The North Slope Borough clerk has issued a recall petition for the borough mayor, Josiah Aullaqsruaq Patkotak. It comes after months of efforts from residents over what they say were “lavish travel expenses” by the mayor and his family.
The petition authors said the mayor should be recalled for “misconduct in office, incompetence and failure to perform prescribed duties” because he used borough funds to pay for his family’s travel.
After several recall applications and a legal complaint from the group, the clerk, Sheila Burke, issued the petition on March 21…