Last weekend, Mary Peltola and Sen. Dan Sullivan squared off at the Kodiak fisheries debate, and Sullivan gave us a masterclass in "I wasn't listening, but I don't want anyone to know that."
The question: does the North Pacific Fishery Management Council actually listen to subsistence users, salmon migration, habitat, and Indigenous ways of life?
Peltola put up her red "no" paddle immediately. 🚫
But Sullivan had no answer.
When Sullivan finally clocked that everyone was waiting for an answer, he snuck a peek at Mary’s response and raised his own “no” paddle.
In other words: Alaskans deserve a senator who doesn't need to copy the answer.