Alaska (><) Philippines Connection 7 After more than 60 years living in Alaska, I have seen a lot of people come and go and observed what kinds of people are likely to stay. In the 2020 census Alaska was ranked the least densely populated state with 733,391 people over 586,000 square miles of land. This …
A: Because She was Right. As many Alaskans continue to be disappointed in most of our faux Republican Legislators and Governor, it might be time to review what happened in a recent time when a conservative Alaska elected official was BOLD. Of course, that would be Lora Reinbold, who is now standing alone in the …
Ship of Fools Fights Covid-19 at Anchorage This story has been updated since its original posting February, 2021 but reflects this writer’s understanding of the situation at the time.. Some might think our recent Covid-19 Pandemic was mitigated by destroying the private sector economy of Anchorage. Looking over the events of the last year, and …
By Jessica Schultz Pleasant Solving community problems requires vision and follow-through. While many in Anchorage recognize the difficulty of addressing homelessness, real vision begins upstream from the obvious personal tragedy of so many—by assuring those on the cusp of homelessness do not fall into the abyss. That is the mission of Shiloh Community Housing, Inc. …
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Celebrates the FUTURE! 1st Annual Juneteenth Celebration and Capital Campaign Kick-Off Juneteenth; a celebration of freedom! and an opportunity for SCHI to showcase our efforts todisrupt the cycle of homelessness, and kick off our capital fundraising campaign. Capital is beingraised to remodel SCHI’s Community Resource Center. The event starts at 5:30p with a Telethon–7 phone …
No More Excuses for Dan Saddler March 23, 2023 update on story first appearing October 26, 2017ECHO Magazine title: Dan Saddler on Kicking Crime in the District What can voters expect from electing re-tread legislators who were not very effective in the past? To answer this question watch House Majority Leader, Dan Saddler in the …
A Quality Resource Center in Mt View This writer spent some of my youth in an Anchorage that was a community of characters you might read about in good fiction, and as a young man I came to know a lot of them. As a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News during the mid-1970s I …
Voters elect exactly who they deserve in our Representative Democracy.1 We must therefore understand WHY any particular candidate is running for public office. Some run to impose their ideological agendas on everybody else, but conservatives–who mostly want to be left alone–have traditionally allowed self-serving candidates to be just that. Conversely, conservatives usually run for elected …
A MiG-17 performing a low pass at Take to the Skies Airfest 2016 in Durant, Oklahoma. Photo by Balon Greyjoy. Imagine what our government schools would be like if the deal to purchase Alaska had fallen through and this area was under Russian control today. During the 1967 centennial of purchase of Alaska from Russia …
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Our local government has become repulsive; all the more reason why we must vote! In about one month the good people of Anchorage will be again asked to support local government by voting for candidates professing to represent us. Our leaders say this is a cornerstone of “Democracy.” They don’t want you to know …
Anchorage Elections are a Dog’s Breakfast: Throw the Bums Out! Read More »
