Committee-of-the-whole meeting scheduled for Nov. 29
Twenty seven people, including a Scottish expedition guide with National Geographic, commented at a Tuesday hearing on a draft ordinance that would remove Haines Borough’s limit on heliski tour permits for a year. Fourteen people spoke in favor of the ordinance. Thirteen spoke against it.
While testimonies mostly advanced familiar arguments about safety, free enterprise, the environment and Haines’ winter economy, the uptick in public commenters and a passionate…

