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License to fish II: There’s no such thing as a one-day resident license for sport fishing, but was one issued to Tshibaka in 2019?

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License to fish II: There’s no such thing as a one-day resident license for sport fishing, but was one issued to Tshibaka in 2019?

The fishing license obtained by U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka in 2019 was a one-day fishing license, something only sold to non-residents.

Or was it?

In one place on the license, it’s a one-day license, while in another place on the license it says it is a resident license. Those two classifications can’t coexist.

The tangled question came up this weekend as to whether Tshibaka, running against U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, was entitled to fish on a resident license in the Kenai Classic invitational in 2019, as she had only returned to the state eight months prior, and a person must live in the state for 12 consecutive months before applying for a resident fishing license.

The mistakes on the license were spotted by a sharp-eyed Must Read Alaska reader, who noted that, “If you look at the bottom of the license there is a block for a date and time. Those are only used for non resident licenses. It is clear to me that that license was valid ONLY for August 23, 2019 beginning at 0600. Someone punched the incorrect box but that box is NEVER punched by the license holder.” He asked for a clarification in a followup story.

Indeed, at the top of the license, it appears that the wrong box was punched with the special fish-shaped punch. It says “RES $29 Sport Fish,” information that contradicts what the vendor had written at the bottom of the license, indicating only a single day of fishing was allowed on the permit.

The other information on the license, however, shows that Tshibaka’s residency was 15 years and 8 months, which is literally accurate, but since she didn’t live in Alaska consecutively for the prior 12 months, she made a mistake in filling out the permit to take part in the charitable event, which raises millions of dollars for fish habitat restoration and conservation on the Kenai River.

The intent of the residency permit is to distinguish those who live here and plan to stay from those who come from out of state and are only here to fish, and then leave.

Read the original story at this link.

As a rising political figure, such matters can become lightning rods for criticism. The media went after Joe Miller in 2010 for obtaining a resident hunting and fishing license shortly after he returned from college at Yale University. Miller ran against Murkowski and won in the primary, but lost after she launched a write-in campaign for the general. The mainstream media was merciless about that residency license.

On the online application, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game notes, “Alaska Resident per AS 16.05.415(a): “resident” means a person (including an alien) who is physically present in Alaska with the intent to remain indefinitely and make a home here, has maintained that person’s domicile in Alaska for the 12 consecutive months immediately preceding this application for a license, and is not claiming residency or obtaining benefits under a claim of residency in another state, territory, or country; a member of the military service or U.S. Coast Guard who has been stationed in Alaska for the 12 consecutive months immediately preceding this application for a license; or a dependent of a resident member of the military service or U.S. Coast Guard who has lived in Alaska for the 12 consecutive months immediately preceding this application for a license. A person who does not otherwise qualify as a resident may not qualify by virtue of an interest in an Alaska business.”

But those who get licenses in the field don’t typically see that description. Tshibaka was attending the classic as a state official, at the time the commissioner of the Department of Administration. Her main role there was to get educated on the conservation and other work being done by the Kenai River Sportsfishing Association, and to learn about the importance of the Kenai salmon runs to the communities of the Kenai Peninsula.

On the Fish and Game website, it states: “Short-term non-resident fishing licenses are valid for only 1, 3, 7, or 14 days.” That is arguably the license she had when she attended the charitable event in 2019, according to some sports fishing experts.

Veterans Affairs mandates Covid vaccine for workforce

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Veterans Affairs mandates Covid vaccine for workforce

A Covid-19 vaccine mandate that will apply to about 115,000 workers in the U.S. Veterans Administration will go into effect in eight weeks.

Denis McDonough, the secretary of Veterans Affairs, said all Title 38 VA health care personnel — including physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries and chiropractors — who work in Veterans Health Administration facilities, visit VHA facilities or provide direct care to those VA serves must have a completed vaccination.

Alaska has about 650 VA workers, although not all of them are part of the mandate.

“We’re mandating vaccines for Title 38 employees because it’s the best way to keep Veterans safe, especially as the Delta variant spreads across the country,” McDonough said. “Whenever a Veteran or VA employee sets foot in a VA facility, they deserve to know that we have done everything in our power to protect them from COVID-19. With this mandate, we can once again make — and keep — that fundamental promise.”

In recent weeks, the VA has lost four employees to Covid-19, the VA reported. All were unvaccinated. At least three of those employees died due to the Delta variant. There has also been an outbreak among unvaccinated employees and trainees at a VA Law Enforcement Training Center, the third such outbreak during the pandemic.

Beginning Wednesday, those VA health care workers will have eight weeks to get fully vaccinated or face penalties including possible removal, he said.

The Veterans Administration has about 8,600 job openings around the country, even without the vaccine mandate, which may open up other jobs in a worker-controlled job market.

‘For Coach Barnhart,’ East High Thunderbirds rally to come-back victory after learning mid-game of coach’s death

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‘For Coach Barnhart,’ East High Thunderbirds rally to come-back victory after learning mid-game of coach’s death

There was not a dry eye in sight. Everyone was weeping, in the stands and on the field. Even the Bartlett team, a rival team for East Thunderbirds Post 34, was devastated at the Matson Invitational Tournament on Sunday, played at Bartlett High School.

As the game between Thunderbirds and the Fairbanks 49ers Post 11 commenced, Coach Jeff Barnhart was nowhere to be seen. This was unheard of — a coach not showing up for a game. Usually Barnhart shows up 90 minutes early to help the team warm up.

The game started without him as the other coach, Kurt Solberg, went to Barnhart’s house to check on him. He found him unresponsive. Coach Barnhart had died overnight.

Solberg returned to the game, still underway at Bartlett High, and pulled Barnhart’s son, Zack, out of the dugout to tell him his dad was gone. Zack’s mother had been called and she was there as Zack received the tragic news. Word spread. The whole team was in shock.

Don Winchester, Matson Tournament director and Kathleen Navarre for American Legion Baseball then explained to parents, grandparents, the Fairbanks team what had happened.

“Before Don even told the fans, all the kids were pulled onto the field, and the kids said we’re ready to play for him, but it was up to Zack if the game would continue. Zack decided, ‘Let’s play for coach,'” said one of the parents.

The Thunderbirds were still down. In fact, the East team had been perilously close to being “mercied out” at one point. But East rallied from being down eight runs, and pulled to a tie, ultimately winning, 16-15.

East Thunderbirds Post34 team after their win on Sunday.

Zack Barnhart, with the loss of his father fresh on his heart, batted leadoff to start the nine-run rally in the sixth inning with an RBI single. Then, Thunderbird Jacob Hulst hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning, scoring Zack, who had walked. Andrew Malone had two runs and that included the winning run.

Zack batted with bases loaded at the top of the sixth, and and got a single and drove in two runs, bringing the team within one, said Winchester.

“Especially for a kid who just lost his father, that is worth noting. He was named co-player of the game,” Winchester said. “It was a wonderful game. They were down and came back, and Zack was a huge part of that.”

“Fairbanks banged out 13 hits and got five RBIs from Shaun Conwell, who was 3-for-5. Tyler Moore tripled and scored four runs. Miles Fowler and Caden Davis each had two hits and combined for five runs and three RBIs,” said Van Williams, ALB Media Director.

There was no chance that the 49ers had thrown the game, Winchester said. “I know the coach and he’s a gentleman. Coach Rod Perdue is going to play to win. It would be a slap in the face to a team not to, and he is not that type of person.”

The 31 runs were the most for a game in the this year’s eighth annual Matson Invitational.

The tournament continues through Tuesday at Mulcahey Stadium. For information about the games, visit Alaska Legion’s web page at this link.

License to fish: Kelly Tshibaka participated in charitable fishing classic in 2019

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License to fish: Kelly Tshibaka participated in charitable fishing classic in 2019

When U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka returned to her home state of Alaska to become commissioner of Administration, she soon was attending events all over the state.

That included the Kenai River Classic, a fundraiser to help preserve the stocks of the mighty Kenai River. It’s a charitable event, invite-only intended to educate high-level policymakers and business leaders about the habit restoration and access projects that the Kenai River Sport Fishing Association undertakes every year.

The event has raised more than $18 million in 25 years, all for the use of fisheries conservation.

But Tshibaka, although she was issued a license to participate, was not eligible for the resident license yet, since she had just moved home after working for the U.S. Postal Service in the nation’s capitol. She received a resident license when she registered at the classic in August.

“Kelly attended the 2019 Kenai River Classic in her capacity as commissioner of the Alaska Department of Administration. Her confirmation hearings had been very public and it was well known that she had recently returned to the state to serve in the governor’s cabinet. The event organizers asked if she had a current fishing license, and when she said she didn’t, they issued her one,” said Tim Murtaugh, spokesperson for the Tshibaka campaign. “Lisa Murkowski’s allies are clearly worried about Kelly, if they are willing to attack her on this.”

Fishing licenses in Alaska require that the applicant live in the state for 12 consecutive months and state that they intend to remain residents before receiving the license. Tshibaka had been recruited to serve in the Dunleavy Administration in January. By March, the Democrats in the Alaska House were savaging her over her religious convictions in well-publicized and much-written-about hearings.

It’s the kind of thing that can trip a person up in Alaska, but the application for the license isn’t entirely clear. It asks how many years a person has been a resident. For Tshibaka, it was a literal question — she was born and raised in Alaska and lived here until she went to college at age 15. Then, after law school, she started working for the federal government until returning home with her husband and children to resume her life as an Alaskan. She has continuously owned a cabin in Nancy Lake area for decades.

“This is a race that will be decided on Lisa Murkowski’s record as a senator,” Murtaugh said. “That’s what Alaskans really care about.”

Suzanne Downing: Are Americans actually hoping our women’s soccer team will lose?

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By SUZANNE DOWNING / FOR NEWSMAX

For the first time since 1972, the United States Olympic Team failed to win a medal of any color on the first day of competition. The team pulled about even with China on the second day in Tokyo.

Americans in the past would have been disappointed, or even alarmed at such a start to the Olympic Games. Instead, they were ambivalent. 

The truth is, many Americans don’t care about the Olympics this year. Instead of being joyful that after a year of pause, the world is ready for sports competitions again, they are tired. They’re weary of brainwashed athletes who have been given the greatest opportunity in the history of the world to achieve their athletic dreams, only to spoil it for the rest of America by disrespecting our country.

At a youth baseball game in South Anchorage on Saturday, parents agreed: They “don’t give a damn” about the Olympics anymore. The feeling was universal, from conservatives to moderates. They didn’t even bother with the always theatrical kickoff ceremonies, which saw a 36 percent decline from that opening ceremony back in 2016. Jusst 16.7 million Americans watched the opening ceremony, the smallest audience for the event in 33 years, if NBC numbers are correct.

Just as they are tired of hearing movie stars lecture them about immigration, American conservatives have tuned out Tokyo. The athletes – some of them, at least – bought into the currently faddish idea that merit doesn’t count and that everything is all about equity, or equal outcomes, as opposed to opportunity. So be it, Americans are saying: “What’s the point in competition, if it’s all about equity?”

It’s worse. Conservatives actually cheered last week when the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team lost to Sweden in the opening match. The memes on social media were brutal: “Get woke, go broke.” In fact, there is a wide swath of America that is now hoping the women’s soccer squad will go home empty handed, a well-deserved reward for their faux resistance, take-a-knee insistence. 

“Maybe if they would just focus on playing soccer and less on talking politics and espousing their personal opinions on many subjects. Dismal uninspired play. They’re acting like they don’t even want to be there,” wrote one Twitter user, echoing the sentiments of millions of Americans.

The men’s basketball team also spectacularly failed, suffering America’s first Olympic loss since 2004, and to France, of all countries, 83-76. 

“Must be really difficult to win a game when 80% of the players hate the country they are playing for,” wrote another critic.

Cheering for your country’s team to lose on the international stage is new territory for America’s big socio-political divide. We have never seen Americans turn on their own Olympic team. 

Sports lovers and those who appreciate athletic prowess far greater than their own can thank a handful of athletes who started the recent trend of lower spectator appreciation – Colin Kaepernick and Gwen Berry being among the most notorious for petulant behavior. Spectators walked with their TV channel changers over the past year.

The NFL and NBA have already suffered from Americans’ disgust. After two years of growth, in 2020 the audience for NFL games declined 7 percent, averaging the lowest average audience since 2017.  

As for the NBA, they were down more than 35 percent after players started becoming political experts. Meanwhile, hockey, which is still a sport and not a political statement, is seeing viewership up by 14 percent.

Last week, more than 150 academics, activists, and athletes signed a five-page letter demanding that the International Olympics Committee to not punish athletes who demonstrate political statements during the Summer Olympics. 

Berry, American hammer thrower, has already shown what we can expect if she is on the medals stand in Tokyo. She says she’ll use the Olympics platform to point out racial inequality in the United States.

How much of this will the International Olympics Committee tolerate? It has already made major changes to Rule 50, which bans political activism at the games. The new rule says demonstrations to occur so long as they happen before the start of competition. 

In any case, a lot of Americans are “done with it,” according to those informally polled by Must Read America. More is the pity, because by and large, the athletes representing our country are hard-working and outstanding ambassadors for the United States. They don’t deserve our scorn or being lumped in with the brat pack. 

Sadly, the ones who have spoiled the Olympics don’t seem to care. And America has returned the favor.

Suzanne Downing is publisher of Must Read America and Must Read Alaska, and writes for NewsMax.

Dan Fagan: Media’s all-out blitz to demonize the unvaccinated

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Dan Fagan: Media’s all-out blitz to demonize the unvaccinated

By DAN FAGAN

According to a study conducted by the prestigious, King’s College London, the number of symptomatic cases of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom grew more last week among the vaccinated than unvaccinated.

Don’t expect Anchorage Daily News owner Ryan Binkley and his Marxist minions running his fear-mongering newspaper to print that anytime soon. 

The study discovered 15,537 new symptomatic cases of Covid in vaccinated people in the UK. That’s a whopping 40% increase from the previous week where the number of infected vaccinated was 11,805.

The study also found 17,581 unvaccinated patients with symptomatic cases of Covid. But that was a drop of 22% from the previous week.  

“In the UK, new cases in vaccinated people are still going up and will soon outpace unvaccinated cases,” said Professor Tim Spector, Kings College London. 

This data does not prove you are better protected from Covid if you’re unvaccinated. Since more are taking the shots, fewer are unvaccinated. Mathematically speaking, the increase in unvaccinated Covid patients will grow, percentagewise, since they are fewer in number.  

But it also debunks the news media narrative that only the unvaccinated are getting Covid and that if you don’t get the poke, you are a grotesquely disgusting human being.  

Currently, the number of vaccinated in the hospital in the UK for Covid still outnumber the patients unvaccinated by a margin of 123,620 to 10,834, according to Public Health England. There’s no disputing getting the vaccine has lowered the transmission of Covid. 

But there’s more to the story. The vaccine is experimental and has not been approved by the Federal Drug Administration. We have no idea what the long-term impact and full extent of the side effects and possibly permanent ramifications of the hastily concocted shot. 

The Centers for Disease Control reports as of July 21, some 6,207 people have died after they received the Covid vaccine. Many have argued this number is low and underreported. 

Ryan Binkley and his Marxist minions at the Anchorage Daily News would never report the CDC discovered 26 Alaskans have died following a Covid vaccination. 

The CDC also reports more than 1,406 Alaskans suffered adverse reactions after receiving Covid vaccines.

Getting the vaccine does not prevent you from getting Covid or being hospitalized from the virus. It also doesn’t mean you are putting other lives at risk by refusing the experimental vaccine. What we are told is the shot allows us to better combat the impacts of the virus. 

The media has launched an all-out fear campaign designed to scare us and those around us if we chose not to take the experimental vaccine. 

Getting the vaccine is a personal choice and scaring or shaming people into a decision is wrong. 

Common sense would dictate one should get the vaccine if they are elderly or overweight. But to force the young and healthy to take the experimental poke is nothing more than bullying. 

An employee working at the Fred Meyer in Palmer last week was instructed to go home and not return after she refused to get the Covid vaccine or wear a mask. 

Other Alaska businesses, many run by Native corporations, have threatened the jobs of employees refusing to take the vaccine. 

Like most other issues facing America these days, the two warring factions in our nation’s cold civil war are mostly divided over whether to take the Covid vaccine. 

In the conservative Mat-Su Valley, vaccine rates are much lower than left-leaning Juneau. And yet the transmission rate for Covid in the Valley is much lower than Juneau, despite the capital city employing rigid lockdowns and the valley mandating practically none.  

You won’t read that in the Anchorage Daily News or hear it on KTUU.  

The national media has also ignored the disparity in conservative run states compared to ones with heavy lockdowns. 

In Leftist-run New York, the Covid death rate is close to twice as high per 100,000 than conservative-run Florida.  And yet Florida, more than any other state, has the highest percent of residents older than 65. And Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has kept his state’s schools open and employed few lockdowns. Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo has taken a different approach with harsh lockdowns and lengthy school closings.  

The pro-lockdown media has for the most part ignored the contrast between New York and Florida because it does not advance their false narrative. 

Have you ever seen the media so focused on any issue as they are currently when it comes to demonizing people choosing not to get the experimental vaccine? 

And then you add in Big Tech’s censorship of any news organization telling both sides of the story when it comes to the vaccine. 

Whether or whether not to get the poke is a personal choice. Our decision process should be free of shaming and over-the-top peer pressure from family, friends, or the fearmongering media. 

The truth is there are risks with taking the shot or refusing it. And the decision is different for everyone depending on their circumstance.  Choose wisely. 

Dan Fagan hosts the number one rated morning drive radio show in Alaska on Newsradio 650 KENI. 

Sec. of Defense Austin visits Eielson, Ft. Wainwright, talks about climate change

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Sec. of Defense Austin visits Eielson, Ft. Wainwright, talks about climate change

Alaska is a strategic hotspot for defending the United States, the Indo-Pacific region and the Arctic, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said during his visit to Eielson Air Force Base on Saturday. But it is also literally getting hotter.

The secretary met with troops and leaders at Eielson and Fort Wainwright. He spoke about climate change during his visit.

“We are an Indo-Pacific nation, and we are an Arctic nation,” the Austin said. “And here in Alaska, those two critical regions intersect. This is where we can project power into both regions and where we must be able to defend ourselves from threats coming from both places. It’s also where we can better posture ourselves and prepare for climate changes that will impact our future.”

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, greeting troops during his visit to bases in Alaska.

Climate change is already altering the strategic picture in the north, Austin said. The ice pack is melting, and there is a viable Northwest Passage across the Canadian-U.S. Arctic coast for much of the year. Permafrost is not so permanent, Austin said. this change could lead to a scramble for resources in the region. He said this might mean the Arctic could become “a theater for resource competition and even instability, and we need to stay ahead of that.”

Austin, accompanied by Sen. Dan Sullivan for portions of his trip, also spoke with Army leaders at Fort Wainwright and came away impressed by the thinking on the issue and how the service — which has two brigades in Alaska — is applying operational concepts to the Arctic. 

On the way to Eielson in Army helicopters, local commanders gave Austin an aerial tour of the Clear Space Force Base and the missile fields that protect the homeland from rogue state missiles. 

Read more at this link.

Pam Bondi: If you care about the First Amendment, this class action is for you

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Pam Bondi: If you care about the First Amendment, this class action is for you

By PAM BONDI

Last week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki candidly stated that President Joe Biden’s administration was “making sure social media platforms are aware of the latest narratives…” of what the government deems to be “misinformation.”

This statement and accompanying comments from President Biden and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy underscore the very crux of the class action lawsuit former President Donald J. Trump and other censored Americans recently brought against Big Tech. Psaki also elaborated that the Biden administration works to “create robust enforcement strategies that bridge their [Big Tech] properties and provide transparency about rules.”

This acknowledgment of the government’s role and involvement in choosing which posts Big Tech should censor goes to the factual assertions President Trump has made in the class action lawsuit.

When I stood with President Trump to unveil the America First Policy Institute’s support of his class action lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, many on the left quickly dismissed the suit by saying these are private companies and not government actors.

They failed to understand that Big Tech’s actions and government involvement have evolved recently to the point where the government empowers Big Tech to violate our rights. As former President Trump stated upon filing the lawsuit, “If they can do it to me, they can do it to ANYONE — and in fact, that is exactly what is happening.”

It’s no wonder then that Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz has stated, “This is the most important First Amendment case of the 21st Century.”

Our government cannot sit idly by while Big Tech tramples on our freedoms.

Psaki’s statements further illustrate the Biden administration’s work with Facebook and the other platforms to jointly determine what constitutes misinformation and then censor individuals’ viewpoints. These coordinated actions undercut any remaining pretense that these companies are independent actors.

Again, to quote Psaki when she explained that the White House had “increased disinformation research and tracking within the Surgeon General’s office. We’re flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation.” This is collusion, and these Big Tech giants can no longer be allowed to escape the First Amendment. Collaboration between the current administration and social media giants is further evidenced by Psaki’s comments if you are removed by one platform, you should be removed by all. Where is the “private company” in this statement?

And that should concern every American who values free speech. This isn’t a partisan issue. Americans of every political stripe should be gravely concerned about the precedent this sets for curtailing our freedoms.

The Constitution constrains Congress from passing laws that would abridge the First Amendment rights of Americans. And when Big Tech companies serve as state actors, an arm of the government, they must be treated as the government is. This means being bound to the same First Amendment restraints that the Constitution applies to the rest of government.

Unlike most other private corporations, Facebook and other tech giants are dependent on protections from the federal government. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act gives Internet companies immunity from many types of lawsuits if they agree to moderate their content in a neutral manner. Initially passed into law in 1996 when these social media giants didn’t even exist, Congress intended Section 230 to protect children by allowing Internet companies to take down information that exploited them.

There is nothing “neutral” about Big Tech’s actions to censor Americans with whom the liberal elites disagree, especially when this censorship occurs at the direction of the government. Just ask the thousands of censored Americans who had their social media accounts flagged for misinformation when merely sharing news stories or expressing their opinions.

In the short two weeks since the America First Policy Institute launched TakeonBigTech.com, we have received over 50,000 stories from Americans eager to share their experiences about being arbitrarily canceled by Big Tech. For all Americans who believe in the First Amendment: This lawsuit is for YOU.

Pam Bondi serves as the Chairman of the Constitutional Litigation Partnership at the America First Policy Institute. She previously served as the 37th Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019 and was the first woman elected to the office.

Assembly to hire a ‘shadow mayor’ to bypass Bronson and go direct to city staff

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Assembly to hire a ‘shadow mayor’ to bypass Bronson and go direct to city staff

On the agenda for Tuesday’s Anchorage Assembly meeting is an ordinance to hire yet another new position in the municipality that is controlled by the Assembly: A staff assistant to the Assembly who has unfettered access to all municipal employees and all municipal property, without having to go through the executive branch or its leaders, such as the mayor or city manager.

AO No. 2021-66 is on the agenda for the meeting that starts at 5 pm at the Loussac Library on July 27. The ordinance is in the “Public Hearing” section of the agenda.

The complete agenda is at this link.

The person hired by the Assembly will “have full, free and unrestricted access” to:

  1. All public records, as defined in section 3.90.020;
  2. All activities of the municipal government and its various departments;
  3. All municipal property;
  4. All municipal personnel;
  5. All policies, plans and procedures, and records pertaining to financial expenditures by municipal funds; and
  6. This subsection C. does not authorize public disclosure of confidential or privileged material under federal, state or local law, or of material the public disclosure of which constitutes anunwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

In practice, this means the staff to the assembly can engage in dialogue with and gather information from city employees who report to the mayor, no matter how deliberative or premature the information may be. Taken to its extreme, the ordinance allows the Assembly staff person to rifle through the desks of the executive branch, literally and figuratively.

“All activities of the municipal government and its various departments” means the Assembly’s shadow mayor can walk into staff meetings or planning meetings without receiving permission. He or she can demand all plans that are being worked on by the executive branch.

The ordinance is being offered by Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance and Vice Chair Chris Constant. It’s apparent that the two leaders on the Assembly have the votes to pass the ordinance, which is, in effect, will create someone who shadows every move of the Bronson Administration so that the liberal Assembly can get ahead of the executive branch.

The “Bypass Bronson” ordinance can be read in full at this link:

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