Walker asks Fish and Game to relocate Prevo, Mudflats team

For the second time in two weeks, Alaska Governor Bill Walker called Fish and Game commissioner Sam Cotten to request the relocation of nuisance species from the Anchorage area. In April, Walker requested that a black bear sow and four cubs be relocated from the Government Hill neighborhood. On Friday, he placed a similar call to request the relocation of Anchorage Baptist Temple Pastor Jerry Prevo and the Mudflats blog team.

"I've been following the situation in Anchorage closely," Walker said, "and after several meetings with my staff, we came to the conclusion that this is the best solution for everyone involved."

Both Prevo and the Mudflats team have been mired in public controversy in the week before Anchorage's mayoral election. On Sunday, Prevo used his pulpit to accuse a candidate of supporting incestuous relations between a father and son. Just days later, a Mudflats blog published another candidate's 1997 divorce papers. Both actions drew widespread criticism as politically motivated low-blows.

Local sportsman and former mayoral candidate Andrew Halcro has stepped forward and offered his land as a new location for the two displaced pundits. "I've got a huge tract of remote land on the Kenai we can put them on," Halcro said in a satellite phone interview, "I'm always willing to offer a pragmatic solution to any difficult problem, and will personally guarantee they won't wander back into the city."

Halcro (File photo)

This writing is satire, obviously.