May 08, 2013
Wednesday

It is unfortunate that private corporations were made the primary vehicle to distribute the wealth to Alaska Natives under the ANCSA. Corporate board rooms and executive leadership are one of the least democratic institutions in Western society. So Mr. Salvato's documentation of gross inequities comes as no surprise.

This is especially unfortunate given the array of federal assistance afforded to Sealaska such as Net Operating Losses, non-competitive federal contracting and now Senator Murkowski's S.340 lands bill -- all of which boost Sealaska's profits.

Joe Mehrkens
Juneau, AK

About: "Former Forest Service Economist, Wilderness Society Lobbyist for the Tongass Timber Reform Act, former Economist for Alaska Department of Commerce, former member of the Tongass Futures Roundtable. RETIRED."

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