The leftist Anchorage Daily News is keeping up the tradition of leftist journalism for which it has become known. In its latest election coverage, it attacks West Anchorage Assembly candidate Brian Flynn, because his wife works for Mayor Dave Bronson, who the newspaper has publicly and frequently opposed.
The ADN hit piece ignores that Flynn’s opponent Anna Brawley works for Agnew Beck, a big-government consultancy that has a sole-source contract with the leftist Assembly worth at least $50,000. That, too, is a conflict of interest. But the newspaper won’t report that.
Agnew Beck makes its money off of contracts with local and state government, as well as with nonprofits that are funded by taxpayers through government grants. A list of Agnew-Beck’s clients is at this link.
Brawley has the support of all of the members of the leftist Assembly majority, as well as former Assemblyman, now Sen. Forrest Dunbar.
Flynn’s wife is purchasing director for the city. The fact that she works for the mayor has been raised by Brawley’s supporters in letters to the editor in the newspaper, going back to January. But the newspaper, which is engaging in “cause journalism,” waited until the last week to launch its final attack on Flynn. The newspaper has nothing else to attack him on but his wife.
Flynn’s campaign website is at this link.
Brawley is supported by the same donors who brought ranked-choice voting to Alaska. The Putting Alaskans First Committee has this required disclaimer, showing Unite America, which pushes ranked-choice voting, is the primary contributor, followed by the Laborers International of North America, and the NEA teachers union: “Paid for by the Putting Alaskans First Committee, 3333 Denali St. Ste. 125 Anchorage, AK 99503. I, Kim Hays, Chair approved this message. Top three contributors are UNITE AMERICA PAC of Denver, CO, LIUNA Political Fund of Washington,DC, and NEA-Alaska PACE of Juneau, AK“.
The newspaper has also ignored the extreme conflict of interest of Assemblywoman Meg Zaletel, who runs the Anchorage homeless industrial complex in her role as CEO of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness, which receives hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Assembly.
