Monthly Archives: July, 2020
Mayor’s vagrant hotel purchase plan postponed
BUT HAS MAYOR ALREADY SIGNED CONTRACT TO BUY GOLDEN LION?
The band of protesters cheered when an unmasked Assembly Member Jamie Allard pf Eagle River...
Assembly to look at limiting First Amendment rights of therapists and clients
ANCHORAGE COULD BAN SOME FORMS OF THERAPY FOR GAY CLIENTS
On Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly will take up an ordinance that would prohibit counselors and...
No public allowed: Assembly to meet on purchase of four buildings for vagrants
MAYOR BANS IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE BY TAXPAYERS
The Anchorage Assembly will meet today (Monday) at 6 pm at the Loussac Library's Assembly Chambers to continue the...
The bad plan offered by Ballot Measure 2
OUTSIDE MONEY ENGAGES IN POLITICAL TRICKERY IN ALASKA
By SEAN PARNELL AND MARK BEGICH
The Covid crisis has increased interest in improving America’s election system. But...
Is the Anchorage mask mandate working?
30 DAYS INTO THE MANDATE, CASES HAVE SPIKED
Mayor Ethan Berkowitz ordered all people in the municipality to mask up on June 26, 2020 to...
Time to pay attention
By ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
If you seldom pay attention to the Anchorage Assembly’s antics, you may want to start to this week as it deals...
Will Speaker Edgmon honor the signed caucus agreement on redistricting? If not, are there any consequences?
The fix is in: The Redistricting Board that decides political boundaries and the shape of the Alaska Legislature for the next 10 years is...
This endorsement is gold
REP. LADDIE SHAW ENDORSES THREE: KAUFMAN, SUMNER, HOLLAND
It's endorsement season for the Aug. 18 primary, and one of the most valuable sets of endorsements...
Mayoral candidate Dunbar boasts about sister, cousin in Portland moms of anarchy
Anchorage Assembly member Forrest Dunbar, who is running for Anchorage mayor, took to Twitter today to compliment his sister and cousin for joining in...
Kopp loses endorsement of Alaska Family Action
Although Alaska Family Action endorsed Rep. Chuck Kopp in 2018 when he faced a primary challenge from Stephen Duplantis, Kopp has lost the group's...