Yearly Archives: 2020

Assembly to reorganize at special meeting Friday

Suzanne Downing - October 14, 2020 16

WILL DUNBAR BE SWAPPED IN AS ACTING MAYOR? Anchorage Assembly Chair Felix Rivera has scheduled a special meting for the purpose of reorganizing the Anchorage Assembly....

Mayor retains emergency powers despite opposition

SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR - October 13, 2020 23

By SCOTT LEVESQUE The resignation of Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, announced Tuesday at the Anchorage Assembly meeting by his Chief of Staff Jason Bockenstedt, overshadowed the...

Fagan: Berkowitz has no one to blame but himself

SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR - October 13, 2020 25

By DAN FAGAN Ethan Berkowitz has left his position as mayor in disgrace. But it’s not just his extramarital affair with a former news anchor...

Let the inquisition begin

Anchorage Daily Planet - October 13, 2020 4

We find ourselves waiting with bated breath for the news media’s outright indignation, its thunderstruck fury at Democratic Mayor Ethan Berkowitz’s confession to some...

Breaking: Berkowitz resigns

Suzanne Downing - October 13, 2020 84

Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has resigned. His resignation letter was read at the Anchorage Assembly meeting tonight. The resignation is effective Oct. 23. Berkowitz, while not...

Supreme Court says no signature needed on absentee ballots

Suzanne Downing - October 13, 2020 32

Using judicial power to make new laws for Alaskans, the Alaska Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that says Alaskans don't need...

‘War of the Roses’ meets ‘Fatal Attraction’ as Ethan Berkowitz uses his powers to attack Maria Athens

Suzanne Downing - October 13, 2020 51

MAYOR RELEASES PRIVATE AUDIO TO DAMAGE HIS ACCUSER Mayor Ethan Berkowitz came halfway clean on Monday after admitting that he had had an inappropriate "messaging"...

The ‘journalists’ cover for Ethan Berkowitz — again

Suzanne Downing - October 12, 2020 32

EDITORIAL: WHERE IS THE ACTUAL PRESS? Across what's left of newsrooms in Alaska, mainstream and public broadcasting journalists sheltered Mayor Ethan Berkowitz for 72 hours...

Should the mayor get extended emergency powers until January? Assembly to decide on Tuesday

SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR - October 12, 2020 27

By SCOTT LEVESQUE The Anchorage Assembly will vote Tuesday on whether to extend Mayor Ethan Berkowitz's executive powers through Dec. 31. The request, AR 2020-379,...

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