The upcoming Anchorage Assembly meeting might be a bit awkward for Chair Felix Rivera, for on that night he will be asked to formally acknowledge that his constituents have a lawful right to vote him out of office through a recall on April 6.
A resolution to this effect was officially added to the Jan. 26 agenda. It notes that the recall sponsors have successfully jumped through all the legal hoops to put Rivera fate on the ballot. They have gathered the requisite signatures, listed a valid reason for recall and turned everything in on time, according to the ordinance. Plus, Alaska’s Constitution clearly states: “All elected public officials in the State … are subject to recall by the voters of the State or political subdivision from which elected.”
And yet, Rivera has one last hope of escape. One day before the Jan. 26 meeting, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Dani Crosby is scheduled to issue her ruling on whether she believes the recall is acceptable. Rivera is deeply unpopular with thousands of voters in Anchorage, including at least half of those who reside in his District 4. To avoid a recall vote he has worked with a group of supporters who filed a lawsuit asking Judge Crosby to simply invalidate the recall on murky technical grounds.
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Barring this extraordinary intervention, Rivera will face an uphill fight to save his political career.
It will be interesting to see what, if anything, Rivera has to say about the resolution on Jan. 26. He has already mentioned to his supporters that he thinks the recall is frivolous and that he intends to fight it. He also marches in lockstep with the Assembly’s 9-2 liberal majority. They will be in the awkward position of having to adhere to the letter of municipal and state law and vote to accept the fact that Rivera must face the recall.
The resolution states that the “Assembly recognizes the Constitutional and Charter rights of the people to a recall election of their elected Assembly Member if the requirements of law are satisfied so that the people are permitted to vote and express their will.”
It also resolves that the qualified voters of Assembly District 4 shall be asked a simple question: “Shall Felix Rivera be recalled from the office of Assembly Member, District 4?
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We need to focus on ditching the fake mayor. Felix is left, but she is loonie left! She needs to go as well! Gender dysphoria does NOT IMPACT EVERYTHING! But we all know why these two got the positions they hold. The world is nuts. We need the UN OUT OF ANCHORAGE!
DO THEY NOT REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE THE WHOLE TOWN AGAINST THEM ? ARE THEY THAT AROGANT TO THINK THEY CAN DO AS THE KING AND WALK OVER WE THE PEOPLE AND ABUSE OUR RIGHTS AS HUMAN BEINGS ? THEY SHOULD LOOK AT THE GOVENOR OF FLORIDA, HE LOVES HIS STATE, TOO BAD WE JUST CAN’T RECALL THE LOT OF THEM. THEY ARE NOT REDPRESENTING WE THE PEOPLE BUT A PARTY SET ON THE DESTRUCTION OF AN AMERICAN CITY THAT WAS DOING WELL AND IS NOW FALLING TO A POINT WHERE WE MAY NOT COME BACK. I AM THINKING OF MOVING TO THE VALLEY. THE GESTOPOENFORCER’S HIRED BY THE HITLER NOT MY MAYOR CITY KILLER IS WHAT IS BREAKING ME TO MOVE. THIS IS SICKENING.
If they don’t know that a LOT of this town is against them, they are either ignorant by choice, or ignorant because they don’t know any better. Either way I, for one, don’t want ignorant people forcing me to do medical things with which I disagree, as well as forbidding other medical treatments (such as fining providers if they provide counseling on same sex attraction to minors). Who are these people? We need to support the one consistently good member, Jamie Allard (sp?).
And now it goes on the ballot, goodbye Felix.