Let's lighten the mood on #ANCgov Twitter & get into the holiday spirit with...
🌟The 12 Daves of Christmas!🌟 ☃️🎄🎁
Your favorite holiday songs, dedicated to the Bronson administration. 1 posted daily to this thread.
First: 🌨️ Dave Says No! 🌨️
The 12 Daves of Christmas: Day 2!
A familiar sound echoing through #ANCgov City Hall:
(tune: Silver Bells)
Day 3 in the 12 Daves of Christmas!
If you've been at an #ANCgov meeting since last year, this might hit a bit different.
(tune: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas)
The 12 Daves of Christmas, Day 4!
Today's installment could probably run a few verses longer, at the rate the bad #ANCgov news keeps rolling out.
(tune: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
Day 5 in the 12 Daves of Christmas!
Today is a tribute to the many, many hours of misinformation we all endured from Dave's unmasked mob at #ANCgov meetings.
(tune: 12 Days of Christmas, of course!)
6th Day in the 12 Daves of Christmas!
Today's song is about what really happened at AWWU. Since their story keeps changing, #ANCgov will keep guessing!
(tune: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)
The 12 Daves of Christmas, Day 7!
Like magic, Bronson appeared at an #ANCgov meeting one day last year, to save Anchorage from the pandemic. If there was a pandemic.
(tune: Frosty the Snowman)
Day 8 of the 12 Daves of Christmas! Tonight's installment is a tribute to the first big snow in Anchorage last month. #ANCgov
(tune: Winter Wonderland)
The 12 Daves of Christmas continues with Day 9!
A classic song about holiday hopes, which for some people in #ANCgov is, like everything, just about money & power. Ringing out at Save Anchorage fundraisers across the city (and Eagle River, too!)
(tune: White Christmas)
Day 10 in the 12 Daves of Christmas! Elections have consequences... and for the "friends" who bankrolled the ones currently in charge of #ANCgov, delivered a big payoff!
(tune: Deck the Halls)
The 12 Daves of Christmas: dropping Day 11 a little early today, in honor of tonight's meeting! Funny how the ones concerned about #ANCgov election "fraud" seem to mostly want to make life difficult for the election staff trying to do their jobs.
(tune: Jingle Bells)
Finally, Day 12 in the 12 Daves of Christmas! This last song has more questions than answers, as we hope for the best gift of all: the truth.
... But this isn't the end! A bonus song drops Thursday morning, a baker's dozen as an extra #ANCgov holiday treat!
(tune: Silent Night)
The 12 Daves of Christmas: bonus song!
Everyone's waiting tomorrow night for the man in the red suit. But Dave's friends can't wait for the man in the preacher's suit to shower them with campaign funds in 2022! Better watch out, #ANCgov!
(tune: Santa Claus is Coming to Town)
Tonight's #ANCgov Assembly meeting - last regular meeting of 2021 - starts Tuesday, December 21 at 5 pm. See you in the Assembly chamber at Loussac Library!
The chamber is pretty quiet, most wearing masks. An unmasked Santa and elf from Save Anchorage are handing out something to Assembly members and Mayor Bronson. They wanted to join the party! #ANCgov
Gaveled in, with all members present. Constant, Zaletel, Perez Verdia on the phone.
Pledge-screamer Jeff Fenske punctuates the Pledge of Allegiance.
Land acknowledgement. A normal meeting, these days. #ANCgov
Today's Assembly #ANCgov meeting starts at 5pm, Tuesday November 23 at the Loussac Library and streamed online. Business includes next year's budget, a resolution honoring Eugene Haberman, more board appointments.
Agenda here: muni.org/Residents/Page…
Meeting starts shortly. Most in the room are wearing masks, even if they clearly don't want to. Perhaps they decided they don't want to watch at home, which is the alternative option, in the Assembly policy. #ANCgov
Everyone present in the chambers tonight! Even Bronson.
Chair LaFrance reminds that masks are required, available & rules will be enforced.
Meeting gaveled in. The usual start: roll call, pledge, land acknowledgement. #ANCgov
Dr. Morris seems to be playing both sides:
"Other communities built or bought well-designed facilities to provide services & shelter more efficiently and with more effective outcomes." But then... #ANCgov 1/5 adn.com/opinions/2021/…
The same Dr. Morris: "Building or buying facilities we do not need would waste precious resources. Building too small would doom our efforts before we even begin, leaving our neighbors out in the cold. Real-time, accurate data should drive decision making, not politics." 2/5
And can someone please explain to Morris why the homeless service system is different than hospitals?
"Could you imagine walking into a local hospitals, finding it full, and staff saying 'We only have diagnosis for 1/4 of patients, but we are sure the rest need to be here.'" 3/5
Assembly special meeting starts at 6 pm on Monday, November 1 at Assembly Chambers.
Agenda: Public hearing & planned action on the homelessness and transition from mass care plan, and other items originally scheduled for the October 27 meeting. #ANCgov
Meeting has gaveled in. Everyone present, except Quinn Davidson who is excused.
The man who always yells "LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL" is apparently not present tonight.#ANCgov
Chair LaFrance states the Friday November 5 meeting is canceled due to a notice issue, and it will be on the next regular meeting on November 9 instead. #ANCgov
1 action today: take some time this weekend to read up on the 2022 Bronson (but really Demboski) proposed budget. There are many bad choices for our city, but there's still time to fix it. #ANCgov
Read the details: anchorageaction.com
Testimony form: moaonlineforms.formstack.com/forms/assembly…
Budget 🚩🚩🚩: long 🧵
❌ Hides a flat-funded budget with complicated reorganization
❌Achieves “cuts” by using dedicated alcohol tax money for general government
❌Creates a top-heavy executive team, with 4 new positions
❌Cuts $1 mil for new ASD pre-K, funded by alcohol tax /🧵
❌Cuts Mobile Crisis Team & abandons mental health first responders model, funded by alcohol tax
❌Cuts Fire & Police, after promising to hold public safety harmless - $800K cut to AFD overtime & Community Risk Reduction program
❌Cuts $250K for providers serving DV victims /🧵
Assembly meeting continues tonight, picking up where they left off. We'll see how much actually gets done today. #ANCgov
Chair LaFrance makes a statement in the beginning about how they are unable to create a safe space in the chamber, because the administration is unwilling to implement the COVID plan. "The body does not concede." But there is work to be done. #ANCgov
Constant is participating by phone to limit exposure.
Dunbar outlines the budget timeline, including 2 public hearings, tonight and November 9.
Perez Verdia says body worn camera policy will be discussed at the Public Safety committee meeting on Nov 3. #ANCgov