Over on the Facebook group, “Glenn Highway Traffic Report,” the administrators were tired of people asking this question over and over: “What’s that Smell?!” So, they put the answer in the pinned post. Travelers on the Glenn Highway from the Mat-Su Valley to Anchorage notice that as you get near…
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Remember this MatsuMuckraker post from last August? https://matsumuckraker.com/2019/08/13/the-fishiest-ordinance-ever-proposed-by-the-msb-staff/ The MSB staff proposed draining the Land Fund of millions of dollars to start working on the “Fish Creek Access Project” and fund the new Willow Library. The ordinance was very odd for several reasons. 1. The MSB is having big budget…
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…
This legal notice was published in today’s Frontiersman: The Alaska Mental Health Land Trust is giving legal notice that it is selling – via a negotiated sale – not a public sale or land auction – a large parcel of land near Palmer. If anyone objects, they have until March…
The newest CAFR (Comprehensive Annual Financial Report) is on the MSB’s website. This report is generally released in January each year. It is an audit and analysis of the previous fiscal year. Here are the pages for the “Port Enterprise Fund.” The MSB is valuing this asset at $28,892,167. The…
A Christian movement, which some detractors have labeled a “cult,” founded by Preacher Sam Fife in the southern US in the 1960s, has ties to the Mat-Su Valley and at least one prominent resident here. This organization has been called “The Move of the Spirit,” “The Move,” the IMA or the…
The Matanuska Susitna Borough has contracted with engineering firm HDR for many years on various projects. I will update this post later, but for now, here are records I obtained via a Public Records Request of all of the payments the MSB has made to HDR over the years. HDR…
Whelp, the MSB Parks & Recs Director (Hugh Leslie) and former MSB Assembly member Steve Colligan finally admitted what the Mat-Su Muckracker has been complaining about for the better part of two years. Yes, the MSB helped set up a Drone Park for Mr. Colligan’s non profit group. Yes, the…
The Lisa Behrens vs. MSB lawsuit will be discussed in Executive Session at this week’s Assembly meeting: The case is set for a 15 day trial in Palmer Superior Court in October & November: The MSB has filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgement and a ruling is still pending.…
This item is on the agenda of the next MSB Assembly meeting. Ordinance 19-101. OR 19-101 RS 19-071 IM 19-134 The MSB staff wants the Assembly to drain the Land Management Permanent Fund of $3.5 million (of the total $3.9 million which would leave a balance of only $400K in the…