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July 2003
During the July 4th
festival in Kenai, a team of volunteers administered a 10 question survey to 161
people selected at random from the crowd. The purpose was to determine how
much public support there is for borough participation in Arctic Winter Games
2006. The questions and results are show below:
1. Are you a resident of
the Kenai Peninsula Borough?
Yes: 93.2%
No: 5.6%
Don’t Know/Not Sure: 1.2%
2. Do you pay real property tax in the
Kenai Peninsula Borough?
Yes: 69.4%
No: 28.5%
Don’t Know/Not Sure: 2.1%
3. Do you support borough involvement in
producing Arctic Winter Games 2006?
Yes: 48.4%
No: 33.2% Don’t Know/Not Sure: 18.4%
4. Should our borough consider spending
over $5 million public tax dollars in exchange for $200,000 to $300,000 in
Arctic Winter Games revenue?
Yes: 16.7%
No: 68.6%
Don’t Know/Not Sure: 14.7%
5. Do you think the borough mayor and
assembly members should be required to follow the same laws they make for the
public?
Yes: 95.7% No:
1.8% Don’t Know/Not Sure:
2.5%
6. Would you support borough involvement
in building a new ski resort in Homer or Cooper Landing for the Arctic Winter
Games?
Yes: 19.1%
No: 62.5%
Don’t Know/Not Sure: 18.4%
7.
Would you use a new ice rink in Homer, an
indoor soccer field or Biathlon range in Soldotna, or ski resort in Homer or
Cooper Landing?
Yes: 27.3%
No: 60%
Don’t Know/Not Sure: 12.7%
8. Do you want our
borough to finance the construction and pay future operational expenses of these
facilities?
Yes: 13.6%
No: 67%
Don’t Know/Not Sure: 19.4%
9. Should the borough
underwrite and insure the financial success of the Arctic Winter Games?
Yes: 15.7%
No: 64.7%
Don’t Know/Not Sure: 19.6%
10. Are you willing to pay
higher taxes to support the Arctic Winter Games and operational costs of any new
facilities constructed?
Yes: 11.4%
No: 79.7%
Don’t Know/Not Sure: 8.9%
344 People answered our bonus
question:
"Can the governor spend your PFD
better than YOU"?
Yes: 9.5%
No: 88.6%
Don’t Know/Not Sure: 1.9%
Question 1 and 2, revealed the majority of those surveyed
are borough residents and property tax payers.
In question 3, less than half support borough involvement
in producing the games. Later these numbers quickly eroded when presented
with cost figures and use of public tax dollars.
The majority in question 4, did not approve of using
public money for such a small return on their "investment".
In question 5 the majority think borough officials should
play by the same rules as the public is required to.
Questions 6 through 9 show little support for the borough
building new facilities, for paying future maintenance and operational costs of
any new facilities, and few would use them if built.
Question 10 clearly shows lack of public support for the
Arctic Winter Games if new taxes are required.
In our bonus question the majority once again said the
public can spend their PFD better than government! The governor and
legislature need to pay attention to these HUGE numbers!!!
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