ANCHORAGE, Oct 14 — Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, one of Alaska's most prominent Democrats, resigned yesterday, days after he was accused of texting sexual messages to an underage girl and a local television anchor. Berkowitz, a former state lawmaker elected as Anchorage mayor in 2015, has...
Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz — Picture courtesy of facebook.com/MayorBerkowitz
Berkowitz, a former state lawmaker elected as Anchorage mayor in 2015, has denied texting the underage girl but acknowledged having a “consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship” with FOX/ABC journalist Maria Athens. “I know that my conduct has done great injury to my family, my staff, to Municipal employees, and to the people of our community, and for that, I am deeply sorry,” Berkowitz said.
Athens never broadcast her story; she was arrested Friday after getting into an altercation outside of her place of work.
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