Yeee-Haaaa! (sp?) That’s me trying my best to be a Texan. I know it’s a stretch, but I’ll try. Why, you may ask, am I doing my best to be a Texan? Because in the works over on the forum are plans for a Texas Mudstock! If you are a Texan, or someone willing to [...]

Rush hour traffic, and the fact that the location of Mark Begich’s Town Hall Meeting on health care reform was located on the exact opposite side of town from where I started, made me late. I parked in the lot behind Bartlett High School, and noticed 4 or 5 police cars parked by the entrance. [...]

There’s a lot going on in Anchorage today, so pick your priorities, but staying home is not an option! HEALTH CARE TOWN HALL 5:30pm Bartlett High School, 1101 N. Muldoon Rd., Anchorage Mark Begich is in town and hosting a Town Hall meeting on health care. Get that adrenaline pumping and show up for your [...]

Shannyn Moore blogs at Just a Girl from Homer, and can be heard Saturdays from 5-7pm on KBYR 700am hosting The Shannyn Moore Show. [Thanks to Assemblymen Dan Coffey and Bill Starr, this post is Rated R] Is Dan Sullivan Running for Senator? Sure, it’s a guess…but a damn good one.  This Friday, Mayor Dan [...]

Well, I confess that I’m losing count!  I think that the Mudstock Meetup in New York City last month was the ninth one so far.  These events spring up spontaneously when a Mudflatter from somewhere decided it would be fun to meet up wtih other Mudflatters for fun, conversation and libation.  This particular meetup looked [...]

About 200 supporters of health care reform showed up at Romig Middle School Thursday night to send a message to Alaska’s Senators.  Alaskans want real reform, now. Soon to be gubernatorial candidate Ethan Berkowitz was there, in addition to Rep. Sharon Cissna, Senator Johnny Ellis, Shawna Thoma from Mark Begich’s Anchorage office, and others I’m [...]

I had all sorts of grand notions in my head about coming back to the hotel after dinner each night and uploading and sizing pictures, and giving you all a daily wrap up of the Netroots Nation conference in Pittsburgh as it happened. (Glancing over at the calendar…)  Looks like that didn’t happen.  But, I [...]

Tonight Lisa Murkowski will be having a Town Hall meeting on health care.  Mark Begich has already done this.  I attended his meeting before it became all the rage in Republican circles to show up and stop discussion about the most important domestic issue we face.  The audience was overwhelmingly in support of a public [...]

I am taking a break. This was a strange and disturbing morning. I started the day with a big cup of coffee, and an 8:30am arrival at The Egan Center in downtown Anchorage.  That’s where the special session of the Alaska State Legislature is meeting today.  They have two things on their plate – voting [...]

Imagine for a second you have a friend; a friend who you’ve helped a lot in his life.  And he says to you one day…  “You know, I’ve been thinking.  I’ve been thinking about energy efficiency, and how much money you waste every year in this leaky house.  You live in Alaska.  You’ve done a [...]

NYC Mudstock is fast approaching! If you are anywhere in the New York Metro area, take this opportunity to meet your fellow Mudflatters from far and wide! Date:  Saturday, August 1 (This Saturday!!) Place:  The Frying Pan (a boat) at Pier 66 and the Westside Highway, NYC Time:  3:00pm I believe this will be the [...]

I was very pleased to have some great “boots on the ground” in Fairbanks for Sarah Palin’s big Quitspeech at Quitfest on Quittyday.  Thank you to Mudflatter Alaska Don who did a fabulous job reporting! There are also more pictures coming to entertain you later from other Mudflats “photobloggers.”  Truly this was a day and [...]

If you’re in Anchorage, or within driving distance, the downtown Park Strip is the place to be on Saturday! There’s something for everyone! ********************* The Governor’s Picnic! Yes, this is it.  Anchorage’s “Screen Door” Celebration (as in, “Don’t let the screen door hit you on the way out!”) to bid adieu to the soon-to-be-ex governor [...]

Plans have at last been finalized for Mudstock Pittsburgh in August! There have been Mudstock Meetups coast to coast, and I’m finally going to be able to attend one!  It is scheduled to coincide with the conclusion of the Netroots Nation conference, and will be held right down the street.  Your votes, and messages of [...]

Last night was the Anchorage Assembly meeting in which the public was invited to give testimony about ordinance #64, which ensures non-discrimination in housing, education and employment for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered persons. Pastor Jerry Prevo of the Anchorage mega-church the Anchorage Baptist Temple was the one organizing those in opposition to the passage [...]