When Peninsula residents go to the polls Nov. 4, they have a clear choice. Continue along a path to prosperity — or return to the failed policies of the past.

Your vote can keep Alaska’s oil tax working for the good of us all — and advance a gas pipeline project that could actually be built. A pipeline that ends right here on the Peninsula.

Last August, our part of Alaska voted overwhelmingly for hope and a bright future by voting to let oil tax reform work. One glance out the window explains why 70 percent of Peninsula voters said no to Ballot Measure 1.

Is there anything good that can come out of Nikiski’s crime wave? Well, yes.

The community met together on Monday evening to discuss the problems with drugs and the thefts spawned by junkies. In a packed house, many had plenty to say while others waited for answers — answers that were sparse and rather oblique.

Alaska’s finest were present to give their obligatory reassurance to the group, sans any really meaty answers to the problems. They are working, but they also face our judicial system that is bent on penalizing the victim rather than the criminal.

What a year for the Tsalteshi Trails Association! Despite an uncharacteristically mild winter and a forest fire-filled spring, we’ve had the largest community involvement in Tsalteshi history this year. With a variety of communitywide ski, run and bike races, our trails have seen over 9,000 kilometers of community racing. This doesn’t even include school or private events and uses, but despite those exclusions, it is enough to ski, bike and run from Tsalteshi Trails all the way to Guatemala!

Please vote for Mike Navarre as he has a proven track record for young and old (like me). His staff, integrity and administrative ability are well proven. During the next years of growth we need a proven leader who can cope with challenges. He’s a good man.