Tag: Anchorage mandate

Ballots to recall Anchorage Assemblywoman Meg Zaletel are in the mail

FeaturedOctober 4, 2021

The effort to recall leftist Anchorage Assemblywoman Meg Zaletel has begun in earnest. On Oct. 4, the city mailed out 36,209 ballots to registered voters who live in Zaletel’s Assembly District 4. Ballots must be returned by Oct. 26 at 8 p.m. While Zaletel

Dunbar backs 8th extension of emergency declaration in Anchorage – supports 70% vax goal

FeaturedApril 14, 2021

Anchorage mayoral candidate Forrest Dunbar joined the narrowest of majorities to pass the eighth extension of Anchorage’s declaration of emergency. The measure passed along a 6-4 vote, which will be the final time Assemblyman Dunbar votes on the issue

After 66 years, Peggy’s diner is latest casualty of Anchorage’s COVID mandates

CultureDecember 25, 2020

Peggy’s Restaurant, one of Anchorage’s most enduring and beloved hangouts, closed its doors on Christmas Eve and the owners don’t know when or if they will be able to reopen. The owners posted a Facebook notice on Christmas Eve saying, “It is with a

A few ‘courageous’ restaurants defy Anchorage mandates on ‘Day of Reckoning’

CultureDecember 20, 2020

On Dec. 19, precious few Anchorage restaurants dared to challenge the ban on in-person dining that has decimated the once thriving industry. Several caravans drove from the Mat-Su, Kenai and Valdez, braving snow and wind to shop and dine in Anchorage. Billed

Anchorage’s acting mayor stopped by hair salon while COVID positive

PoliticsDecember 11, 2020

While at least one eyewitness claims otherwise, Anchorage Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson said she did not actually enter a hair salon after testing positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 5. If she did, that would be blatant defiance of her own emergency order

Downtown Anchorage echoes with honking protests on eve of latest shutdown

FeaturedDecember 1, 2020

Several dozen vehicles, draped in flags and signs, circled Anchorage City Hall on Nov. 30 to protest a new lockdown imposed by Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson. The “Rolling Protest Against Tyranny,” included mayoral candidate Dave Bronson and others

Much of Anchorage headed to lockdown for all of December

FreedomNovember 25, 2020

Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson has issued a stringent new emergency order that will shut down or severely limit scores of Anchorage businesses in the lead up to Christmas. An emotional Quinn-Davison read a prepared statement, her voice cracking several

Berkowitz derides critics of his mask mandate as ‘ironic’ defenders of liberty

FreedomJune 26, 2020

Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz took to the radio on June 25 to defend his forthcoming emergency order to mandate widespread mask wearing under penalty of law. “We just hope that moving forward, we can remind those who hadn’t been following the rules,

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