The leftist Anchorage Assembly has made its choice for the 12th Assembly seat.
Daniel Volland has rarely been seen at a meeting of the Anchorage Assembly. But on Wednesday evening he showed up in the audience and was invited to lead the room in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Volland, an optometrist, only stayed at the meeting for three minutes after the Pledge, and then scurried out.
The meeting was called in part for the purpose of setting the election date for the new 12th seat for the Assembly, which will be another liberal seat for downtown Anchorage.
Volland has been running for that seat since December. Volland was also voted in recently as the vice chairman of the South Addition Community Council, where sone questionable attendees were voting.
The date for the special election will be June 7, the Assembly decided on Wednesday. Only members of that downtown district will be voting, and it’s more than clear who the Assembly intends to take a seat on the dais: Volland. Assembly Vice Chairman Chris Constant, who serves the other downtown seat, has already donated to Volland’s campaign, according to state campaign records.
