The now-retired editor of the Anchorage Daily News has requested all the emails of Assemblywoman Jamie Allard that contain the key words or that are addressed to Must Read Alaska, Must Read Alaska Publisher Suzanne Downing, MRAK, Save Anchorage or SA, Reclaim Midtown, and citizen activists Russell Biggs, leftist activist Chelsea Foster, and Anchorage Library Deputy Director and Republican activist Judy Eledge.
Pat Dougherty, who was forcibly retired by the Anchorage Daily News in 2014, is now a leftwing activist in the Rabbit Creek area of Anchorage. He spends his days peppering social media with foul-mouthed leftist political commentary. We have the receipts:
Dougherty is looking for something in those requested emails between Nov. 1, 2020 and Nov. 15 of 2021. Must Read Alaska has learned there are over 653 emails in the batch of emails that the Assembly Clerk is giving to Dougherty, apparently at no charge. His addition of Chelsea Foster on his list of requested emails is a mystery — she is the person who tried to get Allard recalled, and who failed.
In an indication that there is a witch-hunt under way in coordination with Dougherty, the Anchorage Assembly Nine’s outside attorney, Bill Falsey, has been working far beyond the scope of the original contract he was hired for by the Assembly, which was to legally advise on separation of powers issues between the mayor and the Assembly. Now, he is working on an item called “member discipline” that appears to involve Allard. Member discipline could mean Falsey is looking for something that would embarrass Allard and allow the Assembly Nine to draft a resolution to sanction her or censure her.
He billed for that “member discipline” item back in November of 2021, and was paid. In short, the Assembly Nine has paid an outside lawyer to attack one of the minority members of the Assembly.
Falsey has also recently worked on issues where the Assembly Nine — Chair Suzanne LaFrance, Vice Chair Chris Constant, Pete Petersen, Austin Quinn-Davidson, Forrest Dunbar, John Weddleton, Felix Rivera, Meg Zaletel, and Kameron Perez-Verdia — are attacking Mayor Dave Bronson for various issues, as well as budget and other items. Falsey has, since the Assembly granted him the waiver he requested after having left municipal service, become a personal attorney for the Assembly Nine.
The Anchorage Assembly Nine authorized up to $150,000 for Falsey, who most recently was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor, after serving as city manager for Mayor Ethan Berkowitz.
Most of what Falsey is now billing the taxpayers for is far outside the scope of his approved contract but all his billings have been approved for payment. The city already has 44 attorneys and the Assembly has one attorney assigned to them, Dean Gates. Here are some of the recent invoices for Falsey:
