Petersburg Pilot -

The recent dictate that our Governor sent to our legislature as well as the residents of Southeastern Alaska was clearly the wrong message. The Governor proposed replacing the Alaska Marie Highway System (AMHS) board with members of solely his own selective choosing. His action lacks a certain sensitivity that is clearly contrary to the advantage of having local community participation in advisory groups.

It has been said that true leadership is not done by the one who proposes to do great things, but rather by one who motivates the people to energize and do great things for their quality of l...