City attorney Patrick Bergt has resigned. His replacement, Mario Bird, has a history of supporting social conservative causes and opposing COVID-19 precautions.
Bergt was appointed last July. In an emailed statement, he said he resigned to take a job with Alaska Communications. He called his time with the city the “highlight of my career.”Bird is from Soldotna and has been practicing law for 10 years, according to a news release from the city. Bird has a history of supporting social conservative causes and opposing COVID-19 precautions in writings, public testimony and legal work.
In 2020, he represented the group Alaskans for Open Meetings, which filed a lawsuit against the Anchorage Assembly. The lawsuit alleged that the Assembly’s temporary ban on in-person testimony as a COVID-19 precaution violated free speech. The case was
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