26-09-2015 03:26 via alaskapublic.org

Three seek Mat Su Borough mayor’s seat – Incumbent Larry DeVilbiss

 It’s breakfast time at a Palmer eatery, and Mat Su Mayor Larry DeVilbiss’s smartphone is buzzing relentlessly in his pocket.
The shuttering of the Knik contract post office is the crisis du jour, and DeVilbiss, over hot chocolate, says he’ll personally contact the US Postal Service about that. DeVilbiss, age 71,a farmer and rancher, comes from a fifties-era homsteading family. He’s got one more field of hay to harvest, and keeps one eye on the weather.
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