We’re really getting into that winter thing up here. This Monday morning, sunrise was at 9:25 AM. The sun will set at 4:05 PM. But we’re less than a month now until the winter solstice, and that’s a day to celebrate, because it means we’re headed back to the sun. The wheel never stops turning, and that’s a good thing.
But winter doesn’t stop Alaska crooks. Fortunately, it doesn’t stop Alaska’s cops, either. In Fairbanks, the police department up there busted a big illegal gambling operation. Good job!
Five people were arrested in Fairbanks Friday night after officers investigated what the Fairbanks Police Department (FPD) is calling an “illegal gambling operation.”
FPD said officers found numerous “casino-style ‘fish table’ machines and ‘Fire Kirin’ gambling games” at 510 Old Steese Highway and 1521 Stacia Street in Fairbanks.
“Officers seized more than $55,000 in equipment, $45,053 in cash, seven cell phones, six computers, and one vehicle,” FPD wrote in a press release.
“Both locations featured cash-based payouts, electronic and handwritten ledgers tracking daily wins and losses, and signage outlining ‘house rules,’ further confirming that the businesses were functioning as unlicensed gambling establishments,” FPD wrote.
The investigation found that both locations were operating together as what FPD called an “illegal gambling enterprise.”
“Evidence from both sites, including matching financial logs and electronic spreadsheets, showed that the two addresses were coordinated as a single operation,” FPD wrote in a press release.
That’s a good takedown. Granted, we can argue whether or not gambling should be legal. Personally, I see that as something that each state should handle. Here in the Great Land, there’s no state lottery other than some paper/cardboard things called “pull-tabs,” which I know exist but have never examined. I do maintain that state lotteries are a tax on stupidity, given that the odds are much higher if you just go to Las Vegas and play slot machines, but as I’m also often saying, it’s not the place of government to shield people from the consequences of their own stupid decisions.
Alaska Man score: 5 moose nuggets for the Fairbanks PD. Well done.
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Then, there’s this screwup by the Anchorage schools:
The Anchorage School District in Alaska admitted it made a “mistake” by adding a disclaimer saying that the school district “does not endorse these materials or the viewpoints expressed” on a flyer which solely contained the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
A parent in Anchorage was shocked to find the sticker after her daughter brought the pamphlet home, which was handed out to students in class.
“Today my daughter brought home a pamphlet with the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution,” Karen Waldron posted to Facebook. “On the back was a sticker saying that the Anchorage School District ‘does not endorse the materials or viewpoints expressed in them.’”
“I was honestly stunned,” Waldron continued. “These aren’t controversial documents, they are the foundation of our country and what our students are supposed to be learning about. Why would a school need to distance itself from the very principles we are built on?”
Let’s hope it was a screw-up. For more on this, see my colleague Katie Jerkovich’s excellent write-up.
Alaska Man score: Nil. Anchorage is going to be Anchorage. That’s why we tell people, you aren’t really in Alaska until you are north of Big Lake Road. There is even a sign there, as you pass Big Lake Road on the Parks Highway going north, put up by the town of Houston, that states, “Where the real Alaska begins.”
Now, let’s talk a little about movies and accents. Yes, really.
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