...Perhaps we should look at how fast houses are selling now, and whether they are beginning to sell below assessment value, as a first step in understanding what role our assessment policies may be playing in this housing problem. Karl Hegg Juneau

...I hope that questions so important to the long range economic health of our community are being given careful consideration. The Empire could help by providing information on how other towns are trying to resolve such issues. Karl Hegg Juneau

...people, perhaps we should go back and consider whether our words were appropriate and responsible. Surely we accomplish nothing, and we may do much harm, if we indulge in cycles of defensive and futile mud-slinging. Vivian and Karl Hegg Juneau