To the Editor

Step in the right direction

To the Editor:

I had a very nice and rather extended conversation with a Petersburg fisherman recently. Our conversation touched on many subjects and we found we had many opinions in common (as well as a couple of instances where we did not see eye to eye).

He is still fishing and I am retired but we both agreed one of the real problems facing Petersburg is viable and meaningful employment. Long term employment with a reasonable income attached.

I had to admit that if I was not a retired Alaska state employee, I could not afford to live on Keene Channel. I could not...