Name: Gary Superman

Age: 56

Occupation: Carpenter/business owner

Family: Wife, Linda, children, Levi, Sarah and Amy

Education: 3 years of college, union apprenticeship

Organizations and special interests: Nikiski Chamber of Commerce, Nikiski Community Council

Previously held elected office: Borough Assembly

1. As a candidate (incumbent or challenger), list what you see as the three most important issues the assembly must address in the next three years.

1. Property tax relief. Statutory changes are needed to provide for an increase in the primary residential home exemption for the current $20,000 to the $50,000-$100,000 level. Cap the annual increased assessed valuation in the 2-4 percent range. Make home exemption on a sliding scale available to municipalities that collect sales tax.

2. Continuation of PERS relief from the State. The 2004 rate was 7.81 percent, todays rate is 37.39 percent. Foreseeable future help is critical to maintaining all borough operations.

3. Ability of funding To The Cap for the school district. Future levels of revenue sources (State and Borough) will impact this historic practice in the borough.

2. How do you view the current relationship between the administration, assembly and the public? If it needs improving, what would you change?

The Assembly legislates; the Mayor administers. When the lines cross or blur there Is always friction. This assembly is by no means a rubber stamp for the Administration as has been touted in some quarters, e.g. Car Pool defeat, Borough building landscape project defeat. I expect friction with the upcoming "Property Development Notification System" forwarded by the Mayor.

The Assembly will never satisfy everybody. Outside of the endless epithets thrown at us ( leeches, cavemen, etc., etc, etc) by ACT members, the assembly (at meetings) tries to engage the public during the comment period through Q & A. I have often seen this exchange, when done constructively, change votes. We take written and oral testimony from folks. Expansion or improvement of any. interaction is always open to new ideas.

3. What do you see as the role of the borough government? If it were too big, what services would you cut?

The KPB is a second class borough and is restricted by Title 29. Mandatory powers provide for education, assessment and collection of taxes and land use regulation. Additionally the borough provides for solid waste disposal. The borough oversees voter implemented service areas. Primarily, these include emergency services, hospital, roads, recreation, and senior services. Subjectively, anarchists would like to see all functions discontinued and socialists would encourage mass expansion. Realistically, until one of these extremes dominates public policy, the borough will attempt to deliver these services to the taxpayers in the most cost effective manner possible.

Cuts are often necessary (they occur at budget cycle) and always possible; the tradeoffs are a reality. Example....A significant downsizing in a Fire Department Budget will inevitably impact the ISO rating for that area resulting in an increased homeowners insurance bill. Fact.

4. If voters approve, ballot initiatives will set term limits on assembly and school board seats and treat terms already served retroactively. What is your opinion of the initiatives and their possible effect?

I find it utterly ironic that the same individuals who cry against mob (majority) rule are calling for me to step aside if this passes even if I win this election. That will not happen. There are generally accepted legal concepts, laws, and rights that MUST be clarified judicially after this vote. This initiative seeks to negate those. Entwined in the retroactive clause of this initiative are concepts that are alien to our system. There is no law currently that prohibits my candidacy. That candidacy was lawfully certified by the borough. If the borough then seeks to implement this clause it would be entirely inconsistent with the position it previously took in certification. This would be an unconscionable act and counter to my filing in good faith and reliance on existing law.