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.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

The Hospital/Kahtnu Problem: Either Way We're SOL

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I was having a hard time trying to make up my mind about the Kahtnu/CPGH  situation.   I can easily see the merits of both sides.  Competit...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Board of Gaming the System: Managing Wildlife for the 1%

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Before you dismiss this post as the opinion of a Bambi-loving extremest greenie,  just for the record I'm a multiple gun owner who has h...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The Dems: Let's Save some $; The Reps: Let's be Somewhat Frugal

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Oh, the crazy world of Alaskan politics.  We elect republicans because they are fiscal conservatives and scorn democrats because they love t...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Trophy Hunt!

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Back in November, I wrote about Bob Ermold's opinion piece in the PC about predator control.  Bob got all slobbery about the wisdom of ...
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Sunday, January 01, 2012

Updated:Things That Don't Suck in Soldotna

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New Year's Day, 2012: a time to appreciate the place where I live.  Please add your comments about the good things Soldotna has going fo...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

No Time for Modesty

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If you picked up the PC today, the lead story is a fluff piece praising the glories of Mike Chenault, the speaker of the AK House of Reps. ...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

A Republican I Would Vote For

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OK, if you are a regular reader of SOL, you know that my take on things is a bit left of center.  As such there's not too many Rs that m...
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Atwater Out?

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This just in - KPBSD Superintendent Steve Atwater is one of the two finalists for Carol Comeau's position in Anchorage. Read the ADN sto...
Friday, December 09, 2011

Stop Not Making Sense

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I didn’t go to the last Borough Assembly meeting, but I listened to the KDLL news report about Debbie Brown’s and George Pierce’s tes...
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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Intensive Mismangement: It's All About Misinformation

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Bob Ermold has an OpEd in a recent PC about predator control and the Peninsula moose population. It's kinda funny in a way, one thing ...
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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Defining the Kenai: The Runoff Election

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Just what is happening here? The Peninsula Clarion poll has Fred and Mike running neck-to-neck.  Considering the Clarion doesn't have ...
Wednesday, October 05, 2011

It's Fred vs Mike

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All along, the borough mayor's race pit Mike Navarre vs the other candidates, but who would have guessed that Fred Sturman would have be...
Monday, September 26, 2011

SOL in Seward and Homer

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KDLL/KBBI had a story Monday morning about the Borough receiving about $4.5 million for roads from the state. At the borough assembly meetng...
Friday, September 16, 2011

Union for the Rich

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I hope that you have all been following Jenny Neyman's most excellent reporting in the Redoubt Reporter on the international students wh...
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Monday, August 29, 2011

Ear to the Ground

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The Kenai Borough's mayoral race had two mentions in this Sunday's ADN's Ear .  First up was a bit about how a fund-raiser for M...
Friday, August 12, 2011

Candidate Deadlines and Class Warfare in Soldotna

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Monday is the last day to file for the various elected borough and city positions that will be open this fall.  Predictably, many announced ...
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Friday, July 29, 2011

6 Pack

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The salmon are in the freezer, most of the big summer chores are almost done and maybe, just maybe, there will be some time to devote to thi...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Get Well Soon

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The CPGH is in the news again and there are two interesting developments.  The first story to break is that Mayor Carey has been given the g...
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Saturday, June 18, 2011

(Not) Waiting For Superman

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I think I should tie each of my blog titles to some song.  The last posting about Dave Carey not seeking re-election could have featured Par...
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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Carey's Notion - Blame it on the Aristocrats

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It's old news by a day, but I am sure most of you are aware that Carey has decided not to seek a second term as borough mayor.  It's...
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