To the Editor

When Communities Plan Ahead, They

Don’t Have to

Panic Later

To the Editor:

Petersburg is concerned over the Communications Towers projects from a subsidiary of Tlingit and Haida called Tidal Network. Last month’s Planning Commission meeting was not packed for fear of progress; we realized that our local rules were written in a different era. Once federal processes are already in motion, communities have far less influence than people expect. That realization has played out in towns across the country, sometimes with good outcomes, sometimes not.

As of 1980, the Alaska Historic Preservation Act...