Last winter former Alaska state economist Gregg Erikson spoke in Haines on the economic impacts we might face if the Palmer Project goes forward. Mine supporters and mine opponents have been going back and forth ever since on whether we can count on the Alaska government and the state’s regulations to protect the Chilkat River. Between the hundreds of permit violations recently exposed at Kensington, DEC’s failure to even process the correct type of permit for Constantine, and now this secret in-person meeting between Constantine and the governor, his chief of staff, and his DEC commissioner, the verdict is in. We will have to do everything we can to defend this place, because the state is obviously not on our side. Step 1: I’m going to vote for Sally McGuire and Zephyr Sincerny for the assembly because they are the only candidates that have been crystal clear on their commitment to keeping the Chilkat River healthy and productive.
Neil Einsbruch