Regarding Karen Hess’ letter in last week’s paper in which she describes the facts behind the funding of the Port Chilkoot Dock complex: her statements are not incorrect; however, a few omitted facts should be mentioned lest they be lost from the historical record. Hess and Bill Thomas strongly opposed the successful statewide ballot measure in 2006 that created the head tax (and major water quality protections) without which the dock complex would probably have…