Anchorage Assembly highjacks confirmation of first Samoan to state's highest executive appointment
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A web-based news service out of Alaska is reporting what some readers are classifying as discrimination against a Samoan appointed by the Anchorage mayor to the post of


![This screen shot shows Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale speaking at the start of yesterday’s government virtual news conference. [photo: screen shot] Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lt_gov_remote_img_7369.jpg?itok=cnr77-si)


![Nurse Fa’avela Sega of Ta’u Clinic staff is joined by Nurse Palefuiono Sai Ilaoa of the Ofu/Olosega Clinic who traveled to Ta’u to assist in this vaccination effort. They are pictured last Friday in Faleasao village. They also visited Fitiuta and Ta’u villages last week. [photo: Manu’atele Community Facebook] Manu'a DoH team](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tau_vax_team.jpg?itok=h61df4cv)


![In this photo, House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale (left) is seen wearing a face mask speaking to the Vice Speaker of the House, Fetu Fetui Jr (right) — who is standing without a face mask. [photo by AF] Savali Talavou Ale (left) is seen wearing a face mask speaking to the Vice Speaker of the House, Fetu Fetui Jr (right)](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/savali_1117.jpg?itok=LId-2tZX)

