Supporters of a proposed city ordinance to extend anti-discrimination legal protections to gay and transgender peopleare asking an opposition group to pull a campaign ad they call offensive and misleading.
2012 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
Legal experts predict challenges if voters pass Proposition 5
On April 3, Anchorage residents will vote on a proposed ordinance to add "sexual orientation or transgender identity" to the city's anti-discrimination code. Supporters say the ordinance, and the equal protection under law it would guarantee, is overdue. Opponents say Proposition 5 would interfere with freedom of religion.
2012 ANCHORAGE ELECTION
Backers of gay rights initiative top opponents in fundraising
Backers of the Anchorage gay rights initiative on the April city ballot have raised $232,000, including $25,000 from Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest, while a group opposed to the initiative has collected less than $5,000.
Assembly rejects city vote on property taxes
The Anchorage Assembly has turned down a proposal that the city conduct an advisory vote on property tax exemptions in the April 6 city election.
Four bond propositions totaling less than $40 million will come before Anchorage voters in the April 6 municipal election. That's a significant drop from usual as the Anchorage Assembly and city administration tempered their requests due to worries about the still-weak economy.
BONDS
Voters to decide on goody bag of road projects
Voters were backing highway improvements, bridge repairs and new traffic intersections.
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