Hugh Wade

AIDEA bidding on Alaska oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge seems like the height of folly.

The time has come. The owners of Star should stop doing what they are doing. I’m not even sure it’s legal, and that doesn’t even matter.

Basically, we all don’t like paying taxes, but it is how we financially get behind our nation.

The university has failed regarding this matter. It is a shame and a tragedy and beyond frustrating and infuriating.

Hugh G. (Jerry) Wade grew up in Juneau, pre-statehood. His father was elected Territorial Treasurer in 1954 and was elected as Alaska’s first secretary of state (the office now known as lieutenant governor) on the Democratic ticket with Gov. Bill Egan. Son Jerry offers this reflection on the campaign for statehood and his father’s role in Alaska’s first year as a state.