A commercial building in midtown that houses Denali Disposal went up in smoke early Saturday morning. Several other businesses were impacted, including Play Again Sports.
Denali Disposal, which rents space in the building, is owned by GOP political strategist Bernadette Wilson, who started her business nine years ago.
Wilson, age 40, is a leading political figure in Alaska, who is considered by many to be one of the most effective activists in the state. She has hosted both television interview and talk radio talk shows (KFQD) in Anchorage.
Wilson was a strategic advisor to the Nick Begich campaign for Congress and was the Alaska director for Americans for Prosperity and later the Alaska Policy Forum.
She is one of the key principals behind the latest petition effort to remove ranked-choice voting from Alaska’s election system.
Wilson has worked on more than a dozen Republican or conservative political campaigns and led the successful 2010 voter initiative known as “Parental Notification,” which pertained to minors getting abortions without their parents being informed.
Wilson arrived on fiery scene about 1/2 hour after the fire department arrived on Saturday morning. As of publication time, there were still fire department units on site. There are several other tenants in the building, which was fully sprinklered.
