Thursday, July 16, 2026

East Anchorage residents can start a recall campaign against George Martinez, Jr on August 31st

 

 This was originally written on July 8th, 2026 while waiting for a flight overnight at Sea-Tac Airport after listening to the Assembly meeting on the subject while waiting for my first flight 

According to Anchorage Municipal Charter the people of East Anchorage can not start a recall campaign against this piece of garbage Assemblyman named George Martinez, Jr until August 31st.  George needs to resign to keep East Anchorage moving forward.  You can call him at (907) 343-4120 or e-mail him at George.Martinez2@anchorageak.gov and tell him to resign today.  


He betrayed the people of East Anchorage by being dishonest and has been double dipping and promoting the Anchorage Assembly to profit financially for himself.  If we are successful in removing him then there will be a special election to replace an Assemblyman as well as mayor.  Just remember George you resign you get to run your own business without having to report your income.  

 

People of East Anchorage have asked him to resign in public at the Muldoon Community Market between 9:30am to 3pm where you can rap your resignation speech.  


Just ask Cal the stage manager he will hand you the microphone then just remember if you resign then you can come in ten years and nobody will remember what you did while you are in office while on the Assembly starting in 2023-2026.

 

You can be here George giving your greatest rap of your music career
 

Monday, July 13, 2026

Voters in Idaho will decide if WA Border counties Planned Parenthood will no longer need to fund Idaho clients for abortion

 

 

 

Since June 2022 Governor Jay Inslee has allowed Washington State Border Counties of Pend Orielle, Stevens, Spokane, Whitman, Asotin, Columbia and Garfield Counties taxpayers to pay for abortions from Idaho residents especially those who came from Kootenai, Boundary, Bonner, Benewah, Latah and Nez Perce Counties.

 

Idaho United for Women and Families was able to get enough signatures for Idaho voters to decide on November 3rd to keep Idaho closed to abortion or allow Planned Parenthood to establish clinics again in Post Falls, Sandpoint, Coeur d'Alene, Moscow, Bonners Ferry and Lewiston.  

 

Idaho voters will ultimately decide if the border counties will continue to accept patients for abortion or establish their own clinics.  

Sunday, July 12, 2026

Dairy Queen has left South Central Alaska except for the Kenai Peninsula


Bad news for people in Anchorage, Palmer and Wasilla you either have to travel out of state or travel to the Soldotna to get your blizzard.  I guess I will get my blizzard on in my annual trips to Cle Elum.  

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Muldoon Community Market will be open today on Independence Day to honor America 250


 Muldoon Community Market will be open from 9:30am to 3:00pm.  There is no bus service today.  If you are not within walking distance you will need to find alternative transport by vehicle.  If you have no ability to use a car you have to either phone a friend, book a taxi or Uber or Lyft.  The Muldoon Town Square Park is located on the east side of the street between the Muldoon Mall.  You can park at the mall parking which is what the market prefers then head to the trail to the south.  For a list of vendors go to this link.  https://www.muldooncommunitymarket.org/ If there is a produce vendor they all take Electronic Benefits Transfer a requirement of the market.  Some take credit cards and some do not depends on the vendor. There is live music all the performers are volunteers you are encourage to tip.  There also maybe a food truck usually parked in the circle.  There is a play arena for your children to play and you can also sit on the turf or at the picnic tables in the booth if the performers are not that for their staging.  I talked to Cal the person in charge of the sound stage he has encouraged the performers to do an America 250 format in honor of America's Independence.  Enjoy local vendors today at the market

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Alaska needs to start funding public transportation to allow citizens to use the bus on the holidays


 Alaska needs to start funding public transportation.  Most other states have buses running on major holidays using on a weekend schedule.  Here in Alaska public buses do not run on major holiday.  This requires those who no driver ability to either take a taxi or ask family members to transport them or force to stay home.   Please call your state representative and tell them you want the state funding of public buses

Sunday, June 28, 2026

It is time for East Anchorage to remove George Martinez from office

 



Last April a majority of East Anchorage residents decided that George Martinez, Jr should serve another three year term.  

 

While George has been in office.  He has chosen to play with his New York friends in Puerto Rico on Anchorage taxpayers dime.  Event has nothing to do with Anchorage.  Thanks to Don Handleland, Eagle River and Chugiak Assemblyman for the evidence of this Puerto Rico event




 

The second those who contributed to George Martinez, Jr reelection campaign have been betrayed by his personal trip to South Florida by using their money for his personal benefit.  https://www.adn.com/opinions/editorials/2026/06/27/editorial-a-solo-strategic-planning-retreat-at-30000-feet/

East Anchorage District 5 had a chance to elect someone with transparency by the name of Cody Anderson.  

 

Here are the options we have in this district has George can take the high road and resign his seat then people in East Anchorage can select someone to fill the remainder of his term.   

 

The people of East Anchorage can file a recall petition to remove him from office by collecting signatures and have a recall election.  My prediction unlike Felix Rivera and Meg Zalatel in Assembly District 4 in 2021 where the charges are more concrete misuse of funds versus a disagreement in procedure.  If he does not survive the Municipal Charter does not bar him from running again to fill his seat again if elected.  You can not bring same charge to remove him again.  My prediction is he will not survive recall election. 

 

Remember George is a member of the Democratic Socialist of America who do not believe in defeat of crazy ideas.   

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Kroger has added their shopping cart logo at their grocery stores in the US

Kroger has decided to add their logo of the shopping cart to their names of their grocery stores.  In the Pacific Northwest and Alaska with the Fred Meyer and the Quality Food Centers aka QFC, The Central Market brand in Colorado and Baker's in Nebraska and Iowa.  


 

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

It is time to vote for Common Sense to East Anchorage and Mountain View


 For the past three years East Anchorage has had a leader who has raised grocery prices, believes the bus shelter is the homeless shelter.  His name is George Martinez, Jr.  He does not listen to people of his district. He has moved his district backward not forward.  

Cody listens to the people of Anchorage.  He will make it less expensive for the people of East Anchorage by dealing with crime in East Anchorage this will lower grocery prices.  He will make it so homeless people will have to go to a shelter or go to jail.  Remember it is the homeless are mostly responsible for the shoplifting.  I see this everyday as a Customer Host at Debarr Walmart.  

Here are some videos showing him to be the candidate for the people

 

 


 

Time to elect Cody Anderson in the Anchorage Municipal Election. 
 

 

Saturday, January 24, 2026

It is time to vote no on Anchorage Special Anchorage School District Vote


 
Anchorage we need to vote no on the Special Election because the Anchorage School District has mismanaged  their money.  Here is the truth there budget is 2 and 1/2 times the Anchorage Municipal budget.  They are a subdivision of the Municipality of Anchorage they need to be 3/4 of the municipal budget.  Anchorage School District funding needs to be user based.  If they need to just tax the enrolled kids only.  If the taxpayer enrolls the child in private school that money should go to the private school and if the taxpayer home school the child then taxpayer should not have to pay that portion of the bill.  My little brother Jim who home schools his children has to pay property tax a school district that does not teach his children would be willing to pay an athletic fee for his children to participate in that districts sports.  I remember back in 2016 the Wenatchee School District asked them to enroll Christina as a Panther.  He told them do you know who my older brother unless you want him to blog about how you to refuse to allow his niece Christina to allow her to participate in the track unless I had her take some public school classes.  He pulled out my blog they said Mr Marion she can.  Christina at age 18 and Daniel at age 17 was on the Dean List at Wenatchee Valley College.  She earned a degree at age 18.  Here are the links to their items.  https://www.wvc.edu/news/2015-16/graduates.aspx and https://www.wvc.edu/news/2015-16/winterpresidentslist.aspx His property tax money to the Wenatchee School District should have gone to Wenatchee Valley College for both of his kids.  Money needs to follow the kid.  
Vote no on Anchorage Special Anchorage School District Vote

Monday, January 19, 2026

Legislatures can meet remotely for all Alaska sessions

Every legislator can meet remotely and stay in their communities they represent.  This will make it easier for each legislator to be accessible to their community.  The only times the legislators should meet together is when a member of the congressional delegation visits the legislature and twice a year when the governor makes a speech to the body.  

Imagine five times a year the legislature meeting at the Alaska Airlines Center when members of congress and the governor speaks to the legislature.  

 

Rest of the legislature can meet remote at the legislative office closest to where they live an example.  Senator Jesse Bjorkman can meet at the Kenai Legislative Information office and  Representative Jeremy Bynum can meet at the Ketchikan Legislative Information office.  This makes each legislature more accessible to the people they represent.  COVID-19 proved that people can meet remotely and be closer to the people.  This will save Alaska taxpayers money in capitol meeting expenses.

 

The Anchorage Caucus and staff can meet at the Wells Fargo Building at Northern Lights and Minnesota

Fairbanks Caucus and staff can meet at the Fairbanks Legislative Information office 

Mat-Su Caucus and staff can meet at the Mat-Su Legislative Information office in Downtown Wasilla

  

The real reason school children are asking to not have cell phones in the classroom

The real reason many school districts across the United States have decided to no longer allow cell phones in the classroom.  Sometimes these devices can be distracting to students while the teacher is trying to teach the class.  The student could be contact someone on social media or consider it an electronic way of passing a note.  The only problem is the teacher is not able to confiscate the text to make the student read it out loud to the class.  A lot of teachers are now requiring the student to put the cell phone in a basket at the beginning of class then will hand it back at the end of class.  Some parents have felt this is an issue since they are not able to get a hold of their children during the school day.  The truth is most schools still have a landline telephone to contact the school and still use a public address system to notify the student if they need to come to office in an emergency.  Remember the student is their to learn not to be distracted.  Plus this also prevents the student from cheating on their tests or work assignments.  The other reason is some teachers have felt that a student may film independently a teacher making a statement about issue with maybe the parent disagrees with the subject the teacher is teaching in the class.  Remember most public schools in at least one class I would attend the principal would quietly sit in a class to observe the way the teacher was teaching the class.  Many school districts want their teachers to able to teach without outside interference. I support that children not having cell phone on their person and is giving back to the student by the end of the day.

In the middle school and high school the student would hand it over to the teacher in the home room that is the first period of the day in a school day.   
 

Dustin Darden not qualified for any elected office


Dustin Darden as a school board member would be like Theresa Obermeyer will be recalled if elected.  I could see him that be in left field on an issue dealing with the school board issue.  He has been thrown out of Assembly meetings for not being on topic.  Let's say it is about teacher contracts and he is talking about god and Jesus.  He has prevented Liz Vazquez from returning to politics many times over in fact in 2019 West Anchorage Assembly race his results allowed Kameron Perez-Verdia to win over Liz he got 9 percent would had put it in a close election.  Kameron received 6,161 votes, Liz received 4,852.  Dustin received 1,077 votes.  Had he not been in that race.  Kameron may have won by only by over 300 votes instead.  Imagine the Anchorage Assembly had Liz being elected in 2020.

Kameron Perez-Verdia 
 
Liz Vazquez 
Dustin Darden is just like Theresa Obermeyer refused to be on topic.  She never understood the topic of the question that Rhonda McBride one of my favorite reporters here in Alaska who was working at KYUK AM a Bethel affiliate of Alaska Public Media did not stay on topic of the question on question asked by Rhonda about rural Alaska.

 



Here is him at the Anchorage Assembly Meetings refusing to be on topic.

Please elect someone other than Dustin for this seat please.  
 

Monday, January 12, 2026

East Anchorage Senator Bill Wielechowski supports moving the legislative sessions to Anchorage


 As of yesterday Bill Wielecowski he told me that having the session at the Wells Fargo Building would be better for him.  He told me while returning a space heater at my work while leaving the store.  I asked him why he did not go to Wasilla in 2019 he said that was unconstitutional and I told him it was not. 

Saturday, January 3, 2026

Time to single district the Anchorage School Board



  Originally written on April 27, 2020

Now that Two for all passed in the Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 municipal election.  We need to put six of the seven Anchorage School Board members in a single district.  One member will be at large and run in 2030 the same time as the mayor.  What we could do have all 7 members of school board run for election in 2028.  Seats A, B and C will run for a regular three year term this will cover Assembly Districts 1, 2 and 3.  Seats D, E and F will cover Assembly districts 4, 5 and 6.  The will run for a one year term then in 2029 will run for a full three year term.  Seat G  will run a two year old term in 2028.  Then in 2030 run additional three year term.  We could also make it so the at large district person is paid more and is also the chair of the school board.  This makes so the people choose the chair of the school board not the school board.  Now let's put more accountability in our school board by having them represent the neighborhood instead of having them campaign the whole city for a school board seat.  Have each school member be as neighborly as an Assembly member.