Mayor sues Anchorage Assembly for attempting to control his executive team
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson filed a lawsuit against the Anchorage Assembly in Alaska Superior Court on Dec. 10 in order to clarify that he has the right to fire members of his own executive team without Assembly interference. In particular, the suit
Mayor Bronson vetoes Anchorage Assembly’s ‘overspending’ in FY 2022 budget
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has vetoed much of the Anchorage Assembly’s proposed FY 2022 budget, a move that he says reflects his commitment to stop unsupportable city spending. The mayor’s office said the Nov. 30 vetoes will put the city’s budget back
Top global scientists warn Alaskans against jabbing kids or COVID recovered
A high-powered group of globally recognized scientists gathered in Anchorage on Oct. 30 to warn Alaskans against vaccinating children or those who have recovered from previous COVID infections. Speaking at an all-day conference called “The Early Treatment
Anchorage Assembly demands mayor reinstate leftist ‘equity’ officer
The far-left majority on the Anchorage Assembly is demanding that Mayor Dave Bronson reverse his decision to fire the city’s first ever chief equity officer. Earlier this month Bronson dismissed Clifford Armstrong III. Hired back in April by then acting
Mayor Bronson: Anchorage Assembly continues to break the public’s trust
Editor’s note: On Oct. 13, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson issued the following statement in response to the Anchorage Assembly’s Oct. 12 vote to pass an emergency mask mandate without public notice or open testimony. MAYOR BRONSON’S STATEMENT We
Anchorage mayor asks health care workers to ‘treat every patient with dignity’
Amid new reports that some patients are facing difficulties getting requested COVID treatments from local hospitals, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is calling for calm and compassion on all sides. The mayor’s Oct. 12 statement does not specifically mention
Anchorage mayor’s office says firing equity officer is within his legal authority
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has named Uluao “Junior” Aumavae as the new chief equity officer for of Anchorage. Aumavae will replace Clifford Armstrong III who was hired in April by the then-acting mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson to track and enforce the
Heated Anchorage masking debate continues Monday at 5 p.m.
After three nights of heated testimony on a highly controversial and deeply divisive mask mandate proposal, the Anchorage Assembly is set for round four Monday night. Emotions are high with most testifiers adamantly opposed to the idea of forcing business
Anchorage mayor urges civility on debate over proposed mask mandate, apologizes for comparing it to Holocaust
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson released the following statement after the Sept. 29 Assembly meeting in which he expressed support for those who were drawing comparisons between Nazi treatment of Jews and the proposed mask mandate. The fourth night of public
Round three of public testimony on Anchorage mask mandate is tonight
After six more hours of testimony, largely in opposition to a proposed mask mandate, the Anchorage Assembly will get another earful tonight, Sept. 30, at 6 p.m. Once again impassioned residents crowded into the Anchorage Assembly Chambers on Sept. 29 to
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