Comments on: “The Mudflats People” in Fairbanks!

By: North_of_the_Range

North_of_the_Range — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:27:05 +0000

In that fourth picture, the man talking to the sign-holder sure looks like Jim Whitaker, the Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor…. you know, the Republican one who spoke at the DNC endorsing Obama only a matter of days before SarahChaos broke loose. He term-limits out pretty soon. And the sign-holder is a local character of some note, as well.

Great pix, RRH, and thanks for the writeup!

By: honestyinGov

honestyinGov — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:47:04 +0000

Nice story RRH…
So glad you were able to get right up there with the other protesters as well. They had some great signs and the pictures are great. Of course none of the MSM thought it was relevant to show the signs as part of THEIR stories.
Your pics will be a constant reminder though and will be here as a reference on the internet for history for anyone that looks.
They will NOT disappear… unlike scrubbing those State emails.
Good job!

By: leenie17

leenie17 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:42:52 +0000

crystalwolf aka caligrl Says:
Don’t really see any other govs go around with security?
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I used to run a children’s event that former Gov Mario Cuomo initiated and he would visit each year. His security was provided by NY State Troopers. He also had an ‘advance team’ made up of 1 or 2 very serious looking men in suits and dark glasses who usually arrived shortly before he did and scoped out the area. I used to laugh every year because they would try to rush him on to his next event but he would always ignore them so he could chat with the kids a little longer. They always looked very stressed!

By: InJuneau

InJuneau — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:21:22 +0000

Oh, on another note about security, when she and the fam. were here on the 4th, the security guys with her were IDed as likely private ones by someone who would likely know.

By: InJuneau

InJuneau — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:16:42 +0000

Diane–there are 2+ Governor’s Picnics every year, at least in Anch. and Fbx. and often other towns. It’s a chance to “get the gov out of Juneau” and let him/her meet and greet constitutents in other towns, on the assumption that the gov. actually lives in the Capital and would be interacting with us on a regular basis. Given the just past administration, however, those should have been held in Juneau, since she had been everywhere but here. However, we’re not too fond of her, overall, here, so it’s just as well it wasn’t.

The Gov. usually has a security detail made up of a State Trooper or two, depending on the circumstances. The blond is NOT part of that detail. It’s prob. either Britta or Ivey or maybe Kris, I’m not sure.

By: wynsplc

wynsplc — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:14:35 +0000

Just a side note: As for security, I believe state paid security ends when she is no longer governor..at the picnic she was still”officially Governor” Any security after she left office she would have to pay for.

By: Peggno in SoCal

Peggno in SoCal — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:04:00 +0000

Thanks for the great pix and story. My daughter is also a runner. When I told a friend she had run 20 miles that morning, he said, “On purpose?”.

By: duchessofdork

duchessofdork — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:44:21 +0000

prisonernumbersix ~ Good one!

By: hawk

hawk — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:07:44 +0000

It’s a shame you didn’t get the chance to clarify with Nora O’donnell that Palin was NOT Alaska “bred” as I heard her spew forth with glee in talking about her toughness on at least two occasions.. She was more like a teenage girl at a Beatles concert than a reporter for a national news organization

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:58:41 +0000

@crystalwolf aka caligrl #30:
I don’t know about all states, but your own governator’s security detail, made up of CHP officers, costs you around $38 million a year. Just a cost of running government, I suppose…