Juneau Independent

In just one night, at the Sept. 22 Assembly meeting, almost $30 million in cash went out the door.

The senator is a hard worker who does her homework. She looks for compromises, albeit frustrating both sides of the political aisle who would prefer she not compromise on what they don’t like.

A big thank you to Eaglecrest staff and the many volunteers who made this year’s Discover Eaglecrest Day such a great success.

Is it the government’s job to build your home? CBJ government seems to think that they can simply build their way out of Juneau’s housing conundrum.

Even though I wholeheartedly support Prop 2, I am advocating voting against it because the math only works if Prop 3 passes. If Prop 2 passes and Prop 3 does not, there will be a $10 million hole in the budget.

Recently, current and former members of the Juneau Assembly have spoken out against the two “affordability” ballot measures on the October ballot. It’s no surprise — they helped shape the policies and priorities that paved the way for Juneau’s growing unaffordability.  

It started the way many community movements do — neighbors gathered around coffee, talking about rising bills, the kids who had left and not come back, and a growing sense that Juneau has become just too expensive for ordinary people to stay.

Ignorance is bliss, unless you’re hungry.

I'll keep this short because some of us have our hands full keeping this town turning. Ballot measure 1 is an obvious no. Juneau is a...

Juneau is an incredible place to live, despite the horrid fall weather, because of the generous, hardworking, creative, and...

We elect our Assembly members to balance the budget. Don’t hamstring them by cutting their budgeting tools in Propositions #1 and #2.

As president of the Juneau Housing Trust Inc. which is in the business of building affordable permanent housing under the community land trust model, I am voting no on Proposition 1.