The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority charged that the reports are biased and contains errors. SalmonState commissioned the reports, a follow-up to a 2022 report.
Updated: 16 minutes agoAlaska Industrial Development and Export Authority in Midtown Anchorage on Tuesday, March 21, 2023.
The three reports were written by longtime Alaska economists Gregg Erickson and Milt Barker. They were commissioned by SalmonState.director of research for the Alaska Legislature and senior economist in the governor’s office after joining the administration of Democratic Gov. Bill Sheffield in 1984. Barker has worked as former deputy commissioner for the state Revenue Department and served on the AIDEA board.
Josie Wilson, spokesperson with AIDEA, said in an email that many of the loans in the loan-participation program would not have happened if not for AIDEA.“It’s no surprise that SalmonState” would attack AIDEA “because we continue to be successful in creating jobs and economic development in Alaska,” Randy Ruaro, AIDEA’s executive director, said in an additional statement following the report’s release.
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