The Mudflats

Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics

Assembly Overrides Mayor’s Veto! Mayor Sully…MEET THE BOOT!

! There is justice and common sense in the Anchorage Assembly.  Tonight, the Anchorage Assembly found 8 votes to over ride Mayor Sullivan’s misguided veto of the MDA Fill the Boot Fundraiser! Mayor Sullivan has been working overtime to turn Anchorage into Pottersville-the fictional desolate town from Frank Capra’s classic family film, “It’s a Wonderful [...]

Tuesday Night At The Fights PREVIEW…

Tuesday night at the fights should be lively at tonight’s Anchorage Assembly meeting. Click on links for background on the agenda. Testimony will be heard on the speed hump program. I know, it sounds like a problem you should have that “little talk with your doctor” about. Not so. Speed humps on busy residential streets [...]
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Voices From The Flats — I Get It, But My Mayor Is Clueless

Post and Photos By Carl Johnson I have lived in two rather large metropolitan areas: the Twin Cities, with its two million people, and Los Angeles, with, well, way too many people.  I chose to move to Anchorage eleven years ago not because I was looking for urban, but because I was looking for wild [...]