AG zai "kare sosai" harajin fasinja na jirgin ruwa na Alaska

Babban Lauyan Janar Dan Sullivan ya yi alkawarin "kare sosai" harajin fasinja na jirgin ruwa na Alaska wanda masana'antun jiragen ruwa ke kalubalantarsa.

A cikin karar da aka shigar a kotun tarayya da ke Anchorage, kungiyar Alaska Cruise Association, kungiyar da ta kunshi kamfanonin jiragen ruwa guda tara da ke aiki a Alaska, ta ce masu kada kuri’a na jihar da suka amince da harajin dalar Amurka 50 “ya saba wa kundin tsarin mulkin tarayya da ka’idojin doka da suka hana jihohi shiga. cajin jirgin ruwa ko kuɗin fasinja wanda ya wuce takamaiman ayyukan da aka bayar.

Lauyan Juneau Joe Geldhof, daya daga cikin wadanda suka goyi bayan shirin, ya kira karar a matsayin yunkurin siyasa na shawo kan Majalisar Dokoki ta soke harajin da aka yi.

"An tsara shi don haifar da tsoro da damuwa, an tsara shi don motsa su su yi abin da wani a Miami ke so su yi wanda ba shi da amfani ga Alaska," in ji shi.

Duka Carnival Corp. da Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., manyan ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa na jihar, suna da hedikwata a Miami.

Shari'ar tana ƙalubalantar dala 46 ne kawai na harajin, ɓangaren da aka yi amfani da shi don tallafawa haɓaka kayan aikin. Sauran $4 na goyon bayan shirin Ocean Ranger wanda ke sa ido kan gurbatar ruwa a cikin ruwan Alaska. Masana'antar ta yi muhawara iri ɗaya game da harajin gida a cikin Juneau da Ketchikan, amma ba ta haɗa harajin ƙaramar hukuma a ƙalubalen kotu ba.

Babban harajin ya shafi manyan jiragen ruwa ne kawai, wanda aka ayyana a matsayin waɗanda ke da wuraren kwana 250 ko fiye.

Tarin harajin haraji "ba shi da alaƙa mai ma'ana ga ainihin farashin da gundumomi da sauran hukumomin gwamnatin Alaska ke bayarwa don hidimar manyan jiragen ruwa na Cruise," a cewar babban lauya David Oesting na Anchorage, wanda ke wakiltar ƙungiyar jiragen ruwa.

Babban Lauyan kasar Sullivan ya yi sabani da wannan ikirari, kuma ya ce kalubalen harajin kan ba abin mamaki ba ne.

"Kamfanonin jiragen ruwa suna barazanar kai karar jihar tun lokacin da 'yan kasar Alaska suka kada kuri'ar bukatar fasinjoji su biya kudaden da suka dace na ayyuka da wuraren da aka tanada don karbar bakuncinsu," in ji shi.

Harajin wani bangare ne na matakin da kashi 52 cikin 2006 na masu jefa kuri'a suka zartar a shekarar XNUMX. Shari'ar ta nuna cewa masu kada kuri'a sun yi “karanci” matakin.

Har ila yau karar ta yi ikirarin cewa shugaban yana biyan haraji ba bisa ka'ida ba - kuma ba bisa ka'ida ba - yana kai hari ga kamfanonin da ba na jihar ba.

Kotun ta nakalto wani wanda ya kafa kungiyar da ba a bayyana sunansa ba, wanda ya dauki nauyin shirin, yana cewa bayan da aka zartar da shi, “ko da wani kutse na siyasa kamar ni, rana ce mai kyau da ‘yan kasar za su samu nasara a kan kasuwanci na biliyoyin daloli a British Columbia da Waje. .”

Wannan wanda ya kafa wanda ba a bayyana sunansa ba shine Geldhof, wanda ya ci gaba da cewa "ga matsakaita mutumin da ke zaune a mashaya, yana daukan mintuna biyar kafin a gane wannan haraji ne kan mutumin daga Ohio."

Geldhof ya yi tambaya dalilin da ya sa kungiyar jirgin ruwa ta kasance, wacce ya kira "ainihin rukunin farko na layin jirgin ruwa na Miami," wanda ya kai kara, lokacin da fasinjojin suka ba da harajin kuma suka biya, ko daga Anchorage ne ko Ohio ne.

Magajin garin Juneau Bruce Botelho, tsohon babban lauyan Alaska, ya ki yin hasashe kan sakamakon karar, amma ya ce "tana haifar da wasu tambayoyi masu mahimmanci kuma masu mahimmanci."

Ya ce dalar Amurka $5 harajin fasinja na jirgin ruwa ba zai iya fuskantar irin wannan damuwar ba.

"A matsayinmu na birni mun bayyana sarai game da cewa kudaden da aka tara dole ne a kashe su a kan ayyukan da ke da alaka da ruwa da ke da alaka da safarar jiragen ruwa zuwa Juneau," in ji shi.

Geldhof ya yarda cewa ba a koyaushe ana kashe harajin a duk faɗin jihar kan ayyukan da ke da isasshen alaƙa da kasuwancin balaguro.

Shari'ar ta bayyana dala 800,000 na inganta gidan Zoo na Alaska a Anchorage, da $430,000 don gina tashar jirgin kasa a cikin ayyukan da ba su dace ba.

Wasu daga cikin nauyin da ya rataya a wuyansu, in ji shi, kuma laifin masana'antar safarar jiragen ruwa ne.

Yayin da masu ba da shawara na ɗan ƙasa irin su Chip Thoma na Alaska Cruising Cruising na Alaska ke gargadin Majalisar Dokoki da ta kashe kuɗin haraji kawai kan ayyukan da ke da alaƙa da jirgin ruwa, masu sha'awar masana'antar suna "zauna a hannunsu" yayin da 'yan majalisa suka kama kuɗin haraji don ayyukan dabbobi na gida.

"Idan da suna da wata dabara, da sun kai karar majalisar dokoki," in ji Geldhof.

Shari’ar ta ambaci Kwamishinan Ma’aikatar Kudaden Kudi Pat Galvin, kuma tana neman hana shi karbar harajin kai.

Shari'ar ba ta neman ko dai wani oda na wucin gadi ko umarnin gaggawa don dakatar da karbar haraji.

Geldhof ya ce duk da yuwuwar kudin da aka karkatar, da wuya alkali ya soke harajin gaba daya.