Mayor Peter Micciche called the proposal a 'nanny tax for child care, essentially.'
From right, Assembly members Brent Johnson, Bill Elam and Tyson Cox participate during a meeting on June 4.
The Assembly seldom fails to introduce an ordinance, which advances legislation to a public hearing and final vote. The money would have been split several ways, with the largest chunk going to maintenance projects at Kenai Peninsula Borough School District facilities. Another third would have gone to the new grant program to support child care facilities on the Kenai Peninsula.
“There’s several issues I have with this. But number one, you know addiction doesn’t care about socio-economic status,” he said. “And so this is going to hurt poor smokers a lot more than it will rich smokers. And so in a way I feel like it’s probably a little bit regressive.” “I don’t believe in a nanny state,” he said. “People have the right to make those choices. And this is a nanny tax for child care, essentially, — neither that we should be engaged in. This is a dangerous crossroad for the Kenai Peninsula Borough. It is a very, very dangerous crossroad. We’re a second-class borough. People want it that way.”
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