Voters have spoken

Good for us! The Kenai Peninsula voters strongly changed the direction of the borough Oct. 7.

The Alliance for Concerned Taxpayers has been pointing out to voters for years the wrong-headedness of the mayor and his administration's efforts to thwart the votes of the people and the efforts of citizens to rein in taxing and spending by the borough.

Spending taxpayer money to overturn their votes for term limits, a 2-percent sales tax cap and a $1 million capital projects cap was wrong, and the voters have spoken.

I don't know how long it will take Mayor Carey to undo some of the damage done to us voters and property owners. Hopefully, he will reduce staff, particularly some of the newly hired very expensive department heads (who serve at his pleasure and must offer their resignations now) and encourage a more sensible property tax assessment policy.

Good for us!

Ruby (Kime) Denison

Ninilchik