The Fairbanks North Star Borough Board of Ethic determined that former Borough Assemblywoman Savannah Fletcher committed an ethics violation in connection with a series of radio segments she recorded in 2023.
The ruling, made after a complaint was filed by North Pole resident Rita Trometter in September 2024, found that Fletcher failed to properly disclose that she was speaking in a personal capacity rather than on behalf of the Assembly.
Trometter’s complaint cited Fletcher’s radio segments on KFAR and TED FM 103.9, in which she discussed Assembly meeting agendas and upcoming votes. The Board of Ethics concluded that Fletcher’s choice of topics and language expressed a particular perspective, and was not simply neutral information. She was engaged in persuasive communication…