Richard Clement was born into a large family between Seattle and Tacoma. “I’m one of nine kids,” he said. “My parents didn’t have any money. But, I mean, they raised me really well – and I just kind of found my way and I found what interests me. I went to college when I could, […]
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After one year on the Assembly, Dawson says she has more to accomplish
Natalie Dawson was born and raised in a suburb of Detroit. She first started coming to the Chilkat Valley more than two decades ago doing fieldwork as a wildlife biologist. She spent some time in the Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park and trapping along the Chilkat corridor while also studying essentially the retreat of ice sheets and […]
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Longtime Haines resident and local politician Schnabel seeks re-election
Debra Schnabel has lived in Haines since she was 11 days old. She left for a period of time to go to college and then to pursue a career in broadcasting – but she got caught up in the family business. Her father, John Schnabel, was involved in timber, and mining, and a lot of […]
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Political newcomer Zimmerly wants younger generations to help shape the future of the Chilkat Valley
Nora Zimmerly first came to Haines in 2017. It was a stop-off during a journey to Skagway to work for Sockeye Cycle. “I really enjoy it,” she said. “I feel like a lot of the things that brought me here in the first place, or a lot of things that I was drawn to, about […]
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Smith aims to bring professional military, medical experience to the assembly
Assembly candidate Mark Smith was born and raised in Alabama, where he went to college and then onto a military career spanning more than three decades. Smith, who retired a colonel and doctor in the army, did not start out to be a doctor. “I started off as a combat officer, he said. “I was […]
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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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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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CVN insert contained more spin than fact
Last week’s CVN insert was as upsetting as it was untruthful – more spin than fact. For example, I participated in the community uproar over the borough contract with previous assessor Michael Dahle. There was clearly something amazingly problematic with a man who could piss off and unite so many people across the Haines political […]
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Current assembly inherited many issues and is handling them wisely
Just because the group of assembly candidates insert a document filled with misleading accusations and have many placards posted everywhere doesn’t make them good stewards of our government and people. There are always difficult circumstances and issues that every assembly has to face – many of which seem to be controversial at least to some […]