In the vast pantheon of strange and eccentric Alaskan political figures, a relative newcomer in the field really stands out.  And believe me when I tell you that in Alaska, it takes a LOT to stand out. I submit for your consideration one very young and equally charismatic Schaeffer Cox – founder of the Alaska [...]

If you thought you missed Cinco de Mayo, you may have another chance if you live in Anchor Point, Alaska. Hey, at least they tried. [h/t Mr. Whitekeys]

~Election worker Wendy Isbell calls out to Election Commissioner, Gwen Mathew “That’s a lie!” Tensions ran high at last night’s Assembly meeting, held to certify the badly botched Municipal election of April 3, 2012. The most intense moment came when Gwen Mathew, the Anchorage Election Commissioner, testified to the Assembly about the issue of broken [...]

All of us here at The Mudflats have our own ways of blowing off steam, and trying to keep the blood pressure closer to the double digits. While Linda Kellen Biegel finds her Zen place at Lowe’s, and digging in the dirt, and Shannyn finds hers on the end of a fishing pole, I find [...]

After the Assembly meeting tonight, I went over to the KOAN studios for Thursdays in the Mud. I got there early, and Shannyn and I talked about the meeting. Linda called in too. Basically, it was 2 hours and ten minutes of venting. During the breaks, we found ourselves looking at pictures of adorable puppies [...]

    I’m sitting here at the “oh so” special meeting of the Anchorage Assembly which was called to certify the vote in the debacle formerly known as the Anchorage Municipal election, and it’s just like a Norman Rockwell painting. You know, the one with Tom Sawyer whitewashing the fence. It was a month ago [...]

OK, everyone! Let’s hear it for the magnificent 10! These Anchorage voters decided to join forces, speak up and say no to this nightmare we call an election that the Election Commission seems to think is just fine. No investigation, they say. No malfeasance they say. No reckless disregard, they say. No reprimands or censures, [...]

  Well respected former Anchorage Municipal Election Coordinator, Guadalupe Marroquin, recently wrote an open letter to members of the Anchorage Assembly regarding the recent badly botched Municipal election in Anchorage. Her excellent letter (edited for length) also ran in the Anchorage Daily News as a compass piece. Below is the full unedited text of her [...]

We’d like to take a break from the trivial, frivolous matter of election integrity to delve deeply into a critical piece of developing news… Levi Johnston, the ex-fiance and baby daddy of former Dancing With the Stars celebrity Bristol Palin, and also former ex-almost-son-in-law of the former ex-half-governor and former-almost-second-in-command of these here United States, [...]

The first of May seems to be destined for association with popular and raucous holiday celebration. To the ancient Celts, it was the spring festival of Beltane. It is also associated with the Germanic celebration of Walpurgis Nacht. Celebrations are full of flowers, dancing around the May pole, and crowning the Queen of the May. [...]

Former Alaskan Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Joe Miller, has issued a statement to The Mudflats regarding the integrity of all elections, including the Alaska Senate race in 2010, and the recently held Anchorage Municipal election on April 3, 2012. The Mudflats strongly supported Joe Miller’s (and Scott McAdams’) right to a full hand count [...]

This Saturday, about two hundred or more women and men gathered at the Park Strip in Anchorage, for a march to Town Square Park to participate in a national event. All across the country, people have joined in solidarity to protest the hundreds of  bills that have sprung up nationwide that seek to limit women’s [...]

I don’t mean to gloat. I’m not generally a gloater. Schadenfreude is not my thing. But if I were going to gloat, now would be the time. Hypothetically. It seems… how shall I put this delicately… the the Alaska Republican Convention has turned into what their one time golden child Sarah Palin would call – [...]

OOPS. A message from the Mudflats’ Department of Corrections… Anchorage Assembly Chair Ernie Hall has appointed Tim Petumenos to review the report submitted by the Anchorage Election Commission, and the legal opinion from Dennis Wheeler, the Municipal Attorney, not to conduct the independent investigation into the election itself. He will be making a recommendation about [...]

Don’t forget to join your favorite Alaskan women (and men) at the Unite Against the War on Women March on Saturday, April 28 at 9th & I St. in Anchorage at 12:00 noon. Marchers will walk from there to Town Square, where there will be speakers and love music. People across the nation will unite [...]