Alaska Says 'No' To REAL ID
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Alaska struck the first legal blow in the fight against a national ID card by refusing to pass legislation to bring the state in line with REAL ID requirements.
The bill SB-189 breezed through the state's rubber stamp Senate before being killed by a duo of freedom-loving legislators in the House of Representatives.
Who are these heroes of the Bill of Rights? Front and center is Rep. Paul Seaton of Homer, a commercial fisherman and Chairman of the House State Affairs Committee. Through his leadership and by voting against fellow Republicans, Rep. Seaton killed SB-189 and beat back a last minute attempt to resurrect the bill by his party. The party paid him back by killing most, if not all of his own bills.
Assisting him in fighting off REAL ID was Rep. Max Gruenberg of Anchorage, the former House majority leader when it was under Democratic control. Rep. Gruenberg worked across party lines to make sure that this piece of un-American legislation died on the vine.
The Identity Project is proud to have been involved in testifying before the State Affairs Committee and providing the information needed to make sure that the oppression of a national ID card never hits the shores of the Last Frontier.
We Alaskans love our freedom. And we don't need a bunch of bureaucrats in Washington DC telling us what we should and should not do with our own drivers licenses.
Alaska has said 'no' to a national ID card: which other state will love freedom enough to follow in our footsteps? Join us! The weather is fine.