Monthly Archives: April 2010

The Daily Tweets, 2010-04-13: Echo chamber

Another body found (Mulcahy Stadium): this is #4 since weather got warm. 16 last year. This isn’t just coincidence. http://bit.ly/cmfMLb # wow — my “gossip” almost made it into Harriet Drummond’s resolution! #sullygate #fb # RT @kesbian_latie: tis a strange … Continue reading

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Sullygate: My letter to the Anchorage Assembly in support of Assembly Resolution AR 2010-92

In 2001, the Municipality of Anchorage lied to Aetna about George Sullivan being an eligible permanent employee of the Municipality. That and other reasons that an independent counsel should be retained to investigate the Sullivan ‘insurance’ matter.

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Sullygate: Why we need an independent investigation

Important questions about the Sullivan ‘life insurance’ trust remain — and they demand answers that only an independent investigation can provide. Demand passage Assembly Resolution AR 2010-92, which will provide one.

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You are old, Father William: Two renditions

“You are old, Father William”, the young man said, / And your hair has become very white; / And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right?” In celebration of National Poetry Month.

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“Disabled” by Wilfred Owen

‘He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark, / And shivered in his ghastly suit of grey, / Legless, sewn short at elbow….” In celebration of National Poetry Month.

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“Emergency Haying” by Hayden Carruth

‘And I stand up high / on the wagon tongue in my whole bones to say // woe to you, watch out / you sons of bitches who would drive men and women / to the fields where they can only die.’ In celebration of National Poetry Month.

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Mass Extinctions

‘A rip in the sky, a roar: / impact of a meteor — / shroud of iridium dust / on the dusk of Dinosaur.’ Two dinosaur poems in celebration of National Poetry Month.

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-04-03: National iPad Day

RT: @celticdiva: updated post on Eddie Burke’s Lt. Gov candidacy with his amazing gaffe during KTVA interview: http://tinyurl.com/yfvuuza # RT: @afdstatus: vote Yes on Prop 2: http://www.afdstatus.org // Help Anchorage Fire Department keep Anchorage safe # Based on other people’s … Continue reading

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Stone Poem

‘We rocks, we trees will give rise to new words / when you are gone to dust and scattered shards.’ In celebration of National Poetry Month.

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Why I picked Dick Traini over Andy Clary, & you should too (Anchorage Assembly Midtown Seat F)

Three reasons to vote for Dick Traini over Andy Clary in next Tuesday’s municipal election: (1) Dan Sullivan; (2) LGBTQ equality (or rather, its lack); (3) experience. Please vote on April 6!

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