Anchorage Assembly turns down another push to end citywide emergency declaration
Print article The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday rejected another push from two members to rescind the city’s emergency proclamation in an 8-2 vote. The current proclamation is in effect until mid-April. The motion to end the proclamation was proposed by Assembly member Jamie Allard, who represents Eagle River and Chugiak. Allard issued a memorandum to the Assembly in support of ending the proclamation. “It is time to end the Mayor’s Emergency Declaration, restore the regular system of government, promote individual responsibility to follow health and safety recommendations, and get back to normal,” Allard wrote in the memorandum.
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Show Transcript 16 WAPT S CECIL HANNIBAL IS LIVE -WITH WHAT THE MAYOR IS SAYING ABOUT THIS STARTING TONIGHT MINORS MUST BE AT HOME FROM 10PM UNTIL 5 AM FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 5 DAYS. THIS COMING AFTER A VIOLENT WAVE OF CRIME THIS PAST MONTH THAT ACCORDING TO MAYOR LUMUMBA HAS AFFECTED YOUNG PEOPLE. THERE ARE A FEW EXEMPTIONS TO THE CURFEW. IF YOU RE WITH A PARENT OR GUARDIAN, OR IF A MINOR IS WORKING AND HAS DOCUMENTATION FROM THEIR EMPLOYER TO BE OUT PAST CURFEW. MAYOR LUMUMBA SAYS THE CRIME WAVE ISN T SOLELY ON THE YOUTH OF THIS CITY BUT STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN TO KEEP THEM SAFE. THIS IS NOT IN AN EFFORT TO CRIMINALIZE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE NOR IS IT IN A EFFORT TO PUT THE ISSUES OF CRIME SOLELY AT THEIR FEET BUT IT IS AN EFFORT PROTECT THEM WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ALSO EXTEN
HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte, pursuant to President Joe Biden’s proclamation honoring 500,000 Americans and more than 1,300 Montanans who have lost their lives to COVID-19, has ordered all