In the upcoming Nov. 8 election, Alaska voters have a choice. We can choose to look our crises in the face and commit to the difficult work of stopping them. Or, we can choose not to.
We can choose to spend years on rewriting our constitution — putting resources, attention and energy on a document that doesn’t need to be fixed. Or not. Vote no on Ballot Measure 1!
We can choose to elect people who keep campaigning on economic strength while cutting and dismantling services that businesses and families rely on, driving more workers out of state, creating a stagnant economy and negative spiral of disinvestment in ourselves. Or not.
We can choose to let fabricated Outside political “threats” — like children expressing who they are and want to be — become critical election issues, even as real threats to our communities and way of life become impossible to ignore: climate change, lack of housing, disruptions to subsistence and wild-harvest resources like salmon and crab. Or not.
We could choose better. We could choose to be honest with ourselves, and our children, about the problems we need to fix. We could vote for leaders who commit to addressing the real emergencies. Choose wisely.
— Anna B. Brawley
Anchorage
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