A portion of the proposed borough overlaps with land that Juneau once made an effort to annex.
The Juneau Assembly voted on Monday to oppose part of the City of Hoonah’s plan to create Alaska’s 20th organized borough.
“I just think the area’s ties to Juneau are much stronger for a variety of reasons than the ties to Hoonah,” she said.— pronounced like Hoonah, with a slightly guttural “h” — would form Alaska’s 20th borough. Assembly member Michelle Bonnet Hale said she supports the partial opposition of the plan because it could allow a future Assembly to decide if Juneau wants to annex it.
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