Mat-Su Politics

As a kid sitting in the back seat of the family car, I would always look forward to a favorite landmark along the Parks Highway, Archie’s ice cream stand. That was thirty years ago. Today, this is ain’t your parent’s Matanuska Valley.

What brings us to such a precarious position? Politicians whose rhetoric fails to consistently merge with reality?

Don’t take my word for it take theirs.

Every election, Alaskan voters receive the Official Election Pamphlet from the State Division of Elections. This booklet presents the candidate’s bios and campaign pledges. These are the candidate’s own written words.