Do we want our town to be another Skagway or Juneau? With helicopters flying over our homes and glaciers? Or high-powered powered jet riverboats gunning up the rivers, destroying breeding grounds for salmon? Do we want more commercial activity than we have already? All for the mighty dollar?

Right now we have a beautiful, quaint town where many residents are truly craftsmen. They may work on ferries, build homes or teach school. We have been…