Here are all the candidates running for Anchorage mayor and school board Published January 29
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Print article Candidates running for Anchorage mayor and the Anchorage School Board this year must be ready to tackle tough issues including a global pandemic, an economic crisis and reopening schools as they vie for votes in a crowded race. By 5 p.m. Friday, when registration for candidacy closed, 14 people had filed for the mayor’s office. Multiple people had also filed for each of the four school board seats open. No Anchorage Assembly seats are open this year, although a recall of Assembly chair Felix Rivera is headed to the ballot for voters in District 4.
Print article In a letter on Dec. 1, Frank Rast suggested that the Municipality of Anchorage sell the Egan Center to the Native Village of Eklutna to make the property a reservation so they could open a casino downtown. We hope his suggestion was in jest, but on the chance it was not, the Anchorage Chapter of the Alaska Peace Officers Association, or APOA, Board of Directors would like to say that we believe there is nothing wrong with the status quo of charitable gaming in Alaska. Those who wish to play games of chance are afforded that opportunity in a regulated environment that is absent the noise level, volume of alcohol consumption, and higher stakes. The availability of gambling has always been alluring for some, and often it is those who can least afford it that are prone to lose the most. When the stakes are higher, the damage is greater to those who can ill afford the losses.