Anchorage mayoral candidate Mike Robbins is a longtime local businessman. Robbins, who is also Republican House District 26 chairman, says it is precisely his business background that makes him the best choice for mayor. His campaign platform includes messaging that he is the singular candidate with any real business experience. “I’ve worked with hundreds and hundreds of different kinds of businesses over the years, and so that gives me a unique perspective, having run my own business and having made a payroll and having basically started from nothing and built it to something it’s also given me a perspective in the way that I look at life,” he said during an interview with the Daily News last month.