The Governor is instructing the minority to not show up to the special session HE has called – That is crossing the line to abuse of power and is unacceptable behavior for an Alaskan and a Governor – We must expect and demand better of our elected officials. Leave the desperate-style political games in DC!

“Dunleavy tells Republicans to skip part of special session to prevent veto overrides” Read more in the linked article.

I can tolerate someone using the political tools they have to their advantage—calling a special session is the Governor’s right, even if its a dirty maneuver to capitalize on the weakness of his political opponents when they have members serving overseas – that’s politics! But it is profoundly anti-democratic to then instruct his allies not to attend, in a deliberate effort to sabotage the Legislature’s constitutional duty.

The Governor has called lawmakers back to Juneau—allegedly to discuss education and agriculture—but behind closed doors he is asking members of his minority caucus allies to skip the first five days, explicitly to prevent override votes on his vetoes, including the devastating cuts to public education funding. That’s not just politics—it’s an abuse of power.

The Alaska Constitution mandates that we consider veto overrides at the start of a special session. That duty belongs to the full Legislature—not just to those the Governor finds convenient. Telling legislators to deliberately avoid performing their duty under the Constitution isn’t governance. It’s obstruction.

This maneuver directly undermines the will of the people and the work already completed during regular session – frankly it seems desperate! Alaska’s students, teachers, and communities deserve better than procedural games aimed at consolidating executive power at the expense of public well-being.

We were elected to serve Alaskans—not to play hide and seek with our responsibilities. I will show up. I will do the work. And I’ll work for a government that puts Alaskans first, not desperate lame-duck efforts to savage failed policies.

Ky

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