Open Letter to All Alaskans, Including Teachers, Parents, Union and Non-Union Employees, Business Owners, Relating to Ballot Measure One, Alaska's Fair Share When you hear or recelve a message This open letter relates to highly that messaging.) Then come back to at the Alaskas Fair Share website. important Ballot Measure 1 (the Fair Share Act). a question. information which is being kept from information concerning our website, to fact check, or to submit And ask questions. We are not trying to vote no on your fair share of your ol to hide things. M Popp/Exon leases, and they will come every day. given the millions big oil is spending We have a bipartisan panel of hide things. That has not been good to keep you from leaming about their Conoco/Philips/Hilcorp are trying to Alaskans. Ballot Measure 1 will amend our current production tax system legisiators, and other knowledgeable for Alaska's economy, as we have all enacted through Senate Bi 21 (SB people, who can respond to questions. 21) to allow Alaskans to get back a fair We want questions. We are not trying to producers, instead of keeping it here in share of the revenues from the sale hide things, or avoid reviewing facts and of our own oil. S8 21 was the largest evidence. This is our property, It is vour state. Follow the money, not the stories oil resource giveaway in the history of property too. The more you know about Alaska, and Alaskans need to stand this, the better together to get our fair share back income and expenses from our legacy oil felds. and/or when they suggest that the Alaskas Fair Share Initiative was developed by a group without any opportunity for public feedback, go to your Alaskas Fair Share website. Lots of seen, given the transfer of our wealth to and videos-which leave you without transparency, without the relevant info, and without a fair share from our oil. opportunity to leam what has been kept from the public, and the legislature, and to have that back and forth public debate. And, it is a lie to suggest that Initiative backers did not want to have the legislature hold hearings, to alow for this debate. Legislative leaders rejected Robin Brena's February and March 2020 requests to do this. It is reassuring to read the Anchorage Since SB 21 passed and even before Tired of al those self-serving ads, Economic Development Corporation's the pandemic. Alaska's economy had Facebook messages, and mailers from "values" statement on "integrity" which collapsed. Alaskans must face the Exxon/ConocoPhillips/BP/Hilcorp? is: "Being transparent and ethical issue-SB 21 does not work and must They have a lot more money to spend than we do. Their professional spin transparent and ethical in our daily Wizards of Oz. including lobbyists. ives, and in our business dealings, is management personnel, and public relations and social media teams are experts at avoiding the relevant issues, AEDCS President and CEO, ecord Alaskans. (Production revenue and creating confusion, and unging people a video for the OneAlaska/Exxon/ to vote no against Alaskans getting a ConocoPhillips/Hilcorp group. With related). So too, of course, is everything $3.000,000, each, to continue their in all our business dealings." Being be amended. We all know what is coming. if Balot 1 is not passed this year. More so important to good, honest outcomes. So, it is very disturbing to see Bi Popp, cuts. Lower dividends. New taxes on Exxon, ConocoPhilips, and BP/ Hilcorp will probably spend at least the size and the future of PED's are regard to being transparent and ethical eise. School spending, marine highway deceptive messaging. Alaskans. of course, cannot match this spending But, we don't need to. Quality, not quantity. Please go to our website and donate whatever you feel is this year, if you want some restored appropriate, whether that is $10 or fair share of our own oil. in all of AEDCS work, Mr. Popp did not spending, University spending. health care spending. Even spending on rural Alaska law eforcement. Our choice Look behind the curtain and see 02. seek out experts on Alaska's side of OZ is Texan-based producers spending these matters, such as Mr. Brena, to millions to persuade Alaskans we will be better off getting less than a fair share actually be "transparent and ethical." of our ol, so Oz can get more. Look Even worse, he discourages Alaskan for information on both sides of this issue, and not just the side OZ wants you to see. The best information can be Fair Share website to have the beneft shareholders. But this will not grow found at alaskasfairshare.com. of information which they have been your PFD, or pay for your schools. Please bookmark this page on your shielded from, It is just information, phone and computer for later review as Why try to hide it from Alaskans? We all The producers, through ConocoPhilips. we approach October's election (mal know that when information is withheld agree that they will not leave Alaska ballots should arrive by mid October). understand the issues, so that he could but you have to vote "YES ON 1" revenue. Or, you can continue to send business owners, and Alaskans in our wealth out of Alaska to Exxon and ConocoPhilips, and Hilcorp, and their $1.000. I have contributed several times at the $10,000 level, because our public process is broken, When our own legislative "representatives will not even alow Mr. Brena to testify and explain what SB 21 has done, and what Alaska's Fair Share will correct. they are not representing their Alaskan constituents. They represent big oil-to the exclusion of an open public process to decide what we should all do. general, from going to the Alaska's from businesses, school districts, when the Alaska's Fair Share Act/ university systems, and people, they Balot measure 1 passes. This is not a surprise. Prudhoe Bay is extremely Why doesn't the AEDC rise to meet profitable. The infrastructure is in place. its ethical mission by requiring ts and was paid for long ago. And, they own On this website, please go to the "learn more" tab, and also the "news" can be deceived. link and then "in Print" tab and read the July 19, 2020 "The current oil tax scheme, not the Fair Share Act, is killing organization and its chief executive shares in the TransAlaska Pipeline, and jobs" Commentary by former legislator officer to seek out. consider, and have Maritime shipping departments to Les Gara, and the May 9.2020 "O provide information on both sides of this move our oil to west coast refineries. Taxes. What OI Taxes?" article by Alaska Oil and Gas attorney Robin Brena. Just read those two articles first. has public funding and it should not be if you want. Then you will say, oh yeah. the surrogate for the major producers Lower 48, and internationally. The rules now I understand why Alaskans are voting yes for the Alaskas Fair Share Act (Ballot Measure 1) this October. I am retired. Whether we continue to send, unnecessarily. hundreds of milions or billions of dollars of our jointly owned Prudhoe Bay ol lease wealth out of Alaska does not directly affect me. The size, or the existence, of any PFD does not affect me. Whether we can restore a great important issue, giving its members fair Remember, our legacy fleld ol is "low and balanced information? The AEDC cost" per ConocoPhilips. They would know. They have operations in the to provide misinformation onto all relating to these ol felds last changed public education system, from preK Alaskans. Hiding the other side of the in July 2014, when an Alaska Senate issues from Alaska business owners, bil, known as SB 21, went into effect. and others in AEDC's "investor's Council" is not consistent with the AEDC'S public mandate, its public funding sources, fairmess, and its own high ethical standards. All Alaskans through the University level, does not directly affect me. But when the public process is broken, as it is here, and when we don't have that effective news media to play its traditional role in our democratic system to help us be vigilant and forceful in the protection of own interests, that hurts the vast majority of Alaskans. This has allowed our state and federal govemments to be overcome by special interests. This does not end well for Alaska, or for know that ConocoPhilips is standing America, if we do not ignore irelevant Transparency, A Robust Public Forum-And, Who Is Really Trying To Deceive You Please Stay Involved In Our Government, Vote, And Donate If You Can own the land and the hundreds of billions of dollars of ol resources. To have AEDC act as a surrogate for the it is nice to see those well put together The many thousands of Alaskans major oil producers taking our ol weath one minute television messages, with supporting this Initiative want Alaskans to spend as much time as they want to their fair share is disheartening at the Alaska's fair share website. We AEDC'S Mission Statement is "to grow from Alaska without paying Alaskans the pipeline and the caribou, letting us with us, and sharing $200,000, or even or deceptive messages, and begin paying attention to facts and evidence. and sources of info, and their interests in shaping the into you receive. want to have a robust public forum and dialogue, to spread this information to al Alaskans. This Initiative was put together with input from many experts be better off economically if we take years, Good for public relations. A write in Alaska Ol and Gas matters. it is not the work of people without expert disservice to all Alaskans. This iis hot SAR.000.000, And, what about Exon knowledge of these issues. Remember, the way to grow our economy quality. not quantity. of facts and evidence are what count. (If you receive a mailer asking you to vote no, check to see if it was paid for by Exxon, ConocoPlips, Hilcorp, or one of their surrogates, Ike AOGA. That will explain a prosperous. sustainable and diverse $3.000.000, of its $4.800.000,000 in economy" Simply accepting Exxon and ConocoPhillips views that Alaska will net income on our oil over the last 3 less than our fair share for our oil is a of on taxes. But this is not even one Please go to the Alaska's fair Share website. Share that info with friends and family. If you can help with even a smal percent of this income, which would be and Hilcorp? This has nothing to do with Ballot Measure 1, other than to donation, every little one helps, And then vote "Yes" on Balot Measure 1. The political power of the major producers is why an initiative became the only way for Alaskans to get back our fair share. This is why Alaskans show you that we would want to spend more one percent of this excess lease income on Alaskans, if we restored this Thank you. Let's keep the conversation going. Dave Carter Retired Attorney. Anchorage. 907-349-4980. should inform themselves of the facts revenue with a "Yes" vote. Open Letter to All Alaskans, Including Teachers, Parents, Union and Non-Union Employees, Business Owners, Relating to Ballot Measure One, Alaska's Fair Share When you hear or recelve a message This open letter relates to highly that messaging.) Then come back to at the Alaskas Fair Share website. important Ballot Measure 1 (the Fair Share Act). a question. information which is being kept from information concerning our website, to fact check, or to submit And ask questions. We are not trying to vote no on your fair share of your ol to hide things. M Popp/Exon leases, and they will come every day. given the millions big oil is spending We have a bipartisan panel of hide things. That has not been good to keep you from leaming about their Conoco/Philips/Hilcorp are trying to Alaskans. Ballot Measure 1 will amend our current production tax system legisiators, and other knowledgeable for Alaska's economy, as we have all enacted through Senate Bi 21 (SB people, who can respond to questions. 21) to allow Alaskans to get back a fair We want questions. We are not trying to producers, instead of keeping it here in share of the revenues from the sale hide things, or avoid reviewing facts and of our own oil. S8 21 was the largest evidence. This is our property, It is vour state. Follow the money, not the stories oil resource giveaway in the history of property too. The more you know about Alaska, and Alaskans need to stand this, the better together to get our fair share back income and expenses from our legacy oil felds. and/or when they suggest that the Alaskas Fair Share Initiative was developed by a group without any opportunity for public feedback, go to your Alaskas Fair Share website. Lots of seen, given the transfer of our wealth to and videos-which leave you without transparency, without the relevant info, and without a fair share from our oil. opportunity to leam what has been kept from the public, and the legislature, and to have that back and forth public debate. And, it is a lie to suggest that Initiative backers did not want to have the legislature hold hearings, to alow for this debate. Legislative leaders rejected Robin Brena's February and March 2020 requests to do this. It is reassuring to read the Anchorage Since SB 21 passed and even before Tired of al those self-serving ads, Economic Development Corporation's the pandemic. Alaska's economy had Facebook messages, and mailers from "values" statement on "integrity" which collapsed. Alaskans must face the Exxon/ConocoPhillips/BP/Hilcorp? is: "Being transparent and ethical issue-SB 21 does not work and must They have a lot more money to spend than we do. Their professional spin transparent and ethical in our daily Wizards of Oz. including lobbyists. ives, and in our business dealings, is management personnel, and public relations and social media teams are experts at avoiding the relevant issues, AEDCS President and CEO, ecord Alaskans. (Production revenue and creating confusion, and unging people a video for the OneAlaska/Exxon/ to vote no against Alaskans getting a ConocoPhillips/Hilcorp group. With related). So too, of course, is everything $3.000,000, each, to continue their in all our business dealings." Being be amended. We all know what is coming. if Balot 1 is not passed this year. More so important to good, honest outcomes. So, it is very disturbing to see Bi Popp, cuts. Lower dividends. New taxes on Exxon, ConocoPhilips, and BP/ Hilcorp will probably spend at least the size and the future of PED's are regard to being transparent and ethical eise. School spending, marine highway deceptive messaging. Alaskans. of course, cannot match this spending But, we don't need to. Quality, not quantity. Please go to our website and donate whatever you feel is this year, if you want some restored appropriate, whether that is $10 or fair share of our own oil. in all of AEDCS work, Mr. Popp did not spending, University spending. health care spending. Even spending on rural Alaska law eforcement. Our choice Look behind the curtain and see 02. seek out experts on Alaska's side of OZ is Texan-based producers spending these matters, such as Mr. Brena, to millions to persuade Alaskans we will be better off getting less than a fair share actually be "transparent and ethical." of our ol, so Oz can get more. Look Even worse, he discourages Alaskan for information on both sides of this issue, and not just the side OZ wants you to see. The best information can be Fair Share website to have the beneft shareholders. But this will not grow found at alaskasfairshare.com. of information which they have been your PFD, or pay for your schools. Please bookmark this page on your shielded from, It is just information, phone and computer for later review as Why try to hide it from Alaskans? We all The producers, through ConocoPhilips. we approach October's election (mal know that when information is withheld agree that they will not leave Alaska ballots should arrive by mid October). understand the issues, so that he could but you have to vote "YES ON 1" revenue. Or, you can continue to send business owners, and Alaskans in our wealth out of Alaska to Exxon and ConocoPhilips, and Hilcorp, and their $1.000. I have contributed several times at the $10,000 level, because our public process is broken, When our own legislative "representatives will not even alow Mr. Brena to testify and explain what SB 21 has done, and what Alaska's Fair Share will correct. they are not representing their Alaskan constituents. They represent big oil-to the exclusion of an open public process to decide what we should all do. general, from going to the Alaska's from businesses, school districts, when the Alaska's Fair Share Act/ university systems, and people, they Balot measure 1 passes. This is not a surprise. Prudhoe Bay is extremely Why doesn't the AEDC rise to meet profitable. The infrastructure is in place. its ethical mission by requiring ts and was paid for long ago. And, they own On this website, please go to the "learn more" tab, and also the "news" can be deceived. link and then "in Print" tab and read the July 19, 2020 "The current oil tax scheme, not the Fair Share Act, is killing organization and its chief executive shares in the TransAlaska Pipeline, and jobs" Commentary by former legislator officer to seek out. consider, and have Maritime shipping departments to Les Gara, and the May 9.2020 "O provide information on both sides of this move our oil to west coast refineries. Taxes. What OI Taxes?" article by Alaska Oil and Gas attorney Robin Brena. Just read those two articles first. has public funding and it should not be if you want. Then you will say, oh yeah. the surrogate for the major producers Lower 48, and internationally. The rules now I understand why Alaskans are voting yes for the Alaskas Fair Share Act (Ballot Measure 1) this October. I am retired. Whether we continue to send, unnecessarily. hundreds of milions or billions of dollars of our jointly owned Prudhoe Bay ol lease wealth out of Alaska does not directly affect me. The size, or the existence, of any PFD does not affect me. Whether we can restore a great important issue, giving its members fair Remember, our legacy fleld ol is "low and balanced information? The AEDC cost" per ConocoPhilips. They would know. They have operations in the to provide misinformation onto all relating to these ol felds last changed public education system, from preK Alaskans. Hiding the other side of the in July 2014, when an Alaska Senate issues from Alaska business owners, bil, known as SB 21, went into effect. and others in AEDC's "investor's Council" is not consistent with the AEDC'S public mandate, its public funding sources, fairmess, and its own high ethical standards. All Alaskans through the University level, does not directly affect me. But when the public process is broken, as it is here, and when we don't have that effective news media to play its traditional role in our democratic system to help us be vigilant and forceful in the protection of own interests, that hurts the vast majority of Alaskans. This has allowed our state and federal govemments to be overcome by special interests. This does not end well for Alaska, or for know that ConocoPhilips is standing America, if we do not ignore irelevant Transparency, A Robust Public Forum-And, Who Is Really Trying To Deceive You Please Stay Involved In Our Government, Vote, And Donate If You Can own the land and the hundreds of billions of dollars of ol resources. To have AEDC act as a surrogate for the it is nice to see those well put together The many thousands of Alaskans major oil producers taking our ol weath one minute television messages, with supporting this Initiative want Alaskans to spend as much time as they want to their fair share is disheartening at the Alaska's fair share website. We AEDC'S Mission Statement is "to grow from Alaska without paying Alaskans the pipeline and the caribou, letting us with us, and sharing $200,000, or even or deceptive messages, and begin paying attention to facts and evidence. and sources of info, and their interests in shaping the into you receive. want to have a robust public forum and dialogue, to spread this information to al Alaskans. This Initiative was put together with input from many experts be better off economically if we take years, Good for public relations. A write in Alaska Ol and Gas matters. it is not the work of people without expert disservice to all Alaskans. This iis hot SAR.000.000, And, what about Exon knowledge of these issues. Remember, the way to grow our economy quality. not quantity. of facts and evidence are what count. (If you receive a mailer asking you to vote no, check to see if it was paid for by Exxon, ConocoPlips, Hilcorp, or one of their surrogates, Ike AOGA. That will explain a prosperous. sustainable and diverse $3.000.000, of its $4.800.000,000 in economy" Simply accepting Exxon and ConocoPhillips views that Alaska will net income on our oil over the last 3 less than our fair share for our oil is a of on taxes. But this is not even one Please go to the Alaska's fair Share website. Share that info with friends and family. If you can help with even a smal percent of this income, which would be and Hilcorp? This has nothing to do with Ballot Measure 1, other than to donation, every little one helps, And then vote "Yes" on Balot Measure 1. The political power of the major producers is why an initiative became the only way for Alaskans to get back our fair share. This is why Alaskans show you that we would want to spend more one percent of this excess lease income on Alaskans, if we restored this Thank you. Let's keep the conversation going. Dave Carter Retired Attorney. Anchorage. 907-349-4980. should inform themselves of the facts revenue with a "Yes" vote.