# Mayor/news anchor vacancies - Anchorage AK

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-news-anchor-vacancies-anchorage-ak/922943>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 14, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-news-anchor-vacancies-anchorage-ak/922943 "2020-10-14T16:29:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-news-anchor-vacancies-anchorage-ak/922943/1 "2020-10-14T16:29:30Z")

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[Alaska mayor resigns.](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/us/Anchorage-mayor-Berkowitz-Athens.html)

Wasn’t sure whether to place this in P&E, where we see most discussion of randy pols, or IMHO.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-news-anchor-vacancies-anchorage-ak/922943/2 "2020-10-15T01:03:11Z")

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The photo accompanying the following story is a bit… disturbing.

> **[Hostile and Unwell: Maria Athens' Anti-Semitic Death Threat to Ethan Berkowitz.](https://www.anchoragepress.com/columnists/hostile-and-unwell-maria-athens-anti-semitic-death-threat-to-ethan-berkowitz/article_ea087602-0d18-11eb-a61c-93a461f01287.html)**
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> One of the final pieces of a Twilight Zone puzzle of sex, news, and politics was finally revealed Monday night, as the Alaska Landmine published a sixty-second voicemail allegedly sent

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-news-anchor-vacancies-anchorage-ak/922943/3 "2020-10-15T01:43:42Z")

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What a shame. I was rooting for those two crazy kids.

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**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-news-anchor-vacancies-anchorage-ak/922943/4 "2020-10-15T16:00:45Z")

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“I play hockey and I fornicate 'cause those are the two most fun things to do in cold weather.”

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-news-anchor-vacancies-anchorage-ak/922943/5 "2020-10-26T19:27:46Z")

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The city council in Anchorage held a special session and voted on who would be acting mayor. They chose, shockingly for Alaskans, [an openly gay woman](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2020/10/24/meet-austin-quinn-davidson-anchorages-new-acting-mayor/) who has only lived there for nine years and who is somewhat progressive in her views. On top of that, she comes from California, which is like waving a red flag for most Alaskans. Anchorage has always been all over the board with city council members and mayors, and Ethan Birkowitz was a Democrat, but this is a real first. I wish her well.