ABOUT BARBARA HANEY
Ph.D. in Economics and Public Finance, University of Notre Dame
Barbara Haney is a longtime North Pole resident, former FNSB Assembly Member who championed and preserved the FNSB Tax Cap, and former UAF faculty with a PhD from the University of Notre Dame. With 20+ years of substantial legislative staff experience in Illinois and Alaska since 1984, she is a serious researcher who gets things done.
She will examine the structural components of state spending to reduce the size and scope of government, not simply cut line items. Barbara knows HD33 because she lives it every day.
She will examine the structural components of state spending to reduce the size and scope of government, not simply cut line items. Barbara knows HD33 because she lives it every day.
MY PERSONAL STORY
As a military widow whose husband is buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Barbara has since remarried. She knows firsthand the struggles of military families in the Interior and remains deeply committed to honoring our veterans, supporting Eielson AFB, and fighting for military families. She is proudly pro-life, a strong defender of parents’ rights and school choice, and a champion for subsistence and resource rights against federal overreach.
WHY BARBARA HANEY
• Former FNSB Assembly Member — Championed & preserved the FNSB Tax Cap,
• Chaired Regional Emergency Services Committee
• 20+ years of substantial legislative staff experience — Illinois & Alaska since 1984
• PhD, Univ. of Notre Dame — Former UAF Faculty — Founding member of IDEA
• North Pole resident — knows HD33 because she lives it every day
• Chaired Regional Emergency Services Committee
• 20+ years of substantial legislative staff experience — Illinois & Alaska since 1984
• PhD, Univ. of Notre Dame — Former UAF Faculty — Founding member of IDEA
• North Pole resident — knows HD33 because she lives it every day
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON ASSEMBLY
I have been an enthusiastic supporter of the borough tax revenue cap throughout my years living in the borough and have continued that work on the assembly. I voted against holding the May 7th election to break the tax cap and was part of a voter education campaign to help borough voters defeat the measure. I worked actively to support and pass the renewal of the tax cap. I have helped with several code enforcement cases and have consistently voted to preserve the integrity of neighborhoods. I helped organize remembrance of Donna Gilbert at the borough building. I value our recreation facilities, and have worked to keep the cost of providing service to the community at a low cost.
I have supported government transparency and election integrity: The online check book has brought greater transparency to borough finances. Legal notice is now provided to property owners directly impacted by easements or other borough actions in the form of a letter rather than a postcard. Presentations on plans are now throughout the borough rather than simply downtown. This has allowed greater access to information by borough residents. I facilitated the efforts to defeat mail in voting in the style of Anchorage elections, and the effort to defeat the continuation of the expensive Dominion Voting Machine Contract.
I sponsored or supported legislation to protect the rights of property owners. Revisions to the appeal process now allows non-profits to go to the board of equalization before superior court to challenge their property tax assessments. Residents who had found themselves in an "illegal" subdivision and unable to do anything with their land now have a pathway to subdivide their land and sell sections or divide it among their children. I worked to expand the stock of affordable housing on the economic development commission, particularly around the university area, because housing costs are a big part of university attendance. I supported the Downtown Plan for the city of Fairbanks and objected to the attempts by some members of the assembly to impose Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion language and worked to exclude anti-resource development language after the city approved the plan.
To help local businesses, I worked on legislation on relaxing parking regulation in the borough. Starting first with employee parking, I sponsored an ordinance to restore parking regulations to the local road authority to allow small businesses to have employee parking to back out their parking spots onto low traffic streets. I further worked with city businesses to relax parking regulations in the city of Fairbanks to accommodate the Downtown Plan. I have also worked to stop the construction of roundabouts in areas with a high volume of truck traffic to continue access to trucks where industry and recreation would be hindered by their construction.I worked on the controversial climate action plan and brought it into conformity with the powers of the borough aimed at reducing costs to borough building. I have supported resolutions on the natural gas line and any other measures to reduce the cost of energy to homes and businesses.
I have supported government transparency and election integrity: The online check book has brought greater transparency to borough finances. Legal notice is now provided to property owners directly impacted by easements or other borough actions in the form of a letter rather than a postcard. Presentations on plans are now throughout the borough rather than simply downtown. This has allowed greater access to information by borough residents. I facilitated the efforts to defeat mail in voting in the style of Anchorage elections, and the effort to defeat the continuation of the expensive Dominion Voting Machine Contract.
I sponsored or supported legislation to protect the rights of property owners. Revisions to the appeal process now allows non-profits to go to the board of equalization before superior court to challenge their property tax assessments. Residents who had found themselves in an "illegal" subdivision and unable to do anything with their land now have a pathway to subdivide their land and sell sections or divide it among their children. I worked to expand the stock of affordable housing on the economic development commission, particularly around the university area, because housing costs are a big part of university attendance. I supported the Downtown Plan for the city of Fairbanks and objected to the attempts by some members of the assembly to impose Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion language and worked to exclude anti-resource development language after the city approved the plan.
To help local businesses, I worked on legislation on relaxing parking regulation in the borough. Starting first with employee parking, I sponsored an ordinance to restore parking regulations to the local road authority to allow small businesses to have employee parking to back out their parking spots onto low traffic streets. I further worked with city businesses to relax parking regulations in the city of Fairbanks to accommodate the Downtown Plan. I have also worked to stop the construction of roundabouts in areas with a high volume of truck traffic to continue access to trucks where industry and recreation would be hindered by their construction.I worked on the controversial climate action plan and brought it into conformity with the powers of the borough aimed at reducing costs to borough building. I have supported resolutions on the natural gas line and any other measures to reduce the cost of energy to homes and businesses.