TALKEETNA, Alaska — The mayor of a sleepy Alaska town is feline fine.
The part-Manx cat clawed his way onto the political scene of
Talkeetna, Alaska, through a write-in campaign shortly after he was born
15 years ago.
KTUU-TV reported (http://bit.ly/LYvzBV ) Friday that residents didn’t
like the mayoral candidates years ago, so they encouraged enough people
to elect Stubbs as a write-in candidate. The town has nearly 900
residents.
Although his position is honorary, Stubbs’ popularity
is real. His election earned him enough press to catapult the town at
the base of Mount McKinley into a tourist destination.
Residents
say they’re happy that their stubby-tailed mayor is promoting tourism.
The general store where Stubbs hangs out says it gets dozens of tourists
a day asking for him.