Earlier today a group of citizens including Deborah Bronson (wife of Alaska Family Council board member Dave Bronson) and former Anchorage Republican Women’s Club President Judy Eledge filed a proposed petition to repeal the Anchorage gay rights ordinance (AO-96) passed earlier this year.
If the proposed petition survives legal review by the municipal attorney’s office, which is likely, the petitioners can begin gathering signatures to put the issue on the spring municipal election ballot.
This is a breaking story. Check back for updates as the story develops.
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Matt Acuña Buxton is a long-time political reporter who has written for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and The Midnight Sun political blog. He also authors the daily politics newsletter, The Alaska Memo, and can frequently be found live-tweeting public meetings on Twitter.
