\u201cIt\u2019s complicated\u201d may be the best way to describe politics in our little town. <\/p>\n
Mayor Greg Fisk\u2019s untimely death and Mary Becker\u2019s ascendancy, with resultant shuffling of Assembly seats by appointment, only underscores this truth: it\u2019s complicated.
Just in case things weren\u2019t complicated enough, Ken Koelsch filed to run for mayor. Now it\u2019s really complicated \u2014 at least it is for me.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s complicated because I love Ken Koelsch and Mary Becker. They were my teachers. Growing up in Juneau, they both shaped my character in important ways that resonate to this day.
Mary taught me vital lessons about high standards and hard work. Ken took me, and many of my friends, under his wings and provided important guidance above and beyond the call of duty, as teachers do. <\/p>\n
Thanks in large part to both Mary and Ken, I miraculously survived my youth, became a teacher and worked alongside them both in many capacities over the decades. It\u2019s little wonder I regard them both so highly. \u201cSo why is this election so complicated?\u201d you may be asking.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s complicated for me because, as much as I love Ken and Mary, neither are my first choice to be our mayor at this time. Karen Crane is.<\/p>\n
I am grateful to the Assembly majority for approving this special election \u2014 providing voters a voice in choosing our mayor. Many of us found in Greg Fisk a mayor who would lead the Assembly in new and better directions. Hope for new direction didn\u2019t die with him.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s why I\u2019m voting for Karen Crane for mayor \u2014 a mayor who has led Alaska\u2019s League of Women Voters; a mayor who knows the budget and isn\u2019t afraid to tackle our flawed tax exemptions; a mayor who is already working for a vibrant local business sector and actively working for more housing at all income levels; a mayor who supports practical transportation solutions and is already tackling our growing solid waste problem; a mayor who is responsive and respects voters\u2019 voices; and a mayor who puts the UNITY in our community.<\/p>\n
As an educator, along with everything else I value, I\u2019m proud to support Karen Crane \u2014 even though it\u2019s complicated.<\/p>\n
Clay Good,<\/strong><\/p>\n Juneau<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cIt\u2019s complicated\u201d may be the best way to describe politics in our little town. Mayor Greg Fisk\u2019s untimely death and Mary Becker\u2019s ascendancy, with resultant shuffling of Assembly seats by appointment, only underscores this truth: it\u2019s complicated.Just in case things weren\u2019t complicated enough, Ken Koelsch filed to run for mayor. Now it\u2019s really complicated \u2014 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":14,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-3628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3628"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}