Governor Palin got a letter yesterday from House Democrats.  Seems they intend to vote to override her veto of $28.6 million in federal funds offered to the state of Alaska for energy relief. “I want to work with the governor as much as possible,” said Rep. Harry Crawford (D-Anchorage). “But my responsibility is to Alaskans [...]

I don’t know when it was that I promised to no longer say “you can’t make this stuff up,” but I want to say right up front that I’m going back on my word.  I don’t often do that, but when I tell you this little story, you’ll forgive me, I know.  ”Toddler-think” has once again [...]

  After the bipartisan Senate smack-down that resulted in the rejection of Tim Grussendorf from the Senate seat left vacant by Kim Elton, the governor briefly tried to get at least something she’d asked for – that the vote of the Democrats rejecting Grussendorf should be public, and not “behind closed doors.”  Because using the term “behind [...]

OK, last night I tried to get out of Looking Glass World.   The rules are, you’re supposed to be able to go back through the mirror when you’re done.  (Here’s where you can picture me looking slightly panicked, and banging on the backside of that mirror….trying to get back to the rest of you.  You [...]

Remember a few days ago when Sarah Palin sent a message to Senate Democrats? Dear Senate Democrats, Sincerely, Sarah Palin Governor Well, now the Senate Democrats have sent a message back. Dear Governor Palin, Sincerely, Senate Democrats Oh, dear.  I think I’m beginning to see a trend. Tim “I Didn’t Know I Was a Republican” [...]

Dear Senate Democrats, Sincerely, Sarah Palin Governor That may as well have been the message, because Palin just gave the Senate Democrats a big fat raspberry, a Bronx Cheer, a nice wet pthththththhtht! She has selected Tim Grussendorf as the person to replace the recently relocated to Washington D.C. Senator Kim Elton. Normally, the Senate [...]

Remember just a day or two ago when Sarah Palin filled the Alaska Supreme Court vacancy, and her administration claimed “Her choice for Supreme Court judge was made in accordance with Alaska law. She chose the person most qualified from the names sent to her.”  Well, apparently that attitude is checked at the door when [...]

We’ve been waiting to find out what the Legislature plans to do about the findings of the Branchflower Report, which came to the conclusion that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power in the dismissal of Walt Monegan from his position as Commissioner of Public Safety. I like to boil things down to a basic level, [...]