The Mudflats

Welcome to the Mudflats blog. The old site at mudflats.wordpress.com can be accessed to see the archives, including comments.  The old blog started in May of 2008, and moved to this new self-hosted site in November of that year.

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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. This is the first time I’m writing from my own perspective without trying to sell something. I like it.

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. When I arrived in Anchorage in February of 1991 without knowing a soul, only one month rent paid and $300 to my name, I looked out the window at the snow falling in the dark and thought, “What have I done?”  But, 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.

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!

I 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.

It is always my desire to credit a source if they would like to be credited.  But please remember that a busy family, a busy blog, more than a hundred emails a day, and a day job means that sometimes things may fall through the cracks.  I’m not perfect… go figure.  If you’ve emailed me and I haven’t gotten back to you, please email again.  Things are challenging on the blog with a staff of one.

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