Print article The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday unanimously voted to indefinitely postpone a resolution against member Jamie Allard that would have publicly acknowledged her recent behavior as “actions and conduct that breach the public trust.” Allard, who represents Eagle River and Chugiak, came under fire for comments she made on Facebook during a controversy in late January as photos of state-issued vanity license plates reading “FUHRER” and “3REICH” circulated on social media. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy subsequently removed her from the Alaska Human Rights Commission. During a statement at Tuesday’s meeting, Allard said that she denounces racism and that she did not violate city laws or ethics code. She called the resolution “a pathetic attempt to create division within our community for political gain.”
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No one can accuse the Canadian and U.S. governments of erring on the side of caution in rolling out aid packages to counter the economic devastation wrought by COVID-19.
Since the onset of the pandemic, governments on both sides of the border ramped up spending at a level unseen outside of wartime, far outpacing their counterparts in typically spendthrift European countries. While no one disputes providing support to those in need, aggregate aid doled out has exceeded income lost because of the pandemic. Combined with the ballooning savings of still-hesitant consumers, North America is awash in cash that is likely to be spent or invested once vaccination efforts allow for a return to semi-normal times.
(ANSAmed) - ATHENS, 10 FEB - Greece s government has
condemned a hostile reception received by Migration Minister
Notis Mitarakis on a visit to the Evros land border checkpoint
and refugee reception center in the region of Orestiada in the
country s northwest.
Mitarakis, who visited the area on Monday, is leading a
controversial plan to increase the capacities of the local
reception and identification center for asylum seekers and the
pre-departure detention facility.
And under a tight police escort, Mitarakis was met with a
hail of stones, firecrackers, eggs and plastic cups of coffee as
local residents gathered to express their strong opposition to
Democrats opened Tuesday by showing the former president whipping up a rally crowd, followed by graphic video of the deadly attack. Sen. Murkowski joined Democrats in voting to move forward.