Homer Opinion
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It’s nearly Halloween and there are celebrations of fall all over town. Some 500 children visit the Bayview/Mountainview neighborhood to trick-or-treat on Oct. 31. In order to streamline traffic and provide a safe space for trick-or-treaters, Bayview and Mountainview will become “Halloween One W...
Wed, 10/29/2014 - 2:34pm -
Seems like we have a waffler in Juneau. Parnell waffles on sexual assault; his waffles on the National Guard right down to blaming his opposition are empty rhetoric. We don’t need wafflers running our state. Parnell, stand up and take your medicine — waffle on out the exit door. Ca...
Wed, 10/29/2014 - 2:33pm -
Like many Alaskans, I have been waiting for Gov. Sean Parnell to resign. He is involved in a four-year cover-up of Alaska National Guard sexual abuse crimes. What has happened here is a very serious matter, a cover-up of multiple, perhaps ongoing crimes....
Wed, 10/29/2014 - 2:33pm -
Native culture uses a shame pole to force a person of high standing to meet or recognize an obligation. In Gov. Sean Parnell’s case his head would be carved upside down and the words “Choose Respect” would be coming from his mouth and because they are hollow they would flow like the oil that f...
Wed, 10/29/2014 - 2:33pm -
Food for thought, instead of voting for the candidate and/or party that attracts your support with their positions on the issues, think about considering voting for the person and party who has not misrepresented either his own or his opponent’s position and record. The half truths espoused ...
Wed, 10/29/2014 - 2:32pm -
This election season it seems impossible to avoid the implication that Obama-Care is the worst thing since canned lima beans. I hadn’t been able to understand that. For the last 40 years I have been one those that had a choice of being able to have health insurance or to be able ...
Wed, 10/29/2014 - 2:32pm -
We Alaskans have the opportunity to show the rest of the United States how much we care about the future of Alaska and the U.S. by voting in record numbers. Examining the campaigns as well as the issues so that we can make informed votes reveals that a bunch of outside multimillionaires (Karl Rove, ...
Wed, 10/29/2014 - 2:31pm -
I would like to thank those who participated and contributed in the fundraiser at the American Legion Post 16. A special shout-out to Sons of the American Legion, the Women’s Auxiliary, American Legion Post 16, Brooks Alaskan Adventure, Tire Town, Andrea Huyek, Bob and Peggi Patton, Richard ...
Wed, 10/22/2014 - 10:22am -
Thank you to everyone in our community who came out to support the Homer High School Wrestling Team. The dinner and auction were a huge success. We would especially like to thank the following business, without whom the evening may not have been so successful: Apache Corporation and John Hendr...
Wed, 10/22/2014 - 10:22am -
Chris Story mentioned in his post-election opinion piece that Lindianne Sarno had a program to harbor chickens within the city of Homer to create an economic boom, and this made him go “huh?”...
Wed, 10/22/2014 - 10:22am
