The Anchorage Assembly approved a measure Tuesday night that adds to city code a process for removing a mayor for breaches of the public trust — offenses like perjury, asking a municipal employee to break the law, or falsifying records.
Anchorage mayor Dave Bronson listens during an Anchorage Assembly meeting on July 12, 2022.
There are a dozen offenses that would constitute a breach of public trust, including perjury, asking a municipal employee to break the law, and falsifying records.spanning multiple meetings. Mayor Dave Bronson, a conservative, has consistently and adamantly spoken out against the ordinance, arguing that it’s a partisan attack on him from the mostly left-leaning Assembly.
The new ordinance does not get rid of the ability for citizens to organize a recall, it just adds another way to remove a mayor. Now the Assembly or municipal board of ethics can start the process by approving an accusation document. The municipal attorney or a neutral third-party attorney would then conduct a legal review and, if the accusations are found to be valid, the mayor would have an attorney defend them against the charges.
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