Category: Commentary

Commentary: Short-term rentals topic of Town Hall meeting set for April 18

by KCAW News | Apr 13, 2022 | Commentary

While there are many pieces to Sitka’s housing puzzle, there is one piece I feel we could successfully address with some community input and a few reasonable code changes, and that is the Short Term Rental Conditional Use Permit requirements in residential neighborhoods. Read More

In advocating for the Tongass, a Northwestern Alaskan sees the power of unity

by KCAW News | Feb 17, 2022 | Commentary

Although most of us haven’t grown up in the Southeast, we all understand the importance of the Tongass National Forest to the people here within Southeast Alaska, as many of us face battles in our own hometowns that pit large-scale resource extraction and development against our food security and climate security. Read More

Thanks to our board members, from the SE Island School District

by KCAW News | Feb 11, 2022 | Commentary

Too often we are quick to criticize board members without really knowing all the details that went into any given decision. Too often the efforts of board members go unrecognized and unrewarded. February is a time to show our appreciation and begin to better understand how school board members work together to lead our schools. Read More

Commentary: Ashli Babbitt is no martyr, but she deserved due process

by KCAW News | Jan 25, 2022 | Commentary

Ms. Babbitt was neither a martyr nor a heroine, nor are any of the others who entered the Capitol illegally on January 6, 2021. That said, Ms. Babbitt was a citizen of these United States, and her rights to due process unalienable, Read More

Commentary: Masks and vaccines, not the medical bureaucracy, will end COVID

by KCAW News | Nov 17, 2021 | Commentary

It is my belief that the decision about whether or not somebody needs to be vaccinated or wear a mask to go into a private business should be left entirely up to the owner of that private business, and not to politicians or government health care bureaucrats. Read More

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