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More info on “AK Environmental Preservation LLC” – the proposed buyer of the Knik Glacier acreage

It turns out that “Alaska Environmental Preservation LLC” is owned by Chad Emswiler of Alaska. See Related/Original Post: https://matsumuckraker.com/2020/02/12/a-mysterious-company-named-alaska-environmental-preservation-llc-is-buying-365-acres-located-next-to-the-knik-glacier-from-the-alaska-mental-health-trust-authority/ Mr. Emswiler incorporated the company in Wyoming on Jan 20, 2020. However, when he initially applied to purchase the land from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, he applied in his…

The Taj Mahal of Fire Stations

  MSB Station 6-2, the new Knik Public Safety Building, is almost completed and the total costs are now just over $12 MILLION. This Fire Station & Training Facility is located on 74 acres way down KGB road in Wasilla. It belongs to the Mat-Su Central Fire Service Area. It is…

MSB paid Palmer Tower LLC $500,000 to lease warehouse space

The MSB, which is in the process of purchasing the Tommy Moe building in downtown Wasilla for $1,285,000, paid the owner – Palmer Tower LLC – almost $500,000 to lease a portion of this building – the warehouse space in the back – for the past 11 years. Blog Post…

What is wrong with tap water?

I sent the following email to the Mat-Su Assembly members this morning: Hello All, I noticed these BID solicitation documents on the MSB website today.  Supply and Deliver Bottled Water to all the MSB buildings.  So much bottled water – esp. for the Dorothy Swanda Jones building. The estimated cost…

Confidential Manager’s Memos

The MSB has released the previously confidential Manager’s Memos pursuant to a Public Records Request. There are a total of 34 memos.  The format is – a few pages of updates from the Manager – followed by many pages of attachments.  The memos are all marked “Not for Distribution.” Memo…

Japan Junket

The MSB sent Port Director Charles Marc Van Dongen plus Robert Sheldon and two Assembly members – Stephen Colligan and Ron Arvin – to Tokyo Japan in September, 2015. Director Van Dongen apparently was going to speak at an Oil & Gas Opportunity seminar. Why did three other Mat-Su Borough…

The Gamble Settlement

SUMMARY OF THIS Legal Settlement Agreement for those that don’t have time to read it: MSB – Mr. Gamble, here is 75K. You can’t sue us or anyone (or help anyone sue) for anything that has any plausible connection to the MSB, okay? Here is an extra 5K if you…

“How stuff really works in the Mat-Su Valley” (An example)

This is how stuff really works in the Mat-Su Valley.  Everything is done “behind the scenes.” This memo was not released by the MSB or the MSHF. Luckily, the City of Wasilla is a bit more transparent and so it was included in a meeting packet. NOTE: Of course the…

“The Sewer Lady” Helen Munoz gives up on the MSB

Longtime Mat-Su Valley resident Helen Munoz has resigned from the MSB Wastewater and Septage Advisory Board. Mrs. Munoz is a can do person. She runs a B & B up on Lazy Mountain (A Lazy Acres) and was a founding board member of the Mat Valley Federal Credit Union.  She…