What if we could vote online?
April 13, 2021
Voting legislation has drawn lots of attention these days. There is very little chance that any election/voting bills will pass this year in Juneau….
Community Voices
Vote Bill Evans for mayor
Bill Evans March 7, 2021
There are a lot of folks in this race, and each candidate can make a case for why they should be Mayor. Please allow...
Mike Robbins is the best choice for mayor of Anchorage
Frank Dahl March 5, 2021
The 2021 Anchorage mayor’s race is as important as any past mayor’s election I can recall. In the days of the titans like George...
Sexism should not be a political issue
Representative Sara Rasmussen March 5, 2021
You may have seen my name recently on social media or in the news because of something that occurred on the House floor last...
Let’s elect a mayor who can get us through crises and deliver
Bill Falsey March 4, 2021
The upcoming April 2021 mayoral election is about who is best prepared to meet the moment. I’m the only candidate with significant executive-management and...
Vote George Martinez for mayor
George Martinez March 3, 2021
Note: As part of our coverage of the 2021 Anchorage mayoral race, the Landmine invited the…
Vote Dave Bronson for mayor
Craig Campbell March 2, 2021
Anchorage is in desperate need of leadership. From the rapid increase in public vagrancy, to the Assembly interjecting political interference with Anchorage Police...
Forrest Dunbar is the right choice for Anchorage’s next mayor
Deena Mitchell March 1, 2021
Ballots for the next Municipal election will arrive in our mailboxes in just a few weeks. As voters, we face an important decision about...
Alaska’s elected officials lack the political will to solve our fiscal crisis
Anonymous February 2, 2021
Alaska doesn’t have a fiscal crisis, we have a math problem and a lack of political will to solve it. According to the Legislative...
Plug and Chug: Driving an electric car from Vermont to Alaska during a pandemic
Tim Treuer January 10, 2021
Back in January, the Wall Street Journal released a 26-minute video called the Electric Vehicle Road Test. It chronicles the experience of eight of...
The resilience of Alaskan music communities
Michael Chase Dickerson December 28, 2020
2020 has been particularly difficult for Alaskan musicians. COVID-19 eliminated many gigs in an already sparse market, and many remaining gigs went virtual. Not...
Vote no on Ballot Measure 2
Co-Chairs of Defend Alaska Elections November 2, 2020
We write because Alaskans urgently need to know the truth about Ballot Measure 2. Much has been written about the well-documented dangers of ranked...
Let’s imagine our future together, Alaska: vote yes on 2
Rachel Kallander November 2, 2020
In the final week of this election season, Alaska has once again become ground zero for virtually untraceable campaign spending and nasty attack ads…
Why I am voting no on Ballot Measure 1
Jacob Hersh November 2, 2020
You can’t talk Alaska without talking oil. It’s one of those ever-present inextricable truths. Wisconsin has cheese. California has Hollywood. And we have swaths...
Sprinkler requirement would hose home buyers
Eric Visser October 27, 2020
This is long and complicated, but important. Tonight, the Anchorage Assembly will make some very big decisions that will impact land and housing development…
Vote No on 2 – Two Alaskans who don’t agree on much agree on this
Nora Morse and Brett Huber October 26, 2020
Brett Huber and I do not see eye to eye on almost anything. He is a Republican. I am a Democrat. He ran Mike…
Vote Yes on 2 – Alaska fishing needs accountability and honesty from elected leaders
Ryan Johnson October 26, 2020
Fishing is ingrained in the everyday lives of Alaskans, from the ancestors of our native peoples to the present. It’s a way of life...
College during COVID
Jacob Hersh October 12, 2020
“Seldom have I ever questioned the end,
Still I grow frost when I’m reminded.”
-Parquet Courts, “Before the Water Gets Too High”
On the best of days…
The slow death of Seawolf hockey
Mike Dingman September 4, 2020
It was always the most exciting moment. Walking into the Sullivan Arena, lovingly referred to as the “Sully,” feeling the crisp cold…
Alaskans vote for people, not parties: Vote yes on Ballot Measure 2
Daniel Volland August 15, 2020
Openness to new ideas, a spirit of independence, and a culture of community collaboration were part of the draw to Alaska when I left...