This photo was sent in by Mudflatter Gene Kane.  That’s EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson who is visiting our great state,and Alaska and USDA Rural Development Director Jim Nordlund. Lisa Jackson is visiting Alaska for the first time and will be discussing issues such as sanitation, resource development, and Pebble Mine. Confession: I had absolutely no [...]

Well, it’s taken a few days to shake off the glitter dust, and process thoughts and pictures of Netroots Nation.  There was so much going on that I only caught a sliver.  Each of the 2000+ attendees had a completely unique experience, which is part of why it’s such a great place.  Hope you enjoy mine. [...]

Midnight on July 26th was the cutoff for the first 30-day reporting period for the 2010 Campaigns. The Anchorage Daily News highlighted mostly the candidates for Governor.  However, when I started perusing the candidate’s reports, I was looking for items of “special interest” and the Lt. Governor’s race caught my eye. On the Republican side, I [...]

Well, here it is. The cover of “Sarah Palin’s” second “book.” This one is even less written by her than the last one that wasn’t written by her. Gone is the red jogging suit and the gazing off into the sky. But she’s still wearing a flag pin. Now, there’s even a flag bracelet. So, [...]

Today’s moment of moose awesomeness is brought to you by Mudflatter ‘R’ who was recently in Wisconsin Dells and stopped off at Moose Jaw Pizza Parlor and couldn’t resist taking this photo of the delivery car because it reminded them of Brian.  I love it!

In an effort to make sense of the conflicting information out there in Internet-land, I finally got hold of “Daphne DoAll LaChores,” the owner of the float and Ken Butner, the owner of the garage that was destroyed in the fire. First, here’s the background in the story I did about it earlier this month. [...]

Representative Les Gara needs your help now! He needs co-hosts for a fundraiser to help elect a Democratic or Bi-Partisan Alaska Legislature – unless you think the special interests funding Randy Ruedrich’s Alaska Republican Party should get their way. (No you don’t. That’s a rhetorical question.) Are you feeling frustrated as a Democrat? Well knock [...]

I had a great time today talking to Nicole Sandler of Radio Or Not on the occasion of the one year anniversary of Sarah Palin’s abdication from the governorship of Alaska. We talked about why Palin got elected, and where she’s headed now. The segment is about 20 minutes long. Other great interviews are also [...]

Just wanted to take a moment to say Happy Birthday to the man you all know as “Spouse.” He’s off working in a distant land today, far from Mudflats Central and wishing he wasn’t. He was the one that suggested I take a couple months off from the real job during the fall of 2008… you [...]

! There is justice and common sense in the Anchorage Assembly.  Tonight, the Anchorage Assembly found 8 votes to over ride Mayor Sullivan’s misguided veto of the MDA Fill the Boot Fundraiser! Mayor Sullivan has been working overtime to turn Anchorage into Pottersville-the fictional desolate town from Frank Capra’s classic family film, “It’s a Wonderful [...]

Put on your flame-retardant suit and get ready to grab the third rail of Alaska Politics -tribal sovereignty. Issues of race, and culture and the law are always prickly. Discussions can get heated, people can feel misunderstood and there is huge frustration on both sides of this issue. But NOT talking about sensitive topics usually [...]

Tuesday night at the fights should be lively at tonight’s Anchorage Assembly meeting. Click on links for background on the agenda. Testimony will be heard on the speed hump program. I know, it sounds like a problem you should have that “little talk with your doctor” about. Not so. Speed humps on busy residential streets [...]

Somewhere over Oregon… You Mudflatters may know which mountain this is.  Just beautiful. Apologies to those of you who got stuck in the spam filter this week. I’ve gone through now and cleared it out.  Playing catch up always seems to take a while.

It was one year ago today, when our ex-half-governor Sarah Palin stood in Fairbanks, Alaska and stepped down from the governorship.  After first declaring herself  a “lame duck,” and then decrying the ineffectual nature of lame ducks in general, there was simply nothing else she could do.  But she did take the opportunity on that [...]

  ~Nevada from the air I am home. Landed at about 12:30am local time.  The air is cool, the night is dark and quiet, the women are wearing clothes larger than folded dinner napkins, and there is water falling from the sky.  Life is good. Netroots Nation itself was wonderful and I’ll share my thoughts [...]