In brief

Briefs was too busy watching the election returns for New York’s 23rd congressional district come in Tuesday night to catch the Anchorage Assembly meeting on channel 10. But although it was a pleasure to see the Palin-endorsed Conservative Party candidate go down to Democrat Bill Owens in what’s been a Republican stronghold, there were some fireworks at the assembly that would have been fun to see. East Anchorage Assemblyman Mike Gutierrez usually provides a running commentary of the meetings on his Facebook page, and didn’t let us down that night.