By SUZANNE DOWNING
When the Anchorage Assembly asked residents last fall to participate in a public survey about redesigning the city seal, the process was presented as an open-ended effort to gather community input.
But evidence, as written about in The Alaska Story shows the outcome had already been selected and was already being used before the survey was completed, before the results were tallied, before survey responses were tossed, and before the Assembly voted.
Photo evidence shows Anchorage’s city seal was decided before the public poll
Earlier reporting by The Alaska Story documented that the redesigned seal was already flying on city flagpoles outside the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center in October, even though the survey had not yet even started.
Since then, we have uncovered photographic evidence that the same not-yet-approved seal was also displayed on a large banner mounted on Anchorage City Hall itself. This was not a temporary display or mock-up; it was a nearly exact unapproved banner on the seat of municipal government.
The presence of the new seal on City Hall makes clear that this was not a one-time mistake or an overzealous facilities decision. The seal had been operationalized before the public was ever asked what it thought.
The redesign itself removed long-standing imagery tied to Anchorage’s history and identity. Western civilization is all but erased. Gone is the ship that represented the era of exploration associated with Captain James Cook, who charted Alaska’s coastline. Also removed is the airplane, a symbol of Anchorage’s role as one of the world’s most important aviation and cargo hubs. What remains is an anchor and a round orb, which is either the sun or the moon.
The new seal also incorporates a circular “stitch” motif promoted by Assembly supporters as a Native design element. But this claim does not hold up to scrutiny. The stitch pattern shown is a common decorative embroidery stitch that has been used for centuries across cultures worldwide, from Europe to Asia to the Americas. Presenting it as uniquely Indigenous is historically inaccurate and misleading.
After the survey concluded, Assembly Chair Chris Constant discarded thousands of responses, declaring them invalid without releasing any supporting data, audit, or valid explanation. No independent review was conducted, no evidence of manipulation was presented, and no transparency safeguards were applied. Responses that conflicted with the preferred outcome were simply removed from consideration.
The full sequence is now unmistakable. The seal was designed. It was printed. It was displayed on city property. The public survey was conducted afterward. Thousands of responses were thrown out. Then the Assembly approved the very design it had already been using.
This was not a survey conducted not to inform a decision, but to legitimize one that had already been made.
With photographic proof now showing the seal mounted on City Hall itself before approval, the claim that Anchorage residents meaningfully shaped the outcome collapses entirely. The survey was not merely flawed. It was irrelevant from the start.
Photo at top: Anchorage City Hall on Oct 21 2025, with the unapproved seal already flying — before the public was consulted via a bogus survey.
6 thoughts on “Anchorage City Hall also flew the new city seal before public was asked to weigh in”
None of this surprises me, especially since the leftist a-s hats are perpetually re-elected. They have, in essence, a mandate to do what they do regardless of the lack of ethics involved. Once we stop fighting one another and circle up like they do, we’ll add some balance to the Marxist ideology that owns the Anchorage Assembly.
The ‘new’ city seal is very boring and sterile. Much more interesting with the ship and airplane in the background.
This sequence of events could give rise to litigation alleging that those involved FRAUDULENTLY used Muni resources to create the new seal and deceived the public about the process to “select” the seal. If there is anyone with integrity on the Assembly, they should request that this matter should be reviewed by the Municipal Auditor. (A big “if” – everyone is too afraid of Christopher Constant.)
Doesn’t the “stitch” around the new seal look like chains? How appropriate!
One is also given to wonder if the automated responses — which overwhelmingly chose to keep the old logo — was also part of their plan. How so? By maintaining that it was phony, AI generated and therefore useless, it would green-light them to go ahead with their pre-determined outcome. Has anyone else thought of this, Suzanne?
Reminder: He who counts the votes makes the rules. Not Democracy. King Constant is right at the edge, blurring taxpayer funded appropriation with kleptocracy. Once the grey areas are exploited, governance devolves rapidly by favoring the “haves” over the “have nots”. Case in point: APD Chief’s wife is now THE highly paid Director of Comms for the Municipality.
I smell a lawsuit.