Alaska law provides a process for holding a recall election when there has been serious misconduct, incompetence, or illegal behavior by an elected official. This is not the case before us now.

As an assembly member, I didn’t always agree with Heather Lende, Tom Morphet and Tresham Gregg, and often debated with them on various issues. However, my resignation from the assembly should in no way be taken as a show of support for this…