P.J. Hill

We haven’t come to terms with the idea that many of the expenditures of government contribute to the quality of life that Alaskans have enjoyed. I wonder if we ever will.

People need to understand that all property users (including renters) pay property taxes. Not just homeowners!

The important thing here is to put a price on the use of studded tires, so people will start to change their behavior.

In 1987 the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail was completed after years of public debate and land negotiations. The trail, which follows the Anchorage coastline from downtown to Kincaid Park, intersected the Lanie Fleischer Chester Creek Trail at Westchester Lagoon. Skiers looked at the new trail map and saw the possibility of a "mountain to sea" ski race.

The Anchorage mayoral runoff pits two opposing ideas. One of the candidates would like to replace the property tax with a sales tax, and the other is opposed to a sales tax.