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Our hats are off to the political strategists on the left. With the mayor and all assembly seats but one on the ballot for either election or recall, they nearly achieved a clean sweep. Read more->
In order to be certified, the petition must have 275 valid signatures. The committee’s target is 300 signatures as a safe margin in case some of the signatures are duplicates or otherwise disqualified. Though the signature gathering seemed to slow over the weekend, the committee has redoubled its efforts during the past few days. Read more->
According to committee chairman Jim Shook, the group is interested in having the issue on the October 4th municipal ballot, rather than making the borough and its voters go through another special election. To do this, the completed petitions would need to be submitted to the borough clerk no later than August 12–just 9 days away. Read more-> HAINES–The Haines Borough Clerk has issued recall petitions for Haines Borough Assembly members Daymond Hoffman and Joanne Waterman, but rejected the application for a recall petition for Steve Vick based on advice from the Haines Borough Attorney. Read more->
HAINES–A groundswell of dissatisfaction with the performance of the Haines Borough Assembly reached a crescendo Friday when three applications for recall against assembly members Daymond Hoffman, Steve Vick and Joanne Waterman were filed with borough clerk Julie Cozzi. Read more->
For obvious reasons, it would make sense to appoint Karen Hess to the vacant seat until the October election, however three assembly members are politically opposed to seating Hess, offering to seat nearly any other member of the public instead. Members Rossman and Lapp stood steadfastly behind Hess. When the Assembly decided they were deadlocked and there was no way forward, they “compromised” by agreeing not to fill that seat until the October election. In reality, this was no compromise at all — just an agreement to shirk their duty to Haines voters by not doing the job required by law. Read more->  Karen Hess Last Monday’s Haines Borough Assembly special meeting made a mockery of our election ordinances, the will of the voters, the rule of law, the authority of the superior court, and common decency. Most of the public present favored seating Karen Hess in the vacant assembly Seat “E”, including assembly members Scott Rossman and Jerry Lapp. But in a clearly partisan move, members Daymond Hoffman, Joanne Waterman and Steve Vick refused to seat Hess, offering instead to seat almost any other member of the public. Their actions mirrored those at last fall’s assembly meeting in which they voted to seat Greg Goodman in spite of his residency issues: the three obviously arrived prepared not to seat Hess under any circumstances, and then groped in vain for facts and logic that would justify their actions. Half of the audience walked out before the meeting was over, and comments by some caused a couple of assembly members to complain about being called “spineless,” and “prejudiced” by the public. Read more-> The deadline for letters of interest to be appointed to the vacant Assembly Seat “E” has passed. The Haines Borough Assembly will be making its appointment at a special meeting Monday, June 13, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. in the Haines Borough assembly chambers. When the Alaska Superior court ruled against the Haines Borough Assembly in the Karen Hess case, it was a wakeup call–not only to the assembly–but to every citizen in Haines who values the rule of law over political partisanship. Now that the assembly has egg on its face, and has needlessly blown a huge chunk of our tax money on legal expenses, they’ve been given the opportunity to make things right. Read more-> HAINES–The Haines Borough Assembly met in executive session Tuesday evening to discuss the Hess vs. Haines Borough case. Upon returning to regular session, the assembly passed a motion to follow the borough attorney’s advice and appoint a person to the Assembly seat “E” until the regular borough election in October. Read more->
The Juneau Superior Court has ordered that Assembly Seat “E” be declared vacant, and that a special election be ordered to fill the vacancy. But borough code makes compliance with the court order difficult, at best. Read more->
Hess has appealed the Haines Borough Assembly’s decision to seat Greg Goodman without completing the investigation into his residency issues as required by borough ordinance. The delay in this case has been the result of civil filings and procedures that allow time for the other party to respond. The details of the case have been previously documented in the Haines Alaska News. Read more->
On December 23rd, a Stipulation Regarding Procedure and Briefing Schedule was filed with the court, signed by the attorneys for Hess and for the Haines Borough. In the stipulation, both parties agree that the case is both an appeal from a decision by the Haines Borough Assembly concerning the municipal election on October 5th, as well as separate and independent causes of action. The appeal portion of the case will be handled first. Read more->
Z. Kent Sullivan, attorney for Hess was given until Monday, December 27, to file a procedural brief with the court, essentially telling the court whether the case should be treated as a contest of election or a civil case. The respondents will have ten days to file a reply.
Attorney Brooks W. Chandler, attorney for the Haines Borough and for Greg Goodman, appeared telephonically at a status hearing before Judge Philip Pallenberg in Juneau today, regarding the case (1JU-10-00965CI Hess, Karen vs. The Haines Borough, an Alaska Municipal Corp. et al). The status hearing is a short procedure that allows the judge to determine Read more-> Contest of Election Appealed
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HAINES — A Notice of Election Contest was filed with the Haines Borough Clerk on Friday, signed by 10 voters who voted in the Municipal Election on October 5. The voters are challenging Goodman’s residency based on the facts that he and his wife lived, worked, and registered to vote in Anchorage in 2008 and 2009, Read more->
HAINES — Election day arrived with rain and breezy weather. About noon the wind switched around to southeast; by 3:00 p.m. it was gusting to about 50 mph in town. Eldred Rock Lighthouse weather instruments showed steady wind at 44 mph with a maximum gust speed of 90 mph. (If we were on the east coast, we’d be in the national news.)
Chief Goodman. Haines Borough 2008 web archive
When Norm Smith decided not to run for reelection for Assembly Seat E, only one candidate was left standing – Greg Goodman. Read more->
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Haines Recall Committee chairman Jim Shook reports that as of Tuesday morning, the petition sponsors had gathered 268 signatures. With 3 days to go until the “drop dead” date, it looks like the issue could make it onto the October 4 municipal ballot.
HAINES — In a 4-2 decision this evening, the Haines Borough Assembly dismissed the contest of election against candidate Greg Goodman, swearing him in as the new Assembly Member for Seat E.
