An email thread between assembly members was posted to the public last week to stay in compliance with state transparency laws.

The emails, proposing a borough contract for local nonprofit Becky’s Place, contained content that had largely been publicly discussed at prior assembly meetings.

Even so, clerk Mike Denker immediately posted the emails to the borough’s website and notified assembly members that the thread constituted a meeting under Alaska’s Open Meetings Act.

The email thread…

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.