Richard Clement and Gabe Thomas have worked hard for the community this past year amid many critical decisions including a budget shortfall and failing infrastructure. There have been accusations that they have done nothing about the Lutak Dock. This is far from the truth. They have worked diligently to clean up the mess and the […]

I have lived in Haines my entire life and I know what a special place this is. We need leaders who will protect it. That’s why I support Gabe Thomas and Richard Clement. They have stood up for our community – defending the cemetery’s proper use as outlined in the 1943 deed – and they […]

Don’t be mislead by language on an ore-ship ban at the Lutak Dock. The Sept. 25 Chilkat Valley News states that Gabe Thomas intends to introduce a motion to adopt an ordinance that would ban ore ships at the Lutak Dock. In 2024 he proposed the same idea which received little traction from the assembly. […]

As election day approaches, progress on the Lutak Dock has stagnated: we still don’t have an affordable dock design, and no decisions have been made to move forward. We are still involved in an active lawsuit with Turnagain Marine Construction. Perhaps it’s time for a change.  To elect people willing to look at alternative designs […]

An assembly candidate says we have plenty of time to restart planning for the Lutak Dock repair despite all the engineering assessments predicting dock failure.  But if it fails, he says, the roll- on,-roll-off facility “is a perfectly workable solution.”  The dock has been collapsing, cell by cell for years. It is now a fraction […]

In reviewing the interviews and articles written about John Norton, it is clear that he is beyond qualified as a candidate for an assembly seat.  As a nurse in Haines, I am concerned about not only the health and well-being of individuals, I look towards the well-being of the community and the environment in which […]