So how completely impressed are we with our new Assembly Chair Debbie Ossiander? Just as impressed as we were with her the last time she was Chair. And that would be… not at all. Her ignominious rise to the top spot hinged, apparently, on her loyalty to Mayor Dan Sullivan, and she’s been eager to [...]

Remember THAT kid back in grade school? Remember coming to school and sharing the excitement of how you got the remote control car you wanted for Christmas? THAT kid would talk about his brand new remote control F-15 jet…life-sized. Or, you’d very proudly reveal the balsa wood car you’d carved yourself and painted red to [...]

Back when the Anchorage Assembly Chair was Dan Sullivan, he presided over a “meeting-before-the-meeting” of the Assembly. This is a meeting they have before their regular Tuesday Assembly meeting to basically get the organizational flotsam and jetsam out of the way…present amendments, new ordinances, etc…so that time isn’t eaten up on Tuesdays with “making the [...]

  ~Photo taken at first Tea Party Protest in Anchorage right before Mayor Sullivan was elected. Many thanks to Mel Green, who has become a self-educated master of all things “Sullygate.” Her outstanding research and exhaustive detail-oriented posts are a fantastic resource.  And now she’ posted an excellent “Sullygate Timeline.” Mel has already blown the [...]

This past weekend, almost 400 Coffee Parties took place across the U.S.  Each one was different, had its own agenda, and asked its own questions.  The people who attended were those who recognize that something is wrong in this country, but they don’t think drawing a Hitler moustache on something is the way to fix [...]

[Don't forget to tune in to The Shannyn Moore Show today HERE from 11am-2pm Alaska time. I'll be Shannyn's guest for the weekly "Thursdays in the Mud" segment from 1pm-2pm. Today's special guest is Anchorage Assembly Chair Patrick Flynn! Wonder what we'll be talking about?] Well, one thing you can say about “Sullygate” is that [...]

[Don't miss Anchorage Assembly Member Harriet Drummond on The Shannyn Moore Show HERE or on 1080am in Anchorage.  She'll be Shannyn's guest in the 11:00 hour Alaska time, Noon Pacific, 3pm Eastern] He’s back in the news again, our mayor is.  It’s like an ongoing reality show, and every day’s a new episode. Mayor Dan Sullivan [...]

  So, back in 1982 there lived a recently former mayor in a city in Alaska.  His name was George Sullivan and the city was Anchorage.  And as the mayor of a city, he had a life insurance policy. And those at the time liked George Sullivan so much that they thought they’d insure him [...]