Benson, Democratic Congressional Candidate.
Featured Speaker: David Schaff, Senior Attorney, National Labor Relations Board -- "National Labor Relations Board and Labor Strife."
Featured Speaker: Johnny Ellis, State Senator -- "Regular Session Past and Special Sessions Future."
Featured Speaker: Ralph Samuels, State Representative -- "Long-Range Fiscal Planning for Alaska."
Featured Speaker: Lindsey Holmes, State Representative -- "My Experience in the Legislature."
Featured Speaker: Berta Gardner, State Representative -- "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Reflections on the Legislative Session."
Featured Speaker: Alaskans for Clean Water.
Featured Speakers: Council of Alaska Producers and NANA Development Corporation -- "The Benefits of Mining to Alaska and the Dangers of the Anti-Mining Initiatives."
Featured Speaker: Matt Claman -- "What Can We Expect of the New Anchorage Assembly?"
Featured Speaker: Alex Newhall, longshoreman -- "Corporations: Beneficial or Detrimental?"
Featured Event: Open discussion of Anchorage elections and other issues.
Featured Speakers:
Carol Comeau, Anchorage School District Superintendent; Macon Roberts, ASD Board;
Kitte' Miller, School Bonds, Yes -- "The School Bonds Explained."
Featured Speakers: Municipal Assembly Candidates for Midtown and South Anchorage plus a short presentation on the bond issues (except school bonds) by Bill Johnson of Anchorage Tomorrow.
Featured Speakers: Municipal Assembly Candidates for Eagle River and East Anchorage.
Featured Speakers: Municipal Assembly Candidates for Downtown and West Anchorage.
Featured Speaker:
Khaled Zayed -- "Misconceptions about Islam."
Featured Speaker: Joe Griffith, former chief executive of Chugach Electric and a spokesperson for Chugach Reliability -- "What's Happening at the Chugach Electric Association?"
Featured Speaker: Cal Williams, Chair, NAACP Voter Education Committee -- "The Democratic Party and the African Americans" (This program is in celebration of African American History Month. Cal was a civil rights worker in the 1960's).
Featured Speaker: Mike Gutierrez -- "Youth and Gang Violence" (Mike has worked for "Weed and Seed," a community justice project in east Anchorage. He is also running for the Anchorage Municipal Assembly).
Featured Speakers: Elisa Holt and Chris Farrell, representing the Clinton and Obama campaigns, will advocate for their candidates.
Featured Speaker: Vernon Campbell, Director of Accountability, Anchorage School District -- "Local Challenges of the 'No Child Left Behind' Act."
Featured Speaker: Priscilla Wohl, Executive Director, Northern Forum -- "Russia: Present and Future--An Alaska Connection."
Featured Speaker: Kay Brown -- "The Alaska Democratic Presidential Caucus."
Featured Speaker: Allan Tesche, Anchorage Assemblyman -- "Municipal Privatization."
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Thursday - September 25, 2008