http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/9028315p-8943905c.html
June 18, 2007
Mat Maid What a confusing mess
The Matanuska Maid state-owned dairy has had a good run -- 71 years, from the time the new Matanuska farm colony organized a cooperative and opened a creamery in 1936.
With losses mounting, though, it sounds like it may be time to let Mat Maid go. The dairy lost more than $1.3 million since 2005, according to Mac Carter, chair of the Creamery Board that runs Mat Maid. That includes a $700,000 debt from this year alone.
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A string of troubling, sometimes goofy incidents further undermines confidence in Mat Maid's management.
Just a few weeks ago, Mat Maid was asking for $600,000 from the state to help keep the dairy going while it explored ways to make the operation profitable. Now, even before getting the $600,000, management has decided that Mat Maid must close, and right away.
Kaladi Brothers Coffee Co. said it called multiple times to try to do a million dollars' worth of business with Mat Maid and did not get a return phone call from the milk factory.
And there's unexplained friction between Gov. Sarah Palin and the Creamery Board. Mat Maid execs agreed, despite little advance notice, to take the governor on an informal tour of Mat Maid. When she showed up, the dairy wouldn't let her go without the chief executive there.
Later, there was some explanation of "security" concerns, and not having anyone there to get her to put on sanitary booties and a hair net. Come on, folks, the governor is not going to jump into a milk vat.
Read the entire editorial here: Mat Maid What a confusing mess
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