Members of a citizens group opposing a minor offense ordinance have developed a battery of arguments against its passage, including that it would violate the preamble of the Haines Borough charter which establishes a right to live here “without unnecessarily restrictive or arbitrary laws.”
The 35-page ordinance establishes about 250 minor offenses and accompanying fines.
The assembly is scheduled to vote on the ordinance at its meeting Tuesday.
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An April 2013 state Supreme Court ruling…