Judge denies expedited hearing to allow invocation op-ed

An Alaska Superior Court judge has denied a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member’s request for an expedited hearing that would have allowed him to publish an op-ed supporting an ordinance that would remove prayer from the beginning of assembly meetings.
The Peninsula Clarion reports that Homer assembly member Willy Dunne was challenging the assembly’s contract with a legal nonprofit that is representing the assembly against a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of