The final Fairbanks Borough Assembly meeting that Presiding Officer Savannah Fletcher managed was turned into a type of campaign event for her on Thursday, after two dozen people signed up for public testimony and used their time at the podium to show their support for her campaign for Senate. Much of the meeting was taken up by her campaign rally.
Community activist David Leslie spoke early during the public testimony period, thanking Fletcher for her work in stopping genocide in Gaza. Fletcher, originally from Washington State, has been an opponent of Israel’s right to exist. Others echoed the Leslie words of praise for Fletcher, a radical member of the Assembly.
Two of Fletcher’s major campaign funders — Kristen Schupp and Bobby Burgess — showed up to the meeting with flowers, which they presented to her. Burgess sat in the audience wearing a Fletcher for Senate pin.
The curious thing about the entire spectacle is that all of those who signed up had the same handwriting. It is against Assembly rules for a person to sign up others for public testimony, but in this case, all were signed in by the same hand and Fletcher did not object. A scan of names revealed nearly all were registered Democrats or Green Party members; Fletcher is one of the fabulous fakes who says she is not with any party, but she is paying the Alaska Democratic Party to use their coordinated campaign program and she volunteers with the Alaska Democratic Party.
Fletcher is running for the seat being vacated by Sen. Click Bishop. Her opponent, Rep. Mike Cronk, is a Republican from Tok who serves House District 36.
