The Haines Borough Assembly received an update from lobbyist Bill Thomas last week, and interim manager Brad Ryan has included funding for the position in the upcoming year’s budget.

But whether Thomas’s $45,000 presence in Juneau saw any real return for the municipality is still a matter for debate.

The main gist of Thomas’s nearly half-hour update was, “There’s no money.” No money for the Small Boat Harbor expansion project, no money for the Haines…