DOGE Alaska: Anchorage Assembly’s own operating budget has exploded by how much?

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Suzanne Downing
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Assembly members Felix Rivera, Meg Zaletel, Daniel Volland, Anna Brawley, and Chris Constant, at the budget passage meeting in April.

Talk about growth of government in a shrinking population: Over the last 10 years, while Democrats increasingly took over the Anchorage Assembly, the Assembly has increased its own operating budget by more than 234%. Its budget went from $1.3 million in 2015 to $4.4 million for last year. The number of its full time staff increased nearly 60% (from 12 to 19). 

By contrast, over the same period of time the Mayor’s Office budget has increased 8%, but with the same number of positions.

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