Dirk Sisson

OPINION: Endorsing a trade of priceless and irreplaceable coastline for a snow dump lease is outrageous in itself. But contempt for public process and citizen involvement is the ordinance’s greatest affront.

After many months of community controversy, Anchorage has the opportunity to do the right thing for Russian Jack Springs Park. Of the four development scenarios now under consideration, two would allow improvements to existing golf facilities without clear-cutting trees.