During the Finance Committee hearing on SB 7, Sen. John Torgerson responded curiously to the testimony of a University student expressing concerns about the University's clearcutting policies of the past being carried into the future. In all other logging operations in the State, he maintained, they cut down the big trees and leave the little ones. We suggest the Senator fly his district from Homer to Kenai to investigate whether these little trees are left standing or not. The bill passed Senate Judiciary and will be heard Tuesday in Senate Finance. Committee members should hear from citizens before it goes any further.
Proposals abound to amend Alaska's Constitution.
We're not even to the halfway mark, yet the Republican Majorities have already proposed 11 constitutional amendments. Of course, all of these proposals fit in perfectly with the apparent broader agenda of locking Alaskans out of their own government. In any case, the current ballot initiative system works pretty well. Write or phone in your support for this measure in its current form. Bills propose immunity for property owners who allow public trails The Knowles Administration introduced a bill that would extend immunity to private property owners for allowing public use of trails across their land.