May 9—Incumbent Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and former Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance both raised huge sums of money from donors, according to the latest round of campaign finance reports, which were filed Tuesday and cover the days leading up to the April election and ongoing runoff contest. LaFrance, however, brought in significantly more donations from […]
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Incumbent Bronson takes aim at ‘single-party rule’ and Assembly in Anchorage mayoral runoff against LaFrance
May 4—The Anchorage mayoral runoff election is underway, and voters are choosing between incumbent Dave Bronson and former Assembly chair Suzanne LaFrance to lead the city for the next three years. The rivals have a history: LaFrance chaired the Assembly during the first two years of Bronson’s term, leading a supermajority that often clashed with […]
In Anchorage mayor’s race, Bronson closes fundraising gap, positioning campaign for runoff with large cash war chest
Mar. 28—Mayor Dave Bronson has largely caught up to his chief campaign rival in terms of fundraising and is barreling towards a likely runoff election in the strongest financial position of the field. With a little more than a week before ballots are due back to Anchorage election officials, the campaigns filed their latest fundraising […]
Anchorage Mayor Bronson proposes new limits for homeless camps
Mar. 4—Mayor Dave Bronson has proposed a set of changes to city code to add new limits on homeless camping and give the city more power to tear down some encampments, even when no shelter is available. Another piece of the proposal would allow the city to designate places where people living in vehicles could […]
Bronson Battersby: a toddler’s tragic death
Everyone agreed that Bronson Battersby was “an adorable little boy”, said Paul Bracchi in the Daily Mail. You can see it in the photo of him gazing up at the camera in his Pudsey pyjamas (a cruel irony, since Pudsey is the mascot for BBC Children in Need). Bronson, “as almost everyone must know”, was […]
Minnesota couple at work to preserve Lake Bronson church and its history
Jan. 12—LAKE BRONSON, Minn. — On a cold January morning, Luther Peterson and Noah Glad weren’t tucked inside. They braved the cold on a mechanical lift, affixing wooden planks to the open windows of a steeple near Lake Bronson, in Jupiter Township. The work began on Thursday, Jan. 4. The church, which once was used […]