10 years ago The Haines Borough Assembly decided a Beach Road man can keep the personal shooting range he’s maintained at his residence for 28 years. The assembly voted unanimously to reverse manager David Sosa’s order for Gary Keller to stop using his backyard shooting range. Though discharging firearms is prohibited in the townsite, Keller […]
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Slow down and pay attention to the road for your safety and ours
I live at Mile 3 of the Haines Highway and we’ve had two bad accidents – including a fatal one – and some near-misses in recent years from people who are not slowing down enough to navigate the curve. I want people to slow down, both for their safety and for the safety of my […]
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Citizens for Haines flyer sets a low standard, doesn’t leave room for cooperation
The flyer in last week’s paper by “Citizens for Haines” is a perfect example of how divisive political rhetoric corrodes complex issues into an exhausting and fruitless blame game. Accusations about the current assembly being responsible for property tax hikes, for example, are simply untrue. In fact, this assembly saw through a complete property tax […]
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Consider retaining ranked choice voting at the state level in addition to local issues
Congratulations to all the candidates who are seeking to fill vacancies in our upcoming local election. It is good to see a number of folks willing to put in the time and energy to serve the community. I support Debra Schnabel and Natalie Dawson for the assembly, and I like the three people running for […]
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I’m planning to vote for my colleagues Schnabel and Dawson for borough assembly
For what it’s worth, I’m voting for Debra Schnabel and Natalie Dawson. While we haven’t voted on the same side of every issue, I have immense respect for both of these women. Debra is the definition of someone who will reach across the aisle. She is a curious person, and not a fundamentalist. This may […]
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Stick with the facts when deciding who to vote onto the borough assembly
I was dismayed to read the political insert in last week’s CVN. The listed points were inaccurate and inflammatory. Let’s try to stick to the actual facts when making the decision on whom to support for the assembly. The current assembly has been singularly focused on trying to save the taxpayers money on multiple fronts: […]
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Fix poor leadership on current assembly by electing different people
Poor leadership and bad decisions are the legacy of this past year’s borough assembly. Two members are up for reelection. They were part of raising the mill rate. They caused our borough manager to quit. They drove out our borough clerk who stated in an April 11, 2024 CVN article: “I have never worked for […]
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Vote Debra Schnabel and Natalie Dawson back onto the borough assembly
I am so grateful for the wisdom, care and intelligent thinking that Debra Schnabel and Natalie Dawson bring to the assembly. This assembly inherited many problematic issues created by the previous assembly, and they have been diligently working to solve these problems for the betterment of our town. The recent insert in the CVN would […]
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“Citizens for Haines” insert invalidates itself with false insinuations
We strongly support the candidacies of Debra Schnabel, Natalie Dawson and Nora Zimmerly for borough assembly, plus Eben Sargent and Joe Parnell for planning commission. It is critical that they be able to participate in continuing efforts to correct the consequences of decisions made by the previous assembly, planning commission and borough administration. The “Citizens […]
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CVN insert needs fact checking, vote for Dawson and Zimmerly
Whoa, look closely and think about that insert we received in the last CVN! How can we possibly blame the increased property tax rates on the current assembly? Think about that. Increases and property tax changes have been going on for several years. It was this assembly that made the change to a different assessor, […]