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 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.
I was in Talkeetna a couple of years ago and talked to several of the locals - charming oddballs. Supposedly, Talkeetna was the model for the town in the tv show Northern Exposure.
Alaskan Mayors are great Presidential material.
15 feline years >35 hunan years.
i’m writing in Stubbs.
Pretty easy choice, actually.
/johnny
He may be cute but why won’t he release 20 years of tax returns? Because he is hiding something; probably felonies, tax evasion, a cat-nip addiction and who knows what else.
This is why me and many of my fellow Democrats have vowed to not take a shower until Stubbs releases his tax returns.
Says Samantha the local Sage!
The wife and I were lucky enough to see the top of Denali from Talkeetna in 2007. On a whim we shelled out the $$ for a flightseeing tour and glacier landing. Awesome does not even come close to describing the trip.