AkPIRG fought Raid on the PFD
While many legislators and the Governor endorsed the raid on Permanent Fund Dividends, AkPIRG’s research indicated the advisory ballot was a bad deal. By exposing the sources of money for the PFD raid, AkPIRG let Alaskans know that the largest contributors were oil companies and industrial tourism concerns that didn’t want to risk being a targeted for possible future taxes. Alaskans saw the ruse and defeated the raid by a margin of 83% to 17%–the largest ballot proposition victory in Alaska.