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Union official files election complaint against Sullivan
http://www.adn.com/2014/05/22/3482089/union-official-files-election.html?sp=/99/188/
BY NATHANIEL HERZ
nherz@adn.comMay 22, 2014
A high-profile union official has filed a complaint against Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan with the state agency that polices election laws, alleging Sullivan used city resources to further his campaign for lieutenant governor.
Vince Beltrami, the president of the Alaska AFL-CIO -- the state's largest labor organization -- says in his three-page complaint to the Alaska Public Offices Commission that Sullivan used city staff to respond to "candidate actions."
The complaint includes links to news stories describing how Sullivan's municipal spokeswoman earlier this month issued an apologetic statement for comments he made at a candidate forum. Sullivan's comments equated laws requiring union membership and payment of union dues with slavery, and the Anchorage branch of the NAACP later called on him to issue an apology.
"The statements that were provided in response to what happened at the candidate forum were coming from a municipal staffer," Beltrami said in an interview.
FULL story at link.