That title may be somewhat overblown: I'm not sure I have any thoughts particularly worth sharing, this morning. Let's see ...
* The mayoral campaign is headed for a run-off election on May 5th ... or is it? Apparently, there are about two thousand absentee ballots that won't be counted until April 17-18, to allow for last-minute posts to arrive. It could, repeat could throw enough votes to the leader to push him above the 45 percent margin needed for victory. I'm guessing it probably won't.
* It's 25 degrees with a high overcast and some frost - typical spring weather, for Anchorage. I'll wind up scraping both cars this morning, as my wife likes to get into a pre-heated, clear-windowed vehicle and just go. Who am I to stand in her way?
* Wayne Ross, our Attorney General nominee (who happens to be a director of the NRA) underwent his first day of grilling by the Legislature, yesterday. The local press is determined to make him "controversial" in order to have something to write about.
Mr. Ross appears to be a strict Constitutionalist, insisting that the law be enforced as written, and applied equally to all Alaskans. I suppose that view, these days, does make him controversial. He has my support, for whatever that's worth.
* Mt. Redoubt remains quiet this morning. The winds appear to be blowing to the east, so ashfall (if another eruption occurs today) would be spread just south of Anchorage, across the northern portion of the Kenai Peninsula.
That's all I have for now, but readers of this little blog know that conditions can change rapidly! Stay tuned, folks.
Psalm 22:27-28: “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he ruleth among the nations.”
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"...insisting that the law be enforced as written, and applied equally to all Alaskans. I suppose that view, these days, does make him controversial."
And that sir, is a damn shame and a disgraceful picture of the American public. The man would have my vote also...
The biggest controversy, from what I've read, was his success in insisting that the Native peoples should not get preference on hunting & fishing just because of their subsistence needs. The AK constitution mandates that the State's resources be managed for "the maximum benefit" of all Alaskans.
He argued that providing Native preference was therefore unconstitutional - and of course it was. It had nothing to do with the Natives' needs or lack thereof; it's the way the document is written. You can't provide a 'right' that isn't enumerated therein.
Come to think of it, that's pretty much the problem in D.C. these days, ain't it?
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