The Alaska Stalker – November 14, 2020
November 14, 2020
Welcome to this edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. If you...
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The Sunday Minefield – November 8, 2020
Jeff Landfield November 8, 2020
The 2020 general election has come and gone. Well, kind of. Alaska has yet to count its absentee votes, which number over 100,000 or…
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...
The Sunday Minefield – November 1, 2020
Jeff Landfield November 1, 2020
Well we are almost there. Just two days until Election Day! Candidates all over the state are doing their last minute pushes to get…
The Alaska Stalker – October 29, 2020
The Alaska Stalker October 29, 2020
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. If...
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...
The Sunday Minefield – October 25, 2020
Jeff Landfield October 25, 2020
The November 3 general election is just over a week away. High numbers of absentee ballots and in-person early votes continue. Just like the…
The Alaska Stalker – October 22, 2020
The Alaska Stalker October 22, 2020
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. If...
The Sunday Minefield – October 18, 2020
Jeff Landfield October 18, 2020
What a week in Alaska politics. The scandal with Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz and reporter Maria Athens went from a weird thing in Anchorage…
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 Sunday Minefield – October 11, 2020
Jeff Landfield October 11, 2020
What a wild week. Between Suzanne Downing's crazy Facebook Live video at a Republican fundraiser and the wild Maria Athens scandal, it was a...
Alaska Republicans hold socially distanced game night fundraiser
The Landfill October 5, 2020
With the general election less than a month away, Alaska Republicans held a raucous socially distanced game night fundraiser on the Kenai Peninsula to…
The Sunday Minefield – October 4, 2020
Jeff Landfield October 4, 2020
October has arrived. The general election is less than a month away. Things are about to get very loose. The first tranche of in-state…
The Sunday Minefield – September 27, 2020
Jeff Landfield September 27, 2020
October is just a few days away. The snow will be here before we know it. As weeks go in Alaska, this one was…
The Sunday Minefield – September 20, 2020
Jeff Landfield September 20, 2020
The first tranche of overseas absentee ballots went out on Friday. This was after the week was consumed over a lawsuit against the Division…
White Alaska Young Democrats quit group to make room for marginalized members
The Landfill September 14, 2020
In a surprising move, all white and white-passing members of the Alaska Young Democrats (AYD) resigned from the group en-masse last week. As one…