How the Haines Borough should distribute money to local nonprofits has been discussed for years, and the issue continues to vex the assembly.
Mayor Stephanie Scott proposed at a borough assembly meeting last month to establish an ad hoc committee to deal with the issue of doling out money to nonprofits, but the resolution failed after assembly members Norm Smith, Jerry Lapp and Debra Schnabel opposed the committee’s formation.
Schnabel said she felt…

