Joey Sweet will serve on the Anchorage Assembly for the next three months. The 30-year-old said he plans to focus on homelessness, better representing younger Alaskans and the use of facial recognition technology, particularly by law enforcement.
Joey Sweet is sworn in to represent East Anchorage on the Anchorage Assembly. Sweet will hold the seat until after the April municipal election.
“I was really overwhelmed,” Sweet said. “I’m not going to embellish and say this was expected at all. This wasn’t even hardly on my radar.”Sweet, 30, is a former student regent for the University of Alaska, appointed by then-Gov. Bill Walker. He also served as a legislative intern for former state Sen. Berta Gardner, a Democrat, and currently works at Angelus Memorial Park Cemetery as an office administrator.
“I don’t think the technology works,” Sweet said. “I think it is discriminatory in how it is used, and I want to protect civil rights and civil liberties.” “I’m here for about 100 days,” Sweet said. “I’m going to try to accomplish what I can within that timeframe.”
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