
Erin Baldwin Day
51:30 - 52:14
"what I still am not clear on is really what is the problem we are trying to solve. And in all of the documentation I've worked through, I don't really see consensus on that question. What, what is the problem we're trying to solve?"
“what I still am not clear on is really what is the problem we are trying to solve. And in all of the documentation I've worked through, I don't really see consensus on that question. What, what is the problem we're trying to solve?”
I think the last question I have is really a 30,000-foot view question, And it's one that's been percolating for me since the inception of this proposal, since the original version. And I've dug through the notes, the minutes from the task force, and sort of looked at the historical documents, if you will. And what I still am not clear on is really what is the problem we are trying to solve. And in all of the documentation I've worked through, I don't really see consensus on that question. What, what is the problem we're trying to solve?
The Anchorage Assembly held a work session Tuesday on AO 2026-62(S-1), a proposed advisory public safety commission, with sponsors defending the advisory-only model and members pressing unanswered questions about cost, staffing, investigative authority, and commission structure ahead of a July 21 public hearing and vote.
