Since the resignation of the Haines Borough Planning Commission chair Don Turner III in April, the working relationship between the planning commission and the assembly has been uneasy. The relationship has been problematic for a long time, according to the commission’s new chair, Sylvia Heinz, but the problems have become more pronounced since Turner resigned.
In a meeting on Thursday, Heinz asked, “What are we to the assembly?”
“The planning commission is an advisory board.…
