The Mudflats

Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics

UPDATE: Correcting the Misinformation about the “Float Fire”

In an effort to make sense of the conflicting information out there in Internet-land, I finally got hold of “Daphne DoAll LaChores,” the owner of the float and Ken Butner, the owner of the garage that was destroyed in the fire. First, here’s the background in the story I did about it earlier this month. [...]

Palin Snubs Pride-Fest as Anchorage Prepares for Round II.

 By E. Ross at Bent Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has ignored a Gay Pride Month proclamation submitted by Anchorage PrideFest, but a proposal to add “sexual orientation” to the city’s non-discrimination policies caught the attention of Wasilla fundamentalists, who arrived in busloads to testify at an Anchorage hearing on Tuesday while their children protested outside. [...]