...the facts. "Up to now, we've only had a junior mining company with no development record to work against," said Art Hackney, a founding director of the conservative Renewable Resources Coalition. Now comes a company seeking Alaska's trust...

...members include commercial, sport and subsistence fishermen and seafood processors. He mentioned board members like Art Hackney, who ran Congressman Don Young?s re-election campaign. ?Three-fifths of the board are self-described ?old fat Republicans...

...site inviting residents contact the sponsors to sign the petition or be sent a booklet for distribution. Co-owner Art Hackney said his group is maintaining a ''campaign-like'' focus on gathering the signatures by early January, the deadline...