Category Archives: Polis

Politics. Can’t live with it, can’t live civilly without it.

The noise begins

Posted on Tue, 12 May 2009 by Mel Green

The Anchorage Daily News has a story by Megan Holland on the proposed equal rights ordinance: “Assembly to consider gay rights ordinance — Discrimination ban: Proposal would also cover veterans; Rev. Prevo plans fight” No big surprise that Jerry Prevo … Continue reading →

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Against discrimination in Anchorage

Posted on Tue, 12 May 2009 by Mel Green

Anchorage Assemblymember Patrick Flynn posted on his blog this morning on Sunday that an ordinance to bar discrimination based upon sexual orientation or veteran’s status in the Municipality of Anchorage would be introduced at tonight’s Anchorage Assembly meeting.  Per Mr. … Continue reading →

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Same-sex marriage: A personal history

Posted on Sat, 9 May 2009 by Mel Green

Good news from Maine Wednesday: its legislature passed, & its governor signed, a law making it legal for same-sex couples to marry.  This makes Maine the 5th state in the U.S., after Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, & Iowa, to grant the … Continue reading →

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WAR goes down! 23 yeas, 35 nays!

Posted on Thu, 16 April 2009 by Mel Green

WAR goes down! 23 yeas, 35 nays.  Repeat: Wayne Anthony Ross will NOT be Alaska Attorney General. We fought the good fight, people, and we WON! The lima beans of the state are dancing. And so, I bet, are Alaska … Continue reading →

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Alaska newspaper editorials against WAR

Posted on Thu, 16 April 2009 by Mel Green

At least one of Alaska’s daily newspapers have come out editorially against the confirmation of Wayne Anthony Ross to be Alaska’s attorney general: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner — “Reject Ross: Nominee for top legal post is wrong man for the job” … Continue reading →

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WAR's antigay letter to the Alaska Bar Association, 1993

Posted on Wed, 15 April 2009 by Mel Green

You’ve heard about it, now here it is: the famous letter written by Wayne Anthony Ross to the Alaska Bar Association and published in the Alaska Bar Rag in the early 1990s (turns out it was 1993) which referred to … Continue reading →

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Jay Ramras: "We won't necessarily be coloring within the lines"

Posted on Wed, 15 April 2009 by Mel Green

Representative Jay Ramras, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, doesn’t seem to mind joining Alaska attorney general-nominee Wayne Anthony Ross — not to mention Gov. Sarah Palin herself — in coloring outside the lines of Alaska state law.

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Pro-WAR = anti-LAW

Posted on Wed, 15 April 2009 by Mel Green

Just last night I posted about the opinions that Alaska attorneys with direct experience dealing with Attorney General-nominee Wayne Anthony Ross have of WAR’s mediocre legal abilities: His middling scores on the Alaska Bar Association surveys when he applied for … Continue reading →

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Anti-WAR letter: Opposing Wayne Anthony Ross

Posted on Tue, 14 April 2009 by Mel Green

I’m a writer-blogger, not a political blogger — though I did try it out a little last fall after Palin became a vice-presidential candidate. But it proved too emotionally exhausting for me, & other Alaska progressive bloggers were doing it … Continue reading →

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Alaska evangelicals support the corrupt

Posted on Thu, 6 November 2008 by Mel Green

The Anchorage Daily News reports on exit polling (emphasis added): Like McCain, Stevens and Young performed best in small cities and rural areas, such as the region that includes Palin’s hometown of Wasilla, where she served two terms as mayor. … Continue reading →

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