One thing this article does not address is the hundreds of thousands in bed tax revenue that Talkeetna generates versus the amount it receives from the Borough in grants, which is usually around $20k.

I would love to find a way to levy a head tax on every person that gets off a bus in Talkeetna. Princess and Holland have created the strain on the village by their bus loads, but the locals are left holding the bag to fix their taxed infrastructure and supply the toilet paper.

Painting a crosswalk with solve nothing. With such large numbers of  people milling around, they are going to cross the street wherever they please. The bigger problem is people from out of town driving way too fast down Main St. I, too, am amazed nobody has been hit by a car yet. I'd say it's only a matter of time.