Politics

Alaska State Representative Paul Seaton of Homer, spoke with KBBI's Carolyn Norton about the legislature's struggle with the state budget.
This interview was recorded on Friday, June 23rd.

Alaska State Representative Paul Seaton of Homer spoke with KBBI's Kathleen Gustafson about the looming state government shutdown during his weekly legislative call-in, recorded Friday, June 9th.

Alaska State Representative Paul Seaton's weekly interview with KBBI's Carolyn Norton - recorded Friday, June 2nd.

Alaska State Representative Paul Seaton of Homer stopped by  KBBI studios for a conversation with Carolyn Norton on Friday, May 26th.

Alaska State Representative Paul Seaton of Homer joined KBBI's Carolyn Norton
on Friday Morning, May 19th for a conversation about the legislature's special session.

Alaska State Representative Paul Seaton of Homer joined KBBI's Carolyn Norton Friday morning, May 5th for a progress report on the state budget.

On Tuesday, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted down an ordinance that would have repealed the invocation policy as it currently stands. The final vote was seven to two against, with only Assembly President Kelly Cooper and Assembly Member Willy Dunne in favor of passing it.

Overall, public testimony on the invocation policy lasted for more than an hour. Here is a sampling of some of the comments heard at the meeting:  

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday voted to continue its current policy on the holding of invocations before its meetings. The only two dissenting votes came from southern peninsula representatives.