Things are looking grim for Alaska this year… but Don’t Panic.
Alaska Robotics News takes a look at Governor Bill Walker’s Voices for Visions Budget Survey and talks to the artist behind the recent art installation at the Capitol Building.
Here’s an editorial by James Brooks which may have planted the seeds for the Governor’s “Don’t Panic” State of the State speech.
Empire Editorial: Whatever you do, don’t panic – In the pages of Douglas Adams’ “Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” is a description of the fictional electronic encyclopedia that gives the book its name. The description praises the encyclopedia for its price and because “it has the words DON’T PANIC inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover.”
via Alaska Robotics
With the Voices for Vision Budget Survey, Governor Walker and Lieutenant Governor Mallott sought to access two of the state’s most important groups of stakeholders, the public employees charged with ensuring responsible stewardship of public resources, and the citizens of Alaska who expect public servants make strategic and effective decisions about how those resources are managed.
This report is an overview of the Voices for Vision survey results, providing an examination of the suggestions by both public employees and Alaska citizens in relation to the efficient and effective use of State of Alaska resources in this time of declining revenue.
