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Arrest made
after Labor Department worker
threatened on telephone
There was a lock down at the Alaska Department of Labor this morning after an employee was threatened while talking to a person on the telephone The call came into the Unemployment Insurance Call Center
Juneau Police were called to investigate. Sergeant Kevin Siska says it was determined that 27 year old Getano L. Mayen was the alleged caller. He was reportedly unhappy with the information he was given and allegedly threatened to kill the department employee, a 44 year old woman, and her co-workers.
Officers went to the suspect's home in the Mendenhall Valley at about 11:30 and placed him under arrest.
He was charged with Terroristic Threatening, a class C felony and jailed at Lemon Creek on no bail.
After the call in at approximately 9:45 this morning, the building was placed in lock down status and police were notified. That's according to established department emergency procedures. The lock down status was lifted shortly after Noon.
More flags heisted
The flag stealing crime spree continues. Three more cases from yesterday were documented on this morning's police blotter.
One was a ten foot flag taken from a pole at home on Trout Street. Another was swiped from the front porch of a Wolfram Way home. The other report came from a home on Gee Street.
That makes nine cases reported to police this week. A department official figures there are many more cases that people have not reported.
Opposition and support of Governor's executive orders sounded
Minority Democrats think the Legislature should closely examine the proposals contained in the Executive Orders issued this week by the Governor.
The orders move both coastal zone management from the Governor's Office and habitat permitting from Fish and Game to the Department of Natural Resources
If lawmakers take no action the orders will go into effect in mid-April.
House Minority Leader Ethan Berkowitz is hopeful the majority will look at them. He's got a problem with how the administration is proceeding. He thinks it be more proper to make the changes by legislation rather than an executive order.
He explains that there's a requirement that they vote on bills, which is not the case for executive orders. Even though he says its legally appropriate, Berkowitz feels its the wrong course to take. He thinks executive orders all the Governor to legislative by edict, which he thinks is fundamentally undemocratic.
Anchorage Representative Eric Croft is not hopeful that the review will be thorough. He hopes the majority will give the orders the independent scrutiny that the constitution contemplate, although he doesn't expect it.
The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce is supporting the Governor's habitat permitting change, according to President Pamela LaBolle. She says they believe the order will ensure a high standard of environmental protection and, at the same time, reduce cost and encourage future investment in Alaska.
She says her approximately 700 members around the state have identified the streamlining as a top priority.
Oil giant shedding North Sea fields
B-P is selling its interests in 14 natural gas fields in the North Sea. The company says the sale is part of its global shift away from older, less profitable energy ventures. Perenco U-K Limited has agreed to pay 162
million dollars for the fields.
Assembly deals with teen voting request in Anchorage
The Anchorage Assembly has voted down a measure that would have asked voters if they want to lower the voting age in city elections from 18 to 16. But the Assembly did vote to place a
non binding version of the question on the April first municipal ballot.
Minority preference issue addressed in Anchorage schools
Federal civil rights authorities say the Anchorage School district has to stop giving minorities preference in popular optional programs. The district was allowing minority students to jump ahead of white students on waiting lists.
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