Anchorage mayor Dave Bronson has vetoed an ordinance that gives the Assembly a process for removing him or any mayor from office for a breach of public trust.
Anchorage mayor Dave Bronson has vetoed an ordinance that gives the Anchorage Assembly a process for removing him or any mayor from office for a breach of public trust. , lays out a dozen offenses that would constitute a breach of public trust, including perjury, asking a municipal employee to break the law, and falsifying records.
Ahead of its passing, Bronson, a staunch conservative, spoke out against the ordinance, calling it a partisan attack on him by the mostly progressive Assembly.
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