Welcome to The Mudflats.  The Mudflats is named for the alluring, but dangerous mudflats on the shores of Cook Inlet here in Anchorage, Alaska.  The treacherous stickiness is reminiscent of our state’s strange, and often corrupt government.  Beware to those who aren’t paying attention!

The old site at mudflats.wordpress.com can be accessed to see the archives from May of 2008 through December of 2008, including comments. 

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The Mudflats was a long time coming. Until May of 2008 it was written in my head, where posts repeated themselves until they were set free and inflicted verbally upon friends, coworkers and my spouse. I think they all must be secretly relieved I now have another outlet. The thing that drove me over the edge, and into the blogosphere? Alaska Representative Don Young and the Republican Party voting against Mother’s Day (See my very first post in the archives). So, a nod to my muse, Don Young. Go figure.

I have worked as a promotional writer and editor in the magazine industry, marketing, and advertising.  My political background? I am just a citizen who is paying attention. I’ve had the good fortune to have had people in my life who were engaged, and aware, and dragged me along until I became engaged and aware too. I am also fortunate to count as my friends some of those who hold elected office in this state, and remind me by example that there are good people out there in our state and city government who are intelligent, diligent, ethical, and working hard for the best interest of Alaska.

Personal background? I grew up on the East Coast and attended college in New England. After graduating, and diving in to the business world, I decided to flee the NYC area and take a two year adventure to Alaska.  I arrived in Anchorage in February of 1991 without knowing a soul, only one month rent paid and $300 to my name, and by the time my two years were up, I was hooked.

I’ve put down deep roots here, and consider Alaska my home in every sense. I see it as a place of tremendous potential for business, for clean energy, for innovative thinking, and for citizen activists to be able to make a tangible difference in their local and state government.

Please note that I am not a journalist, and do not claim that anything I write is neutral, balanced or impartial.  This is an opinion site.  I link to sources, I write what I feel, and I give anyone who finds the content distasteful complete permission to free themselves of this blog and go find one they like better.

In April of 2009, The Mudflats was pleased to welcome contributing editors Shannyn Moore and Linda Kellen Biegel to the site.

Make sure to check out the link to the Mudflats Forum for discussion boards, clubs, action alerts and more.

Thanks for checking in, and I hope you enjoy the blog!

CONTACT INFO:

You can contact me at akmuckraker@yahoo.com. Please know that I do get quite a bit of email, and while I may not be able to respond to you individually, I do read all of it….eventually!  Other contributing editors have contacts listed in their biographies.

We often get stories, links and tips forwarded to me by readers.  If a source provided to me is already published, I’ll provide a link.  If you’re giving me a tip that is not from a published source, let me know if you’d like to be credited with that information.  Some people love the hat tip, others do not want to be identified as the source.  Also, let me know how you’d like attribution – your real name, your blog name, etc.

If you want to contact one of the Administrators or Moderators over on the Forum, you can do so by going HERE.  Remember, that these lovely folks are all volunteers, so your kindness and patience are always appreciated.

AKMuckraker

(Jeanne Devon)

Jeanne Devon