Since I was woefully unprepared, and didn’t post the candidates for the 2008 “Muddies” until the evening of December 31, I’ve decided to extend the voting for another day.  So, if you haven’t yet had the chance to vote for your top 3 Alaskan rogues, renegades, ne’er do wells, crooks and miscreants, click HERE! And [...]

You may recall, I posted last week about Republican Representative and co-chair of the House Finance Committee,  Mike Hawker, who, after seeing Governor Sarah Palin’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2010, decided to send her a letter. The letter was addressed thus: Gov. Sarah Palin 123 Unicorn Street Fantasyland, AK 99999 Well, no.  It wasn’t.  But [...]

Of course WE knew it all along, but it’s nice to see The Nation recognize the hard work and talent of Camille Conte, known to Alaska progressives as CC!   They have proclaimed her as progressives’ “Most Valuable Local Media Personality”  of 2008! CC puts in an extraordinary amount of time, passion and dedication into her [...]

Happy New Year, Mudflatters! I thought about going to see the fireworks downtown.  Then I looked at the thermometer.  24 degrees below zero.   No way. So it was a relaxing, low key welcoming of the new year here at Mudflats central.  ‘Buf’ the dog is buf-ing every time he hears fireworks, and we are all cozy, [...]