Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz delivers a COVID-19 community briefing on July 17, 2020 at City Hall. [2] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and economics from Harvard College in 1983, a MPhil in polar studies from Cambridge University in 1986, and a Juris Doctor from the Hastings College of Law in 1990. In the video, she claimed she would break a story that Berkowitz posted nude photos to a website. “It takes time to rebuild trust and I hope you afford me the opportunity to do so. Athens has been a particularly fierce critic of Berkowitz with her Facebook page including several pro-Trump posts, a post about how much she “HATES” the local hospital for limiting visits and several maskless visits to Kriner’s Diner, a restaurant that very publicly refused to comply with the mayor’s lockdown orders.

In 2008 Berkowitz ran for election as U.S. Representative for Alaska's At-large congressional district, held by scandal-plagued Republican Don Young, who was seeking his 19th term in Congress. October 13, 2020 by Nat Herz, Alaska Public Media. Share. Berkowitz on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, admitted to having an inappropriate relationship with a female reporter, three days after she made online allegations against the married Berkowitz. The acting mayor has the veto power, but may not vote on assembly action. Anchorage also remains deeply divided over the measures Berkowitz’s administration has taken to fight the pandemic. According to a former non-sexual escort, her mother and Athens collaborated on the story while eating at Kriner’s. While Rivera currently holds that position, Assembly members said in interviews Tuesday that it’s likely the Assembly would reorganize if Berkowitz resigned, and the body could choose a different chair to serve as acting mayor. Under Anchorage city code, the chair of the Assembly serves as acting mayor in the event of a vacancy. I’m embarrassed and ashamed for the hurt I’ve caused my family and our community. He was elected mayor of Anchorage in 2015, and reelected in 2018.[1]. A message sent to Athens on Facebook was not immediately returned. It’s apparently at Kriner’s Diner where Athens ginned up the story about Berkowitz’s alleged transgressions, according to reporting by the Alaska Landmine. (AP Photos/Mark Thiessen, File), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. Your email address will not be published. Endorsed by the third-place finisher, former Republican state representative Andrew Halcro,[12] he won the May 5 runoff election by a 19-point margin. Berkowitz was the Democratic Minority Leader in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007. Facebook. Pinterest. Berkowitz was born to a Jewish family in San Francisco, California. Berkowitz’s chief of staff, Jason Bockenstedt, made the announcement at Tuesday evening’s Assembly meeting, where members were set to consider a request to extend the mayor’s emergency powers to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. “The mayor independently arrived at the same conclusion,” he said. Biography. The FBI was corrupt during the J. Edgar Hoover era and the Comey era just more of the same. “I’m embarrassed and ashamed for the hurt I’ve caused my family and our community. After learning of the allegations, Berkowitz’s executive team decided to create a “firewall” between the mayor and the rest of city government, Municipal Manager Bill Falsey said at Tuesday’s meeting.

On November 12 the media declared that Young had been reelected. Tumblr. The announcement came at the start of the Oct. 13 Assembly Meeting, in which Berkowitz was absent.

Today we found out that Athens got that photo… consensually from Mayor Berkowitz. [18], On October 13, 2020, he announced that he would resign, effective October 23, after he acknowledged the previous day that he had been in a "consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship" with KYUR television anchor Maria Athens.

Telegram. 0. FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, file photo, Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz addresses reporters at a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska.

He’s faced a particularly harsh conservative backlash to his handling of the covid-19 pandemic, on which his administration has generally led the way in Alaska in hunkering down, limiting in-person dining and reclosing restaurants amid the second spike in cases.

He was first elected to represent District 26 (Anchorage) in 1996, and reelected in 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004. It began Friday when Maria Athens, an anchor for a small Anchorage television station, posted allegations on her Facebook page that Berkowitz, who is married, had shared inappropriate photos on an “underage girls website.” She then published a photo of a nude man, taken from behind, which she claimed was the mayor. Mayor Berkoparte gets more exposure(no pun intended): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8834875/Anchorage-mayor-Ethan-Berkowitz-admits-inappropriate-relationship-TV-anchor.html, According to Section 7.02(c) of the Anchorage Municipal Charter: “A vacancy in the office of mayor shall be filled at a regular or special election held not less than 90 days from the time the vacancy occurs. Much of that has come from the right-wing, conspiracy-fueled and frequently anti-Semitic circles of Facebook and Alaska politics. A joint investigation into the recent allegations made by Ms. Athens was completed by the Anchorage Police Department and FBI and found no evidence of criminal conduct. Berkowitz received more votes in 2008 (142,560) than any Democrat who had ever run against Young for Congress, and came the closest any Democrat had to unseating Young since 1990, when John Devens of Valdez received 48% of the vote. He served the last two years as minority leader. Linkedin.

Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz’s resignation was announced on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, at the Anchorage Assembly meeting. During the remaining months of my term, I will continue working on the important issues we face,” Berkowitz said. Berkowitz’s office immediately denied the unsubstantiated allegation, and said they talked to the station manager, who is Athens’ boss. Berkowitz, a native of San Francisco, is also a lawyer and Anchorage businessman. When a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor, the chairman of the assembly shall serve as acting mayor until a successor is elected and takes office. The caller claimed to have learned from sources that Berkowitz had been posting nude photos on an underage website, and that she planned to report this on that evening’s news. Ethan Berkowitz adamantly denied her allegations, but on Monday admitted he had an inappropriate relationship with Maria Athens, the anchor at a Fox/ABC combined station in Anchorage. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz… It takes time to rebuild trust and I hope you afford me the opportunity to do so. He finished ahead of the rest of the field in the nonpartisan primary on April 7, advancing to a runoff with Assemblywoman Amy Demboski. I take responsibility for my actions.

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