If Anchorage residents ever wonder why so many problems in this city feel unresolved, they need only watch the Anchorage Assembly in action. Or is it “inaction”?
As they have so often, some Assembly members turn their attention outward, weighing in on an issue far beyond their actual authority or sphere of influence, while the very real problems on Anchorage streets deteriorate.
The latest example is a resolution opposing federal immigration enforcement. It was presented as a moral stand against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). But like many Assembly actions before it, this anti-ICE resolution they passed on Tuesday amounts to symbolism without substance, and it follows a pattern that has become all too familiar…