Mat-Su voters to decide on pot, parks and Assembly seats

Matanuska-Susitna Borough’s election is October fourth. While an initiative on the area – wide ballot regarding a ban on retail marijuana could lure voters to the polls, they will also decide on filling two Borough Assembly seats. But one Assembly race is re-awakening an old conflict.
A bit of spice was added to the spaghetti lunch at the Palmer Moose Lodge last week, when Mat-Su District 1 incumbent Jim Sykes faced challenger Brian Endle in candidate debate.
Sykes is fresh from a su