Anchorage Action

A little known saga surrounds the Golden Lion hotel, which was purchased by the municipality to use as a treatment facility serving our houseless neighbors. The mayor, bowing to campaign donors, has steadfastly refused to use the Golden Lion for its intended purpose as a treatment facility, and has instead let a different set of campaign donors use the building, rent free and fully subsidized by tax payers, for their private businesses.

This Mayor has no concern in the best interests of the citizens of Anchorage, only in serving the best interests of his most ardent supporters and campaign donors. Crooked to the core. Meanwhile, we have no new treatment facilities to help move our city forward on our homelessness response and our homeless neighbors on a path to healing. The real costs are unmeasureable.

Documents: Mayor's Office prepared sweetheart deal for megadonor-owned WEKA As The Blue Alaskan previously and rather extensively documented, since March 14, Anchorage Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance has sought details about the Municipality of Anchorage’s (MOA) lease/use agreement of the Golden Lion Hotel with WEKA Medical, a Bronson megadonor-owned for-profit business t...

All residents but especially East Anchorage/Fairview/Government Hill residents please take note and ask for funding to be returned to these Parks!
Parks that were defunded by the Mayor in the proposed budget:

$200,000 Chanshtnu Muldoon Park master plan items (photo).

$500,000 Russian Jack Springs Park master plan items.

$250,000 Athletic Fields.

$300,00 Government Hill Master Plan.

$325,000 Eastchester/Woodside in Fairview on the Chester Creek Trail.

This is AO 2021-97; Capital budget
https://moaonlineforms.formstack.com/forms/assemblyphonetestimony

Photo is Chanshtnu Muldoon Park, which is an important park in East Anchorage; it is a new and much needed purpose built community center and green space that the East Anchorage neighborhood fought long and hard to be able to create (in lieu of another strip mall), for about a decade. With a community garden, winter ice rink, covered pavilion, dog parks, Saturday Market space, playground and trails it has become a central gathering space for East Anchorage.