*UPDATE* – The last remaining precinct, the town of Lake Mills, has come in with a 50-50 split, preserving Kloppenburg’s razor thin statewide margin. (The local county clerk reports Prosser picked up 2 votes in Lake Mills, giving the challenger a 209 vote statewide edge.) (Madison, WI) Just 224 votes, out of a total of [...]

I’m putting up an early open thread because the returns will start coming in from the Anchorage race about 8:30 pm Alaska time (12:30 am East Coast). Reason #1 to Vote: Mayor Sullivan and his minions. There is some developing election gossip/news involving the Mayor… Former campaign manager for Diane Benson and new Alaskan, Caleb [...]

By Patrick DePula (photos: Bill Feeny) (Madison, WI) It is a place that used to be proudly called Wisconsin. A place with a rich progressive history that had long been known to elect Governors who generally moderate themselves in recognition of the fact that they serve the people of the state, and not corporate interests. [...]

There are actually 6 seats up for election on the Anchorage Assembly. However, we are going to focus on three of them for two very good reasons… 1) The incumbents are under attack from Mayor Sullivan, 2) and under attack from corporations and big-monied businesses. The attack-ees are Harriet Drummond, West Anchorage: Elvi Gray-Jackson, Midtown: [...]

Here at Mudflats, we try to cover a variety of Alaska issues. Unfortunately, because of our individual projects and deadlines hitting at the same time, we haven’t been able to give as much attention to the Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) elections as we would have liked. So, on this day before the election I wanted [...]

Our needs are identical with labor’s needs — decent wages, fair working conditions, livable housing, old age security, health and welfare measures, conditions in which families can grow, have education for their children and respect in the community. –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Doctor King did not die in a board room of a corporation [...]

I attended the April 1st Soapbox Speakout in honor of Community Activist, the late Ruth Moulton, on her birthday. It was held at the park her hard work helped create, Ruth Moulton Town Square Park (I understand the Administration at the time was fighting to make it a big, ugly parking lot.) There weren’t many [...]

…to Derek, who turned 1-year-old on March 30th! I can’t remember what it was like not to have a dog around and I don’t want to imagine life without him. There’s my good boy!

I don’t normally get into the details when it comes to individual candidates and campaigns. I also usually don’t write a lot about candidates that I may happen to be supporting, but this year is really different. Many people are understandably focusing on the Legislative session and the Governor’s religiously crazed appointees. However, there is [...]

Spotty internet connection today, so through the marvels of internet technology this post for better or worse, is brought to you courtesy of my phone. There is no snappy graphic, but it will give you the opportunity to imagine a devilishly attractive picture of you standing atop a soapbox in beautiful Town Square Park in [...]

Taylor Mali is an incredibly talented slam poet. He also happens to be a teacher. This hasn’t been on the blog before, but it’s been circulating on Facebook and Twitter — and it’s been around for a few years. And I’ll never get tired of hearing it:   This one is my husband’s favorite (and [...]