

As a joke, they told people to vote for Stubbs the cat as a write-up candidate. Somehow, he won, reports Jason Lamb at KTUUSo, they gave Stubbs the title of honorary mayor, and they've been re-electing him ever since.

Weird, right?

Well, it turned out to be a fantastic publicity stunt. Stubbs has made a tangible impact on the town's tourism.

"He was just in the Alaska Magazine, and he's been featured in a few different things," Lauri Stec, who works at a local general store, told KTUU. "Oh my gosh, we probably have 30 to 40 people a day come in who are tourists wanting to see him."




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