Sullivan has shown us who he will fight for

To the editor:

There are only a few issues that get me fired up enough to write a letter to the editor, and House Bill 77 (also known as the “Silencing Alaskans Act”) is one of them. What’s worse is the thought that the person who spearheaded the awful bill might be our next US Senator.

When Dan Sullivan was Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources Commissioner, he helped write and strong-arm HB 77 through the state Legislature, proving he has no idea what Alaskans want. Or he just doesn’t care. The bill would have given unprecedented power to the DNR Commissioner to give gas, oil, and mining developers permits on Alaskans lands and waters... without any public input from our sportsmen and fishermen.

In the blink of an eye, our favorite hunting and fishing places in Alaska could be handed over to a developer and deemed off limits to Alaskans. Without our knowledge or say.

Thanks to strong, independent minded Alaskans, we came together to make sure HB 77 went nowhere. But no thanks goes to Dan Sullivan, who is quoted as saying he was “proud of [his] effort” to pass it.

I hope this letter serves as a reminder that Dan Sullivan has already shown us what he’ll fight for — and it isn’t Alaskans. Our lands and waters are central to what make this state great. Don’t give Dan Sullivan the chance to take that away from us.

Nick Moe

Anchorage