Martin Lindeke "Up Ship Creek Without a Dam"

I do understand the power of the soundbite.  When I downloaded the video to load it onto Viddler, that quote just stood out.  How could I resist?

I ran into Lindeke, the Democratic candidate for the House District 18 seat - the bases and Eagle River mostly.  This was the district represented by Nancy Dahlstrom before she switched over to a state job and then resigned that job because the timing looked like it violated the spirit of the law if not the letter of the law prohibiting legislators from take jobs created while they were in the legislature.

Lindeke served in the Navy on the USS Dwight D Eisenhower (nuclear powered aircraft carrier), he was a professional in-line skater, and a line cook/chef at Simon's and Sous Chef at the Brewhouse.  He now works for a private company in Eagle River as a Hazardous Material Specialist and Building Inspector. 



I had great intentions to try to cover a number of the Anchorage races.  As it is I'll be lucky if I'm able to get up some videos like this one to give you a sense of the candidates.  You can check out his website as well.

Here's the full list of the District 18 candidates from the Division of Elections website:

State Representative District 18

* Nancy A. Dahlstrom (Republican) - Withdrew
PO Box 771094
Eagle River, AK 99577
Phone: (907) 694-4929

* Bill Cook (Republican)
19328 Monastery Dr. #A
Eagle River, AK 99577
Phone: (907) 694-1010

* Dan Kendall (Republican)
PO Box 770616
Eagle River, AK 99577
Phone: (907) 696-7066

* Martin J. Lindeke (Democrat)
16111 Cline Street
Eagle River, AK 99577
Phone: (907) 622-4216

* Dan Saddler (Republican)
PO Box 771811
Eagle River, AK 99577
Phone: (907) 696-5492