Public comment continues about a controversial ordinance introduced at the Anchorage Assembly special meeting Wednesday night.
would establish a formal process for removing a mayor from office for breach of public trust.
“Over the last several months we’ve seen scenarios where there are sections of the code that are just being ignored by the administration,” Constant said. “There are some pretty shocking procedures that have been implemented. Really for me the last straw was when the mayor didn’t implement our budget that was adopted, but instead supplemented his own budget.”
“We have elections, they have consequences. You yourselves have told us that,” Sherman said. “You, this assembly, confirmed that election. There are ways already that the public is familiar with when it comes to removing a public official. The biggest one is recalls. But you don’t want to wait for that because there is a huge chance that that will fail.”
“I would love people to understand that there’s no intent to implement this section of the code once passed. It’s simply an opportunity to reboot and help the mayor to understand that there are separation of powers here and that he has a responsibility to enact the code and follow the charter,” said Constant.
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