Most of what I’ve seen about Ballot Measure focuses on another fight over ranked-choice voting. It’s not though, there are 3 changes being proposed. They aren't advertising two of them.

Buried in the measure is a repeal of Alaska’s campaign-finance disclosure rules, including rules for out-of-state money, digital ads, undisclosed donations and the “true source” behind political spending.

Those rules make it harder to hide the original source behind layers of nonprofits and political groups. If the rules are repealed, voters may still see the organization paying for an advertisement without being able to trace who supplied the organization’s money.

I wrote this because that part has been almost completely absent from the public pitch for Measure 2, despite being right there in the official ballot language. You can hate ranked-choice voting if you want. Alaskans should still know they’re being asked to repeal the disclosure laws at the same time. Maybe this isn't the best measure to use in enacting a change to ranked-choice.

Full disclosure: this is my article for Night Desk Socialism. If I’ve misread any part of the proposed law, cite the section. The full measure and state ballot language are linked throughout.

Just wanted to say thank you to whoever has been tagging overpasses and fences with the “guardians of p*dophiles” graffiti and thank you to the city employees that have left them up for so long.

With all of the legal relaxing around AI generated child abuse content and the seemingly endless normalization of the Epstein case, I’m happy to see that people aren’t letting it be swept under the rug.

There’s a classic movie series this September at Regal cinemas (Tikhatnu and Dimond) with $8 tickets and a bunch of cool movies. Here’s the lineup for the month, per their website:

Sept 1 - The Bridge on the River Kwai

Sep 2 - Braveheart

Sep 3 - A Streetcar Named Desire

Sep 4 - The Searchers

Sep 5 - Double Indemnity

Sep 6 - The Truman Show

Sep 7 - A Silent Voice: The Movie (Japanese Language film)

Sep 8 - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Subtitled in English)

Sep 9 - The Last Picture Show

Sep 10 - Hud

Sep 11 - Rear Window

Sep 12 - Jurassic Park (4DX)

Sep 13 - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Sep 14 - Duck Soup

Sep 15 - 12 Monkeys

Sep 16 - Strangers on a Train

Sep 17 - Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

Sep 18 - Zodiac

Sep 19 - Blade Runner: The Final Cut

Sep 19 - Blade Runner 2049

Sep 20 - Creed

Sep 21 - Out of Sight

Sep 22 - 12 Years a Slave

Sep 23 - Devil in a Blue Dress

Sep 24 - Room

Sep 25 - North by Northwest

Sep 26 - Boogie Nights

Sep 27 - American Graffiti

Sep 28 - Tremors

Sep 29 - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

Sep 30 - The Getaway

DISCLAIMER: I am not affiliated with Regal in any way, I’m just a fan of seeing movies on the big screen and thought people would be interested.

Does anybody in this town care/ want to do something about the extreme amount of dog waste and destruction in our state parks and city parks?

If you believe that a semblance of privacy is more important than being monitored by technology that is fallible, read this article. Also note that Florida DOT has banned ALPR cameras from state highways.

Speak up. The mayor is pushing for this—which means she’ll be a one-time mayor unless changes are made.

Fresh snow on still green Chugach range looks pretty cool and different. Usually we have old packed snow on fresh greenery, or new snow on fall-colored slopes. This is pretty cool, even though I’m not ready for it yet.

I know it’ll probably melt, but I wasn’t ready to see this this morning.

“We do not need Californians dictating Alaska."

"We need an Alaskan, and our commitment to our lifestyle, to determine our government. And JKT is just not what we need," English said. That was a reference to leading Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, who's raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from California residents (AND WAS BORN IN SITKA. ALASKA)

Last year's first snow on September 24th, vs. this years first snow on August 31st. Argue below.

first-timer!
alyeska - i’ve seen some during the blueberry festival, but i don’t want to travel that far out.
arctic valley - heard they’re sparse bc of “over-picking”
i’m unsure of any other locations, wouldn’t mind traveling out to beluga point ish

q: will the snow on the mountains will change anything for picking?

Half their parking lot is blocked off and is being torn up. One of their sections next to the gas station has one way in and one way out. I also overheard it’ll be like that until Friday

My nephew is coming to town in a week, his first time in Alaska. Is there snow already on the ground somewhere that I can get to by car in the surrounding area?

Hi all,

I have a new pair of black military boots that need polishing/mirror shine. I am horrible at doing the polishing myself and I can’t send them to Leather Luster because they don’t ship here to Alaska.

So I’m wondering if anyone knows of anyone who sells service to shine boots or a business that sells Leather Luster kit? I checked the commissary/exchange out already and no luck.

Thanks in advance!

Does anybody know which coffee shops in town use pumpkin spice sauce, and not pumpkin spice syrup? Willing to go anywhere🙏🏼 Thank you all😺

I have a Husky Golden mix who is very sweet but has been hard to groom. She is not aggressive, but she sits down and tries to turn or get away during grooming. She has an undercoat that knots up and when I try to brush her myself she cries and yelps and pushes me away. Petco kept her for 9 hours and complained that she was hard to work on and charged me a boatload. I’m wondering if there are any grooming places that people know of that can handle difficult and sensitive long haired dogs? Or tips and tricks? Peanut butter or treats for distractions don’t work and doing it solo is nearly impossible. I try my best for maintaining but she yelps so much I’m worried I’m doing something wrong and feel bad hurting her. Any tips or suggestions for locations would be helpful!

Leaving the state soon, but was looking to get an Alaska Flag to bring with me. Anyone know where I can get a good quality Alaskan Flag?

Anyone capture the Northern Lights early this morning about 12:30?

Hey all,

I am prepping a family member's house for sale, and need to get some landscaping work done. There's a perimeter rock bed that wraps 3/4 of the house, weeds have made their way through the weed barrier. There's also a section where the plastic lawn barrier has lifted and now the grass is moving onto the rocks. Also a few wood mulch beds that would need to be redone as well.

Looking for someone who can remove the rocks, re-do the weed barrier, and re-lay the plastic barrier. Haven't used a landscaping company in town before so unsure of who to call!

Thanks

Whoever stole flowers in a vase from Homestead and ER Bowl on Sat night and hopped into a blue vehicle is a dirty rotten turd. I hope bad luck follows you for this. Who steals flowers anyways.. just wrong. Yes I'm salty about it

Is anybody else experiencing an outage with GCI in the Midtown area, specifically Alpine? I’m showing all green lights on my router except for the internet icon, which has been out for a couple of hours now. Thanks!

Are there any banks that will give you a debit card the same day you open an account?

Less than 6 weeks since Handeland went on a rampage against Martinez and it turns out he was breaking Alaska campaign law the entire time.