Vote Peter Crimp for Homer Electric Association Board


This is Jim Levine and I want to thank all the Homer Electric Association members for allowing me to serve as one of your directors in District 3 for the past nine years. It has been a great honor. 

It is time to vote again for directors and Peter Crimp is running for the seat I have occupied for the past nine years. Peter would be a great addition to the board, and I enthusiastically endorse his candidacy.  Peter understands the benefits of alternative energy in minimizing the electricity cost to HEA members, and he has 20 years of experience working for the Alaska Energy Authority, including working with the State of Alaska Renewable Energy Grant Fund program. Peter also has significant experience with budgeting and will be able to review the budget thoroughly every year to ensure we are getting the best deal possible while maintaining the reliability of the system.  

We still need to diversify our power generation utilizing solar, wind and hydro.  Natural gas from Cook Inlet has powered our electrical system very well for many years.  But the cost of natural gas has been increasing substantially in the past few years and is becoming unaffordable. 

One third of our budget currently goes to paying for natural gas. That amounts to over 40 million dollars every year just to buy gas. Sun, wind and water have no fuel cost. Alternative energy systems are less costly NOW than natural gas for producing electricity and the difference is only going to increase. Let’s give Peter the opportunity to move HEA into the future!

Voting can be either online or by mail.  Voting starts April 3, 2026, and your ballot must arrive by May 6, 2026, or you can vote in person at the annual meeting on May 7, 2026.

Jim Levine


Respect Military Lives

 On March 7, our Grifter-in-Chief, while participating in a Dignified Transfer of our dead heroes at Dover Air Force Base, wore a baseball cap advertising himself. This stunning and disrespectful act showcases a draft dodger’s lack of dignity or appreciation for the moment. Besides promoting his hat sales, he showed that he doesn’t really care about who dies in his war of choice.

Sen. Lindsey Graham served in the Air Force as a military advocate and attorney. On March 22, while cheerleading for Trump he said “We did Iwo Jima, we can do this,” referring to putting boots on the ground in Iran. This statement reflects a lack of respect for life when talking about our troops. He is acting as if they are expendable cattle. His own military risk was potentially a paper cut, or perhaps a coffee spill on his shoes. Apparently, like all Chickenhawks, he has no problem sending America’s sons and daughters off to war.

 As a Vietnam Veteran my perspective is different. Graham and other Chickenhawks will never have to hear the wounded or dying scream out with anguished cries for their mothers, wives, and children. When a friend was hit in a fire fight, I was usually asked, “Am I gonna be all right or am I gonna die?” Then, I would lie to him because he may be too close to a hole in the ground and a folded flag. Who am I to extinguish his last flicker of Hope?

Still, the Chickenhawks and draft dodgers need to watch out for paper cuts while remembering to tie their shoes.

Michael A. LeMay, Veterans for Peace