Those bemoaning a lack of public process could avoid charges of hypocrisy by insisting on equal standards of transparency — and respect for public process — for all CBJ Assembly actions.<\/p>\n
Case in point: At the Feb. 28 Assembly meeting, a $2 million appropriation for a used gondola for Eaglecrest was approved on a 5-4 vote. Some Assembly members expressed uneasiness with the “process” saying that summer operations at Eaglecrest have never gotten the green light from the Assembly or the public.<\/p>\n
Just weeks before, on Jan. 10, on a 7-2 vote, the Assembly appropriated $2 million for plans for a $77 million combined performing arts and convention center. Neither the Assembly nor the Juneau electorate has given the green light to that (wildly more expensive) project either.<\/p>\n
In 2019, a $4.5 million proposal to help fund a previous iteration of a performing arts center was rejected by Juneau voters 59%-41%. One would think that after voters said no to the 2019 proposal to subsidize a new cultural arts center (New JACC), the Juneau Assembly would be wise enough to resist a more grandiose and expensive new concept.<\/p>\n
Is there a more accurate expression of public process than a public vote?<\/p>\n
Juneau doesn’t need an albatross to support. We’re watching. Don’t JACC up my taxes.<\/p>\n
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