For the honorary mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska, a weekend dogfight was less political, more literal. Mayor Stubbs the cat is recovering at a veterinarian’s office in Wasilla after being injured by a dog Saturday night in the quirky tourist town near Denali National Park. Owner Lauri Stec tells KTUU ( ) that Stubbs suffered a fractured sternum and a punctured lung, and already has undergone three hours of surgery. Stec is planning to file a police report. She says the would-be assassin “needs to go away.” Residents didn’t like the mayoral candidates years ago, so they encouraged enough people to elect Stubbs as a write-in candidate.
