The Haines Chamber of Commerce will present a Haines Borough Assembly and mayoral candidate forum noon Friday, Sept. 23, at the public library. “This is an opportunity for the public to see all the candidates, hopefully, side by side and responding to similar inquiries,” said Ned Rozbicki, chamber president. Rozbicki will moderate the event and said chamber […]
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Vote ‘no’ on borough assembly recall
First: Better luck next time on the 1 percent. Right now the recall is more important. Representatives Daymond Hoffman, Joanne Waterman and Jerry Lapp all voted for a special election, but recall organizers aren’t telling us to unseat Lapp. Obviously the recall is really meant as a punishment for those who wouldn’t give Greg Goodman’s seat to Karen Hess. So let’s […]
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Borough to halt rec center study, pursue planning
The Haines Borough will halt a $14,442 study aimed at determining the need for a recreation center in Haines. Instead, the borough assembly will seek “requests for qualifications” from interested parties to help with planning. Tuesday’s assembly decision followed local confusion about the status of a “programming” study by MRV Architects of Juneau that examined the former […]
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Recall petitions OK’d
Recall votes for Haines Borough Assembly members Daymond Hoffman and Joanne Waterman will be on the ballot for the October municipal election. Borough clerk Julie Cozzi on Tuesday certified the Hoffman and Waterman recall petitions as “sufficient,” after the Haines Recall Committee on Aug. 12 submitted each with more than the required 275 signatures. Cozzi said this week that seats of […]
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Voters won’t get tourism tax issue; Rossman, Lapp, Waterman vote keeps question off October ballot
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday shot down a proposed ordinance to put the borough’s municipal sales tax designated for tourism promotion and economic development on the October ballot, surprising residents who put a citizens’ ballot initiative on hold this spring and were absent from the meeting. The ordinance failed to advance to a second public hearing, […]
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Election change doubles length of political season
A change in law approved by the Haines Borough Assembly last year effectively doubled the length of the municipal election season. Local politicians are divided on the merits of the change, which extends the duration of a campaign for assembly or school board to at least two months. The change – requested by borough clerk Julie Cozzi – was […]
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Election lineup finalized; Smith and Hess vie for seat, again
The filing period for the Haines Borough’s October municipal election closed Friday, with contested races for Mayor and the Haines Borough Assembly, but a shortage of school board candidates. The race for assembly seat “E” is a rematch of sorts, pitting Karen Hess against Norm Smith. Greg Goodman replaced Smith on the assembly last October, after defeating write-in candidate Hess. […]
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Assembly proceeds with demolition
The Haines Borough Assembly on July 26 voted to start the process of demolishing the rest of the old elementary school building. Assemblyman Scott Rossman was absent for the 4-0 vote. The building has been proposed for a community recreation center. Borough manager Mark Earnest said assembly approval would be required before the borough awards a contract for demolition. […]
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Vick spared from recall
Haines Borough clerk Julie Cozzi on July 21 rejected an application for the recall of assemblyman Steve Vick, on the recommendation of borough attorney Brooks Chandler. Cozzi approved the recall applications for Haines Borough Assembly members Daymond Hoffman and Joanne Waterman on the single charge they failed to perform their duties when they voted June 13 to set a special election instead of […]
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Candidate filing period ends Friday
The candidate filing period for the Haines Borough’s October municipal election closes Friday. As of Wednesday morning, July 20, four candidates had been certified to run for office: John Brower, Stephanie Scott and incumbent Mayor Jan Hill in the mayoral race and incumbent Jerry Lapp for the Haines Borough Assembly. The filing period opened July 11. Information on additional filers was unavailable this […]