For three years now, citizens of Anchorage have had to tolerate secrecy, lies, last-minute notices for residents’ input on major projects impacting us, childish arguments and tantrums with Assembly officials, a multitude of harebrained proposals, ignorance of state health care operations, public health, CDC recommendations, and the fiduciary failures for essential public services the majority of Anchorage residents pay property taxes for and expect.
Shell games, hide and seek, smoke and mirrors, deceptions, I’ll take my ball and go home if you don’t play by his rules, and a total demonstration of managerial incompetence doesn’t fool anybody except his own donors and appointees. Mayor Dave Bronson isn’t fooling anyone except himself.Bronson’s term will be three years of total failure and waste of taxpayers’ dollars. The lack of reasonable public notice regarding the homeless shelter proposal was the final insult to Campbell Creek, East Anchorage, Alaska Native health care system, Anchorage police, State Troopers, Southcentral Foundation, all Anchorage residents, and most importantly the homeless population in general. The homeless voices have a right to be heard. Or does Bronson read minds as well?
Time for a reality check. Time for Bronson and his entire administration to submit their resignation letters and let the Anchorage Assembly do the job they know how to do. In the real world, Bronson would not have made it past his probationary period. There are just too many vital projects and needs not being accomplished under the Bronson boondoggle.Please elect honest, competent officials in the future. This state has gone down the tubes and into the swamp ever since Sarah Palin was elected. Has anybody else, had enough incompetence, secrecy and dishonesty in our elected government officials? I would hope so! Guess we’ll see soon, hey?
— Patrick Ozment
Anchorage
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