Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

@Skippynutz123 I’m thinking the total volume of moose poop in Anchorage is a small fraction that of dog poop. Admittedly, I have no data though. It is a major pollutant in our waterways though (dog not moose).

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

Spotted at Target: a Barbie that teaches kids the importance of picking up after your dog. Some of the dog owners of Anchorage should have had this growing up.

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

@jsamdrolet And even then, Hickel wasn’t a true believer. Didn’t he just miss the deadline for the republican primary?

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

@Climatologist49

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

@jsamdrolet @BirdingByBike @_daftdunk @davidmsong @AK_Urban_1 And the 2023 numbers are worse.

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

@Alaskapolitics1 I think maybe you think this is a sick burn, but perhaps you've heard of tables, desks, and chairs?

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

@Alaskapolitics1 I rate this comment a D-. School finances are public record, with district budgets approved by board members elected by the general public. Districts do and should put as much as possible into the classroom, but things like furniture and building maintenance are fairly important.

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

This is astounding. I can give any number of reasons why this is terrible for our economic future, but mostly I’m thinking about my 2-year-old and 4-year-old, facing an education system materially worse than when I went through the Anchorage and Kodiak school system.

[Matt Acuña Buxton @mattbuxton]

And Dunleavy's veto on the education bill STANDS.

The #akleg fails to override on 39-20 vote.

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

@ChugachMtnBlues I’m partial to the conversation one myself. It’s not really selling out our kids’ future, it’s a form of banter.

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

@RepHDrummondAK Thank you, and I agree 100% about November. A good place to start is my representative, Tom McKay.

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

@TerryDolan2 True, but as a combined area, Anchorage/Mat-Su is losing people. The Mat-Su gains aren’t big enough to offset Anchorage losses.

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

Looking at AK DOL data for a grant application. I wonder if these trends are related to that labor force shortage thingy?

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

@notalliana_ Went by in a blink. He'll be 3 in July.

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

My little guy, dressed to deliver a talk on the Alaska economy.

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

I mean, at least when it’s really cold it doesn’t usually sn…

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

@_daftdunk @AEDCweb Look, thoughtful people can disagree. But it’s not a grift.

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

@_daftdunk @AEDCweb Lots of weird conflicting signals in our housing market, but one oddity is that rent cost increases have been very low given other indicators. It doesn’t point to monopoly power by landlords.

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

@_daftdunk @AEDCweb My hypothesis is that no, there wouldn't be an immediate reduction in rent--but future rent increases would be forestalled or reduced. Over a few year time horizon, renters would ultimately see a benefit. But the unfair cost renters pay now is undeniable.

[Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 @NolanKlouda]

@_daftdunk @AEDCweb The subject of prop tax passthrough to renters is pretty complicated and I haven't been able to find any substantive research about how prop tax reduction would/wouldn't impact renters.