Alaska Ear
Alaska Ear: Sick of Winter (2/3/13)
Ear is sick of winter. Really. Dark. Cold. Icy streets. Dirty snow.
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Alaska Ear: (1/27/13) OMG ... You probably saw the little news blurb in Friday's paper
OMG . . . You probably saw the little news blurb in Friday's paper. Honor Code Joe Miller , failed 2010 U.S. Senate candidate, and wife Kathleen visited the Washington offices of all three members of our congressional delegation Thursday, apparently to thank them for recommending their son, ...
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Alaska Ear: Meet and greet (1/20/13)
Everyone (meaning Ear) was hoping for some legislative fireworks but, alas, everyone was disappointed.
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Alaska Ear (01/13/2013): And in the corner
The showdown we've all been expecting between warring factions of the state Republican Party officially erupts Thursday at a meeting at party offices on Fireweed Lane.
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Alaska Ear: It begins (1/6/13)
The new all-Republican Senate majority gathered in Girdwood this weekend for an "organizational retreat" at the Alyeska Resort.
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Alaska Ear: Same old question (12/30/12)
It's the same old question earwigs find themselves asking every year as Dec. 31st approaches: Is it the best of times, or the worst of times?
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Alaska Ear (12/23/12): Saying goodbye
SAYING GOODBYE ... Wigs with their ears firmly frozen to the ground report School Board President Jeannie Mackie won't run for re- election in April. After two terms, during which she discovered being a School Board member is actually a full-time job, friends say Jeannie wants to take a year off...
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Alaska Ear (12/16/12): Good will to men
GOOD WILL TO MEN . . . Earwigs without lives have noticed that the new Senate Republican majority has yet to release a full list of committee assignments. So far the leaders have announced only committee chairs and seats on the finance committee (presumably because those are the seats they used ...
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Alaska Ear: That field of blue
THAT FIELD OF BLUE ... Darlings, this is really too much. They're messing with Polaris, better known as the North Star, which, as everyone knows, Alaska owns.
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Alaska Ear: Empty seat (12/2/12)
EMPTY SEAT ... The chit-chat is building over who wants Harriet Drummond 's Assembly seat, and who the divided Assembly is likely to appoint.
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Alaska Ear (11/25/12): Women lawmakers
FLYING FACTOID . . . Now that all the votes have been counted, it's safe to report that the new Legislature has what might be a record number of woman lawmakers: 17. That's up three from the current crowd.











