A rape kit is a forensic evidence kit, and is used to collect any physical evidence that may have been left behind by the rapist. It involves having the victim report to a medical facility as soon after the crime as possible, where samples are taken of hair, blood, fingernail scrapings, vaginal swabs and other [...]

Well, by the time I got there, the Croft crowd at the Anchor Pub wasn’t very happy.  I wouldn’t say it was somber, but there was definite disappointment in the air.  Eric Croft made a nice speech, and thanked all the appropriate people, and there was food, and good company.  But, the spectre of Dan [...]

Election results: 10 precincts reporting out of 119 Croft:  640             Sullivan: 676 13 precincts reporting out of 119 Croft:  899            Sullivan:  937 21 precincts reporting out of 119 Croft:  2047  (48%)      Sullivan:  2218  (52%) 57 precincts reporting out of 119 CROFT:7360      42.8% SULLIVAN:9817  57.2% Number of Precincts reporting: 87/119            [...]

Court documents came to light yesterday which seemed to point to Dan Sullivan mayoral candidate and bar owner, as the infamous ”Dan” who served drinks to a young cocktail waitress in his employ until she was over the legal limit and then sent her out into the world at 4am to drive the wrong way down [...]

I popped in to see the mayoral candidates forum hosted by the AARP at Central Middle School last night. Each candidate has made his views known, and has honed their answers to most of the questions by now. These two have been seeing a lot of each other lately. So, I’ll just note a few [...]

Candidate for Anchorage Mayor Eric Croft today picked up another endorsement from one of the mayoral candidates who did not make it into the run off election.  Retired Anchorage Police Department Lieutenant Paul Honeman threw his support behind Croft at a press conference. “Eric and I share a strong commitment to make Anchorage a safer [...]

I read with amusement yesterday the Anchorage Daily News articles about Dan Sullivan, candidate for Anchorage mayor.  Sullivan and Eric Croft are the two survivors of a heated race that resulted in a run-off to be settled a week from tomorrow. The amusing part?  The title.  “Sullivan Takes Pride in record of going against the [...]

Wow.  I didn’t expect this one. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In a poll conducted by Channel 2 News, Thursday, April 23, 2009, respondents were asked if they were more or less likely to vote for Dan Sullivan with Ted Stevens’ endorsement of Sullivan. Here is the official question and results: Are you more or less likely [...]

What better way to celebrate this evening than to hang out with a bunch of happy Democrats at an Eric Croft fundraiser!  It was held at the home of Senator Mark Begich and his wife Deborah Bonito.  Little Jacob Begich met us in the driveway, and told me he’d have to “wand me” for security [...]

We have a runoff. On May 5, Alaskans will have a very clear choice for mayor between conservative candidate Dan Sullivan and progressive Eric Croft.  I almost didn’t want to go down to election central last night.  If Sullivan had managed to pull of 45% of the vote, it would have all been over right [...]

No longer tortured by which candidate to support, moderates and progressives across Alaska are breathing a sigh of relief today.  Yesterday’s mayoral election came down like this: Dan Sullivan – 43% Eric Croft -19% Sheila Selkregg – 16% Walt Monegan -9% Matt Claman -6% Paul Honeman – 5% Lone conservative candidate Dan Sullivan walked away [...]

The Anchorage mayoral race has been a special brand of political torture for progressives.  The general overview is this.  There are a host of very good, viable, capable candidates for mayor, any of which the moderate or progressive populace would probably be happy to have running our city.  And it’s painful to have to choose.  [...]

Quote of the Day - After listening to the House Finance Committee, and Rep. Anna Fairclough wonder how she could justify giving the university more money if they were just going to churn out a bunch of anti-development liberals, and then listening to the chancellor tell her that they were young and hopefully would “mature” [...]

In the least shocking announcement of the day, Acting Mayor Matt Claman will announce his candidacy for Mayor of Anchorage this afternoon.  For months he’s been saying, “I haven’t decided.”  “My wife and I are talking seriously about it.”  Bla bla bla.  And now he’s done it.  You know how you have a “herd” of [...]