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Christopher Constant
Former Assembly Chair · Anchorage Assembly · District 1
20 articles · 14 transcripts
Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska
Licensed real estate agent and nonprofit grants director. Former Fairview Community Council president. District 1 representative since 2018. Term expired 2026.
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State commission fines governor candidate Bernadette Wilson $2,473.50 over LLC contribution
State regulators fined governor candidate Bernadette Wilson $2,473.50 over a $25,000 LLC contribution and underreported fundraising costs. The max was $26,225.
APOC sets Tuesday hearings on four disclosure complaints against statewide candidates
The Alaska Public Offices Commission holds hearings Tuesday on campaign disclosure complaints against three statewide candidates.
Anchorage appeals board sets five more property hearings for Sept. 22-25
Anchorage was supposed to have finished hearing property assessment appeals by June 1. It is still hearing them, nearly four months later.
Fairbanks would require union labor agreements on big borough projects
Fairbanks wants union-negotiated labor agreements on borough projects over $3.5 million, using an ordinance copied almost word for word from Anchorage.
Anchorage zoning board approves setback variance for Chandalar Drive home
Anchorage zoning board unanimously approved a variance allowing a Chandalar Drive home to keep an addition that has encroached 1.3 feet into the required setback since 1998
Anchorage zoning board backs letting director approve bigger setback fixes without a hearing
An Anchorage board voted to let the planning director approve building encroachments up to 15 percent without a hearing, tripling the current threshold.
Anchorage board sets seven property appeal hearings for next week
Anchorage owners filed a record 1,953 assessment appeals. The city had already found about 660 homes over-assessed before the hearings began.
Anchorage auditors flag a gap in Assembly travel approvals
Anchorage auditors found signed approval on all 38 Assembly trips but could document a second 2025 step on only one of 15. A broader review is now underway.
Anchorage tax appeal hearings continue into September, past the board's stated season
Anchorage property owners appealing their 2026 assessments face a backlog that could stretch to mid-November, with the Board of Equalization handling a record 1,953 appeals.
Anchorage ordinance would put all Assembly license and assessment hearings under one set of rules
“We are constantly figuring out what this means because we are generally a political body and find ourselves in a quasi-judicial position on alcohol licenses and marijuana licenses.”
Anchorage Assembly meets six finalists for youth representative seat
Assembly Chair Anna Brawley will select one or more youth representatives from six high school finalists to cast non-binding votes on Assembly business from September through April.
Complaints against Wilson and Taylor governor campaigns question donation source, not size
Former Anchorage Assembly chair filed complaints against two GOP governor candidates. Wilson campaign received $25,000 donation listed as both company and individual, unclear which is true. Taylor campaign failed to describe $147,000 in consultant and lawyer payments beyond listing them as retainers.
Anchorage Assembly to vote on $76M Eagle River road deal with sole bidder
Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on a $76 million road maintenance contract for Eagle River, Chugiak, and Birchwood with McKenna Brothers, the only bidder.
Anchorage zoning board postpones variance threshold changes
Anchorage zoning board postponed a proposal to raise the setback encroachment threshold from 5 percent to 10 percent, which would let single-family homeowners avoid a $710 public hearing fee.
MEA wins easement on Mental Health Trust land in Wasilla
“more of a use right to this specific property as opposed to an actual tangible locatable item on the parcel”
Anchorage resident takes Assembly removal case to U.S. Supreme Court
Anchorage resident Dustin Darden asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block his removal from an Assembly meeting after he used public comment time to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and discuss his Christian faith instead of the streetlight ordinance being debated.
Assembly postpones developer's land deadline amid mobile home park dispute
“So just so I understand, are we now linking the two together? Like, is it— I'm unclear on— it seems like the reversionary clause is based on, you know, the idea of being— the land being land banked.”
Assembly rejects resolution seeking larger Basher Trailhead parking lot
Anchorage Assembly rejected a resolution to expand Basher Trailhead parking from 45 to 60 spaces, voting 5-6 over whether it should override the administration's design work.
Assembly Approves Study of Wildfire Service Area for High-Risk Zones
“I also agree with Ms. Brawley that it is an area-wide concern, not because of the risk to one person's home or one neighborhood, but because the tax base If the tax base burns up, then our city is bankrupt.”
Anchorage to transfer Nordstrom building to development authority
“I'm pretty excited to hear about the, the housing proposals that are being put together, the commercial proposals that are being worked out right now”
