Jim Reeves

On Wednesday May 25 Homer will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the state’s repurchase of the oil and gas leases that once threatened Kachemak Bay. Charles Wohlforth’s recent commentary about saving Kachemak Bay (ADN May 16) was characteristically well-written and highly informative. But it omitted an interesting backstory about exploiting environmental issues for political gain. [ICYMI: … Continue reading Hammond didn’t want oil drilling in Kachemak Bay, but he wanted the issue

OPINION: Endorsing a trade of priceless and irreplaceable coastline for a snow dump lease is outrageous in itself. But contempt for public process and citizen involvement is the ordinance’s greatest affront.