Alaskan capital to be moved from Juneau to Anchorage?

[minionofmidas]

A move to Anchorage would fail a popular vote. As it has before. A move to some new location outside the panhandle *might* pass.

[minionofmidas]

They should move it to Barrow.  Or one of the Diomede Islands!

American Samoa should be added to the state and the capital put there.

[minionofmidas]

I support moving the capital to Wasilla. It was a bad decision to put the capital in Juneau. Its so unbelieveably isolated its laughable. I understand that people from outside Anchorage don't want more power to be brought to that city, but its illogical to have a small town in an extremely distant corner of the state be the capital. People's aversion to change when it comes to political boundaries never ceases to amaze me.

If we were serious about effecient geography, we'd give the archipeligo from Juneau to Ketchikan to British Columbia. But if we can't even change a capital within an existing state, then that'll never happen.

What about making the Panhandle its own state?

Heck, it would be winnable for Democrats in good years.

[minionofmidas]

I support moving the capital to Wasilla. It was a bad decision to put the capital in Juneau. Its so unbelieveably isolated its laughable. I understand that people from outside Anchorage don't want more power to be brought to that city, but its illogical to have a small town in an extremely distant corner of the state be the capital. People's aversion to change when it comes to political boundaries never ceases to amaze me.

If we were serious about effecient geography, we'd give the archipeligo from Juneau to Ketchikan to British Columbia. But if we can't even change a capital within an existing state, then that'll never happen.

What about making the Panhandle its own state?

Heck, it would be winnable for Democrats in good years.

Not enough people. (According to the Constitution, all you need is 60,000, which they might have)

With ease baby, with ease. They could lose 20% of their population and still barely make it.

[minionofmidas]

While you're at it, move Minnesota's capital to Angle, Washington's to Point Roberts, and Maine's to Isle au Haut.

[minionofmidas]

While you're at it, move Minnesota's capital to Angle, Washington's to Point Roberts, and Maine's to Isle au Haut.

and Hawaii's to that leper colony county I forgot the name of.

No, I think Hawai'i's capital should be on Kaho'olawe.

[minionofmidas]

If the Northwest Angle had ferry and air services several times a day with over 30,000 inhabitants

It would have these things soon enough if it was the capital.

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I know. I'm kidding. My only objection to Juneau is that it wasn't chosen to be the capital city in the beginning. The capital was only moved there during the Gold Rush. Alaska's true  capital is of course Sitka.