After three years at the helm of Alaska’s largest city, Mayor Dave Bronson agreed to sit down with Alaska’s News Source for an interview about his tenure as mayor after losing a runoff special election against Suzanne LaFrance, who will become the first woman to be elected as mayor.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - After three years at the helm of Alaska’s largest city, Mayor Dave Bronson agreed to sit down with Alaska’s News Source for an interview about his tenure as mayor.Bronson first won office during a wave of anger over COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and the homeless epidemic.
During his three-year term, Bronson and the Anchorage Assembly had a very strained relationship, most notably over a homeless shelter in East Anchorage and divisions of power.A: “Well, we’ve accomplished a great deal. We secured $270 million for the port. We got $200 million from the legislature, it’s the largest appropriation in the history of the state.”A: “Single biggest regret? Well, I may have probably, you know the personnel — there’s probably people I shouldn’t have hired.
A: “I think in the very beginning, we came out and probably fought too much with the Assembly. I mean, that’s a two-way street, but after a few months, that ended and I made a conscious decision, ‘We’re all done with the fighting, we’re going to work where we can,’ and obviously, on occasion, I would do vetoes, but those were on matters of principal, mostly around the issue of executive authority.
A: I think I’ll let the historians write that. Again, without rehashing everything, I think eventually the truth will come out and we’ll find out we did a good job under withering attack from people who disagree with us. We ran the city well, we maintained our roads, I wish we could do more.”Morning FastCast June 12, 2024
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