The majority of Haines business operators oppose Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s plan to balance the budget, and are in favor of reducing PFD payments, creating a statewide income tax and reducing oil tax credits to North Slope oil companies, according to a Southeast Conference business survey released last week.

Business owners and top managers from 25 Southeast communities told Southeast Conference how they’d like to see the state achieve a balanced budget. Of the 320 surveyed,…