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Kelly, Gara in oil tax duel at Chamber event

Rep. Les Gara D-Anchorage paid for his tardiness at Thursday's Chamber of Commerce...doing their jobs."ACES replaced Petroleum Profits Tax in 2007.Rep. Les Gara said he preferred if incentives given to oil companies came with provisions...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-04/kelly-gara-oil-tax-duel-chamber-event
Local
More Alaska Production Act is signed into law

...will put Alaska back into the game," Moriarty said.At a rally in front of the chamber building in Anchorage, Rep. Les Gara (D-Anchorage) decried the bill during a phone interview saying, "it's a pure giveaway.""The Legislature should...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-21
State
Parnell: Trip gave insight on oil expectations

...as encouraging steps toward new production and investment, given the tax cut hasn't even been signed yet.Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage, poked fun, likening it in his e-newsletter to "taking credit for gravity."Activist Andree McLeod...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-02/parnell-trip-gave-insight-oil-expectati
State
New analysis: Oil tax bill could cost up to $5.7B

...with no firm commitments from companies, and gives the companies too much."It's all still hypotheticals," Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage, said of the production scenarios that have been presented.Parnell has been pushing for a tax cut as...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-11/new-analysis-oil-tax-bill-could-cost-57
State
Committee OKs omnibus crime bill

...coaches, were defined in the bill as including paid leaders or assistants of school or municipal sports teams.Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage, objected to that definition."Right now, the bill says that if you're a paid coach - so you could...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-11/committee-oks-omnibus-crime-bill
State
House Finance releases latest oil tax proposal

...billions of dollars in revenue with no guarantee from the companies about new levels of production or spending.Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage, is among those who have taken issue with the production decline rate used in some of the presentations...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-12/house-finance-releases-latest-oil-tax-p
State
Dueling superlatives on session

...fiscal year without assurances from oil company executives that they will increase production on the North Slope.Rep. Les Gara and Sen. Bill Wielechowski, both Anchorage Democrats, complained that Republicans had blocked Democrats' oil tax reform...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-15/dueling-superlatives-session
State
PFD bill helps military, but could lead to fraud

...Alaska, have to pay the high cost of fuel, the high cost of heating, just the high costs we have up here," said Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage. "The bill now opens that up to every single person who leaves Alaska and doesn't have those costs...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-19/pfd-bill-helps-military-could-lead-frau
State
Facts about the oil tax giveaway

...massive tax breaks. And expect less revenue, continued education cuts, construction and other job losses, and big dips into Alaska's billions in ACES-created savings.? Les Gara is a Democratic State Representative From Anchorage.

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-09/facts-about-oil-tax-giveaway
Opinion
Board of Fish member rejected in close vote

...know I think we can point to certain user groups that certainly have benefited, but this is the Board of Fish."Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage, joined Stoltze in opposing Webster, citing his own support for higher escapement goals.Supporters...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-09/board-fish-member-rejected-close-vote
State

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