AK: Effort to recall Juneau's school board president, vice president secures spot on local ballot

Voters will be asked this fall whether Juneau’s School Board President Deedie Sorenson and Vice President Emil Mackey should stay in their seats on the board or get ousted from them.

On Thursday, Juneau’s clerk’s office announced that a local effort to recall the pair had gathered enough signatures to get the two questions onto the Oct. 1 ballot — nearly 2,400 signatures each.

Charles VanKirk, one of the leaders of the recall effort, called it an important step toward accountability.

“We want to hold our elected officials responsible and have them be accountable, so hopefully, there will be answers given rather than the public just being ignored,” he said.

The group argues that both Sorensen and Mackey failed to do their duty as board members when the district faced a multimillion dollar deficit earlier this year.




https://www.ktoo.org/2024/07/11/effort-to-recall-juneaus-school-board-president-vice-president-secures-spot-on-local-ballot/