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Toothless: Girdwood's water fluoridation system has been offline since last August.

Toothless: Girdwood's water fluoridation system has been offline since last August.

A memorandum sent by Alaska Wastewater Utility General Manager Mark Corsentino through Anchorage's power-hungry Municipal Manager Amy Demboski to the Anchorage assembly had a subliminal stirring message for the residents of Girdwood: Make sure your teeth cleaning products have fluoride in them because the system that provides the

Demboski Decimated System: Power-Hungry City Manager Takes Control of Library, Longtime Employee Resigns

Demboski Decimated System: Power-Hungry City Manager Takes Control of Library, Longtime Employee Resigns

Municipal Manager Amy Demboski has once again shown her power-hungry nature, wresting control of the Anchorage Public Library (APL) and shutting down communications between employees of the library and the Anchorage Assembly. On September 24, 2021, Demboski issued a memo directing all communications from the administration to the Assembly, Assembly

Identify, Report, Segregate: The Straight Agenda

Identify, Report, Segregate: The Straight Agenda

Last September, Annie Massey, then an administrator of the far-right sex-focused anti-LGBT Alaska Parents' Rights in Education (APRE) Facebook group, uploaded a list of books she said contained sexual content, including illustrations of sexual positions, masturbation guides, and pedophilic grooming. Parents' Rights in Education believes that LGBTQ+ advocates

Assembly Overrides Mayor’s Veto of Ordinance on Assembly Meeting Procedures

Assembly Overrides Mayor’s Veto of Ordinance on Assembly Meeting Procedures

At a Special Meeting to address the Mayor’s veto of Anchorage Ordinance 2021-117, an omnibus ordinance to update the code provisions that govern Assembly meetings and procedures, the Anchorage Assembly voted 9-2 to overturn the veto and uphold the ordinance.

Opinion: Bronson's far-right assault on LGBT books is to be expected.

Opinion: Bronson's far-right assault on LGBT books is to be expected.

Throughout last year's mayoral campaign, I repeatedly warned that if elected, David Bronson would wage war on the LGBTQ community. That day has arrived in the form of a far-right attack on the Anchorage Public Library (APL), whose patrons trust and rely on their services. Last March, in

Burn before reading: Bronson’s behind-the-scenes quest to purge library of LGBT content

Burn before reading: Bronson’s behind-the-scenes quest to purge library of LGBT content

Anchorage Public Library (APL) employees say their work climate is becoming increasingly toxic, a direct result of deputy director of Library Services Judy Eledge's efforts to inject her own political and personal viewpoints and those of the Bronson administration into a public system designed to be immune from

Bronson Agrees to Settle Lawsuit Brought By Clifford Armstrong III

Bronson Agrees to Settle Lawsuit Brought By Clifford Armstrong III

According to a press release issued today by the Office of the Mayor, the Municipality of Anchorage, and Clifford Armstrong III, who served as Anchorage’s first Chief Equity Officer, an agreement to bring about an end to a lawsuit Armstrong filed against the city alleging he had been improperly