Important decisions involving policy that affect all of us should have more voter involvement, not less. Land use shapes everything that goes on here: construction, tourism, industry, housing. Even what kind of dwelling you’re allowed to live in–which is to say, what kind of people get to live here.
In Haines, land use in many ways dictates policy–so we shouldn’t have the people writing policy also appointing people writing land use. Check and balance.
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