Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Billy Narkiewicz for State Senate

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Reason # 213 while we’re SOL here in SOLdotna is the race for the Alaskan senate seat here in our district.   Only two republicans filed, ...
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Just Sayin' No

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The polls are closed and with just under 600 ballots cast,  60% of the votes were opposed to the City of SOLdotna buying the Hutchings build...
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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Debbie Brown and the A-Pauling Republicans

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So, Randy Ruedrich retired and the CBC Republicans have been ousted from leadership roles by a union of Paulbots and Teabaggers.   Russ Mill...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Mike Chenault and Kurt Olson Get Spanked and Sent Home

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This year's legislative special session has been very amusing.  The stunning news is that Gov. Parnell abandoned ship after the senate h...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

May Day Vote Update

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Addendum: The Redoubt Reporter article about the Hutchings Property and Chamber of Commerce Building is worth reading. After talking to s...
Monday, April 16, 2012

May Day, May Day - Corporate Welfare in SOLdotna Day?

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There's a special election on May 1.  We SOLdotnans get to vote to give the city permission to buy the Hutchings' dealership on the ...
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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Click To Enlarge Mike Chenault's Ego

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I think I need the click to reduce option It's the end of another legislative session and there's another showdown between the ...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Ray Southwell: I Need Big Government to Help Fight Big Government

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AP photo So, Alaska Citizens' Militias second-in-command, Ray Southwell, and sworn enemy of Big Government and anything not in the C...
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Politics and Oil. Why We Pay So Much At the Pump

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Remember Walt Kelly, the creator of the comic strip Pogo?      Resolve then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tinny b...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

The Three Oil Stooges of the Kenai

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I think it might be cheaper if we sent all of the legislatures out of state during the short 90 day session. Especially the 3 that represe...
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Monday, February 13, 2012

The Kenai Sucks (off of the Federal Gov't Teat)

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In case you haven't figured it out, there's a slight left-of-center bent to the ramblings on this blog. Yep, I'm a do-good, blee...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Junkets and Taxes: The Politics of Juneau

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By law, the legislative session is just 90 days long and once again, Mike Chenault has scheduled another golf trip, oh, I mean lobbying trip...
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...