Alaska gasline corp. board member calls lawmakers ‘mosquitoes’ in AKLNG tax cut talks

The comments came one day after reporting on a confidential draft agreement between AGDC and Glenfarne revealed potential state liability in the project, which raised lawmaker concerns around a lack of transparency

A board member with the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, which is a part owner of the proposed AKLNG gas line project and pushing for lawmakers to provide a multibillion dollar tax break, likened state legislators to mosquitoes — “irritating, relentless, and somehow always present” — at a board meeting on Thursday.

The “tongue-in-cheek” comparison came from Fairbanks-based secretary and treasurer of the board Dennis Michel as the corporation grapples with lawmaker scrutiny after the…