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Identity's Executive Director: Allard's Transphobic Rhetoric, "Worrisome and Dangerous"

Identity's Executive Director: Allard's Transphobic Rhetoric, "Worrisome and Dangerous"

Last Friday, on the Dan Fagan show, Eagle River Assembly Person Jamie Allard made concerning comments about Anchorage's transgender community as a whole. “I truly believe those who are transgender are mentally ill,” Allard said, sharing with listeners that if one were to “mutilate your body and cut

Jamie Allard - Keep Homeless Running & Transgender People Need Mental Health

Jamie Allard - Keep Homeless Running & Transgender People Need Mental Health

One of the difficult things about writing on local politics is having to endure listening to hours of right-wing propaganda others don't. We do this to convey elected officials' political perspectives on varied important issues—things they wouldn't dare say to the Anchorage Daily News

Our Dark Year of Antisemitism

Our Dark Year of Antisemitism

We see you. Your orange idol has given you a license to be more public about it, and people are starting to notice. It's not a good look for you, the state, or Anchorage. Yet, you insist on wearing your hate like a badge of pride on your

$15 Million Appropriation Documents for 'Bronsonville' Released

$15 Million Appropriation Documents for 'Bronsonville' Released

The Bronson administration has released the appropriation documents for Mayor Bronson's mass shelter plan. The documents show that construction costs for the proposed mass shelter are estimated to be $10,824,773, while the cost of the structure itself is $3,511,551, with a total Phase 1

Dunbar - 'Bronsonville' Project May be in Peril

Dunbar - 'Bronsonville' Project May be in Peril

Is Anchorage Mayor David Bronson's proposed mass shelter in peril? If you consider a tweet sent today by East Anchorage Assembly Member Forrest Dunbar, it may just be an indicator that a dark storm is brewing over Bronson's proposed project. In his tweet, Dunbar wrote that

Third Extension in 'Expeditious' Bronson for Mayor Complaint

Third Extension in 'Expeditious' Bronson for Mayor Complaint

done with speed and efficiency.

'No On Zaletel Recall' Group Begins Taking Donations

'No On Zaletel Recall' Group Begins Taking Donations

Wasting people's time and money seems to be a favorite pastime of Midtown political activists but here we are again. Truly, let us all join hands and collectively vomit.