While Mayor Dave Bronson believes in personal choice, his choice to not actively employ strategies to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 are harming our residents and the economy. Rampant COVID-19 and restricted care in our hospitals are the direct result of his unwillingness to enact simple public health and safety measures. I urge him to reverse course now, not only to protect our community’s public health and safety, but also to forestall any more adverse health care and economic impacts. Continued unmitigated COVID-19 is harming residents’ ability to get necessary medical care, undermining employers’ ability to find employees, and resulting in cancellations by groups wanting to hold their events and meetings in Anchorage.
The Assembly has explicitly asked the mayor on two occasions to act, and yet he has explicitly refused, even as COVID-19 continues to increase throughout the community and break new daily case count records.
Unless Mayor Bronson acts quickly, things will continue to deteriorate before they improve. He has a specific obligation to Municipal employees to protect their health and safety, and as a leader in this community, he has an obligation to protect all residents.
— Meg Zaletel
Anchorage Assemblymember (Midtown)
Anchorage
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