People in Haines talk about the local economy quite a bit. After 19 years of smokejumping, I make $25 an hour. A fire jump takes two minutes to get to the ground. In those two minutes, I make 83 pennies. I make my little money in Fairbanks and I spend it in Haines, because this is the place that I love. When it’s time to build, I don’t put my truck on the ferry and…
