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Speaker 2:Well, good morning. Good morning. Hello, and welcome to Problem Corner.
Speaker 3:I'm your
Speaker 2:host, Wade Bryson, and Problem Corner is a community service of KI Online. The purpose of the program is to swap and trade items noncommercially and to discuss issues that affect the community. Program's not intended for businesses or something that would require business license such as firewood sales or arts and craft or services like daycare providers. The other restricted, category is home sales and rentals. If you're in need of any of these services, you're more than welcome to call.
Speaker 2:We must restrict the sale and purchase firearms. Licensed gun dealers and other business owners are welcome to purchase advertising on Problem Corner. Alright. Give me a call. You can literally call me.
Speaker 2:586-1800. The phones are back in action. Our first week in the new studio in the new studio with a new phone system. It does not let the phones ring as long. I've noticed that after the three or four rings, it is It'll hang up on you.
Speaker 2:So, if it if I don't get to you in time, just call back. Again, 586-1800. You can always send me those texts. We still have that text line open on the same 586-1800. I always wondered back in the day when I would, first was texting, I would, text with staff and I thought, man, one day they're gonna have it where I could text the business or the business could text me and I could communicate on that higher level and somehow they've made it happen.
Speaker 2:And so the same landline that, used to only provide phone calls, they've now figured out how to turn it into a text receiver with some technology. So you can send your text. (907) 586-1800. (907) 586-1800. And then if you are still feeling, I guess it makes it old school.
Speaker 2:If you wanna send a tech an email, air@kinyradio.com, and that will send your Prom Corner email right over here. I do have an entertainment center, a 24 inch Vizio flat screen TV that does have the remote. It's only $30. An airline approved dog kennel. Somebody was looking for that.
Speaker 2:A cat kennel, a small computer desk, a, four shelf wine rack. Oh, there you go. That one's 40 inches high. Wood shelves, a small table. Do I have the right room?
Speaker 2:And a spreader, for spreading grass seed or fertilizer. And again, you can reach any of those items, (907) 789-2751. (907) 789-2751. Alright. Give me a call here.
Speaker 2:5861805861800. Come and join us on air on Problem Corner. Oh, I think I have a call. Good. No.
Speaker 2:Oh, that's one of the other problems. The phone lights are on the other side of the desk here. Alright. Thank you for calling back. Good morning.
Speaker 2:Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 4:Yeah. Good morning.
Speaker 2:Good morning.
Speaker 5:Calling from Anchorage, Alaska here.
Speaker 2:Hello to Anchorage. Yes.
Speaker 5:I had some problems here in Juneau there over the celebration and everything.
Speaker 6:This one person had called
Speaker 5:me up yesterday five times and threatened me on the phone here. I told her I didn't know who she was at all, and I still don't know her. From 11:00 yesterday to 02:00, I had problems with her.
Speaker 2:Why don't you just block her?
Speaker 5:I had on the celebration there with Annie Jackson, Marcia Fred, and their sister, KK.
Speaker 6:Alright.
Speaker 5:I didn't come to celebration and get abused.
Speaker 2:Yes. Did you think about blocking their phones so that they can re continue reaching out to you?
Speaker 5:The thing is I'm 70 years old. It's okay they can call me up and abuse me and threaten me?
Speaker 2:Oh, no. It is not. Not not even close.
Speaker 5:Person that called me up yesterday had threatened me. Oh. I'd to know how she got my number.
Speaker 2:So did you reach out to the police if,
Speaker 5:somebody's missing now. I'm telling. I want to see Alaska and Gold Belt in celebration Clinton and Haida to know about this.
Speaker 2:Unfortunately, telling Problem Corner about it doesn't necessarily mean that those organizations are being aware.
Speaker 5:Gold Belt and Clinton Hide, I will hear about it.
Speaker 2:Well Okay. My recommendation is block the phone number the next time it comes through, and then at the very least, it will eliminate you from being called by that phone number anymore. I mean, that that's a first step. But I also might reach out to the police department if you are con consider the threat viable or
Speaker 5:Why is Juneau in Juneau Alaska to do that?
Speaker 2:You could probably test
Speaker 5:in Juneau.
Speaker 2:Then maybe, yeah, call the Juneau Police Department. That would be a good starting place, and then they could help give you even more information what you might need to do to follow-up.
Speaker 5:Okay.
Speaker 2:Alright. But block those numbers. Don't let them keep rattling your cage. The more you ignore them, the sooner they'll go away.
Speaker 5:It hasn't gone away.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Oh, because you're taking the calls. So they're gonna keep calling while you take the calls.
Speaker 5:Thank you very much. You have a good one.
Speaker 2:You have a good one too. Good luck. And phooey on them. They shouldn't be calling a lady to give her grief. I'm a take another call.
Speaker 2:Good morning. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 7:Good morning, Wade.
Speaker 2:Morning, sir.
Speaker 7:I got I got a 02/2002 Ford one fifty King Ranch style limited edition. I I wanna trade it for another pickup truck. It was in excellent condition. Signia is either the King Ranch. It's got the original rims and everything on it, and it's got weather weather weather seating and everything in it.
Speaker 7:Sure. And it's got four wheel drive.
Speaker 2:Alright. And they What are looking for?
Speaker 7:Mhmm. I just wanna trade it.
Speaker 2:Yeah. What you're looking for another truck? Did you have anything in mind? Or you need a smaller truck, you need a bigger truck?
Speaker 7:No. A small I
Speaker 2:didn't understand anything that you said. Try it one more time. Speak clearly into the phone.
Speaker 3:Okay. Yeah. I got in the phone.
Speaker 7:Oh,
Speaker 2:that might be because you're are you near the radio or something? Yeah. Because I'm having a hard time understanding what you're saying.
Speaker 7:Okay. What why I got my radio?
Speaker 2:Yeah. You keep cutting
Speaker 7:it out.
Speaker 2:Well, I tell you what. Give me that phone number, and I'll see if I can find you a trade.
Speaker 7:Yeah. Okay. It's 0976027602.
Speaker 2:Is that correct?
Speaker 7:Yes, sir. And it's John.
Speaker 2:Alright, John. Let me see what I can find you, buddy.
Speaker 7:I'll I'll call you back later. Maybe it'd be better connection.
Speaker 2:There you go. Alright. Thanks for calling. So John has a 2002 f one fifty King Ranch edition, and he's looking to trade for a smaller truck, I think is what he said. If you have a pickup and you're wanting to upgrade to f one fifty King Ranch with leather seats, 209-7602.
Speaker 2:The gentleman's phone number is 209-7602. And then, here's your fun fact of the day. A car person told me this a long time ago. Does anybody know where the King Ranch label came from? That was the question because their their King Ranch is, their highest or one of their highest, outfitting packages when they do onto, that they do to a truck.
Speaker 2:And, that came from the ranch that the Ford company bought to build their big giant plant. They bought the King Ranch. King was the family name, and they bought their ranch and that's where they, created their, large production facility. And so when you get a Ford f or a Ford pickup truck and it's all decked out, it is the King Ranch version. I always thought that it was a Ford f one fifty was for ranch.
Speaker 2:Right? And then this was the King. This was the version, but it actually came from the King Ranch where they, built the Ford plant. Your fun car fact of the day. Alright.
Speaker 2:I'm still looking for text and phone calls. (907) 586-1800. (907) 586-1800. That'll get you live and on the air here with us. You can always send me that text.
Speaker 2:Go ahead and send another text. 586-1800. Somebody sent us a smiley face that had the the hearts in the cheeks. It was very nice of you. I saw a garage sale.
Speaker 2:Yes. Huge yard sale. 8452 Mendenhall Loop Road this Saturday. 8452 Mendenhall Loop Road. Nope.
Speaker 2:Alright. Give me a shout back. I didn't grab that call fast enough. The first time I take my eyes off to go read a text and then somebody calls. Give me a shout back.
Speaker 2:5861805861800. Come and join us. We're talking about garage sales. 8452 Minhole Loop Road. If you're planning on having a garage sale, right now is a really good time to send me a text.
Speaker 2:Tell me your address and maybe a close cross street or a major intersection that's near there, and I will send folks to your garage sale. So if you're having one this weekend, make sure you get it to me so we can announce it today and tomorrow to send folks to your garage sale. Alright. And if you try to give me a call, give me a shout back. 5861805861800.
Speaker 2:I have a few more minutes before we have to go to that ABC Newsbreak. Somebody was, oh, here we go. How about a fine for excessive noise, helicopter tours, and dump truck exhaust? So, that's their question. How about a fine for excessive helicopter or for excessive noise for the helicopter tours and dump truck.
Speaker 2:So helicopter tours actually got their regulations a handful of years ago. And so they have their stuff set up where their routes are supposed to be the most effective for reducing noise in the valley. They either fly right up this Heinzlemann Ridge, kind of like right above Fred Myers, or they, take a different route that's on the North Side of the valley. When they are coming back into town and they're coming over that loop, My shop is got the garage door open. It's nice weather.
Speaker 2:When they fly over us, because we're near the airport, it rattles things in our building. I mean, it's if we have that garage door open, we're definitely getting metal rattling. I don't know that we can do a fine for excessive noise because they we did tell the helicopter operators, here's where you have to fly to reduce noise as much as possible. So that one I don't know about. Dump truck exhaust.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we I suppose we could get, up in arms about dump truck exhaust. It does take a big old engine to be able to move that level of not only the 10 tons of material can be put into the trunk, the dump truck, but I would imagine a dump truck probably weighs somewhere close to that, eight tons, 10 tons. Could I be off? Could it be way more? However, without dump trucks, we would not be able to remove snow from all the places in the community that needed snow removed.
Speaker 2:And without dump trucks, no property can be built, houses can't be built, neighborhoods can't be built, commercial stuff can't be built. So dump trucks are kind of the they're part of the building blocks of development. Oh, I got a call. I'll go back to answer that. Oh, I need you to turn that radio off.
Speaker 2:Good morning. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 4:Hi. Hello. I was just listening to your comments. I'm really happy to hear about that a bird watcher and nature photographer, and I really enjoy recording the birdsong, And those tours ruin my work frequently. And it and the dump trucks have gone right by me, not to mention people that just think they are cooler because they have really noisy trucks.
Speaker 4:And I just wanna say I have PTSD, and that stuff rattles me to the core. Oh, And and also, I know that we probably have veterans with PTSD who probably don't appreciate those helicopter tours. And I just have a suggestion that would be make them do it once a day or twice a day. You know, make less frequent and find them so that they can't do more than that because it's excessive, and it's disturbing everyone that they fly over.
Speaker 2:So let's think about that. So only two helicopter trips a day. Is that what you're suggesting?
Speaker 4:Something like that where you all do it at the same time so then the rest of us can have some peace for the rest of the day.
Speaker 2:Gotcha.
Speaker 4:You know? And limit it
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 4:In that way. And if they don't cooperate, then they get a fine for disturbing everyone in town.
Speaker 2:Gotcha.
Speaker 4:You know, just think about it. That's all I'm saying. Just it's food for thought.
Speaker 2:Alright. Well, hey. Thanks for giving in that other perspective from the folks that are being disturbed by the excessive noise. Does that resonate with you guys telling helicopter companies they can only do two flyovers per day? I don't know if that would work for their model.
Speaker 2:Okay. There you go. What do we got? 586-1800. Send me that message.
Speaker 2:Are you, an anti noise or are you pro noise caller? I don't think we'll find any pro noise. 586-1800 call and join us on air here. I have a joke of the day today. Two men walked into a bar.
Speaker 2:The third man ducked. Beding. Thanks for the dad joke of the day. Alright. 5861805861800.
Speaker 2:You can come and join the conversation. Somebody sent a question yesterday. What's going on with the Dredge Lake bus stop? So that opened up the can of worms about all of the bus issues that are potentially, stuff that we can face community. If you got 2¢ on the bus issues, let us know.
Speaker 2:I got another call. Good morning. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 7:Hey, Wade. I thought I'd try again.
Speaker 2:Alright. There you go. I gotcha.
Speaker 7:I'm still getting some things from me.
Speaker 2:Are you inside a building or you stand next to a radio? Those would be the two things I'd cross off first.
Speaker 7:I'm here. I take my. I'm not even here, though. I'm in my apartment.
Speaker 2:So go ahead and try and spit out.
Speaker 7:What are
Speaker 2:you trying to tell us?
Speaker 7:Okay. I got a 2,000 tube Ford one fifty ten inch limited edition four wheel drive. I like to trade it in a leather interior. It's good condition. New back brakes, disc brakes.
Speaker 7:I'd like to trade it. I don't wanna sell I wanna trade it for a smaller pickup truck.
Speaker 2:Okay. That's what I told everybody. And your phone number is 209-7602. Is that correct?
Speaker 8:Yes, sir.
Speaker 2:Alright. Well, I think we got your info.
Speaker 7:Yeah. A four wheel drive.
Speaker 2:Right on. Hey. Thanks for that. The 2002F150KingRanch, he wants to trade it for a smaller vehicle. 2097602.
Speaker 2:209-7602. Good morning. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 9:Good morning, mister Weed.
Speaker 2:Good morning, sir.
Speaker 9:I understand the problem with the big trucks. See, there must be a quarry over here by the main road that goes into Costco by the traffic light.
Speaker 2:Is a quarry down there starting some
Speaker 9:in the morning. They go they come and go, come and go. The noise is really bad. You gotta watch from out here. Hard to get on the crosswalks and stuff like that and really bad.
Speaker 2:Oh, but a crosswalk, that rule should already be set. So you're telling me that the big giant dump trucks don't stop at the crosswalks for people crossing the
Speaker 9:street? Depending. Yeah. I tried to go over cross a few times. Not all of them, but you have to be carefully around the corners quick.
Speaker 2:Oh, that's good advice for any scenario.
Speaker 9:I don't know if anybody wants to come out and look. I've seen trucks run red lights going over by McDonald's. They're going so fast. You can't stop anywhere. You show up.
Speaker 9:I'll give you a pay, but save some for what? Not all of them do, but those lights are kinda tricky. You have a car going that fast. It will not stop.
Speaker 2:Yes. That is, again, oh, I guess he was done. Alright. Good morning. Welcome to Problem Corner.
Speaker 2:You're live and on the air.
Speaker 8:Yeah. I just was listening make a comment about that Lemon Creek area that that was supposed to be all industrial. It wasn't supposed to be any residential stuff out there that
Speaker 2:and except for the
Speaker 8:caretakers above the above some of those buildings.
Speaker 7:And
Speaker 2:It was originally the
Speaker 8:problem is that you start to you have this area that was set aside for industrial use, and then you start merging residential stuff into it with potential new subdivision going in over by Home Depot.
Speaker 2:I can tell you exactly what's happening.
Speaker 10:You're gonna have more
Speaker 8:and more conflicts like this.
Speaker 2:Yes. It's
Speaker 8:an industrial zone, and that's why it was supposed to be for industrial use.
Speaker 2:Yes. The quarry But I could tell you what something happened in between there because you're not wrong. There is industrial in that, but enough citizens complained because they wanted different use. And so that big section turned into general commercial. And so once that happened, that's when they got the housing units in there.
Speaker 2:And so you're exactly right. And it's why the assembly did not give a it was years ago, but the assembly decided that we are not turning any more industrial land into general commercial because we need these industrial areas so that the very thing that you just mentioned doesn't happen. And it was an unpopular decision and but it was years ago, maybe maybe for, like, six or seven years ago. And the person wanted us to go to residential, but it was right next to the fire training facility. And then they're like, the moment that we catch stuff on fire, that neighborhood will complain even though we were here in the industrial area.
Speaker 2:So you actually totally described the scenario, but then it was the citizen request to change it into a commercial district instead of industrial. And so now we have the conflict because Yep. We put people to live
Speaker 8:in Consequences.
Speaker 2:Yep. By putting people in an industrial area. You're exactly right.
Speaker 8:They were trying to do the same thing on the on the rock dump too. Yep. That was all supposed to be industrial down there, and that's why there's no residential down there except for now we have the warming shelter, I think, down there, but the same conflict. There's a lot of activity that are going on with unloading barges in the middle of the night And, and then if there was residents there, they would complain about the noise of barges being unloaded at night, which is the only lifeline that we have out of Juno. So it's it's it's always unintended consequences.
Speaker 8:Everybody wants everything, but they don't think about the consequences of putting things like residential stuff into industrial industrial areas. Anyway, thanks.
Speaker 2:No. Thank you. Actually, I really needed that perspective of it because it's easy to say, I'm disturbed by this thing. But then when you go back and you look at the bigger picture of it, as we were talking about, just dump trucks. Dump trucks are doing what dump trucks do.
Speaker 2:And, one of the responsibilities that a person has, this is when you're buying a home is where I came across this, but I would imagine the same rule would apply if you're looking for a place to rent, is you are responsible to know what the district you're in and what the surrounding districts around you or zones, that's probably the more appropriate word, because the problems that we've run into with zones being next to each other, a residential versus a commercial or an industrial, those are the very problems that come up when people are, wait a second, I didn't know I was right next to an industrial area or the Home Depot one's a great example because that was, that is a commercial area and they're gonna put apartments and then apartment folks are gonna be like, holy cow. What up what's up with all this commercial traffic? Hey. I just saw the time. I'm gonna go take the ABC News Break.
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Speaker 1:Now back to Problem Corner where our community meets to talk, trade, share.
Speaker 2:Alright. Welcome back to Problem Corner. Give me a call here. 586-1800. 586-1800.
Speaker 2:I've got a big yard sale at 520 Bent Court across from Costco, eight to one. They have construction supplies, hand tools, power tools, plumbing, electrical, smoker, barbecue, tools, chainsaw, nice bike, kids, stuff, a boat no. A kid's boat. I'm not sure. Alright.
Speaker 2:Fishing items, skis, treated wood, finished lumber. You won't find better, buys or better bargains. That's word he used. 5420 Bent Court across from Costco. This could start at, 8AM, this Saturday.
Speaker 2:Alright. Well, that sounds like a heck of a garage sale to go check out in the Costco area. Alright. We were discussing zoning and industrial versus commercial versus residential. If you got 2¢ on that, 586-1800.
Speaker 2:I did come across a little bit of news, and I want your guys' take on it. Last election cycle, the two ballot initiatives that passed capped property tax at nine and removed seasonal sales removed sales tax on food and utilities. This year, two more property tax or two more citizen ballot initiatives. One is dealing with a property tax cap rate increasing it to 12. That is gonna be something you can vote on this October.
Speaker 2:So if you think it was a mistake to cap the property tax at nine, minus, nine plus debt service, there's some formula in there. If you think that was a mistake, you have an opportunity in October to raise that cap to 12. Alright? The other one is the 1% seasonal sales tax increase. So sales tax would be 5% all year or October through March, and then April through September, it would be 6%.
Speaker 2:If you got 2¢ on that, let me know. Good morning. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 4:Hello. Yes. The property tax. I'm a little tired of we homeowners having to pay for everything.
Speaker 7:Yep. That's all.
Speaker 2:Alright. So you think the 9% cap should stay?
Speaker 4:Yes.
Speaker 2:Okay. Well, there you go. Thank you for that call. Alright. I got another call here.
Speaker 2:Again, I'm looking for your 2¢. Good morning. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 6:Hello there, Willie. How are you doing?
Speaker 2:I'm doing pretty good. How are you, sir?
Speaker 6:Oh, doing pretty good. I still have my things for sale.
Speaker 2:Alright. Things for sale.
Speaker 10:Call me.
Speaker 6:Yep. I got my 21 speed bike and need some work in the front brakes, but and that it's got a brand new seat and waiting for to have somebody who wants to ride it around. So you can give me a call for the rest of my stuff at (907) 957-1673.
Speaker 2:1673. Will do, bud.
Speaker 6:And what are you guys talking about today?
Speaker 2:Zoning. Zoning restrictions, where we're gonna have our industrial zone versus our commercial district versus residential, and how do we solve the problems that inevitably come from a residential district being next to an industrial district because it is harder and harder to find new places to put homes, but it's also harder and harder to find places to do industrial task that we need so that way we can continue to, you know, supply our town.
Speaker 6:Well, we're not fortunate like Anchorage where they got lots of space, and they got lots of ways to build on. You know? We've got very limited space here in Juneau.
Speaker 2:Yep. You know? So what do you do when it comes to those conflicts?
Speaker 6:Don't know. Like I said, the change is inevitable. Know? The like I said, the last things in June that I see that that, you know, and it it's all made for the tourist show, but a lot of places in Juno that, you know, they're they're not there anymore. You know?
Speaker 6:All been updated. So but that's the way of things. So don't don't be upset when when things, you know, they say, well, we can't afford this anymore. You know?
Speaker 2:Okay. So you're for the reductions that have happened.
Speaker 6:Yeah. Yeah. Whether that's gonna be whether it's be life after Eagle Crest or or Augustus Brown, you know, and then then later, you know, it's like anything else, you know. And it's like like when they when they when Sitka was the capital at one time, and I'm pretty sure that they thought the capital would never move. You know?
Speaker 6:Time has changed. You know?
Speaker 2:The only thing and the what is the expression? The only thing constant is change. You're I'm with you. Alright. Hey.
Speaker 2:Thanks for the shout here, buddy. Let me
Speaker 3:try and
Speaker 2:sell your stuff. Alright. So, that gentleman's items, 21 speed bike, a variety of other things. 957-1673. 957-1673.
Speaker 2:So, yes, jumping back into this. Right now, the property tax rate for Just Your Home, not the debt service, but property tax rate is capped at 9%. There is a proposition that would move that cap back up to 12. And, for historical knowledge, the 12 was where the cap was prior to the reduction last year. So there's a citizen ballot initiative to put it back to the previous cap.
Speaker 2:The 1% seasonal, this one is new. They were, the assembly was trying to pass through a seasonal sales tax last year so that they could come up with a revenue to pay for the sales tax removal off of food and utilities. So regardless of how the election goes in October, the sales tax exemption on food and utilities will remain. So even if the property tax cap stays the same or goes up to 12, doesn't matter. There's no sales tax on food or home utilities.
Speaker 2:If the seasonal sales tax goes through, pay five in the winter and six in the summer, but sales tax will still be off of food. And if it doesn't pass, sales tax will still be off of food and utilities. And if the two things do pass or one passes, then what'll happen is the assembly won't really have to go in and make those cuts. Instead of making the cuts this year to bring that budget down to the operational level that would match the funding that the city has, they didn't make all of those adjustments, cuts, closures, dismissals. They didn't do it.
Speaker 2:They used $7,000,000 of the savings that had come from previous years so that they didn't make the cuts. And the assembly is and the the assembly and city leadership is counting on the citizens to, vote through the property tax cap increase and the 1% seasonal tax, sales tax increase. By doing that, they won't have to go in and really make those hard decisions that would lower the city budget. They kept every program and hoped that they could squeak through. So what we're gonna get in October is how the community really feels.
Speaker 2:If last year, people who didn't take the reduction serious enough, which is kind of what happened, they didn't think that that group had any momentum. Who's gonna wanna reduce services that much in Juneau? More than half the voting population last year. Is that how is that how folks wanna be? Is that is that what folks want?
Speaker 2:Or did the community not really okay. We didn't mean to do all those reductions, and they give, only one of the two seasonal or, citizen ballot initiatives this year have to pass for the assembly to have a lever that they can adjust and keep taxes up so that they don't have to make any reductions. I'm not saying either way is good or bad. I tried to give it to you exactly what the consequences of the act of the votes would be. Yeah.
Speaker 2:So it is what it is. If you have 2¢ on that, which way do you think the city should go? That is the question. Alright. Another dad joke.
Speaker 2:A guy named David had his ID stolen. So now we just call him Dave, d a v. Dav. David. Alright.
Speaker 2:The ID came off. Was pretty cute. The joke worked very well when it was written out. Thank you. Has anyone else noticed how the two Sunny Pointe access points, both inbound and outbound, are kinda separating both visibly and noticeably on the physical outbound.
Speaker 2:So there is a bridge gap there. Is are you saying that the the gap has gotten larger? They make little expansion joints, I think is what they're called, for bridges. And so in the winter, when everything's colder and what is it? You get one inch of shrinkage for every 100 feet or something like that.
Speaker 2:I don't know. There's some stat out there. But and even if it's a concrete and steel bridge, what we have, when it's colder, it's a tad bit shorter, maybe by a few centimeters. When it's warmer, it's a tad bit longer. And so you have these expansion joints at bridges that allow for that natural expansion and contraction of material, that whole pesky physics thing.
Speaker 2:You might reach out to DOT if you've had, like, a vehicle damage from the access being there. I will take a look for it the next time I'm driving outbound. Alright. I just got a couple minutes left in the show. 5861805861800, and that'll get you on air.
Speaker 2:I think I explained the property tax cap ballot initiative and 1% seasonal sales tax 1% seasonal sales tax ballot initiative. I think I've covered them both. Okay. This person is unfortunately moving to Sketch can. I mean, Ketchikan.
Speaker 2:They're having a large moving sale, so they can move down south. Three sets of shelving, two smart TVs with, 48 and a 60, two tables or a table, two chairs, a bird cage, and I gotta call right now and get back to that. Good morning. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 10:Hey. Good morning, Wayne. How are doing?
Speaker 2:I'm doing alright. What's going on?
Speaker 10:Hey, Wayne. I'm just thinking about that. I think the the voters spoke last year, but they wanted it. And I think they should they should just leave it like it is, and then come up with some other alternative ways to meet the budget.
Speaker 2:Are you aware that there was a citizen ballot initiative that it's so it's citizen initiatives, not the city. This is what the local Junoites are doing that, I mean, they have that right, that's how they're feeling. So if the city did something, I could see how that would be like, no, that's not what the citizen said. But this is a citizen ballot initiative that just had to go get like 3,200 signatures apiece. So there enough of the community said, we wanna had a second bite at that apple.
Speaker 2:Does that make sense to you?
Speaker 10:Yeah. But it it was there signatures that they collected for the vote for last year for a similar deal as far as
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:They had to they went through the same process. They had to go through the citizen ballot petition, and then it becomes a citizen initiative. And so yeah. So the citizens this year are doing the exact same things that a group of citizens did last year. And so they're using the exact same process the that the citizens have access to.
Speaker 2:So but the the the good news is the community is gonna get to vote again. They're like, hey. You've seen what the real consequences are. Do you really want this level of reductions? And the community is gonna have, like, the most crystal clear answer, hopefully after October.
Speaker 2:Does that help?
Speaker 10:Plan. Yep. Yep.
Speaker 2:Alright. Well, hey. Thanks a lot for the call.
Speaker 10:Thanks. Hey. Thanks, mate.
Speaker 2:Alright. You have a good day. So, yes, this isn't the government overriding last year's citizen initiatives that that restricted the finances of the city. So give me 2¢ on it. What do you think about it for a citizen doing another citizen group putting their thoughts forward?
Speaker 2:Gonna get an answer one way or the other. Hey. Let me just finish up this moving sale for this, red senior power chair. That might be one of those little scooters. A four foot cat claw stand, a large tan dog bed, a six foot python with two large aquariums.
Speaker 2:Are you wanting a python? Alright. There you go. That's an interesting pet. I had one when I was a little kid.
Speaker 2:4191031. They're having the moving sale. They didn't have a, address. Oh, it looks like it's an apartment. So call them if you're interested in any of these items.
Speaker 2:The shelving, the smart TVs, the senior power chair, the table two chairs, the bird cage, the cat stand, the dog bed, or a six foot python with two aquariums if you wanted a new, pet. Do you have parcel tongue? Would it be fun? Alright. Hello.
Speaker 2:The assembly has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. The city over collected taxes for years. Hence, they spent rent, $8,000,000 on renovating a warehouse into the mail voting center without going to the voters. They are buying, two office floors in the Burns Building without going to the voters. Just saying.
Speaker 2:That's how you ended your last one, Just Saying. So just saying so I think that's their that'll be their nickname. The way that the Juneau local municipal rules work, the assembly, spending cash that they have, money that has been saved, money that didn't get used, grant funding, federal funding, state funding, general, fund. And so there's enough things that as long as the assembly has the money for it, they can spend it. That is in the city charter rules.
Speaker 2:As long as the city is not taking on debt to, do a project, they absolutely don't have to take anything to the voters. It's the the charter is set up that way. So expecting the city to go to a what phrase do they use when advisory vote. When the city does an advisory vote and says, hey, what do you think of this? Do you want this or the not?
Speaker 2:That would be one thing that the assembly could vote to do if the assembly didn't have enough of their own information to make an assembly decision. The only time that a project is going to be brought to the voters is when they need your permission to borrow money. So if, hopefully this helps, just saying, that's how your local assembly works. It has nothing to do with the current assembly sitting there. It has nothing to do with the city manager.
Speaker 2:Has nothing to do with my explanation. The city charter says that CBJ assembly and management can spend money that they have. They only have to have permission to borrow money. They also have to have permission to change, tax rates. That's why these citizen initiatives are coming forward because the assembly can't do anything about those tax rates because of the citizen initiative from last October.
Speaker 2:Alright. So does that at least help you understand why we're so mad about this? Why is the assembly doing that? Well, to purchase a building, as long as they're not borrowing money to do it, they it does not require, voter approval. That's there you go.
Speaker 2:In the beginning of that sentence, it says the city over collected taxes for years, hence the $8,000,000 renovating I don't think it was quite $8,000,000. So one of the things that happened during that time period is that we had been using state equipment for voting and that state equipment was no longer indemnified. The state equipment was done. So we were either going to have to buy our own essentially were gonna have to buy our own equipment and that's when they went to the by mail hybrid elections. So just a little bit history there.
Speaker 2:That does take us to the end of our show today. Oh, that moving sale that has the python, the dog bed, the cat stand, the table, the bird cages, that is in Marine View Apartments. So if you give them a shout, 419-1031, that will help you out. Alright. Well, I hope, my explanations of some of the things that are going on was helpful.
Speaker 2:If not, there's a guy coming tomorrow. He may be able to give you a different perspective. So by all means, send your text, your emails, 5861800kinyair@kinyradio.com. I'll get that message over here for tomorrow, or you can just call tomorrow during the show. And remember, as always, on Problem Corner, there are no such thing as problems, just solutions we've yet to discover.
Speaker 2:Have a great rest of the day. I'm Wade. I'm out of here.
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