SOL in SOLdotna, Alaska

Begin with one of the most productive wild salmon rivers in the world, bring in the oil and gas industry, have almost non-existent land use ordinances, squeeze in as many strip malls, car lots and big signs as you can manage - and what do you get?

SOLdotna!

Folks call this place Slow-dotna, but that's too cliché. SOLdotna begins with S-O-L and you know that you're Shit Outta Luck in this town.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

SOLdotna Rules

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Good Time Charlie's and Bristol Palin made the the show Real Time with Bill Maher last night.  In his New Rules piece, Maher noted: ...
Sunday, September 26, 2010

Election Selections

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The editorial staff here at SOLinSoldotna realizes that by coming out in favor of something/someone just might be that icy kiss-of-death for...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Taking Back Conservative (and Joe Miller is not one)

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The world is so neat and tidy when people can put others in categories that fit their own agendas.  I hope that I'm less concerned about...

Big Time

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We got an off-hand mention in the Alaska Ear section of this past Sunday's ADN.  Nice.  Well, it was about a post more than two years ol...
Monday, September 13, 2010

Agreeing to Disagree With Kyle Fisher

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I received an email from Kyle this past week and he took exception to the things I posted about him  last week.  To be fair, no matter how u...
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Monday, September 06, 2010

The Tea Party and the Militia Want To Represent SOLdotna

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There are two candidates wanting to represent SOLdotna that perhaps are being somewhat less than honest about their views on politics and ab...
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Monday, August 30, 2010

Politics in Action

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My fellow Soldotnans, Do you need help deciding for whom to vote for in the upcoming Borough Assembly seat that Pete Sprague is vacating d...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Primaries, Politicians and the Press: Part 4

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I can't make up my mind about it...should I be happy that only 329 folks voted for Militia-man Ray Southwell, or should I be scared that...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Primaries, Politicians and the Press: Part 3

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Alaska and Alaskan issues have had some coverage the national press lately.  The most direct piece was the NY Times article about how we ge...
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Monday, August 23, 2010

Primaries, Politicians and the Press: Part 2

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Both the Kenai Borough Assembly and the Soldotna City Council will have new representation this next term. Term limits have prevented Pete...
Sunday, August 22, 2010

Primaries, Politicians and the Press: Part 1

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Oooh, boy.  The political season is well underway, and it is such great entertainment to see the issues get spun and the candidates spar. ...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Godzilla in Japan

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While reports about the hi-jinks of Borough Mayor Dave Carey and his visit to Japan are just now trickling in, the consensus has been that t...
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Monday, July 26, 2010

Lack of Progress Days Parade

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Somehow the organizers of Soldotna's Progress Day Parade managed to keep MC, Merrill Sikorski, on a tight leash during this past Saturda...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Setting a Fine Example

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What's wrong with this picture? Addendum: after reading the comments, I suspect that the PC was mistaken in identifying the people in ...
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Murkowski EPA Resolution: More Wars, More Spills, More Deaths

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The US Senate will probably vote today on Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski's resolution that would limit the EPA's ability to regulate ...
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Monday, June 07, 2010

Spending it Down

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What is a poor school district to do? Flush with stimulus money and an increase of per/student funding from the state, the KPBSD has manag...
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Sunday, April 25, 2010

Much To Do About A Lot Of Nothing

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One has to be careful about taking small-town politics too seriously and, in the process, making big problems out of not much at all. Here...
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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Tee'd Off at the Tea Baggers

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Darn if I can figure out the anti-tax protesters out demonstrating on the Y last week. Claiming that they are taxed enough already, they are...
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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Prankster Wanted: Apply at ksrm.com

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We slammed John Davis and his radio stations on this blog a few weeks ago, but if there is anyone out there that REALLY wants to annoy Mr Da...
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Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Putting a Cap in Education

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What's a borough mayor to do? You've already come out against funding the school district to the cap, but aside from the vocal hyste...
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