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3 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
At today's hearing, AFOM's attorney, Michael Corey anticipated a problem for Friday's hearing: the Zoom link was "circulating" publicly. He said his client wasn't responsible, and the Muni said they weren't. Problem is, the Zoom link was ONLY sent to those attorneys. Who done it? Image
The logic here is that Save Anchorage and Alaskans for Open Meetings have lots of members who vehemently oppose remote governmental hearings. A Zoom link could be used by hundreds of those folks to monkeywrench Friday's oral argument...
If only there were some public figure, with known connections to Save Anchorage, who published an article this week discussing the Zoom hearing . . .

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Seriously, did Michael Corey just call out Suzanne Downing in court today? #aklaw Image

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Happening now: Oral Argument in Alaskans for Open Meetings v. Municipality of Anchorage

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