Analyzing the Mat-Su Borough’s use of Transient Accommodation Tax Revenue and the Mat-Su Convention & Visitor Bureau’s proposed budget for FY2021 The Mat-Su Borough has been collecting “Transient Accommodation Taxes” (i.e. a “bed tax” or “lodging tax”) since the 1980’s. The current rate is 5%. This revenue is shared by…
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It turns out that “Alaska Environmental Preservation LLC” is owned by Chad Emswiler of Alaska. See Related/Original Post: https://matsumuckraker.com/2020/02/12/a-mysterious-company-named-alaska-environmental-preservation-llc-is-buying-365-acres-located-next-to-the-knik-glacier-from-the-alaska-mental-health-trust-authority/ Mr. Emswiler incorporated the company in Wyoming on Jan 20, 2020. However, when he initially applied to purchase the land from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, he applied in his…
This legal notice was published in today’s Frontiersman: The Alaska Mental Health Land Trust is giving legal notice that it is selling – via a negotiated sale – not a public sale or land auction – a large parcel of land near Palmer. If anyone objects, they have until March…
This was posted on Borough Budget Watch on Feb 7, 2019: The (proposed but not yet built) Gateway Visitors Center. Jesse Sumner made some great points in his closing comments at this week’s Assembly meeting. Everyone should go take a listen. He pointed out that the old Visitors Center…
This is the new Gateway Visitor Center. Or it will be the Gateway Visitor Center if the MSB ever actually builds it. This beautiful facility was designed by Wolf Architecture (based in Palmer). This project has been in the works for years. The MSB obtained the land on the Glenn…