Last week, we started this series with an entry about Mayor Kevin Foy of Chapel Hill, NC, who ironically teaches at North Carolina State University (For those outside ACC country, Chapel Hill is home to UNC).
This week, we select Mayor Doug Isaacson of North Pole, Alaska, pictured here in Christmas elf attire, as our mayor of the week.
For all we know, he could follow Joe Biden as our next vice president.
According to northpolealaska.com, the jurisdiction with the zip code 99705 boasts two oil refineries and many outdoor venues. North Pole, AK, is also sister cities with Itadori, Japan.
We wish everyone in North Pole, AK, and elsewhere a Merry Christmas.
UPDATE: Just out of curiosity, I ran a MapQuest between Chapel Hill, NC, and North Pole, Ak. As one might expect, the results are very interesting. The distance between 27516 and 99705 (zip codes for the two towns) is 4,353 miles. The drive would take 73 hours and 11 minutes, presuming one does not get lost in the Yukon Territory. Among the towns one would pass through are Mount Airy, NC, Wytheville, Va, Indianapolis, Ind., St. Cloud, Minn, Grand Forks, ND, then the Canadian cities of Winnipeg, Edmonton and Whitehorse........good thing, gas prices went down!
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I hopped a Greyhound out of Indianapolis late Monday evening - technically, Tuesday morning - bound for New York. The Indi depot services rail and bus, and trains pass through upstairs, rolling over the heads of waiting room passengers! Anyhow, it was my second trip to that city's station. The bus's entry into Pittsburgh was quite stunning! We glided through a snug tunnel, then sudddenly gazed upon a metropolis of multiple bridges and waterways! I passed through Wytheville on the above-mentioned bus line in the summer of '05, but I only saw a McDonald's alongside the highway, where we stopped for a 'gourmet' late supper!
The 73:11 figure for your grand journey only works if one doesn't put up at Motel 6 for the evenings!
Yes, I am inclined to think the drive would take about 8 days. I wonder if anyone has actually traveled between those two towns.....by car!
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