It’s apparent from ADN’s letters that some people in Anchorage do not understand the difference between “woke” and “normal.” I don’t like the words used in that divide because they are misleading.In Anchorage, normal is doing things the same, expecting different results. That has been an overused definition of insanity, but that is the mindset of the people who profit from homelessness.
In contrast, the incumbent mayor, Dave Bronson, made a bold proposal to create a Navigation Center that could have helped solve the problem. His proposal was shot down by the Assembly. In reality, I believe it connects with a lineage that goes back at least to Vladimir Lenin and has been amplified by subsequent dictators such as Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot and countless others who offered empty promises for total conformity and fealty. One can never be “woke” enough.