Voters rejected a proposed tax on plastic shopping bags, as well as a Juneau Assembly proposal to opt out of state financial disclosure reporting rules for public officials. Two school bond measures passed, as did an extension of the CBJ’s temporary three-percent sales tax. Jesse Kiehl and Randy Wanamaker won seats on the CBJ Assembly.…
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SE votes on plastic bags, hydro, alcohol tax
Southeast Alaskans head to the polls on Tuesday, October 4th. They will choose city and borough leaders and voice opinions on a variety of ballot measures. The more-than-a-dozen measures include taxing plastic bags, funding hydropower projects and dropping a senior-citizen exemption for a tax on booze and smokes. One of the most controversial is in…
Municipal election coming up
Tuesday is Election Day in Juneau. The polls open at 7 a.m., but voters can still cast absentee and early ballots today (Monday) at City Hall downtown, or the Mendenhall Mall polling station. Early voting for the municipal election has been steady, but slow, according to City Clerk Laurie Sica. She says the last count…
Wanamaker wants to return to Assembly after hiatus
Running unopposed for the District 2 Assembly seat during the upcoming October 4th election, Randy Wanamaker was required to step down from the Assembly because of term limits; He had already served three consecutive terms.
“S-E-A-N O’-B-R-I-E-N”
That’s how you spell the name of Sean O’Brien, running for the Juneau School Board in the October 4th municipal election as a write-in candidate.
Jesse Kiehl: the “everyday work” is most important
CBJ Assembly District One candidate Jesse Kiehl is a home-grown Alaskan. He was born and raised in Anchorage and after college he moved to Juneau.