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Welcome to this version of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted spherical up of the perfect and worst of Alaska’s social media panorama.
*** Is it simply me, or has the final couple of weeks been exhausting? The tip of session drama on high of the ultimate redistricting maps was A LOT to absorb. Add an absolute barrage of final minute filings and people saying they’re not working once more — I can hardly sustain. June 1st is in simply 4 days. Maintain on to your hats, of us!
Particular Stalker reminder: with all the brand new faces working for workplace this election season, in the event you see one thing Stalker worthy please don’t overlook to ship it my method. I don’t see all the pieces, and with a lot turnover I’m going to wish just a little assist from my readers. Ship in sizzling suggestions, screencaps, overheards, and noticed ins to [email protected] As at all times, thanks for studying!
*** There’s little question Rep. Mike Cronk isn’t the one legislator taking time for some severe publish session relaxation and rest.
*** I do love an excellent airport household homecoming.
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*** I bear in mind the start of session when these infants had been nonetheless leeeettle squishes. Rep. Andi Story is fortunate certainly. *** Onerous to imagine half these faces won’t be right here subsequent yr. ?
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Cheers to those that have been right here earlier than, and people to come back.
*** Being an elected official isn’t straightforward. I don’t say it sufficient – thanks to everybody who has served. Additionally, I hope Rep. Spohnholz acquired her pic.
*** Talking of Ivy, I can’t imagine I missed this blatant foreshadowing of her resolution to not search re-election.
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I’m damaged up over among the of us who’ve determined to not run once more. Rep. Sara Rasmussen’s motivational quotes, absolutely the reward of Sen. Lora Reinbold, and gem after gem posted by Sen. Peter Micciche… (I imply, simply take a look at him, publicly sharing ice cream along with his canine ?) What’s a Stalker to do with out them?!
*** Like I discussed on the Alaska Stalker Fb web page, when God closes a door He at all times opens a window. ?
*** New yr, new run for greater workplace. I’ve to say, I’m digging senate candidate Dunbar’s latest, extra dignified Carhartt jacket. ?
*** Whereas I’m going to overlook so many present legislators subsequent yr, I’m thrilled with a number of new prospects. However, let’s be trustworthy, it’s all about Alyse. That shirt!!!
*** Lyn Franks can also be a Stalker fav. ??
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Former staffer – and there are a a number of others working, too – Genevieve Mina filed for State Home in East Anchorage. Siya has a improbable Twitter account and I’m wanting ahead to the marketing campaign. Two phrases: well being care. ✊
sup #akleg Twitter! it is time to reintroduce myself (and take off the luchador masks)
my identify is Genevieve Mina, I am a proud daughter of immigrants and a lifelong Alaskan and I simply filed to run for open seat for State Home District 19! [1/3] pic.twitter.com/RR60uMADrg
— Genevieve Mina (she/her/siya) (@spifffy) May 28, 2022
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*** Can somebody please examine in with Rep. Prax and ensure Barbara sees this meme? IT IS VERY IMPORTANT!!! ???
*** The large information of the week was alleged to be that Dunleavy lastly discovered somebody introduced his working mate. Former Corrections Commissioner Nancy Dahlstrom is formally on the ticket. I don’t have lots to say besides Nancy, lady, you TALL. REALLY TALL.
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*** In the meantime candidate Christopher Kurka’s over right here reminding of us to comply with his marketing campaign on Gab. ? Chris, please, simply finish this now.
*** ??? Regardless of horrible pretend RUMORS please let the Alaska Stalker set the file straight: “AMMO-CAN COFFEE SUPPORTS AND ENDORSES CHRISTOPHER KURKA FOR GOVERNOR OF ALASKA and PAUL HUEPER FOR LT. GOVERNOR of ALASKA.”
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I grabbed this display cap the opposite day considering I might return and get a greater one. Alas, Sen. Bathe’s remark has disappeared. Did Bathe delete his remark? Or did the Walker marketing campaign suppress it? Walker has been getting a bit block glad as of late, so I can solely assume it’s the latter. 60 feedback on that publish, but I can solely see 10. Appears kinda shady to publish a photograph and op-ed of somebody in a damaging context after which block their reply.
*** A minimum of gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce has the decency to reply to imply feedback “privately.”
*** This week’s gubernatorial candidate social media winner is, surprisingly, Les Gara! Whereas I’m nonetheless ready for images of the 4 moose second, I’m glad to listen to Les gave the moose the proper of method like all good Alaskan ought to. Can’t watch for his subsequent social media screw up tho… ???
*** Oh, that’s proper, now we have a particular election for our sole U.S. Home seat in lower than two weeks. ? Candidate Chris Fixed is able to symbolize all Alaskans. All Alaskans like rando Alaskan Forrest “votes lock step with me on the Meeting” Dunbar. LOL!
*** Like a lot of you, I additionally don’t perceive precisely who Andrew Halcro is concentrating on along with his marketing campaign advertisements. However utilizing Winnie the Poo in a marketing campaign advert the second he goes public area is 100% fiscally conservative. ? *** Congressional candidate Jeff Lowenfels missed out on some excessive stage earned media not replying to native celeb Libby “David Sedaris is aware of her by identify” Bakalar.
*** I used to get emails from plain outdated Josh Revak. I now get emails from Purple Coronary heart Recipient Josh Revak. His marketing campaign should be going nice!
*** My favourite mailer this week is from the Tara Sweeny PAC, T.A.R.A. (True Alaska Illustration Alliance. Actually.) “Dan Sullivan mentioned one thing good about me in 2018” is sort of as cringe as Al Gross’ radio advert the place he touts that his dad was former Governor Jay Hammond’s legal professional normal. NO ONE CARES!!!
*** With all the pieces occurring it’s arduous for me to recollect to take a look at Sarah Palin’s Insta tales day by day. That’s the place the gold is. I used to be glad Sarah shared this publish from the one Palin I’ve ever voted for: Bristol Palin (on Dancing with the Stars, natch). She was robbed of that Mirror Ball. ?
*** How is the primary ever open major mail in election going? High-quality. Completely fantastic. DO NOT LOOK AT THIS DANGEROUS DISINFORMATION being shared by Elstun Lauesen and preferred by an elected official. Zuckerburg must shut this down ASAP.
*** I’ve no phrases. This poster has sufficient of these crammed on it for everybody.
*** Who is that this Roland Reagan character? ?
*** No, Laddie, say it ain’t so! And on Memorial Day weekend.
*** Then there’s South Anchorage Home candidate Jennifer Sonne. Sonne has blocked the Alaska Stalker on her social media and made her tweets protected after telling me I used to be a traitor in opposition to girls and to go f*&okay myself. My crime? Poking enjoyable at her for sporting a Carhartt jacket when she filed to run for workplace. She just lately shared this tweet along with her followers.
South Anchorage “Unbiased” candidate Jennifer Sonne tweeting about vandalizing the personal property of a enterprise that supported conservative Mayor Dave Bronson, who she refers to as “daddy.” She’s prepared to succeed in throughout the aisle! #aklegpic.twitter.com/UdTQ8s8hmz
— The Alaska Landmine (@alaskalandmine) May 27, 2022
*** After the Landmine posted it, somebody might have despatched it to the McKenna Brothers. ? Whoops. The remainder is historical past. When Bob Lester posts your Ls, you’re going viral. That remark from Rep. Rasmussen tho…
*** As anticipated, many people on Twitter got here to Sonne’s protection. Why are you so obsessed along with her? It’s only a joke! It’s social media, who cares? Good factors. Besides all of them cared immensely when it was Judy Eledge’s social media and he or she was working for… checks notes… the lowly workplace of Anchorage College Board. Judy’s posts had been even coated by Alaska Public Media, ADN and KTUU. For the file: each the Landmine and Alaska Stalker posted about Judy Eledge’s Fb posts. As a result of it was newsworthy! As for Jennifer Sonne’s posts about vandalism of personal and municipal property, saying she’s a closet Marxist, writing how not listening to any white man’s opinion is a “lifestyle” and plenty of, many extra controversial tweets has been met with ???. Why is that? ?
*** It will get higher worse. All these folks calling the Landmine sexist and a misogynist for publishing could also be a member of our legislature subsequent yr? Effectively, simply take a look for your self. Subsequent time they name Jeff one thing, bear in mind, it’s simply projection.
*** Warning, this subsequent one is really vile.
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As for Jennifer Sonne, she appears utterly fantastic as an IINO (Unbiased in identify solely) going door-to-door making an attempt to win over conservative constituents who voted for “Daddy” Dave Bronson whereas concurrently mocking them and threatening to slash their tires in personal. Fascinating technique.
*** Noticed whereas manning my child’s lemonade stand: People for Prosperity lit dropping for Nick Begich. No, I didn’t ask them about Roland. ***
Noticed at Quick Eddie’s in Tok: Reps. Wool, Cronk, Josephson, Ed Flanigan, Cindy Spanyers, and Mayor Charlie Pierce. Three completely different tables however all pleasant salutations.
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The Alaska Stalker was born and raised in Alaska. She lives bear free in South Anchorage along with her husband and three youngsters 5 and beneath. She shouldn’t be Jeff Landfield.
Mom or Dad is at work all day, or out of the picture altogether. The spouse is at home taking care of the kiddos but needs to get out of the house to work or pursue an education. There is just one obstacle, but it is a big one – day care. In Alaska and throughout the nation quality day care is hard to find and expensive.
J. Howard Miller’s “We Can Do It!”, also called “Rosie the Riveter” after the iconic figure of a strong female war production worker. (U.S. Office for Emergency Management image)
Imagine the issue resolved. Imagine that high quality day care is widely available and jaw-droppingly inexpensive at about $8 to $10 per child per day. Day care includes snacks and a hot lunch. It includes a ratio of 1 to 10, staff to children. And it includes basic health care.
The day care facility may be a new building specifically built as a fully equipped modern day care center, or it may be a local school building. It opens early and stays open late to accommodate elastic work schedules. Some day care facilities are open 24 hours a day, six days a week. At the end of the day, select day care centers send home an evening meal for the parent and children.
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Impossible but tantalizing daydream? No, not a mere daydream — part of our American history. Parents demanded it. Politicians wanted it. And it was done. For a few brief years the United States had a generously funded day care program across the nation.
Early in the 1940s the United States had hurled itself into war against the Axis powers. The men were gone, engaged in the war effort. Graphics of Rosie the Riveter were everywhere, urging women to replace men in critical war industries. Maybe Rosie didn’t have children, or maybe she had a kindly mother who watched her children while she was hammering rivets. But millions of real women were alone at home with their children. How could they work full-time in war industries and be full-time mothers at the same time? As the New York Times reported in 2019:
“The major source of funding to remedy this came from the Lanham Act of 1940, which enabled a number of social programs during the war years. Beginning in 1942, the Lanham Act funded the Federal Works Agency to provide group child care in areas of ‘war impact.’ But far from instantly setting up a cheerful child care center on every block, the act created a complex patchwork of public and private entities, which in some cases sustained existing centers, and in others allowed communities to set up new ones.”
According to a report by the Congressional Research Service, even at the outset of the program the “need for the child care centers was estimated to be much greater than the services provided.” Nevertheless, it was an extraordinary accomplishment:
“The wartime child care programs were locally planned… Overall, as many as 635 communities across the nation were granted funds to operate one or more centers. Projects included programs for preschool and school-age children. In July 1944, when the wartime child care program reached its apex, 52,440 preschoolers and 76,917 school-age children were enrolled.”
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By mid-1945 it was clear that the Allies had won the war. The prevailing male sentiment was that it was time for Rosie the Riveter and her female factory colleagues to pack up and go back home. They were urged to take their “traditional” place in the kitchen and give the factory jobs back to men. And to make sure the women did that, politicians immediately slashed funds for national day care, quickly dismantling the program. Pushback ensued. Women and children demonstrated in the streets. There were write-in campaigns, according to the CRS report:
“Approximately one month after this announcement, the FWA [Federal Works Agency] reported it had received communications from 26 states and the District of Columbia (1,155 letters, 318 wires, 794 postcards and petitions signed by 3,647 individuals), urging continuation of the program. Principal reasons given were the need of servicemen’s wives to continue employment until their husbands returned, the ongoing need of mothers who were the sole support of their children, and a lack of inadequacy of other forms of care in the community.”
Nevertheless, sexism and discrimination prevailed. Within a few short years most of the national day care program had been wiped out. Vestiges remained through the 1960s, mostly in California. Then the national day care program was entirely gone.
So here we are today. Day care woes abound. Tax breaks and other marginal incentives of today cannot build a national day care program. However, eight decades ago the Federal Works Agency did. We have the precedent and the need but lack politicians with the vision.
Boaters anchor in Juneau’s harbor to watch its Fourth of July fireworks. (Heather Bryant/KTOO)
The Fourth of July often brings thoughts of festive celebrations like parades, picnics and fireworks, but what does honoring the nation’s independence mean? What are our rights, but also our responsibilities to a healthy democracy? How do you reflect on what freedom means, and what’s the best way for us all to move forward as a united nation? We discuss historical and philosophical context on our democracy and what freedom requires of us all on this next Talk of Alaska.
HOST: Lori Townsend
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Dr. Terry Kelly – Associate Professor & Chair of Philosophy, University of Alaska Anchorage
Sam Woolsey – Social Studies Teacher, Bettye Davis East High School
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LIVE Broadcast: Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. on APRN stations statewide.
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Lori Townsend is the news director and senior host for Alaska Public Media. You can send her news tips and program ideas for Talk of Alaska and Alaska Insight at ltownsend@alaskapublic.org or call 907-550-8452.
This winter, we’re expanding our guests’ options with nonstop service to two exciting international destinations
Alaska Airlines is excited to announce an expansion of our international network with two new Mexico destinations starting this winter. We’ll soon start flying between Los Angeles and breathtaking La Paz, as the only U.S. carrier serving the coastal Mexican destination. We’ll also become the only U.S. airline to offer daily nonstop flights between Los Angeles and the bustling city of Monterrey when we begin service in February.
During the winter months, our guests search for warm-weather travel destinations. Our new nonstop service to La Paz (LAP) and Monterrey (MTY) caters to that demand by offering our guests the perfect escape to sunny skies, a vibrant city experience and warm hospitality. It’s never too early to start booking your winter vacation. Tickets are available starting the afternoon of July 3 on alaskaair.com.
We recently celebrated 35 years of service to Mexico and are proud to connect travelers with the rich culture and natural beauty of the country. We look forward to continuing to serve as the carrier of choice from the West Coast, especially as we prepare to start service to these popular destinations in Mexico,” said Kirsten Amrine, vice president of revenue management and network planning at Alaska Airlines.
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We’re proud to be the #1 U.S. carrier with the most flights, seats and nonstop routes to Mexico from the West Coast. This announcement continues our longstanding commitment and plans for growth in the region.
Our new nonstop service to LAP and MTY from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) enables guests to easily connect from cities across our network. From our hub at LAX, we continue to offer the most flights to the most destinations across Latin America and the Caribbean of any carrier – which includes almost 16 average daily departures this winter to 15 cities throughout the region.
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La Paz, Mexico
This year, we will become the only carrier offering nonstop service between the United States and La Paz where you’ll find some of the world’s best diving and sport fishing. We’re excited to offer flights year-round with service up to three times weekly.
“We appreciate Alaska Airlines’ confidence in investing in the virtues of La Paz and providing it with the opportunity to expand its borders by connecting with the United States. Especially with its flight to Los Angeles, California, which we are sure will be a success,” said Maribel Collins, minister of tourism and economy of Baja California Sur. “For the Government of Baja California Sur, tourism is one of the pillars that drives the state’s economy. Therefore, we are highly committed to promoting actions that benefit this important sector through our tourism trusts, which day by day seek alliances for the benefit of all.”
“Connecting La Paz with Los Angeles is an important step for internationalizing this airport which has grown passengers significantly over the past three years. We thank Alaska Airlines for offering this flight to one of the most beautiful destinations in Mexico and look forward to welcoming travelers to La Paz and continuing to provide greater ease for foreign tourists to visit this city,” said Raúl Revuelta Musalem, CEO of the Pacific Airport Group.
Monterrey, Mexico
We’re adding daily service from Los Angeles to Monterrey, Mexico’s second-largest metro area. The popular destination offers dramatic peaks of the Sierra Madre Oriental Mountain range and a vibrant food scene, including several Michelin-starred restaurants. Immerse yourself in history with a visit to one of the city’s many museums or satisfy your love for the outdoors with a visit to the Huasteca Canyon, a popular rock climbing area located on the outskirts of the city.
We are pleased to announce that Alaska Airlines will begin operations from Monterrey Airport to Los Angeles, expanding its services from our airports along with Mazatlan and Zihuatanejo,” said Ricardo Dueñas, CEO of Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte. “Through LAX, this new route will offer access to new destinations on the West Coast, as we continue to increase international connectivity from Monterrey to meet both business and leisure travel demand.”
Whether traveling for pleasure or business, our guests can take advantage of a premium travel experience on any Alaska flight with no change fees, the most legroom in First Class* and Premium Class, the most generous Mileage Plan with the fastest path to elite status, high-quality West Coast-inspired food and a premium selection of beverages. Our guests can also buy tickets and earn Mileage Plan miles with our domestic and Global Partners directly at alaskair.com.
Alaska Airlines is making it easier for you to plan your next trip while saving money and earning Mileage Plan miles. Bundle flights, hotels, car rentals and experiences at Alaska Vacations, find deals car rentals on Alaska Car Rentals and book your next adventure while earning 4 miles for every $1 spent on GetYourGuide.
*Out of any U.S. legacy airline excluding lie-flat seats