At the start of a televised Anchorage mayoral election debate, the host introduced a famous gorilla. And you got to know, we at APEonline.org just can’t ignore that. We got a shot of this cameo gorilla appearance. The rest of the debate was sedate, but revealing as reported by AK-Pipeline.
Steve Mac Donald posed his first question: “In the past couple of days, an 800 pound gorilla has entered this campaign,” he said, referring to a recent Demboski interview with KFQD radio host Casey Reynolds. The first-term Assembly member representing Chugiak and Eagle River declined at the time to rebuke a claim floated that her opponent may support incestuous father-son marriages.
“Do you believe your opponent, Mr. Berkowitz, supports incest?” the Thursday debate began. A Demboski staffer let out a sigh.
“That’s a question for Ethan,” the candidate said. “I don’t speak for Ethan. If he had comments, maybe it was taken out of context, maybe in fact it was a joke. I don’t know.”
On stage, the former Democratic state representative stuck with his early response to the near-election surprise: “It’s disappointing that this has come up at this point in the campaign,” he said. “I’m not going to dignify that ridiculous accusation with a response.”
Demboski also contended the Reynolds interview was akin to an “ambush,” and she said the radio host is dating Amy Coffman, a paid staffer of Berkowitz. During a commercial break, Demboski said that she always needs to warm up before getting into a debate rhythm. “Why did you have to start with the hard one?” she joked.
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