Anchorage mayor wants to plug budget gap with better speeding tickets

AO 111 is an omnibus revision to the fine schedule, adjusting mostly to keep up with inflation while revising how offenses like speeding are handled by APD.
In an effort to bring in more revenues to balance the budget, Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz wants to update the city’s fine schedule. The minor fiscal move fits within a more contentious conversation about public safety staffing.
In trying to raise city revenues, the mayor’s administration came up with a fairly simple solution: