Assembly Leadership Considering Next Steps after Bronson Refuses to Turn over Documents
On December 12, Anchorage Assembly Leadership sent a records and retention request to the Bronson regime seeking emails, documents, and other material in response to allegations published by the Alaska Landmine. The Landmine alleged that the Anchorage Police Department (APD) was ordered out of an October 7 Assembly meeting by the Bronson Administration, that the city's fluoridation system was turned off when Mayor Bronson visited Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility Eklutna Water Treatment, and that Mayor Bronson had inappropriately ordered APD Chief Kenneth McCoy to "rescue" a hospitalized COVID patient.
Assembly's Leadership wrote in their request to the Bronson Administration that if the allegations panned out to be accurate, they would be of "significant public concern and interest." They requested that the regime produce emails about Dan O'Barr before Tuesday's special Assembly meeting.
Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance told me today that they have not received any of the requested documents and that Assembly leadership is working with Assembly counsel to determine what steps they might need to take next.
Mayor Bronson's handlers have been unable to get their story straight about what transpired during his October visit to AWWU — first issuing a denial that the allegations ever took place, then later admitting to temporarily shutting off fluoride in the city's water in October because some workers told Bronson they were experiencing health issues related to the substance.
According to the Anchorage Daily News, Aaron Plikat, business manager with UA Local 367, which represents all the employees of AWWU, said that they had not received any reports or complaints from their members concerning the handling of fluoride for the utility.
Earlier this morning, the Alaska Landmine wrote that a series of emails they obtained may suggest that Bronson's regime is continuing to mislead the public about the circumstances surrounding the "fluoride incident," noting that AWWU Manager Mark Corsentino "stated that he had spoken with Bronson and Demboski and that while the two "support removing fluoride from our water," they wished to do it legally."
This afternoon, Assembly Leadership issued a statement, reiterating their concern that while the Bronson Administration had responded to the media, they had yet to receive a response to their records request.
I almost don't want to know why.
