Kotzebue Lions Club v. City of Kotzebue

Although I join in the court’s opinion in all other respects, I do not agree with its conclusion that the City complied with its statutory duty to publish a clear and adequate summary of its proposed ordinance amending the definition of taxable sales.

The court agrees with the Lions Club that the published summary was “incomplete in that it did not mention [the proposed ordinance’s] purpose of expressly including bingo and pull-tab operations within the scope of the tax.” Op. at 926. Nevertheless, relying on Fairbanks North Star Borough v. College Utilities Corp., 689 P.2d 460 (Alaska 1984),…