Must Read Alaska walked through several acres of wasteland across from Davis Park, this week. The area is what our readers have dubbed “SLAZ” — the Suzanne LaFrance Autonomous Zone. It is filled with makeshift structures, some of them two-story, and the ground is covered with human waste, stolen bikes, household goods, and other items, and garbage.
Anchorage residents see these encampments all over the city, but this one is especially impressive in size and lawlessness.
SLAZ is a reference to Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), a lawless zone that was created in 2020 as a protest of the death of drug addict and wife beater George Floyd of Minneapolis.
Take the tour with us by clicking on our YouTube video, and then click on stories below to see more multi-media coverage of the vagrant-ruled wastelands of Anchorage.
So that’s what all the millions of $$ have gotten us, so sad. Cleaning up one area just moves the problem to another area. Unless our laws for vagrancy, drugs, littering, etc. are enforced this will be a forever rotating and growing problem.
Correct, time to get serious about this bull!
That’s what $160,000,000.00 of the peoples money gets in Anchorage . That’s what has been spent on the homeless issue in Anchorage in the last 60 months . Yes folks , $160 million dollars . Figure it out
Dan,
The money would have been better spent buying them all one-way tickets to Costa Rica and using the left-overs to clean up their sewage pit.
or send them to Seattle.. they love to take care of all homeless people
Walking in a commie/democrat wonderland! Good job anchorage.
I say we give each of the vagrants a bottle of booze, a few sandwiches, and a free ride to LaFrance’s neighborhood. See how well she likes it.
Better idea; put up a sign in front of her house that she has free booze and sammiches inside her house.
And, give the vagrants a map.
SLAZ is disgustingly shameful. I don’t understand why the municipal government and the citizens of Anchorage tolerate this. 🤔
Another All-American City in the making. Great tour on video. I thought I was back 130 years in the Gold Rush days, looking at all the scrum who came to Alaska …….not to work and make a living, but to live freely off of everyone else and complain about the weather and lack of booze and drugs. What respectable American mayor allows this on her watch?
The sanitation landfill looks more habitable. Where does everyone poop?
They poop when they need to, wherever they may be.
Someone should scoop up all the poop and deliver to LaFrance’s office as a token of good will from the homeless.
Disgusting.
Crimes witnessed:
Felony theft.
Littering.
Illegal dumping.
Vagrancy.
Loitering.
Trespassing.
Didn’t see public intoxication, assault, rape, panhandling, possession with intent to use – BUT we all know that goes a long with this.
Bronson had a chance – but he implemented the same failed policy they all do – free housing.
Mayor Guilianni fixed it with a ZERO TOLERANCE approach to enforcing the laws against the crimes mentioned above.
Thank you, Ms. Downing, for this revealing and awful reminder that the municipality of ‘Anchorage (LaFrancorage) Is Dying.’ Our own eyes see the daily proofs of the ever-increasing shabbiness of this city. Anchorage’s progressive mayor and assembly are utter failures in this respect, just as we have observed in other major U.S. cities where similar characters are being elected.
The question , “Why, why, why do we urban residents elect these destroyers of urbanity?” The answer to that question is a simple one, and clear. Collectively, we voters have either gone mad (progressivism) or have gone absent.
hasalaska, maybe you’re right, but there’s another answer worth considering: all you know about who you elected is what you were told by unelected officials who work for the Assembly members running for re-election.
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You have no way of verifying the accuracy of what they tell you, or for that matter, how your ballot was counted, if it was counted at all.
Exactly.
Voter Fraud.
They lie, cheat, steal, and fail at EVERYTHING they do.
Do you really think they can execute a fair, honest election – with all the mail-in ballots, ancient voter registration rolls, illegal aliens voting.
They’re elected by union members whose paycheck literally depends on their vote for union-funded candidates.
If the average citizen was paid for their vote, they’d vote too.
Dan, about 3/5 of the state legislature is elected through union bosses. This is today’s reality.
For those of us who are OLD (not sure what “generation” we are called–I thought baby boomers?) this is kind of unbelievable. It looks like the slums of India pictures we were shown as children. We know the people living like this have some sort of problems like addiction and mental illness but what does this say about the liberal Democrats who somehow accept this? Just because a few institutions treated their clients badly, we shut down ALL mental hospitals? We need to institutionalize more of these people for their safety and ours. I know the former mayor was castigated for his “navigation” center but it is exactly what needs to happen–some way to sort out people and yes, LABEL them if necessary. Stop with the bleeding hearts and actually DO something!
I am truly disgusted.This is NOT the Anchorage I have loved and lived in for over 40 year. Mayor & Asembly please acknowledge that what you are doing IS NOT WORKING! Stop wasting our money . Time to reinvent the Wheel and find true solutions. Allowing this in our city is criminal .
Suzanne LaFrance Extended Autonomous Zone SLEAZ
Extended meaning, “coming to a neighborhood near you.” Liberals never really figure out that there are consequences to their actions. Progressives know what the consequences are, but they call them ‘goals.’
SLEAZ BAG, BAG =big Alaskan garbage
It would be more fitting Suzanne LeFrance Unhoused Mankind.
Better than “Suzanne Lafrance Unhoused Township,” I suppose. 😉
Which one of the residences was Meg Zalatel’s?
Pray for the salvation of Anchorage. God have mercy on us. Maranatha!
The disease of Seattle has crept up here. In Juneau the camps are starting to form, growing like a cancer. Sadly, I travel frequently to the Seattle area so I’ve become somewhat numb to this apocalyptic mess.
I prefer Suzanne LaFrance Unhoused Territory
Absolute disgrace.
Why haven’t we heard from Chris Constant lately?
Yeah, if there is anyone who can solve our problems, including this one, it is Chris Constant. I am certain he would agree.
Addled Acres is the place to be, sponging of my community, trash and filth so far and wide, it’s a place where I can go and hide. Free food and some wine for me, no work just poverty, slinging dope and feeling free, go to work and other people sponsor me.
Close, good job!
Solution:
Have Donald Trump endorse these SLEAZ districts. Subsequently Lefties will strongly oppose them. Perhaps we’ll even have waves of Soros funded ANTIFA minions rooting out these toxic biohazard enclaves.
Or… “Don’t feed the animals” you know, like in parks or nature when you don’t want the animals to become dependent. Add sort of like that.
SLEAZ sounds better Suzann laFrance Equitable autonomous zone
I was surprised that the video did not show an American Flag hanging upside down to signify a Sign of Distress in SLAZ.
Is this our Mayor’s version of a Navigation Center?
Wasn’t too long ago Peoples Code Enforcers shut down churches and diners, enforced masking and social distancing, restricted the size of public gatherings, saving us from Covid-19.
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But in the SLAZ, they don’t …or won’t ….or can’t. Why, Madam Mayor?
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No worries, the Sulte Sales Tax money will fix this thing before somebody’s grandkids accidentally figure out how to get creative and ChatGPT the images into viral social media posts putting Anchorage at the top of every tourist list …of places to avoid.
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Wow who knew that enforcing the law would help lawlessness dissipate!
If Seattle can do it Anchortown should give it a try.
Remarkably similar to Camp Bronson not so long ago
After this post, my wife and I went to
Davis Park. It devastated me. It looked like Gaza. The Anchorage Assembly is 100% to blame for this abomination.
I may have asked you this on another article, but who did you vote for in the last election? And, did you talk to friends, coworkers and neighbors to let them know their vote matters? That if they do not want to see more of this, they need to vote.
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Seriously, voter turnout in Anchorage is abysmal. Even after mail in voting was put in place, it is awful. So, when the Assembly screws over the taxpayers, those who vote for them and those who do not vote at all hold the responsibility.
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Get out there and talk to people and encouraging them to get knowledgeable about local politics, It is surprising what a difference a couple of dozen active voters can make.