Tonight's #anchgov Assembly meeting starts Tuesday, Sep 27 at 5pm, chambers at Loussac Library.
The shelter plan was already voted on Monday at a special meeting, lots of other regular business on the agenda. Meeting gaveled in. All members present, Quinn Davidson on the way.
Pledge, land acknowledgement.

As usual, a little cluster of people waiting to testify during audience participation. A few people just can't wait to talk, every time.

Violence is used to control - it takes away power by force, assumes others are less than.
This piece focuses on 1:1 relationships & punishing violence. Let's also reflect on how larger context, rhetoric & what we treat as acceptable enables violent action:
adn.com/opinions/edito… Violence often starts with the words we use, dehumanizing & othering language.
We see it when people describe people experiencing homelessness: "Can't / won't help themselves." "Don't belong here." "Not our problem, send them (back) to..."
Describing human beings as a nuisance.

Bronson wants to redo his own #ancgov record, so let's set it straight! 🧵1/14

Politics:
▫️ABT member for 30 years, cofounder of Alaska Family Council w/ Jim Minnery
▫️Led AK Family Council thru fights against equal rights protections, 2009-2018
▫️Lost to Elvi Gray Jackson, 2011 ▫️Bronson's mayor campaign led by Axiom Strategies & dark-money GOP affiliates
▫️$33,000 campaign fines for illegal reporting, missed deadlines
▫️Called the Assembly "idiots"
▫️Now in office, refers to "his enemies"
▫️Supported Trump and armed insurrection *the day of* Jan 6

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

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)

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

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

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

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 /🧵

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