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Randall won the race in Russia last weekend. (Click here to read the ADN story on her victory.) What’s been the reaction to her win? Randall told APRN: "It’s been more than I could have ever imagined. I mean, I’ve heard from so many people in Alaska, from across the country, people that had never tuned into cross-country skiing before. So it’s really cool to know that a simple goal of mine really is meaning so much to so many people." *** Tax challenge goes before judge. A lawsuit challenging the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s pending sales tax increase is due back in court on Friday, with oral arguments scheduled before a Superior Court judge, according to a Peninsula Clarion story today. The Alliance of Concerned Taxpayers claims the borough can’t boost the current 2 percent sales tax without a public vote.
Cowtown Confidential: Rockfest, Pride festivals might be looking for ...
Now that Liberty Memorial's World War I museum is up and running, word on the street is the annual Rock 98.9 FM Rockfest wilding and the Show Me Pride festival may have to look elsewhere for a home. "We're trying to boost our tourism, and now there's nowhere to hold a festival with over 5,000 people," says Pride organizer Flo. "Rockfest is moving to Kansas. They're moving to the Speedway. We're still looking." Not so fast. There's more to the story. While the Liberty Memorial Association was indeed planning to limit the size of the festivals it will host, it has re-entered discussions on how it might work with Rockfest, says LMA spokeswoman Denise Rendina. "Rockfest is still talking to us about doing it here," she says. "It started out to be more about Rockfest than Show Me Pride.
Crystal-ball gazing
America is about one third hard Right, one third hard Left, and one third milling about in the middle susceptible to the intellectual pressure of a really good bumpersticker slogan. Figuring out who will get each party's nomination is a matter of working out what the partisans want. Figuring out where general elections are going to go is a matter of working out where those people in the middle are going to cast their lot. So, McCain might have a chance in the general election if he ever got there, but he won't. Rank and file Republicans hate him with a flaming passion. Remember that "maverick" means "sticks his thumb in the eye of his own party with distressing frequency." .
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