Sarah Palin pandemonium

OK, I realize I've been pretty mum about our governor, turned VP candidate, Sarah Palin. Some of it has to do with not having the time to post much of anything on this blog -- a lot of it has to do with being so inundated by Palin-everything, that it's the last thing I want to write about at the end of the day. But, since I have followed her career from the time she was a gubernatorial candidate, running against Republican incumbent Frank Murkowski -- talked to her on the phone for an article I wrote about that race -- I have a pretty good sense of who she is and how she handles leadership. Rather than laying my opinions on the line -- that's not my style -- I invite any questions people have. Just post a comment, and I'll reply as quickly as possible. A good starting point for discussion is the editorial we ran in the Alaska Star the week after the big news (probably the biggest news to hit Alaska in a decade). The link is below. I look forward to hearing from you.

http://alaskastar.com/stories/090408/edi_20080904023.shtml

Alaska politics: Batting 500

"In Alaska politics are like sports"

This statement today by a co-worker (Jill Fankhauser, to give her proper credit) is 150 percent true. The way people in the Lower 48 rehash and discuss in detail the big play at a football game or baseball game... we apply that fervor to politics. And given the big push to get a gas pipeline built (it would be the largest privately funded project in North America) and the evolving corruption investigation, there's more than plenty of material to draw lively play-by-play accounts from. (Sen. Stevens, or "Uncle Ted" as he has been long referred to by Alaskans, the longest serving senator in Congress, he's been a senator since Alaska has been a state... was recently indicted by a grand jury... and he's just one in a long line of Alaska politicians, lobbyists and businessmen facing, or already locked inside, jail). A good time to be a journalist... a good place too!

First editorial

Here's the link the first editorial I've ever written about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's "lousy" plan to give Alaskans $100 per month spend on energy consumption (fuel, utilities, etc.). If you want my opinion, just click on the link ; )

http://alaskastar.com/stories/052908/edi_20080529013.shtml