‘What's the downside of putting it in front of the voters?’: Sitka Assembly advances rec initiative to voters this fall

‘What's the downside of putting it in front of the voters?’: Sitka Assembly advances rec initiative to voters this fall

Should restrictions be lifted on a city hospital fund to pay for upgrades to local recreational facilities? Sitka voters will consider that question on the municipal ballot this fall.  Voters approved a tobacco tax 20 years ago to support the city-owned Sitka Community Hospital. When the hospital was sold to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) in 2019, that money continued to go into a fund dedicated to former employees’ ret…