Mark Begich should be held accountable for cooking books

By Dan Fagan
Publisher
The Alaska Standard

Assemblyman Matt Claman has said he didn’t see anything to suggest that former Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich was hiding something.

Claman was responding to the city attorney’s report looking into whether Begich withheld key information from the Assembly before the body approved long-term union contracts.

Does this mean Claman voted to add $200 million to the city’s budget by approving contracts knowing full well we could not afford them? Read more