Anchorage municipal employees will enjoy a little more time off between now and the end of the year, courtesy of Mayor Suzanne LaFrance, who announced the surprise gift of one-quarter day of extra leave time to city workers — simply to mark the one-year anniversary of her administration doing a job on Anchorage.
“There’s beautiful weather on the horizon, Friday is a holiday, and we are marking our one year anniversary as a team,” LaFrance wrote in a letter sent to all current, active municipal employees this week. “In short, it’s time to celebrate!”
For those who don’t work for the municipality, this may look like a political patronage thank-you gift for helping LaFrance get into office, or perhaps an advance on what she hopes will be their work on her reelection campaign…