"It wasn't until after the parks and recreation commission had approved the idea that anyone thought to ask the Anchorage Watershed and Natural Resources Advisory Commission what it thought about the trail proposal. In this case, the meddlesome "anyone" was me. I'm a duly appointed member of the commission."  

If you read between the lines here (not hard to do), the bias is evident.  This article is a poor attempt to try and justify your irrational actions.