(Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. Prostitution doesn’t harm anybody. Berkowitz, a native of San Francisco, is also a lawyer and Anchorage businessman. The voicemail, a copy of which was obtained by The Alaska Landmine online blog, started with the caller announcing herself as Athens and rattling off her various network affiliations. 2525 Gambell Street Suite 405, Anchorage, AK 99503. The same afternoon, Athens then posted what she claims to be a photo of Berkowitz’s nude backside as proof of her allegations. It’s to pay him to increase government money, employees, etc. Hardly. Editor's Note: All candidates in the Anchorage Municipal Elections have been sent out the same questionnaire and each week we will be running them, here at anchoragepress.com and our new print publication, The Eagle: Election 2020, available at locations where you pick up the Press. The caller threatened to kill Berkowitz, who is Jewish, and his wife, in a diatribe laced with racist insults. I’m not sure what “roster full of great candidates” you’re referring to, whether generally or specifically. Statewide, more than a third of the 1,240 absentee ballots rejected during the August primary were disqualified and not counted because of the suspended rule. That would mean heroine, cocaine, crystal meth and all forms and combinations thereof along with LSD and PCP. It is way past tine for the government to get out of moral turpitude matters between consenting adults. ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, one of Alaska's most prominent Democrats, resigned on Tuesday, days after he was accused of … I will pray for your Zionist f-----g ass. Anchorage needs a Conservative Mayor! It would be better to actually have a cause and a spine. and could be taxed to bring in greater revenue! We know how well that turned out. Consider how many people are in jail for doing something that is essentially consensual between willing participants. Sad, Sad, Sad!! Sean Parnell. It would be even more enlightened if he came forward with a plan to legalize or at least decriminalize sex work as well. Increased awareness about sex work and its’ legalization would decrease STD’s, decrease violence against sex worker’s regardless of gender, reduce violent crime (Incels exist in many sphere’s of public life!) What is next, if someone doesn’t put on the brakes of this suicide train going toward the cliff? Graham and […] It is abhorent. What’s with all those rainbow colors? Forrest Dunbar, running for mayor in 2021, said on Twitter recently that the war on drugs is linked to Jim Crow laws, that collection of state and local laws that legalized racial segregation. I raised my family in Kenai and the was forced to move to Los Anchorage 5 years ago. The man who some believe is the leading candidate for Anchorage mayor is pondering a country where all drugs are legal. Berkowitz was elected to his second three-year term as mayor in 2018. How much longer must we suffer? Your faux concern for morality doesn’t cut it. She has not returned messages left by The Associated Press. Been a hole for 30 years. We are already on a path of destruction. Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has resigned. Berkowitz on … If Rivera does become mayor, he will hold a trio of distinctions: the city’s first openly gay mayor, the first Latino and at age 31, the youngest. Athens nevertheless went back to the television studio and attacked him. No outlandish, elite, exemptove perks. Suzanne Downing had careers in business and journalism before serving as the Director of Faith and Community-based Initiatives for Florida Gov. He made her get out of the car and told her she was barred from returning to the station. His opponent in the race … 4.0 earthquake centered in Chugach State Park shakes Anchorage, Tracking COVID-19 in Alaska: 4 recent deaths and 144 new cases reported Wednesday, Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz resigns over what he calls ‘unacceptable personal conduct’. 28 years I lived in the “Anchorage Bowl”. If there is anyone on this comment board still lives in Anchorage, please try to stay and fight for the city as long as you can. Alaskans will soon see TV ads, hear radio announcements and watch as banners on the sides of city buses proclaim the result of an Alaska Supreme Court decision. The Anchorage municipal race ends on April 3, the date when all the mail-in ballots have to be postmarked. More union votes and less citizen rights. Either way, thanks for hearing me out. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. “You either turn yourself in, kill yourself or do what you need to do,” the voicemail says. They turn every place they run into a third-world country. Randy, Your reply described helpless victims, who are kidnapped and forced to into the sex trade. A damn sad state of affairs Anchorage is in. FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, file photo, Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz addresses reporters at a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska. Pray for us. Anchorage will be a basket case and the citizens who vote for a candidate who openly expresses legalizing all drugs are ID10Ts. This is from a Harper’s Magazine piece by Dan Baum,” he wrote, linking to the article. Though the witness signature requirement was intended to detect fraud, state attorney Laura Fox was unable to cite a case in which the requirement was used to do so. Now you suggest adding legalized prostitution to legalizing all drugs? More police, more union members. She also declined to elaborate on her assertion that Berkowitz was involved in illegal activities, saying it was based on what sources told her. All rights reserved. Absolutely! When police arrived, she hit an officer trying to arrest her and was placed in full restraints after she tried to kick out the back window of the police cruiser with her high heels. Wait, did I just describe prostitution? Go ahead Anchorage, keep voting in these lunatics. I’m embarrassed and ashamed for the hurt I’ve caused my family and our community. Eric Croft has also filed to run for mayor. “He gave me attention when I was lonely.” She declined to say whether the texting relationship ever became physical. The state’s leading Republican blog incorrectly stated that removing the signature requirement amounts to “throw(ing) out election integrity.". Consider the stupidity of National Guard helicopters surveilling Wasilla for grow operations. Wonder why the Muni is in its current shape? Woohoo! Mayoral candidate Dunbar hints: Legalize all drugs, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Tavoliero: We need the Permanent Fund dividend, This sordid affair has few details, many questions, Maria Athens has a story on Berkowitz, but mayor says it’s slanderous, Dunleavy tamps down the corona panic, and hospital CEO says there is ‘plenty of bed capacity’ in Alaska. More workers, more money in the workers union. Until this week’s decision, state law required voters to sign their absentee ballot and have that signature verified with a second signature from a witness at least 18 years old. Despite an accusation of voter fraud against a state legislator earlier this year, confirmed cases of voter fraud are rare in Alaska and nationwide: Only three cases have been found in Alaska since 2005. This must be why Anchorage has to have mail-in voting. EaglExit can not get here soon enough, we need to break away from Anchorage before all that corruption and liberal policies infects Eagle River too. 1 reason for rejecting absentee votes in the past three state primaries, state records indicate. Legalizing vice doesn’t make it right, and the consequences don’t disappear because it becomes “legal”. Dick Tremaine’s election in a district that was still quite red at the time is perhaps the best example. A group of Alaskans sued, saying the requirement doesn’t make sense during the COVID-19 pandemic, and judges agreed. The crime and homelessness is making it very difficult to enjoy life. Is this a rainbow dance, or is a message to Republicans and Conservatives that they should stay the hell out of Anchorage gay politics? The problem as I see it has been one of imposing the left-versus-right false dichotomy upon what is supposed to be a nonpartisan office. The officially non-partisan position is limited to two terms. Just look at who is running the show — a bunch of libs who want your money for the people who won’t work.. Dunbar might be on to something. Your rhetoric sounds like some thing Carrie Nation would say advocating prohibition. Athens told the Anchorage Daily News she and Berkowitz began communicating in 2016 on the messaging platform WhatsApp. RANDOM ALASKAN, Your hyperbole is a bit over the top. With Mayor Ethan Berkowitz term-limited, Dunbar filed for the mayor’s race last October. “I can’t believe I am such a good person and thought I loved you,” the caller continued. Keep the mainstream media on its toes. Yes, and legalize that too. A very forward thinking attitude. Athens, a graduate of Seton Hall University in New Jersey, said she was feeling isolated in Alaska. I would love to see Eagle River sever itself from Los Anchorage. Jeb Bush and returning to Alaska to serve as speechwriter for Gov. How to make a Anchorage an even bigger S-Hole than it already is…………………….keep voting in these idiot Demoncrats. All rights reserved. Instead, under a court order, the state will launch an advertising campaign to let Alaskans know about the change. Haven’t people learned anything about Democrats and these so called undeclared candidates? Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Felix Rivera, is the incumbent candidate for the Anchorage Assembly District 4 seat. Donate $100 today. “My resignation results from unacceptable personal conduct that has compromised my ability to perform my duties with the focus and trust that is required,” Berkowitz wrote. At the beginning of the year he had over $48,000 in his campaign bank account. [Read the Harper’s Magazine story: “Legalize it all, How to the the War on Drugs” at this link.]. On Oct. 6, three candidates are vying to become the next mayor of Wasilla – Stu Graham, Glenda Ledford and Doug Holler. I take responsibility for my actions,” Berkowitz added. If you can, think about sending a little donation to upstanding conservative candidates in Anchorage elections. Juneau-based James Brooks covers state government, the Alaska Legislature and general assignments for the Daily News. Ethan Berkowitz, the top elected Democrat in Alaska, submitted his resignation to the Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night, just days after he vehemently denied allegations by YourAlaskaLink anchor Maria Athens that he had posted nude photos of himself on an underage website. There will not be regular polling locations for the first time in Anchorage history, due to a transition to the mail-in ballot. It is edited by Suzanne Downing, who first landed in Alaska in 1969, and has called it home ever since. According to the city charter, Felix Rivera, chairman of the Anchorage Assembly, will serve as acting mayor until a special election is held if the assembly doesn’t choose to reorganize.

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