The chief of enforcement for Alaska’s human rights commission is leaving, marking the latest departure from the organization.<\/p>\n
Sarah Monkton on Tuesday confirmed her plans to resign effective May 1. She said she was considering whether to make a statement.<\/p>\n
Commission chairman Brandon Nakasato and vice-chair Freddie Olin IV recently said they would resign May 1. Gov. Mike Dunleavy quickly nominated replacements.<\/p>\n
Nakasato said his decision was related to an uproar involving executive director Marti Buscaglia. She was suspended after complaining on social media about a “Black Rifles Matter” sticker she saw on a truck in the commission’s parking lot and believed to be racist. Buscaglia later announced plans to resign.<\/p>\n
Olin said he was leaving for unrelated personal reasons.<\/p>\n
The commission was scheduled to meet Thursday in Anchorage to discuss, among other things, election of officers, the process for hiring a new executive director and a “press release and apology.”<\/p>\n
In addition to a 15-day suspension, Buscaglia was to send an apology letter to the truck’s owner after the commission chairman approved the wording.<\/p>\n
The governor has said he accepted the resignations of Nakasato and Olin and that he had appointed Cynthia Erickson and A. Debbie Fullenwider to the commission, effective April 10.<\/p>\n
“Following recent events, and the commission’s failure to restore the public’s trust by taking appropriate action, I believe making changes are necessary to take the commission in a new direction,” he said in a release.<\/p>\n
The Legislature is expected to meet in joint session Wednesday to consider confirmation of Dunleavy’s nominees for Cabinet-level posts and for boards and commissions.<\/p>\n
Senate President Cathy Giessel said such late appointments can be problematic.<\/p>\n
“When the governor gives us names this late, it’s pretty hard for legislators to actually talk to these folks and get to know them,” she told reporters recently, adding later: “We’ll do our best to get know who these folks are so we can make informed votes.”<\/p>\n
\u2022 This is an Associated Press report by Becky Bohrer.<\/b><\/p>\n
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