Cole Sonafrank

Here's a brief autobiography & my professional resume.

What follows are a few things that I've written down in the course of my service on the Assembly. I hope they help you develop a flavor for who I am, how I think and what I do. Unfortunately, most of my comments are oral not written and so difficult to reproduce here. Despite having lost my bid for re-election to this non-partisan, area-wide representative office, I plan to add more position statements and remain involved.

• My last speech while on the Assembly, on Power and Your Vote, 10/14/99
• My Invocation for the Assembly's July 8th, 1999 meeting
• "Fundamental Choices," Guest Opinion published 5/19/99
• Introductory Remarks on Ordinance Establishing the FNSB Economic Development Commission (of which I was the primary author and sponsor), 12/17/98
• Observations about the Economic Development Commission ordinance, 12/30/98
• What is the borough's Economic Development Commission? 6/10/99
• An Extemporaneous Speech On People's Trust of Government, 5/13/99
• "Healthy [Budget] Frustrations," Letter to the Editor, 6/4/99
• Speech in support of establishing our current borough-wide curfew, 10/8/98
• Remarks regarding local term limits, 8/4/97
• Remarks on Assembly's Ad Hoc Transportation Committee (now defunct), 9/11/97
• "Crash diets won't work for Alaska either," Guest Opinion of 4/5/97
• July 1996 Press Release Announcing Assembly Campaign
  
• Odds & Ends:
  • Cole & Nancy's Recipe for Real Spaghetti

• My favorite poem: Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life"
• From the wall of Shishu Bhavan, a children's home in Calcutta
• Another of my favorite poems: Longfellow's "The Children's Hour"
• Life is politics - Carolyn Warner

Artwork is one of my primary avocations.
Here's a small sample (mostly of stained glass).


Professionally, I supervise the
Geophysical Institute's
Computer Resource Center

Current FNSB Assembly Information

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