Hollis French Leads Progressive Community Organizers in Street Sweeping Exercise

KTUU reports:

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Cleanup crews were hard at work clearing sidewalks of dust and debris left over from last winter near the intersection of Benson Boulevard and Spenard Road on Friday.

But they weren't working for the state -- they were volunteers, upset at how slowly they say the state is getting around to cleaning the street.

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The state says a contractor is responsible for cleaning up this stretch of road.

"They've got some problem with the contractor they've selected to get the job done," Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage, said.

"We are concerned with how much has been accomplished and we've expressed that to the contractor and working that," Fullerton said.

But the state says the contractor still has time to get the job done.

"She has by contract until the 22nd of July," Fullerton said.

It wasn't immediately known if this project was included as part of President Obama's "shovel ready infrastructure project program." Obama tends to like projects in which people do not actually get paid. "Profit" is an evil word in the Obama administration. Hollis French must be the newest "community organizer." Obama will be looking to nationalize the street sweeping program next.

You may remember Hollis French from the 2008 campaign. He is the Alaska legislator who promised an "October Surprise" regarding the political attack on Governor Palin known as "Troopergate."

Look for this street sweeping stunt to be used as a political commercial in Hollis' campaign for governor. Why is Hollis a Democrat? He apparently sees that the government was "too slow" to clean the streets, so he took action as a private citizen to get the job done. French should start a street sweeping business and hire some folks to drive down our nation's unemployment.

At least Mike Doogan was up front about this being a "publicity stunt":

"In a way it's just a publicity stunt, but people ought to know what's going on here," said Rep. Mike Doogan, D-Anchorage.

Unfortunately for Hollis, his good friend Kim Elton was not available to participate in the "Street Sweepers for Change" program. Elton received his silver from the Obama administration for his part in "Troopergate."



UPDATE by RAM: Earlier this month the Palin administration sealed the deal in getting Exxon on board with TransCanada. It was a major victory for her administration and for the future of the natural gas pipeline to the Lower 48.

Democrats, desperate to find something to gripe about, went in search of a section of sidewalk that hasn't been swept.

Hmmm...

One intersection of sidewalk in Anchorage vs. a major victory for the largest private energy infrastructure project in the world...

Damn that Sarah Palin. Forget pipelines. Hollis will keep the streets clean!

Update by JR: Gunny French should be proud of Governor Palin's trip to visit the troops in Europe. French, a former Marine, knows the morale boost that comes from such a visit.

By "former Marine," I actually mean, "a guy who lied about being a Marine."

UPDATE II by RAM: The "progressives" seem a little confused about why we find Gunny's actions goofy.

Here's the "Political Posturing For Dummies" explanation...

Hollis and Doogan (you remember Mike Doogan -- he's the political genius who thought it was a good idea to outrage the leftwing of his base by "outing" their darling) decided to find a stretch of sidewalk that was dirty. The contractor has until July 22 to clean it, but Hollis decided to invite camera crews to watch 12 Democrats sweep the dirt away in order to "make a statement" that the city or the state still hasn't done it.

It was a political stunt and a lame one at that. They had to go looking for some nonsense to hit Palin with, so they found a section of dirty sidewalk.

Headline: Palin doesn't care about cleaning the sidewalk!