In a letter to Assembly leaders and Mayor Bronson Thursday, Tom Barrett and Belinda Breaux wrote, 'the transparency, candor and ‘we are all in this together’ attitude that enabled that earlier progress has in our opinion broken down in recent months.'
June 17, 2022Two top facilitators working with the Anchorage Assembly and Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration on the plan to transition out of the mass shelter at the Sullivan Arena have stepped down from their roles.
In a letter to Assembly leaders and Bronson on Thursday, the two wrote, “the transparency, candor and ‘we are all in this together’ attitude that enabled that earlier progress has in our opinion broken down in recent months.”Her and Barrett’s departure comes as the city prepares to close the shelter at the Sullivan arena on June 30. The mayor’s plan has been
Assembly leadership issued a statement, too, thanking Breaux and Barrett for their work. Assembly vice-chair Chris Constant said there’s a lot more work to do and he criticized the mayor’s plan to continue clearing outdoor camps, questioning the availability of housing with the shelter closing.
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