Should the Haines Borough repeal its 1 percent tourism and economic development tax? That’s the question one Haines resident wants put on the ballot this fall.
Of the 5.5 percent sales tax consumers pay in the Haines Borough, 1 percent is automatically banked to the municipality’s tourism and economic development fund. The tax was established in 1985 and is expected to bring in $536,000 in the upcoming fiscal year.
Resident J.R. Churchill thinks the…
